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Heart racing, chest squeezing, tummy doing somersaults. I am 15 again. It is 1 in the morning and my mind is speeding through every possible worst-case scenario that could happen. I fail my maths exam. Then my Physics exam. My teachers are so disappointed that the school kicks me out. The bullies have turned everyone against me. No-one talks to me anymore. My parents break up and nowhere feels like home. My best friend steals my boyfriend. Everyone hates me and I am alone forever. Anxiety...

By Roberto Klemko, Photo: Sarah L. Voisin, The Washington Post, March 26, 2022 Officer Karen Wrigley’s pink nails tapped her body camera as she stepped from her cruiser into the cold. “You want to open up the door?” she asked the middle-aged Black man sitting in a parked minivan. “You’ve got an arrest warrant.” The man had a criminal record for assault and other offenses, had run from Bellevue police before and was wanted for missing a court date for a traffic violation. He had no interest...

By Zoe Sottile, Photo: The Baltimore Museum of Art, CNN Style, March 27, 2022 O n most days, Rob Kempton guards the many beautiful works on display at the Baltimore Museum of Art -- but this weekend, he's curating them . Kempton is one of 17 officers participating in " Guarding the Art ," an exhibition featuring 25 unique works selected by members of the BMA's security team. The exhibit, open from March 27 to July 10, gives guests a glimpse into the world of art as seen by the guards who...

By Sara Rubin, Photo: Joel Angel Juárez, Monterey County Weekly, March 24, 2022 Sara Rubin here, thinking about a math problem: There are about 36,000 children under age 5 in Monterey County, but only about 10,000 daycare spots available. So something has to give. Every family situation is different, but a lot of what gives is parents or grandparents—most often women—pursuing a career. Instead of going to work, they stay home to care for young children because there is simply no other...

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In recent years, more than a quarter of a million children each year have been removed from their families and placed in foster care because of alleged neglect and these children are disproportionately Black or Indigenous. Too often, circumstances stemming from poverty are construed as neglect, but underlying both poverty and neglect is historic and present-day racism. This report outlines the history of how child protective services developed to over-surveil families of color, examines how...

By Anna Bahney and Donald Judd, Image: Screenshot from article, CNN Business, March 23, 2022 The White House on Wednesday announced new actions to counter racial and ethnic bias in home valuations. Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled a 21-point plan that seeks to help homeowners impacted by bias in the appraisal process during an event with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge and Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice. The plan was developed by a recently formed inter-agency...

By Nithya Ramanathan, Jim Fruchterman, Amy Fowler, and Gabriele Carotti-Sha, Illustration: Anna Gusella, Stanford Social Innovation Review, March 2022 (Spring 2022) The social sector aims to empower communities with tools and knowledge to effect change for themselves, because community-driven change is more likely to drive sustained impact than attempts to force change from the outside. This commitment should include data, which is increasingly essential for generating social impact. Today...

By Fola Akinnibi, Photo: Erik McGregor/Light Rocket/Getty Images, Bloomberg CityLab, March 24, 2022 As New York state and city officials weigh tightening restrictions on arrested individuals awaiting trial, a new study shows that doing so could be worse for public safety in the long run. Individuals held in jail pretrial are more likely to be rearrested than people who are released, and the odds they’ll commit a new offense increase the longer they are incarcerated, according to a study...

By Melinda Wenner Moyer, Photo: Dmitry Kostyukov/The New York Times, The New York Times, March 24, 2022 Kids and teens in America are spending more time than ever using screens and social media, with the number of hours spent online having risen sharply during the pandemic, according to results from a survey released Wednesday. The survey , published by the nonprofit research organization Common Sense Media, found that overall screen use among teens and tweens increased by 17 percent from...