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From NPR.org | by Cheryl Corley | Kaia Rolle was 6 years old when police arrested her at a Florida school in 2019. The then-first-grader was accused of kicking and punching staff members while throwing a tantrum. A police officer used zip ties to handcuff her. The video of her crying and pleading with a …
From NPR.org | by Ayesha Rascoe | The kids are not all right. The CDC finds mental health among teens has declined. In a new CDC survey, almost half of teens reported consistently feeling sad or hopeless, with certain groups showing a tougher impact from the pandemic. Read Full Article on NPR.org
From NPR.org | by Jaclyn Diaz | The Palm Springs City Council has approved funding for two local organizations to develop a universal basic income program for the California city’s transgender and nonbinary residents. The city council unanimously approved allocating $200,000 for DAP Health and Queer Works in late March. Continue reading …
From NPR.org | by Wade Goodwyn | Almost from the moment he was born, Grayson Briggle had an identity of his own. By the time he was 3 years old he was consistently referring to himself as a boy, although he was assigned female at birth. He insisted on short haircuts and boys’ clothes. Read …
Continue reading “Texas governor calls gender affirming care ‘child abuse.’ This family fights back”
From KTVZ.com | Oregon had the nation’s 13th highest suicide rate across all ages in 2020 – an improvement from the year before, when the state was ninth in suicide deaths, according to suicide mortality data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read Complete Story Here
From NPR.org | by Vanessa Romo | The recent wave of Republican-led bans attempting to block transgender minors from accessing gender-affirming medical care may be fertile political ground for conservatives in an election year, but a new study shows the bans are putting tens of thousands of vulnerable young people in jeopardy. Read full story …
Continue reading “A third of trans youth are at risk of losing gender-affirming care, study says”
From NPR.org | by Vanessa Romo | Equal Pay Day in the U.S. lands on a different day every year, and this year it turns out on average, women “only” had to work 74 extra days into 2022 to catch up to what men earned in 2021. That day is March 15, the earliest the …
by Karli Olson | Central Oregon Daily News | When we do something the same way over and over, it sometimes causes us to develop limiting ideas. That’s what one radio DJ at KPOV in Bend is looking to change. Watch Story Here
From The Bend Bulletin | by Joe Siess | The pandemic has pushed a lot of underprivileged youth into difficult territory, as schools shifted to remote learning, leading to gaps in knowledge and literacy that add on to the already arduous circumstances many of these youths experience at home. Flavius “Flay” Tarkwon, a professional mentor …
Continue reading “Friends of the Children expands, offers mentorship to local kids”
From NPR.org | by Nathan Rott | Shrunk reservoirs. Depleted aquifers. Low rivers. Raging wildfires. It’s no secret that the Western U.S. is in a severe drought. New research published Monday shows just how extreme the situation has become. The Western U.S. and northern Mexico are experiencing their driest period in at least 1,200 years, …
Continue reading “Study finds Western megadrought is the worst in 1,200 years”