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1 week ago | 19thnews.org | Barbara Rodriguez |Nadra Nittle

Published Jolene Baxter’s daughter, Marlee, has overcome immense challenges in her first eight years of life. Marlee, who was born with a heart defect, has undergone four open-heart surgeries — suffering a stroke after the third. The stroke affected Marlee’s cognitive abilities — she’s in the second grade, but she cannot read yet. A mainstream class with neurotypical students felt overwhelming, so Marlee mostly attends classes with kids who also have disabilities.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Barbara Rodriguez |Nadra Nittle

Jolene Baxter’s daughter, Marlee, has overcome immense challenges in her first eight years of life. Marlee, who was born with a heart defect, has undergone four open-heart surgeries — suffering a stroke after the third. The stroke affected Marlee’s cognitive abilities — she’s in the second grade, but she cannot read yet. A mainstream class with neurotypical students felt overwhelming, so Marlee mostly attends classes with kids who also have disabilities.

1 week ago | 19thnews.org | Nadra Nittle

Published LOS ANGELES — Scattered among the shrubs on the southern border lie belongings migrants left behind — toothbrushes, water bottles, baseball caps. Some of the owners forged north, crossing the boundary undetected. Others were apprehended or succumbed to dehydration, drowning or one of the unimaginable dangers in the harsh desert that straddles Mexico and the United States. Angélica Reyes survived.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Nadra Nittle

LOS ANGELES — Scattered among the shrubs on the southern border lie belongings migrants left behind — toothbrushes, water bottles, baseball caps. Some of the owners forged north, crossing the boundary undetected. Others were apprehended or succumbed to dehydration, drowning or one of the unimaginable dangers in the harsh desert that straddles Mexico and the United States. Angélica Reyes survived. At nine months old, she made the journey that could have claimed her life just as it started.

1 week ago | 19thnews.org | Nadra Nittle

Published Many nonprofits are in no position to turn away any federal funding, let alone $1.2 million of it, but Advocates for Youth decided to do just that after Donald Trump became president again. Established in 1980 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., the organization works with youth leaders and their adult allies to help young people protect themselves from sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV and unintended pregnancy.