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1.5K2020 KIDS COUNT Data Book
The Annie E. Casey Foundation releases the 31st edition of its KIDS COUNT Data Book, describing how children across the United States were...
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1.8KDA Charges Tre’mall McGee, Teen Shot in Back While Prone, With Resisting Arrest
The Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office in Louisiana plans to continue its criminal case against the 14-year-old shot in the back as...
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1.7KBlack Lives Matter Organizers In Rural Cortland County Are Tired Of Gestures
Few people downtown would look Steve Williams in the eye. Not the police officers stationed at each end of Courthouse Park. Not...
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1.5KDr. Lorelle Espinosa is Sloan Foundation’s New Diversity in STEM Higher Ed Program Director
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation recently named Dr. Lorelle Espinosa as program director for diversity in STEM higher education. She succeeds Dr....
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1.7KSystem Change Means More Than Defunding Police
Calls for racial justice have reached a critical level in the U.S. and the world. This moment, which to many people seemed...
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1.8KWe Need to Take Care of Each Other After COVID-19 Too
The Office of Neighborhood Safety (ONS) in Richmond, Calif., is a non-law enforcement governmental agency whose sole purpose is to reduce gun...
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3.0KYouthWorks in Massachusetts Reimagines Summer Youth Employment
This summer, teenagers in Massachusetts may be conducting oral history interviews about the impact of COVID-19 in their community. They may be...
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2.1KWhere Are Young People With Disabilities Getting Their News About COVID-19?
Anyone who has worked in a newsroom knows that the way people consume news has changed dramatically over the past decades. When...
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1.1KNYPD Reforms That Ban Chokeholds, Hiding Badge IDs Pass City Council, Go to Mayor
After weeks of emotionally charged youth-led protests calling for sweeping reforms to root racism out of the criminal justice system in the...
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2.6KNew York State Must Pause Aging Out From Foster System During COVID-19
As a young adult formerly in foster care, I know that people my age are confronted with a tough reality when their...
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1.8KFostering Inequity: How COVID-19 Amplifies Dangers For LGBTQ+ Youth in Care
This new report from Children's Rights details how the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating already difficult situations for LGBTQ+ youth in care facilities...
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Louisiana Law Enforcement Won’t Say Who Shot Teen in Back
It is a question that has been posed to every level of law enforcement in Louisiana. From the city of Westwego, where...
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2.2KLike Police, Youth Workers Prone to Burnout
Just days ago, I received a group email from fellow ACYCP (Association for Youth and Child Care Practice) Board delegate, Janet Wakefield,...
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2.7KAfter George Floyd, Black and Brown People Need Voice Plus Seat At the Table
Why are we so shocked in this country after witnessing a black man being killed? Is it because of the way he...
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3.3KWe Have Chance to Build Better Child, Family Well-Being System
The current global pandemic and associated economic crisis is shining a spotlight on the stresses and resiliency of families and some of...
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1.3KCities in New York State Take Different Approaches to Calls For Police Change
NEW YORK — After weeks of protest across New York, state and local elected officials are still scrambling to develop plans to...
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1.7KYouth-led Protest Urges Syracuse Police to Remove Officers From Schools
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Pressure is mounting on city lawmakers to change how the Syracuse Police Department operates: The state passed two sets...
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1.3KNew York After-school Network Lays Out Plan to Help In Recovery
As the pandemic-stalled economy reopens, after-school and summer learning providers see big needs that they are positioned to fill — child care,...
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2.8KHow Can Front-liners Help Youth With Disabilities?
As states begin to slowly reopen from lockdown, we find ourselves feeling a mixture of caution and hope. For the past few...
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1.7KNew York Protestors, Police Both Frustrated By Use of Force Charge
After multiple reports of police using excessive force against anti-police brutality protestors in New York and charges filed against only one NYPD...
