The Juvenile Law Center publishes a comprehensive review of youth sex offender registration laws around the country, discussing how harmful and ineffective...
The need for social distancing has affected many aspects of our normal lives. As hospitals become overcrowded due to the influx of...
The Trevor Project uses data gathered from a survey of 40,000 LGBTQ youth to highlight the multitude of barriers they face in...
The coronavirus pandemic is shining a glaring new light on an old problem. Recently published research shows food insecurity, a lack of...
The child welfare system is destroying families and leaving children to languish in foster care. The problem is rampant nationwide.
Sexual crimes are prevalent domestically and globally, and sex trafficking — people brokering other humans for sex — is no exception. Data...
In the middle of a global pandemic our country is about to choose who will be the president for the next four...
When Marcus Wood was a kid, he said, the neighborhood police hosted barbecues for his community, handing out sticker badges, teaching him...
Black freedom fighters in Alabama once changed this country. Speaking onstage in Kelly Ingram Park on Juneteenth, Celestine Hood, a woman who...
UNICEF and Pure Earth jointly produced this report showing that roughly 1 in 3 children has unhealthy levels of lead in their...
We met at Freedom Plaza. This was my first protest since the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. People of all...
Even as we finally come to grips with the racial bias that permeates so many aspects of American life, some people in...
4-H’s new campaign calls for a nationwide focus on positive youth development to address the opportunity gap among young people. It plans...
Three months ago, the entire nation was rocked by the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. In the weeks since his...
MACON, Georgia — Carl Fambro says Macon’s West Macon neighborhood has been left behind. Anchor businesses at its shopping centers — like...
As schools begin to open back up, many young people and their families are facing the unexpected. Understandably, they have questions about...
SERIES: PART 5 OF 7 Part 1: How Do We Make Youth Homelessness Effort Bipartisan? Part 2: America’s Biases Marginalize Youth, Drive Them to...
Let’s start with what we know to be true: Youth have expertise, wisdom and unique skill sets. Professional researchers and evaluators can...
The Annie E. Casey foundation makes the case for significant expansion of the use of diversion to avoid formally prosecuting low-risk juvenile...
SCHENECTADY, New York — After an arrest that thrust the Schenectady Police Department into the national spotlight due to another knee-to-head chokehold...