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    Maintaining friendships and social networks during the pandemic often takes effort.
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    Young People Struggle To Keep Friends Close As Pandemic Pulls Them Apart

    Feb 23, 2021
    The pandemic has prolonged the post-graduation transition amid a tough economy. With the lack of in-person interaction, young professionals are trying to adjust to a diminishing social circle.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    A bar in Myrtle Beach, S.C., is shown before the pandemic. The governor's curfew on alcohol sales affects bars but not retailers.
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    S.C. Governor Imposes 11 P.M. Alcohol Curfew For Bars And Restaurants

    Jul 10, 2020
    Gov. Henry McMaster's order will go into effect Saturday night. The governor says it targets young people, who account for nearly 1 in 4 of the state's coronavirus cases.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    A man carrying a brick is confronted by protesters inside the Capitol Hill Organized Protest in Seattle, Wash., on June 14.
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    What Contact Tracing Tells Us About Cluster Spread Of The Coronavirus And Protests

    Jun 24, 2020
    Erika Lautenbach, director of the Whatcom County Health Department in Washington state, says anti-police violence protests aren't among the catalysts for the spread of COVID-19.
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    America Reckons With Racial Injustice
    Former President Barack Obama speaks Wednesday, during virtual town hall event with young people to discuss policing and the civil unrest that has followed the death of George Floyd.
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    Obama Urges Young People To Keep Up Their Protests To Bring Change

    Jun 03, 2020
    In a virtual town hall, the former president did not mention his successor. But he did extol the young demonstrators who he said give him hope the country will get better.
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    Goats and Soda
    Valentina Constanza Cerda Aravena of Santiago, Chile, and Simone Di Benedetto of Italy have had to adapt to a new social life with the isolation measures required to suppress the spread of COVID-19.
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    Gen Z Under Lockdown: How They're Coping, From TikTok To Virtual Drinks

    Apr 08, 2020
    Gen Z has been criticized for not taking social distancing seriously. We talk to teens and people in their early 20s around the world about why they're staying home — and how they're staying sane.
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    National
    Kendra Gonzales coaches Linda Haverty on how to add a photo of a friend to her contacts list on her phone.
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    Youth Teaching Tech To Seniors Fosters Generational Connections

    Jan 20, 2020
    Senior citizens who don't keep up with technology are at risk of social isolation. A New Mexico nonprofit pairs tech-savvy youth with seniors, and both generations benefit from the human connection.
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    North Carolina says it is taking action against e-cigarette companies it alleges target their products at children.
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    North Carolina Says It Is Suing 8 E-Cigarette Companies

    Aug 27, 2019
    The state's attorney general accuses the companies of targeting children and failing to properly verify customers' ages. The state already filed a similar lawsuit against Juul.
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    Goats and Soda
    Sadiq Muhammed Kabir, 24, runs his own import-export business selling ginger root in Kaduna. He shared his "hustle" on Twitter.
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    Why #ThisIsMyHustle Is Trending In Nigeria

    Mar 21, 2019
    Across the country, young people are proudly sharing their side hustles and main gigs, from baking wedding cakes to growing ginger to laying tile.
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    U.S. and Taliban negotiators meet in Doha, Qatar, on Feb. 26.
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    'This Is Not The Way': Afghan Women Push Back On U.S.-Taliban Peace Talks

    Mar 05, 2019
    Afghan women and young people say the peace negotiations exclude their wants and needs. "The U.S. is negotiating with a group that's notorious for denying women basic human rights," says one activist.
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    Don't Count Them Out Just Because They Can't Cast A Ballot

    Nov 05, 2018
    This election season, groups that are unable to vote — like youth and undocumented people — are solidifying their impact on America's democratic process.
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    Young People More Likely To Shift Toward Supporting Abortion Rights, Poll Finds

    Apr 16, 2018
    The generational divide uncovered by a survey from the Public Religion Research Institute may be linked to changing attitudes about religion.
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    The Salt
    In downtown Yangon, customers visit Rangoon Tea House — an example of a tea shop in Myanmar that is exploring new styles.
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    The Politics Of Myanmar's Changing Tea Culture

    Dec 05, 2017
    Myanmar's tea shops have long been central as public spaces to meet and talk, especially during the military regime. But with the country's "opening" to Western influence, their prominence is fading.
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    Goats and Soda
    UNICEF Global Goodwill Ambassador and YouTube personality Lilly Singh meets children supported by the U.N. agency in Nagar, India, in July.
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    UNICEF Picks YouTube Star As Ambassador

    Aug 16, 2017
    Known as "Superwoman" to her 12 million online followers, Lilly Singh represents a new kind of celebrity — and that's exactly why UNICEF's made her the face of its cause.
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    Code Switch
    A confederacy of prison reform activists rallied at City Hall in New York City to demand that it close the long-controversial Rikers Island Corrections facility where, among others, Kalief Browder, died; critics maintain that the prison is unsafe and pro
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    Young People Of Color Are Central To Debate Over 'Raising The Age'

    Mar 20, 2017
    Raising the age of adult responsibility for crime is a heated issue in New York, which tries 16-year-olds as adults — and where nine in 10 youth held at Rikers' Island jail are black or Latino.
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    How The Barber, And Other Caring Adults, Help Kids Succeed

    Oct 25, 2016

    A new study finds that for every seven more adults in a neighborhood, one fewer young person leaves school.

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    The Two-Way
    People stand in line to register for a job fair in Miami Lakes, Fla. A new study shows a growing number of young people in developed countries are giving up on work, school and training.
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    'Early School Leavers' Face Dismal Social And Economic Prospects

    Oct 07, 2016
    Forty million young people in the world's largest economies are neither in school, employed nor in any kind of training program. They're called NEETs. Economists say they are a big problem.
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