Youth Today (http://youthtoday.org/)
Millions of low-income kids just got a guarantee they’d have something to do this summer. And so did a cadre of educators and counselors who work to keep them busy, safe and out of trouble.
Brittany Fisher grew up in the South End of Hartford, Connecticut, a tough neighborhood where gangs flourished.
When she entered South Middle School in 2002, other students found out her mother was a lesbian, and she was bullied. She became a fighter.
As after-school programs across the country fear loss of federal funds, a new report from the Government Accountability Office could muddy the waters.
The GAO released a report Wednesday saying the Department of Education needs to improve its oversight of the program by updating the way it measures program outcomes.
Coreal Riday-White is an attorney working to hold the U.S. government and the oil industry responsible for climate change, a case that could one day go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Teens and young adults in Georgia set the record straight about Islam and speak candidly about what it means to be young and Muslim. This video is part 1 in a series of 3.