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1.4KClimate change and youth mental health
The Oregon Health Authority releases a report discussing how the ever-worsening impacts of climate change and dire predictions for the future are...
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960#ChurchToo revelations growing, years after movement began
Survivors of sexual assault in church settings and their advocates have been calling on churches for years to admit the extent of...
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1.4KLatino activism leads in grassroot efforts on climate change
After experiencing global warming's firsthand effects, U.S. Latinos are leading the way in activism around climate change, often drawing on traditions from...
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3.1K‘Without language, we are nothing’: New Mexico to pay Native-language teachers equally
Today, students in New Mexico schools can study many of the eight indigenous languages of New Mexico’s 23 tribal entities. It’s an...
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1.3KNorth Central Florida YMCA brings summer camp to rural areas
The North Central Florida YMCA kicked off summer camp in Hawthorne this week. It’s the first time Hawthorne has had summer programming...
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765FTC Chair Khan plans key work on kids’ data privacy online
The head of the Federal Trade Commission says the agency is pushing a robust agenda of actions and policies to help safeguard...
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1.1KThere’s litigation and innovation involving LGBTQ juveniles, a disproportionately larger group
Tailor-made services are important for many justice-involved LGBTQ youth and young adults their advocates contend, because those individuals’ encounters with law enforcement,...
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1.8KThe rise of firearm suicide among young Americans
Everytown for Gun Safety releases a troubling new report discussing the stark rise in firearm suicides among youth across the nation and...
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692Oregon dropping AI tool used in child abuse cases
Child welfare officials in Oregon will stop using an algorithm to help decide which families are investigated by social workers, opting instead...
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806Scouts sell off camps under strain from sex abuse suits
KILLINGWORTH, Conn. (AP) — As the financially struggling Boy Scouts sell off a number of campgrounds, conservationists, government officials and others are...
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1.7KiPad rentals, emergency funds and food pantries: What it takes to make “free college” work for all students
Since moving to New Mexico from her home country of Malaysia in 2017, Nuraisyah A Mohd Hilmi has paused her college education...
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709In historic shift, far fewer teens face adult US courts
A significant shift away from the "get tough" philosophy of the 1980s and '90s for youth offenders, has resulted in far fewer...
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1.7KNew Mexico’s marijuana record expungement lags behind legalization
Thomas Wescott, 24, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, said he has been rejected by multiple employers due to a six-year-old conviction for...
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3.3KNew ghost gun rule unlikely to stem violence amid thriving youth gun culture
Ghost guns — so-called because they are nearly impossible to trace — are sold in parts and assembled by the buyer. Until...
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2.0KYouth find hope restoring Rio Grande wetlands threatened by climate change
La Mancha Wetland Park in Las Cruces, New Mexico, is a cool oasis in the spring heat of the surrounding desert for...
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1.2KCritics link lax gun storage to accidental shootings involving youth, mostly in the South
After running toward the sound of a gunshot that still haunts her, Marentha Sargent watched her 14-year-old, Adrienne Lambert, bleeding from the...
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1.4KYoung caregivers ‘exist in the shadows,’ offer crucial help
As many 10 million children in the U.S. may provide some form of care at home, according to researcher Melinda Kavanaugh. Some...
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2.2KYouth employment opportunities shine bright this summer
Summer of 2022 is shaping up to be one of economic opportunity for millions of young people, from teens looking for summer...
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1.0KJJIE Resource Hub: Federal funds to slash student suspensions; trying adults as children; and other topics
Unspent American Rescue Plan funds to lower the number of students who wind up in the juvenile justice system. The impact of...
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2.1KFor ‘lockdown generation’ school shootings are their reality
A day after the school massacre in Texas, Ohio teacher Renee Coley thought her sixth grade students would need time to process,...
