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With Thanksgiving over, the holiday shopping season has the full attention of many Americans. But in Minnesota and elsewhere, people are being asked to be responsible when buying lottery tickets as gifts. The Minnesota Lottery and the Minnesota Alliance on Problem Gambling are again taking part in an annual campaign...
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A new report from The Sentencing Project debunks the myth of a post-pandemic crime wave fueled by young people. In March, Congress held a hearing about a spike in carjackings in big cities, but the data actually show a drop in overall robberies by youths in 2020, and a drop in...
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As children grow up, parents and caregivers across California face the difficult decision of how to oversee social media use. But is that decision made harder by a lack of legal protections for children in the Golden State? Marc Berkman is CEO of the California-based nonprofit Organization for Social...
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La depresión y los pensamientos suicidas son más frequentes entre los jóvenes transgénero. Pero los estudios muestran que la atención en afirmación de género mejora su salud mental. Comentarios de Diana Tordoff, epidemióloga de la Universidad de Washington. Los jóvenes transgénero enfrentan mayores riesgos de depresión y suicidio en...
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Depression and thoughts of suicide are higher among transgender youth. But studies show that gender-affirming care improves their mental health. Comments from Diana Tordoff, epidemiologist, University of Washington. Transgender youths face increased risks of depression and suicide compared with other young people, but the latest study finds gender-affirming care helps reduce...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A pesar de décadas de reformas de justicia juvenil, California sigue encarcelando a muchos más jóvenes de color que a sus homólogos blancos, según un nuevo análisis. Una investigación recopilada por The Sentencing Project demuestra que los adolescentes negros tienen nueve veces más probabilidades de estar...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Despite decades of juvenile justice reforms, California is still incarcerating kids of color much more often than their white peers, according to a new analysis. Research collected by The Sentencing Project shows Black teens are nine times more likely to be locked up than white teens, and that’s...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California’s teenage foster youth are doing better than the national average in several important ways, according to a new report. The Annie E. Casey Foundation research found 84 percent of California young people who leave the foster care system at age 21 have...
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NATALIA E. PANE Child Trends Youth have healthier behaviors today than they did 25 years ago, according to new data from the Youth Behavior Surveillance Survey. This data set, which has been released biannually for more than 25 years, is one of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s...