
The boys and girls sat on the steps of a project building, talking about how they hated Plaza Park.
"Why don't you like Plaza Park?" I asked
"They killed my…

Esau looked at our car and smiled. He had cut his long dirty brown ponytail that made him look like a Chicano. We hadn't seen Esau for a few years. We pulled…

Riding the subway, holding the Boston newspaper, I couldn't believe what I was reading.
Four people were shot, one dead, and all that the newspaper's…

My phone rang.
"There's been a shooting on Lenox Street. Four shot. One's dead."
I put on my hat and gloves and quickly walked to Lenox Street Project. It…

We crammed into a small conference room.
Everybody wore a black-and-gold shirt with the City of Boston emblem embroidered on the front and "STREET WORKER"…