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‘I thought I was the only one’: Peer support groups help teens fight loneliness, isolati

By Olivia Fendrich and Radiah Jamil On a fall day outside Francis Scott Key High School in Carroll County, Md., a circle of chairs was...

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Homeless, anxious, depressed and young

But there’s hope and help when home conflicts, mental health struggles lead to homelessness for 500,000-plus youth each year By Julianne...

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Abuse: No One Talked About It

L.Y. Marlow, founder of SavingPromise.org, is shown being interviewed by UHMP students. By Sierra Lewter October, 2017 Editor’s note:...

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For Many Teens Life’s Tough Choices Begin With Bad Food

Myra Jackson refuses to eat lunch in D.C.’s H.D. Woodson High School cafeteria because, she said, she just can’t stomach hamburgers or...

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Baltimore program seeks to interrupt violence

By: Marquart Doty and Berri Wilmore June, 2017 “We have to provide a safe place, where someone can feel comfortable enough to have a long...