In hopes of providing youth an escape from the numerous acts of violence throughout the community, a group of local leaders ...

Each year the American Library Association (ALA) honors books, videos, and other outstanding materials for children and teens. Recognized worldwide for the high quality ... for substantial ...

The 2025 winner is Carole Boston Weatherford. Her award-winning works include Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, which won ...

11, 2024 — The majority of children who started smoking tobacco at age 10 years or in their later teens continued to smoke ... in Marijuana Use Among U.S. Youth Over a Decade (2011 to 2021 ...

Grand Rapids Police Department says it is working to identify the root cause of homicides, with the chief noting last week ...

The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, digital media, video and audio books for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and ...

Internal documents, interviews with sources and errors left in public documents reveal how the Albanese government's flagship ...

Black youth are overrepresented in the foster care system in the United States. According to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), there were 368,530 youth in the ...

A Black student was held in an “illegal” restraint while white students received less severe punishments, a federal lawsuit ...

The three males involved were all identified as juveniles, and the names are being withheld at this time, according to police ...

MARTIN, Tenn. – The fifth annual WestStar ALStar African-American Youth Summit will be held Wednesday, Jan. 29, in the Duncan Ballroom in the Boling University Center on the campus of the University ...

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