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5.9KJackson, 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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10.9KThe 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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2.5KFoster 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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3.4KYV 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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3.6KCharlotte Nonprofit Raises Private Funds to House Couch-surfing Youth
Keiston Davis regained his life when he almost lost it.
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12.8KCalifornia 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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2.0KThank 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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2.5KNY 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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4.6KWashington State Leader in Paying for Apprenticeships for Youth in Foster Care
What many consider routine and the direct path to college can be a quagmire for traumatized youth in foster care.
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2.7K2008 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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5.4KFor 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...
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10.8KWhat’s Hindering Most Youth in Foster Care From Studying After High School?
Early on, many youth in foster care develop a certain resourcefulness that allows them to navigate thorny situations and push through layers...
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3.3KArrested for Not Carrying an ID on Way to High School, Young New Yorker Opts to Fight
Mariah Charles woke up on Tuesday faced with a difficult decision. Does she take a plea to a crime she didn’t commit...
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3.0K2 Years of Youth Coverage from U. of Southern California
Teen homelessness. Gun control. After-school funding. For two years, students at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism...
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2.4KCoverage of the Los Angeles March for Our Lives
When the Los Angeles March for Our Lives crowd stepped off on March 24, students at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg...
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2.2KHighlights of Immigration Coverage in Southern California
Students at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism have been shooting videos about the undocumented young people...
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2.8KFewer DACA Students Enrolling in California Colleges
With President Donald Trump announcing his intent to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, college students in California fear this...
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4.5KNew Los Angeles Center Will Be For Transition-age Foster Youth
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic is opening a new facility to expand their efforts to support transition-age foster...
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3.1KLos Angeles Charity Drive Supports Youth Housing
Charities from across Los Angeles County came together on April 15 to donate home goods to underprivileged youth. Led by the Los...
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6.7KFor Underdog High School Football Team in Harlem, Fight Is a Way of Life
The weight room inside Frederick Douglass Academy in East Harlem, New York is nothing more than a repurposed classroom. The ceiling is...
