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Youth writes about the ignored side of the homeless population
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November 26, 2018

Editor’s note: in the school year 2017-18, student journalists at Summit Public Schools in California were given a project prompt: what does community mean to you? After discussing, the group of students consisting of Giselle Alejo, Michonni Hughes, Judy Ly, Jeana Rose Meneses, and Pauline Velazquez finalized the idea of focusing...

10 things to be thankful for this Thanksgiving
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November 21, 2018

In these times, it sometimes feels like there are many more things to be unthankful for than thankful. The fires out west that have taken the lives of so many. The shootings…again…and again…and again. The undercurrents of racism, xenophobia, and anti-Semitism that accompanied our recent elections and are encouraged, or...

Before you go…
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November 20, 2018

We know you’re about to break for Thanksgiving. We know you deserve the break. To quote the Beatles’ Here Comes the Sun, “It feels like years since it’s been here.” But there’s something we’d like you to do before you go. The Trump Administration has proposed a cruel and unfair...

On Marian Wright Edelman’s New Role
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November 19, 2018

On November 14, Marian Wright Edelman announced that after 45 years as the President of the Children’s Defense Fund she will be transitioning to the role of President Emerita in the Office of the Founder. She will continue to be the strong moral voice that this nation badly needs, insisting...

Generation Indigenous
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November 16, 2018

November is Native American Heritage Month, and on Friday, the Center for American Youth at the Aspen Institute released a report that examined youth issues from a number of perspectives – health care, education, suicide, criminal justice reform and environmental concerns. The theme of the third annual State of Native...

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