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Supreme Court’s Health Care Decision: Good for Kids, What About Parents?

Yesterday’s affirmation of the federal Affordable Care Act by the U.S. Supreme Court maintains several important health care provisions that protect the...

Congress Reaches Deal on Student Loan Interest Rates

The new bill fixing student loan rates for one year may be a double-edged sword for some college students. While the new...

Casey Foundation Closes Foster Family Services, Opens New Grants

A branch of the Annie E. Casey Foundation that cares for foster children and families is closing its offices nationwide and instead...

Fate of Sandusky-Founded Charity Hinging on Transfer to Texas-Based Non-Profit

While the fallout from the Jerry Sandusky scandal has affected many organizations associated with Penn State, the aftermath of the controversy has...

UPDATE: Minor Pot Possession Will No Longer Burn Offenders

Possessing marijuana will no longer result in a lockup in the city ofChicago, but it will likely still cost you. The Chicago...

It Starts in the School: Reality of Racial Disparity

CHICAGO – Julie Anderson is 55, white and squarely in the middle class. “I’m not exactly liberal,” she said. But sometimes a...

High Court Ruling on Juvenile Life Without Parole Could Impact Many

Hundreds of people like Alabama’s Evan Miller are newly-eligible to appear in front of sentencing judges and perhaps parole boards, as the...

Has One Georgia County’s ‘Virtual’ Alternative School Failed Troubled Students?

In an experiment lasting one school year, Clayton County, Ga. handed out laptops to its most challenged students and sent them home...

UPDATED: Supreme Court Forbids Mandatory Life Sentences Without Parole for Juveniles

UPDATED Tuesday, 9:23 a.m.: WASHINGTON – Advocates for juvenile justice reform applauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 5-to-4 ruling yesterday that children under 18...

Justices’ Ruling on Young Killers Eases Anxieties for Some Experts, Advocates

The violence that stains Chicago is a long way from Washington, D.C., where the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday it was not...

Citizen Advisers for State Juvenile Justice Programs Gather in DC

WASHINGTON – A mix of around 250 child welfare workers, law enforcement officials, public officials and nonprofit employees from 49 states and territories,...

Suspense Builds in Advance of Supreme Court Ruling on Juvenile Sentencing

While most of the nation anxiously awaits a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the federal health care...

July 1 Deadline Looms for Rise in Student Loan Interest Rates

WASHINGTON – With only 10 days to go before interest rates on some government-subsidized student loans are to double, Democrats and Republicans...

Researchers Say Graduated Drivers Licenses May Keep Teens From Drinking and Driving

The report, conducted by researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, evaluated teen driving laws in 45 states....

Three Years On, Watchdog Nominee Advances in Senate

WASHINGTON -The country’s largest funder of service and volunteer programs is one step closer to filling a leadership vacancy at its watchdog...

Kids and Guns: Two Cities, Two Very Different Approaches to Gun Control

Headlines from Dallas and Chicago over the past few days seem to underscore that the debate over gun rights, following the Trayvon...

United States Will Stop Deporting Young Undocumented Immigrants Under New Policy

The Obama administration will no longer deport and begin granting work permits to young undocumented immigrants who came to the United States...

Sandusky’s Lessons: Six Keys to Creating an Effective Child Protection Policy

The Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse case has shone a harsh light on the limitations of the child protection policies put in place...

L.A. School Police, District Agree to Rethink Court Citations of Students

This story originally appeared on iWatchnews.org by the Center for Public Integrity. In the wake of critical news reports, Los Angeles school police and...

Growing up LGBT in America: Youth Survey Report