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On this week's 51%, we speak with Dionne Koller, a law professor at the University of Baltimore, about the benefits and dangers of youth sports, and what parents should know before signing their kids up. In her new book, More Than Play, Koller explains how today's youth sports became more privatized, more expensive, and less regulated. We also stop by a roller derby bout in New York's Hudson Valley.

Hudson Valley Climate Solutions Week, with events occurring in-person and online is currently underway and ends September 24th.A virtual panel presentation entitled “Securing Our Right to a Healthy Climate: Legal Strategies and Voices from the Turnaround Generation,” is taking place on September 22 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. The panel, hosted by Sustainable Hudson Valley, will discuss legal strategies to secure our rights to a healthy environment.Maya van Rossum is Founder of the Green Amendment for the Generations Movement, and she joins us now to tell us more.

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Drawing upon twenty-five years of experience representing Black youth in Washington, D.C.’s juvenile courts, Kristin Henning confronts America’s irrational, manufactured fears of these young people and makes a powerfully compelling case that the crisis in racist American policing begins with its relationship to Black children. Her book is "The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth."

Dave Eggers is considered one of the most beloved and honored chroniclers of contemporary life. His latest is a new short work of fiction entitled "The…

For the majority of young adults today, the transition to independence is a time of excitement and possibility. But nearly five million young people…

**We weren't able to conduct the scheduled interview with Dr. James Hansen but leave this post on our site to provide information about the summit.**The…

Andrea Bartz is a Brooklyn-based journalist and coauthor of the blog-turned-book "Stuff Hipsters Hate," which The New Yorker called “depressingly astute.”…

Young people are usually eager to change the world, but not given a chance. Eric Dawson's new book "Putting Peace First: 7 Commitments To Change The…

A Vermont health officials' report says rates of tobacco use and bullying continue to decrease for teens in the state.The Rutland Herald reports the 2017…