The Boys Scouts of America, hit by a 42 percent decline in membership since its peak year of 1973 and an $18.5 million damage assessment in connection with sexual abuse of a Scout by a leader, is striving to rebuild its image and its ranks. It is also trying to shed the perception it is mostly white and elitist as it reaches out to Hispanics and blacks. The New York Times writes about the Boy Scouting movement as its marks its 100th anniversary. Click here to read the story.
