Youth Today
All posts tagged "ACLU"
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155NewsFamilies celebrate after judge rules on Ten Commandments law in Louisiana classrooms
Proponents say the ruling ensures families -- not politicians -- choose how children engage with religion.
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820NewsAdvocates fear Minnesota students will again be subject to restraint used on George Floyd
Some say task force is shutting down discussion of guidelines for cops in schools.
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1.2KNewsJudge rules Louisiana must remove youth from Angola
“We demand investment in our children, not punishment," said David Utter, ACLU's lead counsel.
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796NewsChildren face solitary confinement in cells at Illinois juvenile detention facility, ACLU says
"We're supposed to be using the juvenile legal system for rehabilitation and not punishment."
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1.3KNewsHere’s how an AI tool may flag parents with disabilities
The tool's widely-used algorithm may discriminate against people with disabilities or other protected groups.
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4.3K► ReportsNumber of children separated from their families due to parental substance use has more than doubled
The number of children separated from their families due to parental substance use has more than doubled in the past two decades...
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1.9KNewsAlready facing barriers, voters with disabilities are troubled by latest bids to block ballot access
Online registration was among the expanded forms of voter access that several states implemented in 2020 at the height of the COVID-19...
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1.1KNewsLandmark trial begins over Arkansas’ ban on trans youth care
Arkansas was the first state to enact such a ban on gender-confirming care, with Republican lawmakers in 2021 overriding GOP Gov. Asa...
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1.2KNewsTicketing misbehaving students is counter-productive, critics of that practice argue
Students can be ticketed by school resource officers or by local police departments to whom school staff members refer students viewed as...
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2.6KNewsCourt watchers urge change in Florida, which is No. 1 in prosecuting youth as adults
Since 2007, 18 states have raised to 18 the age at which a person can be criminally charged as an adult, according...
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1.7KNewsNew Mexico’s marijuana record expungement lags behind legalization
Thomas Wescott, 24, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, said he has been rejected by multiple employers due to a six-year-old conviction for...
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1.2KNewsNew Mexico lawmakers, citing political frustrations, pull juvenile justice reform bill
Proposed reforms to New Mexico’s juvenile sentencing rules failed to become law for a second year in a row after the bill’s...
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854NewsFrom campus to Congress, colleges urged to end legacy boost
America's elite colleges are facing growing calls to end the decades-old tradition of giving an admissions boost to the children of alumni...
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7.7KNewsBehind bars since age 16, juvenile lifer watches New Mexico struggle over sentencing reform
Michael is one of dozens of people in New Mexico who received what juvenile justice reformists call “de-facto life sentences” — sentences...
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6.2KNewsTrump’s Immigration Policy Pushing Children Into Foster Care
The struggle to reunite a Congolese woman swept up in an immigration crackdown with her little girl — and to reunite countless...
