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All posts tagged "race ethnicity and gender"
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1.9KNewsQ&A: Mneesha Gellman examines the benefits of teaching Indigenous languages in public schools
The biggest lesson Mneesha Gellman learned, she said, is that policies don't "magically appear from on high" — they are handed down...
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1.2KNewsLandmark 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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2.1KGuest Opinion EssayTexas caseworkers give us a lesson in whose lives matter
Sixteen current and former employees of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) have filed an amicus brief as part...
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1.8KNewsCalifornia eyes making girls’ flag football a school sport
The number of girls playing flag football in U.S. high schools doubled to 11,000 in the decade leading up to 2018-19, according...
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974NewsTeen interest in long-lasting birth control soars after Roe
Experts say the U.S. Supreme Court's June ruling appears to be accelerating a trend of increased birth control use among teens, including...
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1.5K► ReportsThe current state of diversity and equity in U.S. apprenticeships for young people
Jobs for the Future releases a new report analyzing the current outlook on diversity and equity in the nation's apprenticeship systems.
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4.3KNewsBlack girls are experiencing record rates of self-injury and death by suicide
Emergency room visits for suicidal thoughts and self-injury are on the rise, with Black girls and LGBTQ youth experiencing record rates of...
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2.4K► ReportsMinorities are less likely than whites to bypass courts for community-based rehabilitation, new analysis finds
Released today, the Sentencing Project’s “Diversion: A Hidden Key to Combating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice,” analyzes nationwide data. Citing,...
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1.4KNewsNebraska school officials close newspaper after LGBTQ issue
Administrators at a Nebraska school shuttered the school's award-winning student newspaper just days after its last edition that included articles and editorials...
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1.1KNewsTransgender kids can play girls sports in Utah after ruling
Instead of an outright ban, transgender girls will now be sent before a commission that will determine on a case-by-case basis if...
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2.8KNewsWisconsin school board votes in favor of pride flag ban
A Wisconsin school board voted in favor of a policy that prohibits teachers and staff from displaying gay pride flags and other...
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1.8K► ReportsFlorida girls are arrested and locked up at higher rates than boys
Non-felony offenses accounted for two out of three arrests of juvenile girls in Florida, according to “The Justice for Girls Blueprint: The...
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5.2KNewsAsian-Black activism, going back decades, now is being rekindled
Launched in winter 2019 by a Black woman and an Asian American woman, both 27, People Matter echoes cross-racial collaboration extending back...
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670NewsAlabama cites abortion ruling in transgender medication case
Days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can prohibit abortion, Alabama has seized on the decision to argue that the...
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1.2KNewsLGBTQ students would get new protections under Biden plan
The rights of LGBTQ students would become enshrined in federal law and victims of campus sexual assault would gain new protections under...
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3.0KNews‘There’s no safe place’: One queer youth shelter serves all of New Mexico
LGBTQ+ youth experience homelessness at significantly higher rates than their peers. In Albuquerque, New Mexico's only shelter specifically for queer young people provides...
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1.9KNewsTrans kids’ treatment can start younger, new guidelines say
A leading transgender health association has lowered its recommended minimum age for starting gender transition treatment, including sex hormones and surgeries. The...
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1.4KNewsLatino activism leads in grassroot efforts on climate change
After experiencing global warming's firsthand effects, U.S. Latinos are leading the way in activism around climate change, often drawing on traditions from...
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3.1KNews‘Without language, we are nothing’: New Mexico to pay Native-language teachers equally
Today, students in New Mexico schools can study many of the eight indigenous languages of New Mexico’s 23 tribal entities. It’s an...
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1.1KFrom the BureausThere’s litigation and innovation involving LGBTQ juveniles, a disproportionately larger group
Tailor-made services are important for many justice-involved LGBTQ youth and young adults their advocates contend, because those individuals’ encounters with law enforcement,...
