Youth Today
From the Bureaus
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3.5KConey Island Teens Take First Steps Into Anti-violence Movement
Instead of hanging out, 35 Coney Island teenagers spent their midwinter vacation last week learning to cope with everyday trauma and avoid...
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3.4KLos Angeles Reaction to Parkland Shooting Somewhat Muted
The response from the Los Angeles community, just shy of three weeks after the Sal Castro Middle School shooting and one week...
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4.4KFrom Dropout to Diploma at Youth Opportunities Unlimited in Los Angeles
Last year, 11th-grader Terri Holden, 17, found herself on the road to dropping out of high school — like one in every...
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1.9KJohn Legend Plays Backup at Panel on Mass Incarceration
“We have allowed our most vulnerable children to be thrown away, to be traumatized, to be locked up in these...
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3.8KBobby Cagle, New LA Child Welfare Chief, to Find High Demand, Too Few Foster Homes
Bobby Cagle, a former foster child and caseworker, is set to take over as head of Los Angeles Department of Children and...
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1.7KThis Pro-justice Reform Candidate in Brooklyn, NY, Started Activism at Age 12
Twenty-three years ago, New York City Council candidate Anthony Beckford faced long odds when he spoke out...
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3.0KYoung People a Focus for Anti‑fascism, Anti-Trump Movement
It was a school night and well past Joshua Vega’s bedtime when most of the world learned that Donald Trump had won...
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3.5KCalifornia Tries — With Difficulty — to Implement 2 Major New Laws to Help Sex-Trafficked Kids
California is attempting to switch to a victim-centered approach for its sexually trafficked youngsters. But...
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2.8KGetting $50 Million More for California After-school Programs Took Group 3 Years of Lobbying
California after-school programs statewide were able to breathe a small sigh of relief this year after Gov. Jerry Brown set...
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3.7KCalifornia Dreamers, Advocacy Groups Working Together in Hopes of Preserving DACA
Imagine working hard to achieve your dream of attending the University of California at Los Angeles, only to find after getting in...
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1.9KPoetry Helps Young Angeleno Cope With Deportation of Family Member
Eleven-year-old Violeta Esquivel feels uncomfortable in President Donald Trump's America, especially after he announced the phasing out of the DACA (Deferred Action...
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2.6KBoys & Girls Club Volunteer-Turned-Employee Says Listening to the Kids Is the Key
Wynter Parham, 29, is surrounded by teens in the kitchen at the Boys and Girls Club as she takes everyone’s cupcakes out...
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1.4KYoung Bostonians Pleased With Counter-protester Turnout Against ‘Free Speech’ Rally
With her 2-year-old son perched on her shoulders, Tomiqua Williams, 30, carefully guided her 5-year-old daughter’s...
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1.9KHow a New York Police Official Targets Thoughts to Fight Crime
When Carlos Jennings got out of prison in 2014, he wanted to kill the person who helped put him there. “I wasn’t...
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2.3KLA County Puts Thousands of Kids on ‘Voluntary’ Probation for Merely Struggling With School
Marbella Munoz was a foster child for most of her life. As is true for many foster children bounced through multiple placements,...
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5.4KHow LA County Began to Face Its Big Problem With Youth Being Sex-Trafficked
Michelle Guymon is a hero in the world of child sex trafficking prevention. Seven years ago, she had no idea Los Angeles...
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4.8KMore Protections for Juvenile Offenders Are Before California Legislators
Proposed legislation would move juvenile justice in California closer to rehabilitating youth rather than punishing them, juvenile advocates say.
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1.5KMothers Whose Children Have Been Arrested, Killed by Police Meet to Organize
The mother never wanted to talk in public about what happened to her son. For 24 years — since her then-17-year-old son...
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1.5KIn-Person Visits, New Underwear, More Counseling: Key Changes Sought in California Juvenile Detention
Should youth incarcerated in California juvenile halls and camps be entitled to new underwear? Should family and friends be assured that their...
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2.9KFear of Deportation Leads to Rise in Mental Health Symptoms Among Youth
For 17-year-old Alejandro, dealing with anxiety has been a normal part of teenage life.
