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2.4KJackson, Miss., Turns to Innovative Program to Lower Its Gun Deaths
Mississippi’s capital city is becoming a petri dish for an experiment designed to stop an epidemic of gun violence that claimed 84...
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3.9KThe Problem of Youth Homelessness Is Not the Fault of the Youth, Experts Say
The fight against youth homelessness drags on and on. It is not that the fighters are no match for a seemingly intractable...
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1.4KFoster Students Struggle to Get Financial Aid, Advice for College
“I view myself as a lone wolf. You can be around people but still feel very much alone,” said Gianni Cuevas, who...
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1.6KYV LifeSet Program Teaches Skills Youth in Foster Care Miss
A chance invitation freed Elizabeth Turner from the revolving door of the North Carolina foster care system and homelessness and set her...
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1.5KCharlotte Nonprofit Raises Private Funds to House Couch-surfing Youth
Keiston Davis regained his life when he almost lost it.
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3.3KCalifornia Foster Students Get Patchwork of College Support
The shops are beginning to come alive on a Monday morning as Yamina Inzunza arrives at a coffee shop popular with college...
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806Thank You For Your Donations
Thanks to people like you who donated to our Center for Sustainable Journalism during 2018 NewsMatch, we raised more than $54,000.
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1.2KNY Activists Mourn ‘Elder Statesman’ Who Fought for Justice for Slain Son for 24 Years
More than a week since Christmas, Donna Carter-Heyward’s Brooklyn apartment still had the cozy warm atmosphere of the holidays. A small Charlie...
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1.5K2008 Recession Helped Create Many More Homeless Youth, Expert Says
Medical sociologist Eric Wright’s work has taken him into parks, abandoned buildings, shelters and other places off the beaten path.
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2.6KFor Youth in Sports, Transgender Means Off the Pitch
Keiran Flynn had just finished his junior year at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Ga., when he decided he was ready to...
