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All posts tagged "Race, Ethnicity and Gender"
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2.0K► NewsmakersEric Morrison-Smith named executive director of the Alliance for Boys and Men of Color
Eric Morrison-Smith is the new executive director of the Alliance for Boys and Men of Color, succeeding Marc Philpart, who is leaving...
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1.1KNewsTrans kids fear Alabama laws targeting medicine, bathrooms
Alabama is among multiple states with Republican-controlled legislatures that have advanced bills not only to block medical treatment but to ban transgender...
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1.2KNewsFirst pope, now US churches face boarding-school reckoning
As Native Americans cautiously welcome Pope Francis' historic apology for abuses at Catholic-run boarding schools for Indigenous children in Canada, U.S. churches...
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978NewsGeorgia lawmakers hand transgender decision to sports group
Georgia lawmakers dumped the thorny problem of whether transgender athletes should be allowed to play high school sports onto the state's main...
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1.1KNewsMichigan law adds mandatory reporters after Nassar scandal
Physical and occupational therapists and athletic trainers will now be required to report suspected child abuse or neglect under a new Michigan...
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1.1KNewsFirst but not last: Black girls see themselves in court pick
For Black girls, the possibility of Jackson being the first Black woman on the Supreme Court is a moment of promise, hope...
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2.5KNewsNew Mexico officials hope to open state’s first safe house for sex trafficked youth
Though popular portrayals of human trafficking tend to conjure ideas of violent kidnappings and cross-border human smuggling, the majority of sexual exploitation...
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984NewsTexas judge blocks investigations of trans youth parents
A Texas judge on Friday blocked the state from investigating as child abuse gender confirming care for transgender youth. District Judge Amy...
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1.4KNewsNew Mexico to offer equal pay to Native American teachers
New Mexico will begin to offer equal pay to dozens of Indigenous language teachers as part of a new law aimed at...
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856NewsTexas governor order treats gender-confirming care as abuse
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the state's child welfare agency to investigate reports of gender-confirming care for kids as abuse,...
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1.3KNewsTrayvon Martin, 10 years later: Teen’s death changes nation
Trayvon Martin's final night began with a convenience store run, a quick trip for candy and something to drink. It ended in...
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2.2KNewsNative activists hail passage of New Mexico Indian Family Protection Act
New Mexico lawmakers have passed a bill that strengthens protections for Native American children in state care. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is...
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1.8K► NewsmakersMelanie Willingham-Jaggers named executive director of GLSEN
Melanie Willingham-Jaggers is the first person of color, first nonbinary person, and first Black woman to lead GLSEN in its 32-year history.
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5.1KNewsQ&A: UPenn Prof. Dorothy Roberts makes the case for abolishing the child welfare system
For Dorothy Roberts, a scholar of race and gender at the University of Pennsylvania law school, there is nothing well-meaning or compassionate...
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1.5KNewsOklahoma basketball team launches afterschool program to teach data, analytics to Black youth
The students, known as Thunder Fellows, are part of the inaugural class of an afterschool program founded in the wake of the...
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1.5KNewsNew approach to teaching race in school divides New Mexico
A proposal to overhaul New Mexico's social studies standards has stirred debate over how race should be taught in schools, with thousands...
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1.6KNewsNative American child advocate to speak at Mississippi conference
Sandy White Hawk will speak at the 10th-annual Indian Child Welfare Act Conference. The event will be held on Feb. 16 at...
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1.2KNewsComments renew debate over adoption as abortion alternative
Clinic operators and other abortion-rights advocates say recent comments from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett and other abortion opponents perpetuate...
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1.3KNewsNew Mexico pledges support for tribal adoptions in state law
In her first prepared speech Tuesday the new leader of New Mexico's child protection department pledges to restore the agency's credibility following...
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2.2K► ReportsResearch brief: LGBTQ youth sports participation
The Trevor Project releases a new research brief discussing the current data and issues concerning LGBTQ youth sports participation.
