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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

Virginia high school participants write, create social media posts on health, safety and personal finance November 20, 2025 By Brie Zeltner Youthcas t Media Group ® Members of YMG’s Fall 2025 feature writing workshop hail from Philadelphia, Chicago, the DC area, Texas, New York and Miami. During the second class of our fall feature writing workshop on affording college, our student-journalists got the chance to interview a giant in the field– Sandy Baum, senior fellow in the

November 20, 2025 By Jayne O'Donnell Youthcas t Media Group ® It doesn’t seem possible that it’s already Giving Season; it’s only been a month since Youthcast Media Group’s third annual Student Showcase fundraiser! Truth be told, I’m not sure I’ve recovered from the event prep or  the excitement of doubling   our June 2024 showcase revenue.  YMG's 2025 Student Showcase panelists, (from left) Rossy Soto, a senior at Annandale High School, Yasmeen Abutaleb of The Washington Pos

By Skye-Ali Johnson, Amora Campbell, Heaven Pete and Selah Hart with Josephine Chu October 10, 2020 Youthcast Media Group ® A version of this story was originally posted on Med Shadow Foundation's online publication on July 22, 2020. Antidepressants present a counterintuitive challenge.  The most popular ones have been dogged for decades by claims they can actually increase the risk of suicide, particularly for children. This link is described most often for the class of drug

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

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

By Jayne O'Donnell and Brie Zeltner July 15, 2025 Youthcast Media Group ® It’s become a regular part of new authors’ book marketing on...

Madeleine Voth and Winnie Chan July 11, 2025 Youthcast Media Group® This story was published Aug. 25, 2025 by Greater Greater Washington . Reginald Bynum was riding his dirt bike to his mother’s house in Southeast DC in 2021 after a memorial ride for a friend who had died in a motorcycle accident when the 24-year-old himself was killed in a car crash.   His mother, Fatima Lewis, has been reeling from the loss since, and accepts the fact that riding his dirt bikes was “what to

By Zoe Ligairi  June 30, 2025 Youthcast Media Group® Mike Doyle was halfway across the street at the four-way intersection when he heard...

Michelle Collins June 27, 2025  Youthcast Media Group® In a dimly lit gym, the sound of heavy breathing and the slap of sneakers against...

Michelle Collins  June 27, 2025 Youthcast Media Group® Wrestling is no longer just for the boys. In May, Virginia added girls wrestling...

By Eyitemi Odusola, Alanna Nicholson, Piper Mangold, Gabrielle Garcia and Natalie Spina June 27, 2025 Youthcast Media Group® On a Tuesday...

By Rossy Soto, Grace Wang and Amaya Manzano June 10, 2025 Youthcast Media Group® Ever since she started taking lessons at four years old,...

Jason Perloff and Leo Marzigliano June 3, 2025 Youthcast Media Group® Many of the student-athletes who play on the new artificial turf...

Anonymous June 2, 2025 Youthcast Media Group ® The author of this poem wishes to remain anonymous due to the nature of the poem. This...