Youth Today

Readers React to “Zero Tolerance Breeds Zero Justice”

The comments below are some of the online responses to “Zero Tolerance Breeds Zero Justice,” published in Youth Today in April and...

They Are Back! Summer Jobs Return for Poor Kids, and a Confession

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 contains good news about summer programs for disadvantaged young people preparing for jobs, higher...

The Problem with Sebelius: Tolerating Dishonesty, for Starters

Perhaps it’s inevitable with two wars and an economic crisis going on, but it is still disappointing that child welfare is not...

Our Job: Dispel Myths about Homeless Youth

Every December, we hold a legislative open house in our drop-in center to which we invite Vermont legislators to come and learn...

Street Child

Justin Reed EarlyAuthorHouse (self-published)289 pages. $19.99 ($15.99 paperback). Justin Early is a survivor. In his late 30s, an invitation to serve on...

A ‘Five-Star’ President Who Happens to be Bi-Racial

On Jan. 20, I joined millions of Americans and millions more around the world to watch the inauguration of our 44th...

A Shout Out to Michelle Obama

There is one goal that each of us in the youth “business” shares: to ensure that all children receive the full...

Feedback

The Real Obama Stands Regarding Mike Males’ February column, “Will the Real Obama Please Stand Up – For Youth?” I feel...

OBAMA JOB WATCH: Department of Justice (Updated May 18)

Office of Justice Programs The “Yes We Can” attitude at President Obama’s Justice Department must have resonated with Laurie Robinson. The Clinton-era...

Aching for Adults

At a recent dropout prevention conference in New York state, a panel of five teenagers shared their ideas about what it...

Will the Real Obama Please Stand Up – For Youth?

Barack Obama wrote three books rife with praise for his mother’s character, intellectuality and accomplishments – yet he never mentioned that...

School-Based Mentoring

I want to thank you for covering the latest study regarding the Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) high school [mentoring] program...

Three Candidates for OJJDP

[Note: This piece also appears in the Obama Job Watch in Youth Today‘s Latest News section] The scuttlebutt points to two widely-known...

A Chance for Us to Do Better by Kids

Richart Three weeks before the election that swept Barack Obama into the presidency, Gara LaMarche, president of The Atlantic Philanthropies (assets: $3...

Take a Stand, Even If it Costs You

One of the largest corporate entities here in Burlington, Vt., is Burton Snowboards, which I normally wouldn’t have anything to do...

Ready for Life: Yes, That Means College

The core belief at the Forum for Youth Investment – that all young people should be “Ready by 21,” meaning ready for...

How We Combat DMC

Mark Soler Some additional information about DMC is necessary to avoid error and misunderstanding. First, there are actually three goals in reducing...