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4.3KChild Protective Services Target Minority, Poor Women, Report Says
In 2018, Elizabeth Brico left her Florida home for three days following a fight with her mother-in-law. After her mother-in-law called Florida’s...
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1.0KSyracuse Activists Skeptical of Executive Order on Police Reforms
The biggest promise of police reform came in Mayor Ben Walsh’s first executive order after 18 months in office. It happened on...
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1.3KPhotographer Gets Gassed, Sprayed on Front Lines of Police Reform Protests
The protest started peacefully with a diverse group gathering at police headquarters. Fathers holding toddlers on their shoulders stood next to young...
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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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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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1.0KNYPD 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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1.7KFostering 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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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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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...
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2.4KAdvancing Teen Flourishing: Moving Policy Upstream
Well Being Trust discusses how supporting the mental and physiological health of teens through well-funded programs and comprehensive policies benefits society as...
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2.1KAmherst H. Wilder Foundation Names Armando Camacho President and CEO
Amid tumultuous times for Minnesota and the nation, the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation has appointed Armando Camacho as its new president and...
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1.8KStudies Show That Violence Prevention Saves Cities Money — Lots of Money
In the 18 years Paul Tutwiler has led the Northwest Jacksonville Community Development Corporation in Florida, the organization has tried a variety...
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1.9KRural Quincy, Wash., Teens Respond To Pandemic, Help Adults With Digital Access
Having young people teach digital skills to adults seems like a no-brainer. After all, how many adults have gotten a teenager to...
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1.7KThe Land of Inopportunity: Closing the Childhood Equity Gap for America’s Kids
Save the Children releases the first-ever comprehensive child welfare and development rankings of all U.S. counties.
