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1.7KGuns on College Campuses
The Urban Institute explores the effects and reception of the recent Kansas campus carry legislation by collecting data and speaking with higher...
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4.0KHow Homelessness, Mental Illness, Substance Use and the Criminal Justice System Collided in Little Five Points
Torch has been on the street 11 years, he says. With no fixed address, he is a permanent resident of Little Five...
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2.3KDixie Pipeline: Guns Bought in Mississippi Often Reach Chicago Streets
For close to seven years, a Mississippi man bought firearms in and around Natchez before sending them to contacts in Chicago, many...
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2.4KScarred By Chicago Gun Violence, Student Finds Refuge, Purpose in Mississippi
“I don't know how to tell you this, but your brother was shot.” Michael Taylor’s heartbeat quickened. He was having difficulty breathing....
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2.1KHurt By Gang Violence, Greenwood Residents Rally to Rescue City’s Youth
Do not call Brittany Gray, Kenderick Cox and Marcellus Gray activists. The Greenwood natives prefer to be called who they are —...
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3.5KCharacteristics of Public and Private Elementary and Secondary School Principals in the U.S.
The National Center for Education Statistics gives a comprehensive overview of the characteristics of school principals in the United States based on...
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3.1KTeens Learn Life Skills Training Therapy Dogs
New York City teenagers who have been in trouble with the law are receiving help from some unlikely allies this summer —...
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3.4K2 Sisters, 2 Foster Care Tales
Two sisters illustrate two different paths through foster care. Melody McLaurin emancipated herself from foster care at 18 and received benefits from...
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1.9KStates’ Payment Rates Under the Child Care & Development Fund Program Could Limit Access to Child Care Providers
The Dept. of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General released this new comprehensive report outlining the inadequacy of the state-administered...
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5.4KAbusive Childhood, Then Foster Care Led to Homelessness
Matthew “Fire” Mishefski was days away from completing his makeshift encampment. After years of homelessness, the 24-year-old knew what he needed to...
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2.6KFamily Instability and Children’s Social Development
Child Trends takes a statistical look at the role family instability has in children's social development.
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1.8KSummer Camp Part of Year-round Farm for Youngsters in Georgia
The last week of summer camp, students began boiling milk on Monday. They stood over a stove in the family and consumer...
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3.4KA New York Trans Woman’s Journey: Trauma and Homelessness, Sex Work to Survive
Ael Ericha Loetterle’s experience with homelessness is the second of three stories on queer homeless youth as reported by the JJIE’s New...
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2.4KQ&A: Washington State Needs to Invest in Resources to Help Youth Before They Become Homeless
End youth homelessness. Achieve zero youth detention. Stop jailing runaways. Ensure kids don’t leave detention to end up homeless.
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2.9KBeyond Suspensions: Examining School Discipline Policies & Connections to the School-to-Prison Pipeline for Students of Color w/ Disabilities
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights investigates school discipline policies and practices across the nation which adversely and disproportionately affect students of...
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3.1KUpward Bound Gives High Schoolers Boost With Summer Program of Drones
Kayla Linard stood high in the balcony of the Kennesaw State University gymnasium in Marietta, Ga., holding a white remote control device.
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5.3KAdewale Adeyemo to Lead the Obama Foundation as its First President
The Obama Foundation recently announced Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo as its first president.
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2.4KGlobal Kids Summer Program Opens Students’ Eyes to Foreign Affairs
What if you were a member of the National Security Council and learned that a foreign country could be building nuclear weapons...
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4.0KYouth in Foster Care Navigate Challenges As They Look Toward College
Julia, 16, a high school senior in Alpharetta, Ga., knows where she wants to go to college: It’s Georgia State University in...
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2.4KHomeless and Queer: A Vampire in Brooklyn
Faith Alastair’s experience with homelessness is the first of three stories on LGBTQ homeless youth as reported by the JJIE’s New York...
