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News Articles: Youth

Student organizers with the Georgia Youth Justice Coalition announced a policy platform for Young Georgians on Monday.

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Georgia student activists announce new policy platform on the March on Washington's 60th anniversary

On the 60th anniversary of the Peoples’ March on Washington, a group of student activists in Georgia announced a policy platform that addresses their demands to the state.

August 29, 2023
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  • Sarah Kallis
In this June 26, 2016, file photo, a woman holds a rainbow flag during the NYC Pride Parade in New York.

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  • Mental Health

LGBTQ+ youth are less likely to feel depressed with parental support, study says

Participants were asked questions about their parents' general parenting style and how that affected their thoughts and feelings in the previous two weeks.

March 01, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie

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  • Elections

Georgia’s young voters turned out for the U.S. Senate runoff. Here are their thoughts on the results

In a hard-fought race that concluded with Georgia's runoff election on Dec. 6, 2022, Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker to retain his seat in the U.S. Senate for a full six-year term. The demographic that helped push Warnock ahead of Walker in the runoff were young voters between the ages of 18 to 24 years old.

December 09, 2022
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By:
  • Ambria Burton
When he was younger, climate change felt like an abstract concept to Gabriel Nagel. Then a wildfire burned near his home.

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  • Climate

Coping with climate change: Advice for kids — from kids

Climate anxiety is on the rise in younger generations, as they face inheriting a hotter planet. Here's their advice on how to cope with those feelings.

November 17, 2022
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  • Lauren Sommer
Two boys stand at the edge of the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in July. A recent study finds that globally, boys and young men made up two-thirds of all deaths among young people in 2019.

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  • Global Health

Research sheds light on what's killing young people, especially boys and young men

Globally, boys and young men made up two-thirds of all deaths among young people in 2019. A recent report finds that many such deaths in this "neglected" age group are preventable.

November 19, 2021
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  • Joanne Silberner
The director of WHO now says that a booster moratorium should be in force until 10% of the population in all countries is vaccinated. Israel had previously announced plans to give a third Pfizer dose to residents age 60 and up after an uptick in COVID cases. Above: Administering a booster on August 2 in Tel Aviv.

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  • Global Health

Why WHO Is Calling For A Moratorium On COVID Vaccine Boosters

The director general is asking for a halt for at least two months. His hope is to use all available doses to vaccinate 10% of the population in every country by the end of September.

August 05, 2021
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  • Jason Beaubien
In his new book for young teenagers, Charles Kenny points out signs of global progress, including the growing number of kids in school. Above: The Oloo Education Center aims to provide an education to kids in Kibera, a poor community in Nairobi, Kenya. When you type "Kibera" into the Uber app, it comes up as "Kibera slum."

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  • Global Health

Two 14-Year-Olds Grill An Author About The Future Of Humanity

In his new book for Gen Z readers, Charles Kenny explains why despite all the gloom and doom, the world is getting better for billions. NPR turned to two Gen Zers to help ask him the tough questions.

July 13, 2021
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  • Malaka Gharib
Students around the world were challenged to fight disease rumors in a 24-hour hackathon. From left: A proposed pill package featuring a Tanzanian comic character, designed by a team from Boston University. A board game to help teach kids about schistosomiasis created by students from Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran, and the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna.

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  • Global Health

Ready, Set ... Think! Hackathon Aims To Kill Off Fake Health Rumors

How do you fight misinformation around neglected tropical diseases? In this competition, teams of college students across the globe had 24 hours to cook up a cool plan.

June 10, 2021
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  • Nadia Whitehead
Older man teaches young man how to build a home

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  • Education

Young People in Macon 'Build' On Their Futures And Get 'Second Chance At Life'

Ivey Hall, Executive Director of the Macon Area Habitat for Humanity said this unique partnership between the Bibb County Schools and Habitat continues to provide many opportunities during such a difficult time for many in the community.

May 20, 2021
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  • Nicole Bailey-Covin
Shakuntala Thilsted, winner of the 2021 World Food Prize, is one of the world's leading experts on the nutritional benefits of small fish.

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  • Food

Why This World Food Prize Winner Wants You To Reconsider Anchovies

Shakuntala Thilsted, one of the world's leading researchers of fish as a source of nutritious food, is the first woman of Asian heritage to receive the World Food Prize.

May 11, 2021
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  • Malaka Gharib

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  • Africa

Africa's Hit Science Show For Kids Is Coming To The U.S.

African TV execs say it's unlike any show for kids that's been produced and broadcast on the continent — especially with its focus on women presenters and scientists.

February 05, 2021
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  • Amy Fallon
Shaista sits in her tiny home on the outskirts of Kabul. Her youngest, a 3-year-old girl, sits on her lap; some of her other seven children sit beside her. Behind them, she is boiling a pot of water on the wood-burning stove. But she's told the children it is dinner, and she tells them, "just wait for your father." Then she hopes they'll fall asleep, because there's no food to give them.

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  • Global Health

'I Cry At Night': Afghan Mothers Struggle To Feed Their Children In The Pandemic

The U.N. finds that nearly half of all children younger than 5 in Afghanistan, some 3.1 million, are facing acute malnutrition. Mothers share their plight to provide the children sustenance.

January 06, 2021
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  • Diaa Hadid

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  • World

Our Favorite Global TikToks Of 2020: From A Handwashing Dance To A Literal Ice Box

As the clock ticks farewell to a terrible, horrible, very bad year, TikTok brought moments of joy. Here's what ticked the boxes for TikTok devotees.

January 01, 2021
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
A scene from <em>Priya's Mask</em>, a new comic book and animated film that tackles the challenges around the pandemic. It's the latest installment of the Indian superhero series <em>Priya. </em>

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  • Children's Health

India's Female Superhero And Her Flying Tiger Are Out To Fight The Pandemic

'Priya's Mask' is the latest in the Indian superhero comic series. This time out, she's trying to get important info to young people — and to stop a superspreading villain.

December 21, 2020
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  • Sandip Roy
Elijah Gomez wearing a black bucket hat with an eyeball design.

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  • Arts & Life

Documenting History: 12-Year-Old Journeys Through The Arts, Pandemic On His Blog

This year has been universally jarring to many of our routines and expectations of 2020. For 12-year-old Elijah Gomez growing up in the historic Grant Park neighborhood, this year catalyzed his love for arts and transformed it into a blog.

 

 

December 02, 2020
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  • Leah Fleming and
  • Jade Abdul-Malik
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