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News Articles: young people

Tanya Anderson stands at a podium on ribbon cutting day for the Youth Villages expansion in Douglasville, Ga.

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  • Children's Health

Douglasville behavioral health care campus is growing to help more young people with trauma

The expansion project began in Douglasville in 2023 and is projected to be finished by 2028 — the largest investment of Youth Villages' nearly 40-year history.

March 24, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
A student at Santa Clara University holds a sign in support of increased mental health services on campus, during a rally in the winter of 2021.

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  • Politics

Gen Z and millennials want to have a chat about mental health. With politicians

For young Americans today, who hold immense electoral potential, the volatile political world they came of age in may be affecting their mental health. Some politicians have started to talk about it.

February 09, 2024
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By:
  • Elena Moore
1,000 "Dark Brandon" signs were placed around Miami ahead of the third Republican Debate in Miami last November.

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  • Elections

Meme-ifying 2024: how some young organizers are working to get their peers engaged

Democrats are counting on young voters to come out in big numbers in 2024. And strategists say a strong online presence is a key way to keep them engaged. Which in part means, here come the memes.

January 22, 2024
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By:
  • Elena Moore
More than 40 states are suing Meta for allegedly harming young people's mental health by creating features on Facebook and Instagram that intentionally addict children.

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  • Technology

States sue Meta, claiming Instagram, Facebook fueled youth mental health crisis

More than 40 states filed legal actions against Meta on Tuesday, alleging that the company intentionally designed features that hooked a generation of young people.

October 24, 2023
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Anderson Clayton, 25, chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party, is the youngest state party chair in the country. She wants to help Democrats reach rural and young voters.

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  • Politics

A 25-year-old from a small town leads North Carolina's Democratic Party toward 2024

Anderson Clayton is the youngest — and only Gen Z — state party chair in the country. She wants to help President Biden win over young and rural voters in her state next November.

September 07, 2023
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By:
  • Elena Moore and
  • Ximena Bustillo
David Hogg speaks to gun control advocates during the March for Our Lives rally in Washington last year. Hogg first became a national organizer after a mass shooting at his high school in Parkland, Fla., more than five years ago.

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  • Elections

'We're not just voting. We're also running.' David Hogg launches young candidate PAC

Young voters are growing as a dominant portion of the electorate. At the same time, more are becoming eligible to launch their own bids for office. Now, a new PAC wants to help them run — and win.

August 09, 2023
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By:
  • Elena Moore
Apple AirPods are demonstrated during an event to announce new products on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, in San Francisco.

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  • Health

More than 1 billion young people could be at risk of hearing loss, a new study shows

Researchers compiled data from previous studies and found that recreational listening, such as on devices and at entertainment venues, posed a threat for those aged 12 to 35.

November 16, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Abortion-rights advocates are using social media to reach young people who have more questions than ever about how to get an abortion.

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  • Health

Long uncertain, young people's access to abortion is more complicated than ever

As more states restrict abortion, the obstacles for minors who need the procedure are growing. Abortion-rights advocates warn the legal upheaval is leaving young people confused and without options.

August 13, 2022
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By:
  • Megan Burbank
Dr. Paul Nyquist points to spots of possible damage caused by a stroke brain scan. Over the past 30 years, strokes among adults 49 and younger have increased in some parts of the U.S.

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  • Your Health

Stroke rates are increasing among young people. Here's what you need to know

Hailey Bieber's blood clot in the brain shows that young people can experience stroke-like symptoms, too. And among young people, stroke rates are on the rise.

March 14, 2022
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By:
  • Rina Torchinsky
According to the UCLA researchers, people who faced any discrimination had a 26% greater risk of poor health than those who said they hadn't faced any.

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  • Health

A study links facing discrimination at a young age with future mental health issues

And the risks may be cumulative. UCLA researchers found that those who faced more incidents of discrimination had an even higher risk of future health problems.

November 08, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Serious cases of COVID-19 have grown in recent weeks in Americans 50 and younger.

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  • Health

COVID 'Doesn't Discriminate By Age': Serious Cases On The Rise In Younger Adults

With older adults vaccinated, doctors say a growing share of their COVID-19 patients are in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s, as more contagious variants circulate among people who are still unvaccinated.

May 01, 2021
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By:
  • Will Stone
Young people today are getting ready to make the most of their youth by partying like these young women did back in the 1920s.

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  • National

Life In The Roaring 2020s: Young People Prepare To Party, Reclaim Lost Pandemic Year

With the end of the pandemic possibly approaching, young Americans are getting ready to make up for lost time and lost partying, much like their great-grandparents did a century ago.

April 17, 2021
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By:
  • Eva Tesfaye
College senior Bao Ha has applied to more than 100 jobs. So far, he's had no luck.

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  • Business

Generation Unemployed: Another Class Of Graduates Faces Pandemic-Scarred Future

Although the overall jobs market is starting to come back, youth unemployment remains stubbornly high, creating a lot of anxiety among the latest class of college and high school seniors.

April 05, 2021
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By:
  • Sam Gringlas
Maintaining friendships and social networks during the pandemic often takes effort.

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  • National

Young People Struggle To Keep Friends Close As Pandemic Pulls Them Apart

The pandemic has prolonged the post-graduation transition amid a tough economy. With the lack of in-person interaction, young professionals are trying to adjust to a diminishing social circle.

February 23, 2021
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By:
  • Hadia Bakkar
Kylie Rice, 16, and her mother, Tevi, after a protest the teen organized outside the state Capitol in June.

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  • Politics

Young Activists Credit Rep. Lewis, Rev. Vivian For Inspiring Social Justice Passion

Young activists can trace their passion in fighting for social justice issues to the influence of Rep. John Lewis and Rev. C.T. Vivian, who both passed away on Friday. They want to continue their legacy of non-violence.

July 19, 2020
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By:
  • Donna Lowry
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