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Teen driver Hannah Henderson, who has attention deficit disorder, says medication helped her focus on the road. By Hannah Henderson October 11, 2024 Youthcast Media Group® This story was published October 11, 2024 in MindSite News . If you know me as well as I know myself, it is no surprise that I have attention deficit disorder (ADD). Ever since I was little, I’ve had trouble focusing. Doing little and big things has always been hard.  Hannah Henderson Last fall, like other kids my age, I...

By Sreehitha Gandluri and Jayne O'Donnell November 20, 2025 Youthcast Media Group® By his mid-20s, Ivan Taylor had been shot, stabbed, lost his best friend to gun violence and graduated from juvenile detention to prison for selling drugs that he used to treat his undiagnosed mental health disorder.  Taylor’s story is one of how guns and drugs took hold of Washington, D.C. in the 1980s and ‘90s, undoing what little progress had been made against structural racism in the nation’s capital. Now...

By De'Lonn Howard July 23, 2025 Youthcast Media Group® This story was published Aug. 25, 2025 in Black News & Views . Donald Smith can remember riding on the back of a motorcycle when he was four years old. He recalls how it felt to go fast on the highway, and how different it was than driving in a car. “Having the wind blow on your face,” he said. “Wow! A motorcycle was way cooler.” Donald Smith, who grew up riding bikes in D.C., hasn’t been riding as much since the pandemic, due in part to...