Youth Today
All posts tagged "Race, Ethnicity and Gender"
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2.1KFrom the BureausA 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...
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1.2K► ReportsDisparities in tribal youth incarceration
The Sentencing Project discusses the latest data on racial disparities in youth incarceration across the country.
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1.1K► ReportsLatinx disparities in youth incarceration
The Sentencing Project discusses the latest data on racial disparities in youth incarceration across the country.
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1.5KFrom the BureausLegalizing 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...
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1.6K► Reports2021 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...
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1.2K► ReportsMaternal 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...
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1.9K► ReportsLGBTQ 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...
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2.1KGuest Opinion EssayLawyers 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,...
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1.1KNewsCOVID-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...
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1.1K► ReportsTransforming 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...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayAnalysts Propose Racial Equity in Youth Probation
Structural racism drives harsher treatment of Black youth, who are more likely than white youth to be arrested, incarcerated, placed on probation...
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2.6K► ReportsMany 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...
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1.4K► ReportsLGBTQ 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...
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1.8K► ReportsSounding 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...
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1.2K► ReportsEducation Borders in Atlanta
The Urban Institute discusses the effects of school district boundaries on the racial segregation of schools in Atlanta.
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2.4KNewsWhy 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...
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1.9KNewsToolkit 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...
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2.4KNewsWhen Hate Groups Recruit Youth: Teacher, Former White Nationalist Tell How to Counter It
Nora Flanagan’s first brush with hate group recruiting took place when she was 15 and living in Beverly, a southwest Chicago neighborhood....
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1.5K► ReportsRacial Disparities in Youth Incarceration Persist
The Sentencing Project releases a new report discussing how stark racial disparities in the juvenile justice system remain relatively unchanged even as...
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7.5KGuest Opinion EssayGirls of Color, Native Girls Have Been Sex Trafficked Since Colonization, Slavery
While awareness of sex trafficking has grown, too little attention is given to how this terrible violence impacts girls of color. In...
