Rainier Harris

While some young people might not be able to vote yet, they are leveraging social media to educate themselves…

When I was just five years old, a man named Barack Obama, with his pearly white smile, funny-looking ears, pr…

Freelance journalist and high school senior Rainier Harris shares how he launched his writing career and earn…

Starting senior year in the middle of a pandemic has brought on more challenges than ever: Navigating college…

With Covid-19 cases in Illinois on the rise, Glenbard Township High School District plans to continue remote …

In the past few years, there has been a surge in youth activism. But will movements like March for Our Lives …

Struggles with housing and economic woes are already expected for youth who age out of the foster care system…

The city's Health Department has been monitoring a number of sources for potential communicable diseases outb…

As recent calls to "defund the police" sweep the nation, some students who have police in their schools feel …

Queens, New York, is one of the most ethnically diverse places in the world, home to 2.2 million residents an…

At Manhattan's elite Stuyvesant High School, only 10 out of the 766 admitted students in the 2020-21 freshman…

Thousands of kids across New York City depend on the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) to occupy their t…

Last summer, Chamia Elzey spent her days working with kids at P.S. X114 Luis Llorens Torres School in the Bro…

Following the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota, protests against racist police violence flooded the street…

Black Star News has been producing stellar investigative journalism since 1997, including focusing on police …

Glitchy Wi-Fi and less than ideal quarantine situations bring a whole new set of challenges for those of us w…

My quarantine boredom is turning to anxiety as states begin reopening after months of pandemic-related lockdo…

A city-wide grassroots, volunteer effort called In It Together NYC, is tackling food insecurity to ensure New…

Congresswoman Nydia M. Velazquez, whose district encompasses Bushwick, has introduced legislation in the Hous…

New York City's Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams released a statement today expressing precaution that the…

This story was produced as part of the City Limits Accountability Reporting Initiative for Youth (CLARIFY) pr…

In New York City, the epicenter of the COVID-19 crisis in the U.S., statistics show that black and brown comm…

There have been close to 2,000 noise complaints made by Bushwick residents since March 20, when New York Gove…

A new app to help small grocery stores with delivery during quarantine was launched this month. My Bodega Onl…