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1.6KAfter New York City Chokehold Ban, Schenectady Protesters Push For Similar Legislation
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — By 9:10 p.m. the only sound audible between protesters’ chants was the distant buzz of two drones high above...
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2.2KNew York City’s Internet Surveillance System Needs Overhaul, Report Says
NEW YORK — While working as a monitor in the dean’s office her freshman year of high school, Alexis Lanysse spent most...
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3.5KAmerica’s Biases Marginalize Youth, Drive Them to Homelessness
Social psychology has found that someone may decide someone else's behavior has one of two causes: dispositional or situational. Dispositional attribution assigns...
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1.1KMore Telehealth Could Be Among Policy, Practice Implications of COVID-19 Pandemic
In a remarkably short period of time, the COVID-19 pandemic has required us to change almost everything about how we live and...
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2.2KHow Do We Make Youth Homelessness Effort Bipartisan?
4.2 million. That’s the number of homeless youths in America every year. This opinion piece is about the 4.2 million, how and why...
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3.8KHow Is Pandemic Affecting Mental Health of Youth With Disabilities?
The spike in new COVID-19 cases here in the U.S. has some people on edge. The truth is that the majority of...
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5.5KJacksonville activist groups work together on police reform
►►►Scroll down for slideshow JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It was drizzling steadily on June 6 when one of the largest civil rights protests...
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2.4KTexting Our Students Even More Important During COVID-19 Pandemic
With schools making sudden shifts to remote learning and companies pivoting to digital work, devices are playing a vital role in sustaining...
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2.0KAlaska Marijuana Tax Funds Out-of-school Programs in 30-plus Communities
As more states legalize marijuana, people who work with youth want to rise to the occasion. If legalization has a negative...
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2.4KAdvance Peace Change Agents Already Interrupting Epidemics Every Day in Neighborhood
Fresh shell casings are still scattered in the streets. Multiple sets of dice are still rolling like rocks in an avalanche. Bottles...
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2.2KHow Are Youth With Disabilities Maintaining Relationships During COVID-19 Pandemic?
Although stay-at-home requirements are being lifted in phases, many people are choosing to remain indoors until the coast is clear. This decision...
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2.8KCortland Black Lives Matter Cautiously Considers Support From Local Libertarians
CORTLAND, N.Y. — As the Black Lives Matter movement here looks to turn its public support into political momentum, local libertarians are...
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1.4KNYPD Won’t Stay in Schools Under New Budget Agreement
NEW YORK — The Surrogate’s Court in Lower Manhattan received a fresh coat of paint — albeit an unprompted one, after graffiti,...
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1.5KGlobal Status Report on Preventing Violence Against Children 2020
The World Health Organization and UNICEF analyze the actions and policies of governments around the world implemented to prevent violence against children...
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1.6KNew York City Public Advocate, Progressive Teacher Groups Want Police Out of Schools
NEW YORK — As a budget deadline looms for New York today, the city’s Public Advocate said he will hold up the...
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2.7KDr. Kimberlyn Leary Joins Urban Institute as Senior Vice President
The Urban Institute has announced Dr. Kimberlyn Leary will be the organization’s new senior vice president, responsible for overseeing all research and...
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2.1KDespite Having Cellphones, Rural Teens With No Home Internet Are Left Behind
With so many activities now online — including school and summer activities — digital access is critical. But many young people in...
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2.4KGallup Schools Hope For CARES Funding for Tech Purchases
The perfect storm analogy might be apropos when assessing the dire situation of Gallup-McKinley County Schools (GMCS) as it attempts to slog...
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1.0KMesilla Valley CASA Helping Youth Past CYFD Age Cutoff
In April, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) extended its foster care services...
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1.9KState Outreach Helping Aged-out Foster Youth Amid Anxiety About Lost Oil Field Jobs
Jade Collins really needs her driver’s license to get to her doctor’s appointments. She was 29 weeks pregnant in late May and...
