Earlier this year we wrote a column in Youth Today about the barriers faced by college students who had experienced homelessness or...
As sometimes happens in places plagued by economic hardship, gun violence is also a perennial problem in Philadelphia. In 2017, there were...
When Susan Shipman took a job as a bookkeeper at a women’s shelter in Anniston in 2003, she didn’t realize how close...
The most dangerous time in a violent relationship is when a victim decides to leave.
Dozens of white boxes sat stacked atop shelves and propped against walls on a recent Wednesday in a small room in the...
Violence is the only major health epidemic not currently managed by health and public health methods. As a result, many areas throughout...
“We have tens of thousands of kids who will never grow up to be who they were meant to be. You have...
Most research shows that obtaining a college degree will lead to higher lifetime earnings than possessing only a high school diploma. However,...
Homelessness and a lack of education for unaccompanied youth are intertwined. Young adults who do not finish high school or get a...
Access to post-secondary education is a common goal for many adolescents. Appropriate assistance from a knowledgeable adult is critical for successful navigation...
In my role of leading national youth policy conversations, something has been bothering me. These last few years, it has become a...
Gun violence touches every community, but those most affected are also disproportionately exposed to poverty, poor education standards and fewer job opportunities....
We have so much work to do. So many lives to be saved. How is it that in the United States of...
When the Annie E. Casey Foundation launched the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) in the tough-on-crime era of the early 1990s, politicians...
Issues raised by the school-to-prison pipeline in North Carolina can’t be pinpointed to just one factor. But, said Peggy Nicholson of the...
More than ever, I’m witnessing the power of youth leading movements and using the unique power of their voice to bring attention...
I am neither a man nor a person of color, but this past year I’ve worked in a program for men of...
What is the purpose of family engagement in 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) programs? As a 21st CCLC program director,...
Leaders across the United States agonize over recent mass shootings as Americans fear more to come. Perhaps we can learn from youth...
Author and journalist Sarah Smarsh came from generations of impoverished Kansas wheat farmers: hardworking, no-nonsense folks who worked themselves to the bone,...