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Banned Kamp: All Boys Aren't Blue, by George M. Johnson.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

The queer survival and coming-of-age book I needed as a child

by KB Brookins November 14, 2023November 14, 2023

States and cities banning books like 'All Boys Aren't Blue' are banning Black folks, queer folks, survivors, and folks who hold multiple of those identities from seeing themselves—both in literature and in life.

Southern youth are speaking out on the mental health crisis, the challenges they face, and anxieties they hope to overcome.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Notes on 'In Their Own Words,' a series on the youth mental health crisis

by Rainesford Stauffer September 14, 2023November 13, 2023
Young people gather during a rally held by Fairness Campaign to advance LGBTQ rights, Wednesday, February 19, 2020, in the Rotunda at the State Capitol, Frankfort, Kentucky. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston) Finding hope and solidarity for LGBTQ Kentucky youth. A trans student on how they and other LGBTQ Kentucky youth are dealing with the mental health fallout of Senate Bill 150 in schools.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

For LGBTQ+ young Kentuckians, community matters for mental health

by Ray Loux September 14, 2023November 13, 2023
Dakerri Rhone of the Human Rights Campaign speaks during a news conference held by the Human Rights Campaign to draw attention to anti-drag bills in the Tennessee legislature, on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee. (John Amis/AP Images for Human Rights Campaign) The mental health toll of anti-LGBTQ+ bills on Tennessee students. Tennessee has passed a record number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills attacking students' rights, mental health, and well-being.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

LGBTQ+ students in Tennessee have never been more terrified

by Lauren Barton September 14, 2023November 13, 2023
A wheelchair standing between other chairs in a school classroom. Disabled students are overlooked in the youth mental health crisis. How navigating an impossible system drove one disabled student to activism in their quest for solutions to the youth mental health crisis.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Young people struggle within a capitalist, ableist system. We can change it.

by Marrow Woods September 14, 2023November 13, 2023
The author, Mira Ugwuadu, posing for a portrait in the months after graduating from high school in Marietta, Georgia. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Funding, education, and safety are at the top of the list of demands to dismantle the youth mental health stigma in Georgia schools.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

In Georgia, we need proactive—not reactive—mental health support in schools

by Mira Ugwuadu September 14, 2023November 13, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

The perfect present for my Black and trans inner child

by Kelsey Smoot August 25, 2023November 13, 2023
A storybook illustration of a Black mother playing soccer with her Black son in the park.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

'Please Keep Playing.' An open letter to my son, Remix

by Ariana Brazier May 5, 2023November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

In Photos: A year in the life of Mississippi's 66th Choctaw Indian Princess

by Adria R. Walker November 22, 2022December 1, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

On abortion, count on Gen Z for more than votes

by Rainesford Stauffer November 7, 2022December 1, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Bookmobiles to the rescue

by Leticia Urieta September 20, 2022December 4, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Yellowjackets shows a world without police as disorderly. Abolitionists aren't buying it.

by Molly Lipson September 13, 2022December 4, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Hooked on Copaganda: What CoComelon actually teaches kids about police

by Bunny McFadden June 22, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Virginia was primed to teach Black history. Then the nation's first anti-critical race theory governor took office.

by Sonia Rao June 14, 2022December 5, 2023
“Thoughts and prayers without action to prevent tragedy is faith without works.” Southern students speak out on legislation and safety fears.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

'Young people need power.' Southern students on safety, accountability, and what they need from adults

by Rainesford Stauffer June 7, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Without paid leave, the South's COVID school policies cause a terrible trickle down for families

by Rainesford Stauffer November 18, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Mississippi's childhood lead exposure interventions don't do enough for kids

by Erica Hensley October 5, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

A principal leaves his beloved school after an intense year

by Katy Reckdahl and The Hechinger Report August 24, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

'Who would want their child to miss everything?'

by Ko Bragg and JS June 25, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

In Photos: Desde Adentro (From Within)

by ITAMA Youth June 24, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

To the other 98%: Lessons from the nation's Black male educators

by Letrell Harris & Horace Ryans May 14, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

In the face of anti-trans bills, 'Mama Gloria' is a blessing

by Antonia Randolph April 23, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Reporter's Notebook: The Power of Proximity

by Ko Bragg February 12, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

How Black kids reclaimed the whitewashed world of 1920's children's literature

by Paige Gray February 8, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Wake County promised to reconsider cops in schools. When they didn't, students took to the streets.

by Courtney Napier January 26, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

'When you come to school, you forfeit your rights'

by Courtney Napier January 19, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Democrats eventually won Black youth voters, but will they keep them?

by Iliana Hagenah December 10, 2020November 13, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

How Georgia and Texas organizers are reimagining the culture of voting

by Anoa Changa October 29, 2020November 13, 2023
Organizers in the Rio Grande Valley worked this summer to ensure people had access to food in neighborhoods with high rates of food insecurity. All photos by Ángela García.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Love to the RGV from a new generation of activists

by Deana Ayers October 12, 2020November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

In their own words: Children rally for justice for Ahmaud Arbery

by Aminata Traore’ May 19, 2020November 13, 2023

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