Me wanting a gang member to have a different life would never be the same as that gang member wanting to have one.

In a five page “open letter,” Zachary Fardon traced problems in the city’s most troubled neighborhoods to neglect “rooted in ugly truths about power politics, race and racism.

A parish on the Mexico-Guatemala border is preparing for Central Americans seeking safety from the gang violence that is gripping El Salvador and Honduras.

Although nonviolent offenders get the most attention from reformers, they account for less than 20 percent of all prisoners.

Mr. Torres's relentless years of ministering to gang members, drug addicts and the incarcerated is beginning to be recognized.

Police are now describing the shooting as a “lone wolf” event and report that they are not seeking other suspects.