May – June 2010 Issue

I wasn’t sure how to help my friend after she was sexually molested.

L.A. Youth asked several of its staff members to tell us about the diversity (of lack of it) at their

CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of our annual art contest which asked teens to show us how they see themselves. The L.A. Youth teen staff chose these images as the winners.

Ben, 17, had just gotten close to his mom and then he worried he was going to lose her to cancer.

Brian, 15, is gaga for Glee, the hit show from Fox.

There wasn’t much for Ashley, 17, to eat at lunch until the cafeteria changed.

As a suburban Korean kid, 15-year-old Kevin never thought he’d have anything to rap about.

I’ve been eating cafeteria food since eighth grade, when I signed up for the free and reduced-price lunch program. I

Watching the World Cup is more fun than Sam, 16, thought it would be.