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Youth
Child Anxiety and Parenting in the Trump Era
Since the election, medical professionals have observed an uptick in agitation and anxiety among our young patients.
These Kids Used Their Spring Break to Protest Trump
Last week, hundreds of youth from around the country traveled to DC to demonstrate against Trump's immigrant policies.
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NYPD Officers Threaten High School Students With Taser
A recent video captured two NYPD officers using a Taser to push youth of color off a public sidewalk.
Chicago Has a Destructive Plan to “Prepare” Students for Life After High School
Will requiring high school students to make post-graduation plans help or hurt their futures?
Ethnic Studies Courses Break Down Barriers and Benefit Everyone — So Why the Resistance?
As cities incorporate Ethnic Studies curricula, advocates say everyone wins. Others argue they just promote resentment.
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After Los Angeles Youth Sued City for Discriminatory Drilling Practices, the Oil Industry Sued Back
In Los Angeles, the number of residents living less than a mile from an oil well is in the tens of thousands.
In Conversation: Xiuhtezcatl Martinez on Why Youth Voices Are Powerful
At just 16 years old, Xiuhtezcatl has more experience fighting for the environment than most people twice his age.
Awareness and Action: Nuclear Resistance as a Millennial
If there is hope for a better world, we have no choice but to make it so.
Feminism Must Be Intersectional: Putting Child Care on the Agenda
To move forward the reproductive rights movement must embrace a broader feminist agenda that includes child care.
How Unaccompanied Youth Become Exploited Workers in the US
Many children who cross the US-Mexico border remain undetected and must fend for themselves on the other side.