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J.B. Wogan

Staff Writer

J.B. Wogan -- Staff Writer. J.B. covers public programs aimed at addressing poverty and writes the monthly human services newsletter. He has also written for PolitiFact, The Seattle Times and Seattle magazine. He is the co-author of Peak Performance: How Denver's Peak Academy is saving millions of dollars, boosting morale and just maybe changing the world. (And how you can too!)

In 2010, the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association named him "News Writer of the Year" for his work at The Sammamish Review, a community weekly east of Seattle. J.B. is a graduate of Pomona College and has a master's in public policy from Johns Hopkins University. 

A foundation is promoting the use of evidence-based prevention programs to help young people in low-income, urban neighborhoods.
The city's former mayor, who was forced to resign a few years ago, is no longer the frontrunner.
Most people don't know they can get their juvenile records erased. Thanks to a group of young people, there's now an app for that.
A group of grad students is implementing an award-winning idea for encouraging young homeless people to use health and social services.
Other countries teach conflict resolution to at-risk youth as a way to break the cycle of violent retaliation. The idea is slowly catching on in America.
The former mayor, convicted of corruption, is trying to win back voters’ trust. The odds are she will.
DeRay Mckesson insists his campaign is about more than race.
Modeled after a successful anti-recidivism program, Kansas has a new volunteer mentoring program to help people on welfare find work.
Many governors and mayors are struggling to raise the minimum wage for their jurisdictions. In the meantime, some are giving their own employees a raise.
Many cities are trying to use behavioral science to better communicate with citizens. New Orleans is testing the effectiveness of different text messages.