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On this West Virginia Morning, Hollywood may have coined the term ‘failure to launch,’ but it’s showing up in young adults in West Virginia – for a troubling reason. There are so many young people in the U.S. who are not working or going to school, there’s a name for it – disconnected youth. About 12% of West Virginia’s young people from 16 to 24 fall into that category. And while the rate has dropped, it’s still a challenge.
In the latest episode of Us & Them, host Trey Kay works with co-producer Kyle Vass to learn why the state has such a high number. Vass talks with psychologist Colleen Moran about what prevents some people from moving ahead.
A national settlement with the makers of social media platforms Facebook and Instagram means not only big money for West Virginia, but changes to the sites themselves.
Also Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of West Virginia has received tremendous response to the passing of the country music superstar and the moon puts on a celestial show tonight.
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Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia’s rate of “disconnected youth” has improved, but nearly 24,000 young people are still neither working nor in school. Us & Them explores what leaves some young people feeling stuck — and the programs trying to reconnect them to education, work and opportunity.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMeta, parent company of social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, has agreed to introduce restrictions for younger users including time limits and content controls.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSinger, actress and icon Dolly Parton visited West Virginia in 2022 to celebrate the state’s full participation in her Imagination Library, an early childhood literacy program she started in honor of her father in 1995. Dolly Parton died Tuesday after a brief illness. We listen back to an interview she did with then WVPB Executive Producer Suzanne Higgins.
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