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Archives: 2014 & Earlier

You Didn’t Vote – Now Republicans Are in Power (and)

Here two young people explain their attitudes toward voting. One expresses his anger at the passivity and silence of his peers. Another...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Letters to the Editor

Front-Line Youth WorkersLorenzo D. Harrison, AdministratorOffice of Youth ServicesU.S. Department of LaborWashington, DC Thanks for the honorable mention in your editorial [October]...

Opinion

Freedom: For Adults Only

In recent visits to Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica and Ecuador, I saw adolescents routinely behaving in ways that would horrify American experts:...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

News Briefs for December 2002 – January 2003

Pedestrian Death Decline May Hide Unhealthy News While the number of child pedestrians killed in auto accidents has been cut in half...

► Newsmakers

Newsmakers for December 2002

Foundations After announcing that it would restructure its grant making around seven business units, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (assets: $1.6 billion)...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Children’s PACs Still in Infancy

That sage of American life, Will Rogers, once observed, “I’m not a member of any organized party – I’m a Democrat.” Today...

Opinion

Time to Support Families with Youth

October marked Al and Tipper Gore’s 11th Annual Family Reunion in Nashville. The theme of this year’s gathering, which drew more than...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Press Watch for December 2002 – January 2003

The Demons of Childhood: Young Brains Break. Then Comes the Broken Care System.U.S. News and World Report According to some estimates, 20...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Pubs and Videos for December 2002 – January 2003

Advocacy Children’s Rights: Policy and Practice, by John Pardeck, is an extensive tool to help readers advocate for children’s rights. Pardeck traces...

News

Report Roundup for December 2002 – January 2003

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

Research

Research of Note for December 2002-January 2003

As winter sets in, there is less emphasis on outdoor activities, so it is important to know about new research showing that...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Bike Out

Venice, Calif.(310) 452-7785www.bikeout.org Objective: To promote physical health and foster self esteem in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) youth and their...

News

The Youth Vote: Why Bother?

Maybe trying to get more young people to vote isn’t worth the trouble. Blasphemy? Certainly to the tens of millions of American...

News

Digital Divide Disappears … Or Maybe Not

Tacoma, Wash.—It’s early afternoon at the Pierce County Boys & Girls Club, where youth worker Ron Andrade sits in a back room...

News

Calif. Voters Pump Up After-School Spending

Proponents of after-school programming will be watching California to see if a voter-mandated spending increase will help kids as its supporters envision,...

News

Canada’s Youth in Care: Caring for Each Other

Ottawa, Canada—The meeting starts in the wood-paneled boardroom of Ottawa’s Children’s Aid Society. The stylish decor isn’t totally lost on the eight...

News

Congressional Gridlock Raises Anxiety at Youth Agencies

In a good year, Martha de Acosta knows exactly how much money to expect from the federal government. This is not a...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Web Watch for December 2002-January 2003

Civic Engagement Child Slavery in Your Chocolatewww.radicalthought.orgexplores the horrific practice of child slavery in the cocoa fields of Ivory Coast. Developed...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Web Watch for October 2003

Child Welfare Children Awaiting Parents http://www.capbook.org%20is a useful tool for parents, those interested in adoption policy, and social workers for kids...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier