Youth Today
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
The President’s Budget & Kids
By Sue Badeau In February President George W. Bush unveiled his budget “blueprint” for Fiscal Year 2002. The 175-page document presents his...
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Opinion
Lies, Damn Lies, and ‘Youth Risk’ Surveys
Scary survey finding: 300,000 (says the Hamilton Fish National Institute) to 350,000 (says the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health) youths take...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Supreme Court Hears ‘Good News’
A U.S. Supreme Court verdict is being awaited following the recent oral argument over a case involving a faith-based youth program that...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Sports Score Big in ERs
Sports-related injuries account for some 25 percent of emergency room visits for young people ages five to 24, according to a report...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Advocates Push Education for Homeless Youth
A coalition of nine homeless and child advocacy organizations is pushing a bill to expand the education of homeless children and youth. They’re...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Briefly…
Accidental Jail Sentence – After it was revealed that a 13-year-old Atlanta boy spent 43 days in Fulton County jail for shoplifting...
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► Newsmakers
Trumpeting For Fatherhood
It has been a sterling year so far for fathers, at least for GOP advocates of pro-father policies. But first we note...
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► Newsmakers
Guns Are Back
“I refuse to leave any child behind in America,” says President George W. Bush. Here are four: Randy Ruiz, 17, and Brian...
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Bush Plan Stirs Excitement, Anxiety
Amid all the rhetoric about separation of church and state, one of the most crucial battles brewing over President George Bush’s faith-based...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Ex-Convicts Connect With Kids
Position wanted: Working with kids. Education: High school dropout. Honors: Top drug salesman for street gang. Convicted of drug trafficking and weapons...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
From Serving Time to Serving Youth Ex-Cons Turned Youth Workers
John Artis, youth counselor, Norfolk Juvenile Detention Center, Virginia – Convicted with boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter in the 1966 slaying of three...
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Opinion
Have Faith, but Deliver Results
President Bush is right to make after-school programming for American teens a high priority in these early days of his administration. It...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
My Secret Love
BY ANONYMOUS, 17 I was born and raised in the Bronx, where I learned to walk and talk tough and spit with...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Streisand: My Kind of People
BY SHAVONE HARRIS, 17 Even though she’s a living legend, I first discovered Barbra Streisand about six years ago. I was home...
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Fatherhood Impact
BY SUE BADEAU The Congressional Fatherhood Task Force may be responsible for one of the few youth-related pieces of legislation to survive...
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Missing Kids, Lost Caucus
One of the more active youth-related caucuses is the Missing and Exploited Children’s Caucus. A bipartisan group listing nearly 150 members on...
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Why a caucus?
Caucuses are essentially an adjunct to the formal party and rigid committee structure within Congress, and their rapid growth from the 1980s...
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Impact
BY SUE BADEAU While caucuses have no recognition in official congressional rules, no line-item budget and no official staff, they are often...
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Opinion
Leave No Child (or Family) Behind
Advocates for broader supports for children, youth and families have a common focal point: President George Bush’s tax cut proposal. Hailed by...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Does Welfare Reform Hurt Teens?
While researchers unveiled more evidence last month that welfare reform helps poor parents and children in many ways, a dark cloud stands...
