The debate about the impact of TV violence continues (see Research Watch, Feb. 2001), but there is growing evidence that TV viewing...
Two teens are dead and 18 are wounded in more school shootings, this time in surburban San Diego. The carnage revealed some...
By Youniqiue Symone, 16 If you looked at any of my baby pictures, you would see a happy little girl who was...
By Sue Badeau In February President George W. Bush unveiled his budget “blueprint” for Fiscal Year 2002. The 175-page document presents his...
Scary survey finding: 300,000 (says the Hamilton Fish National Institute) to 350,000 (says the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health) youths take...
A U.S. Supreme Court verdict is being awaited following the recent oral argument over a case involving a faith-based youth program that...
Sports-related injuries account for some 25 percent of emergency room visits for young people ages five to 24, according to a report...
A coalition of nine homeless and child advocacy organizations is pushing a bill to expand the education of homeless children and youth. They’re...
Accidental Jail Sentence – After it was revealed that a 13-year-old Atlanta boy spent 43 days in Fulton County jail for shoplifting...
It has been a sterling year so far for fathers, at least for GOP advocates of pro-father policies. But first we note...
“I refuse to leave any child behind in America,” says President George W. Bush. Here are four: Randy Ruiz, 17, and Brian...
Amid all the rhetoric about separation of church and state, one of the most crucial battles brewing over President George Bush’s faith-based...
Position wanted: Working with kids. Education: High school dropout. Honors: Top drug salesman for street gang. Convicted of drug trafficking and weapons...
John Artis, youth counselor, Norfolk Juvenile Detention Center, Virginia – Convicted with boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter in the 1966 slaying of three...
President Bush is right to make after-school programming for American teens a high priority in these early days of his administration. It...
BY ANONYMOUS, 17 I was born and raised in the Bronx, where I learned to walk and talk tough and spit with...
BY SHAVONE HARRIS, 17 Even though she’s a living legend, I first discovered Barbra Streisand about six years ago. I was home...
BY SUE BADEAU The Congressional Fatherhood Task Force may be responsible for one of the few youth-related pieces of legislation to survive...
One of the more active youth-related caucuses is the Missing and Exploited Children’s Caucus. A bipartisan group listing nearly 150 members on...
Caucuses are essentially an adjunct to the formal party and rigid committee structure within Congress, and their rapid growth from the 1980s...