Left behind

摘要

America's capital enrolled some 20,000 youth in a jobs programme this summer, part of a national effort to get young people to work. Some spent the summer in the offices of Adrian Fenty, Washington's mayor. Others joined a "conservation corps". Delonte Brown, 16 years old, spent nine weeks at Powell House, a non-profit organisation, learning about the arts industry and acquiring various job skills while earning an hourly wage. Now the summer is ending.