All posts tagged "Race, Ethnicity and Gender"

New Mexico education policy director resigns over remarks

An education policy expert has resigned her post at the New Mexico Legislature following a long-simmering controversy over remarks she made about...

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New law gives juvenile offenders in Washington state same rights to a lawyer that adults have

Defendants who are 18 years old and younger will have the same access to legal counsel as adults in Washington, starting next...

Diversity of nonbinary youth report: Silhouette of yellow, white, purple and black colored hands as the colors of the non-binary flag.

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Diversity of nonbinary youth

The Trevor Project uses data from its National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health to highlight and discuss the diversity of youth...

Helianis Quijada Salazar and Jasmine Jones stand inside the offices of JustUs, a Brooklyn, N.Y. projected aimed at diverting justice-involved girls and queer youth from juvenile detention facilities and into community programs.

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From the Bureaus

A New York City detention-diversion project is reserved for girls and queer youth

Since it launched in January, 25 youth have enrolled in a three-year pilot project that pays girls and queer youth involved in...

Rural Tribal COVID-19 Healthcare grants; Wind River Indian Reservation town and landscape

Disparities in tribal youth incarceration

The Sentencing Project discusses the latest data on racial disparities in youth incarceration across the country.

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Latinx disparities in youth incarceration

The Sentencing Project discusses the latest data on racial disparities in youth incarceration across the country.

NY marijuana laws: Two hand-rolled marijuana joints rest on lid and glass jar lying on its side with marijuana buds in it

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From the Bureaus

Legalizing recreational marijuana likely means fewer arrests of juveniles of color

The new law is retroactive. It allows persons to have prior marijuana-related convictions for which, under the new rules, they would not...

2021 KIDS COUNT Data Book: Asian mother working at kitchen table on laptop with daughter doing homework and eating beside her

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2021 KIDS COUNT Data Book

The Annie E. Casey Foundation releases the 32nd edition of its annual KIDS COUNT Data Book discussing the latest data on child...

Maternal health inequities during COVID report: Asian pregnant woman is checking body temperature for symptom of fever, headache of viral infection, concept of sickness and healthcare in pregnancy in the situation of covid 19 outbreak.

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Maternal Health Inequities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Urban Institute releases new research discussing how the pandemic has affected the delivery of maternal health care and has exacerbated longstanding...

LGBTQ youth from immigrant families report: two happy LGBTQ youth embracing

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LGBTQ Youth from Immigrant Families

The Trevor Project uses data from its 2020 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health to discuss the unique challenges LGBTQ youth...

lawyers for juveniles trained for racial justice trials: officer arresting a 14 year-old black boy

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Guest Opinion Essay

Lawyers for Juveniles Trained in Racial Justice Trials

In my 15 years of working with youth who cycle through the criminal justice system — initially as a social worker and,...

COVID19 Analysis-Record high blacks and low of white in juvenile facilities

COVID-19 Analysis: Record High of Blacks, Low of Whites in Juvenile Facilities

The tally of Black youth detained in juvenile facilities during the Covid-19 pandemic reached a record high last January, while the same...

youth mentoring for preventing delinquency grants; man mentors young african american man on park bench

Transforming Juvenile Probation: Restructuring Probation Terms to Promote Success

Researchers from the Urban Institute discuss how to reform the probation system to be less harmful to youth prospects and seek greater...

Foster care racism: Black woman with young Black child sitting at table doing homework.

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Many Say Now is the Time to Fight Racial Bias in Foster Care

LIDERINA/SHUTTERSTOCK Cheri Williams looks back with regret at the start of her career as a child welfare caseworker in 1998. Systemic racism...

LGBTQ youth in the workplace report; young female worker stressed at laptop

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LGBTQ Youth in the Workplace

The Trevor Project uses data from its 2020 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health to examine and discuss the experiences of...

sounding the alarm: criminilization of black girls in florida report: pictures of 3 young black girls in black and white

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Sounding the Alarm: Criminalization of Black Girls in Florida

The Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center releases a new report discussing the stark inequities facing black girls in the Florida juvenile justice...

Extremism: Balding man with dark hair, beard, mustache, black top stands in front of bookshelves

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Why Teenage Christian Picciolini Joined, Then Quit White Power Movement

Christian Picciolini, 14, was hanging out one day in an alley near the intersection of Union and Division streets in Chicago. An older...

toolkit: Woman showing papers to man and woman in suits.

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Toolkit Can Help OST Workers Band Together to Respond to Hate Messages

RUSSIAN FEDERATION/SHUTTERSTOCK What do you do if you find racist graffiti on a wall near your school or youth program? Or come...

white nationalism: Rear view of man in crowd wearing ball cap, blue tank top that says Proud Boy.

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