He arrived in the U.S. with reasonable hopes, yet when I look at him 20 years later, I see my dad still struggling financially. I wanted to know how that happened and what he had to say about the recession taking away any stability he had, so I interviewed him for this story. more>
After a difficult eight-and-a-half months incarceration at Riker's Island, the 17-year-old author has changed. "I'm not hanging out with the wrong crowd anymore, and I'm going to try to do better going forward so I can stay out of prison," he said. more>