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News Articles: Youth

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
Zadie Smith

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  • Arts & Life

Zadie Smith is learning to accept the limits of time

Author Zadie Smith says she'll miss being young. In this week's Wild Card, Smith opens up about having enough time and growing older.

March 06, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Martin
A lawsuit filed by the Kentucky attorney general says TikTok considered ways to use its content to appeal to Sen. Mitch McConnell.

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  • National

Kentucky TikTok suit says company considered using Ky. creators to sway Sen. Mitch McConnell

The suit says videos by Kentucky small businesses were identified as possibly of interest to the senator, who has expressed concern about the app's effect on kids

October 19, 2024
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By:
  • Sylvia Goodman
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens pictured with Atlanta Public School girl students ahead of the City of Atlanta’s first International Day of the Girl celebration on October 11, 2024. Ambria Burton/GPB News

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  • News

City of Atlanta hosts first International Day of the Girl celebration

On Oct. 11, the City of Atlanta celebrated its first International Day of the Girl by inviting middle and high school girls from Atlanta Public Schools to an experience meant to uplift and support them.

October 15, 2024
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By:
  • Ambria Burton
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens joins local business owners and city officials for a "signing day" to celebrate the launch of the third annual Summer Youth Employment Program.

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  • News

Atlanta launches third year of youth summer jobs program

Mayor Andre Dickens joined business owners and city leaders this week for a “signing day” launching the 3rd year of the summer job program for young adults in the city. 

May 31, 2024
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
Atlanta's Summer Youth Employment Program is part of Mayor Andre Dickens' Year of the Youth.

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  • News

City Council approves $2M for Atlanta mayor’s summer youth work program

The Atlanta City Council allocated $2 million to fund this year’s city-sponsored summer youth employment program.

May 07, 2024
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By:
  • Dyana Bagby
Banner from the ATL Year of the Youth with Mayor Andre Dickens event.

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  • News

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens hosts first Youth Town Hall at Gathering Spot

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens held a youth town hall on Tuesday at The Gathering Spot where students at Atlanta Public Schools and Atlanta universities got the opportunity to ask the mayor and city officials questions concerning their community.

April 03, 2024
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By:
  • Laura Nwogu
In this Jan. 11, 2008 file photo, a bottle of Eli Lilly & Co.'s Prozac is pictured at a company facility in Plainfield, Ind.

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  • Mental Health

The rate of antidepressants prescribed to young people surged during the pandemic

Researchers analyzed a sample of about 221 million prescriptions from 2016 to 2022, in Americans between the ages of 12 and 25. The increase was prominent among young women and girls.

February 27, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie

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  • World

China's millennial and Gen Z workers are having to lower their economic expectations

Their parents saw decades of significant economic expansion. But today, China's young workforce faces the prospects of slower economic growth.

January 16, 2024
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By:
  • Emily Feng
Esco Bar disposable vaping pen

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  • Children's Health

Youth tobacco survey shows illegal flavored e-cigarettes are still the most popular

The most popular brands of e-cigarettes among underage smokers are illegal disposables, specifically Elf Bar/EB Designs (56.7%) and Esco Bars (21.6%), according to this year's National Youth Tobacco Survey.

November 07, 2023
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Student organizers with the Georgia Youth Justice Coalition announced a policy platform for Young Georgians on Monday.

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  • News

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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By:
  • 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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By:
  • 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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By:
  • 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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By:
  • Joanne Silberner
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