Can youths in ‘hackathon’ help struggling city help itself?

In this Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015 photograph, student West Lalanne and others work at Hopeworks ‘N Camden, a nonprofit organization that teaches high school students and young adults how to build websites and use software, in Camden, N.J. The group in one of the nation’s most impoverished places is planning its first hackathon to give teens and young adults in the city and professional programmers a chance to collaborate on solutions to local problems. Lalanne, a Rutgers-Camden student who grew up largely in Massachusetts but now lives in Camden with his mother, said the hackathons can bring people together. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)