A new report highlights increased private equity investment in troubled teen, foster care, and other behavioral services, alongside disturbing reports of abuse and neglect.
Youth
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Young Climate Activists Fund Global South Projects
The West hasn’t lived up to climate financing pledges for developing countries, so young people raise funds in their own countries to solve local problems.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The New Pro-Abortion Generation
As Roe v. Wade faces its greatest challenge yet, young people are taking the reins to protect abortion access.
Posted inTransportation
Rethinking Commuting
Regional planners and transit agencies must figure out whether working from home or the allure of urban social life will prove stronger in post-pandemic America.
Posted inCoronavirus
Making Room for Children Vulnerable to COVID
The needs of immunocompromised and disabled children are being neglected as schools prepare to fully reopen in the fall.
Posted inPolitics
Turning Out the Young
How the Sunrise Movement is mobilizing the youth vote—with a mix of reluctance and enthusiasm—for Biden
Posted inPolitics
Biden Goes After the Youth Vote
But a pre-convention event relied on celebs and young politicians, not big ideas.
Posted inPolitics
Democrats’ Ridiculous Celebrity Fixation
Biden desperately needs youth support. The DNC’s solution? More celebrities!
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Student Voting Mess
If you think voter registration in a pandemic is a challenge generally, consider the special case of college students who have no idea where they will be living in September.
Posted inPolitics
Next Generation Voters
Getting more young people to vote means getting the hurdles out of the way.
