Brittany Hailer, The Marshall Project, Ilica Mahajan, The Marshall Project
Additional reporting by Rachel Dissell This article was first published by The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up for their newsletters, and follow them on Instagram, TikTok, Reddit and Facebook. ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO – Paitin Pahoundis jolted awake, a siren blaring in her ears. Her friend Samantha […]
Teens on the Colorado Youth Advisory Council pitched policy ideas to state legislators at the Colorado Capitol Friday, with a large focus on new regulations for social media and artificial intelligence. Committees within the council focus on different problems the teenagers want to find policy solutions to. Students on this year’s council focused on issues […]
West Virginia has one of the weakest marriage laws in the region. Currently, 17 states ban child marriage entirely. News flash: West Virginia isn’t one of them. Thirty-three states still permit it with exceptions. Some still have no minimum age. That’s shocking. It protects predators over a girl’s safety.
The federal government is taking swipes at funding for teen pregnancy prevention, causing concerns in Ohio and elsewhere as advocates attempt to keep helping teens. The cuts are also bringing about discussion when it comes to teens who are already parents. Rosemary Oglesby-Henry was a teen mom herself three decades ago, and from what she’s […]
HELENA, Mont. – The Helena Youth Corps plans to head out to the Rocky Mountain Ranger district to saw down blown down trees and help open up trails in the coming week.
(The Center Square) – As the trend sometimes referred to as “teen takeovers” continues to trouble the city of Chicago, government leaders sat down with youth from across the city to try and better understand how to address the crowds of teens that continue cropping up.
