Los Angeles has seen a decrease in gang-related violence in recent years. One explanation is that rival black and Latino gangs that used to fight each other are now business partners, working together on drugs and arms deals.

The new film "Precious" celebrates a new kind of hero in Hollywood at a time when young, queer women of color in the inner-city are barely visible.

Sixteen-year-old Derrion Albert was the latest of the more than 40 young people who have been murdered in Chicago, many within a stone’s throw of the president’s former home.

Over Labor Day weekend, a Los Angeles youth group took 30 students on a Bay Area college tour to visit major universities, community leaders and activists. Shenekah Cayetano kept this diary of what the trip meant for her future.

Many of the nation’s law enforcement agencies, which are fighting a drug war on the southern border, are intensifying their efforts to target criminal cartels that could bring in up to $24 billion a year.

A surge in Latino-on-black hate violence underlies Los Angeles' biggest gang bust.

This cop used to answer calls and process arrests, but now he's teaching, counseling, and learning a lot about himself on the streets of Skid Row.

So we’ve elected Barack Obama—now what?

On January 15th, a 17-year-old Vallejo high school student was beaten unconscious by six people on campus. Was this just payback to a fight that wasn't recorded or gang activity, as the Vallejo police says?

Between 2005 and 2007, the number of young black males falling victim to homicide increased 31 percent. For gun killings, the increase was even more damning.

A writer laments the loss of purpose among young Lakota warriors and calls upon Native American youth to rediscover traditional spirituality.

Murders involving young black males are bucking national crime trends. But is the answer job programs, crime prevention or more cops?

The dirty tactics used against civilians in the Mumbai massacres last month are more typical of the Mumbai underworld than of the Islamic militant Lashkar jihadists who fought the Indian army to a standstill in Kashmir. By blaming Lashkar, the Indian right hopes to forestall any Obama initiative to resolve Kashmir.

A 16-year-old Salvadoran American wonders if his brother's deportation will force him deeper into gang life.

Bill Forry's story about a black pirate radio station in Boston won him Best Feature at the recent New England Ethnic News Wire Awards.

In a culture that values name-brand schools and academic competition, more Korean Americans are going against the grain by choosing to educate their children at home.

Asha Mohamed left a life of affluence in Somalia to become a refugee and mother of three in urban America. With Wonderwoman as an inspiration, she is close to her final quest of studying law to serve her community.

Before the school year ended last month for the summer break, Jackie Stewart's greatest concern was meeting her sons each day after school to help them dodge shoot-outs between rival gangs.

Deborah Edgerly was forced out of her position in the Mayor's office after being accused of interfering with a police investigation of her nephew.

Mexican drug cartels are extending their reach across California through gangs.