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The Case of the 6-Year-Old ‘Refugee’

By Amy Bracken The international hot potato over six-year-old Elian Gonzalez of Cuba landed in the lap of a family court judge...

Opinion

Keeping Our Eyes On the Prize

BY KAREN PITTMAN The new millennium is upon us. Reflection is required. What have we accomplished over the past few decades? We...

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Shay’s Sashay

In one of the children and youth field’s most surprising and important leadership developments in a decade, Shay Bilchik, the presidentially appointed...

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Corralling Recent Events

One of D.C.’s more interesting gunsmoke duels is over. The shoot-out between Bill Novelli, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and...

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Pig Headed Pierce

Bill Pierce, president of the 130-member National Council for Adoption (NCFA) since its founding in 1980 retired at year’s end. Pierce surely...

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Packard Packs, UPS Delivers, Reader’s Digest Shrinks

Now you see him, now you don’t. That’s the story on John Govea brought on board by the Packard Foundation a year...

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Dangerous Liaisons: Substance Abuse and Sex

National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA) Teens who drink are seven times more likely to have sexual...

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To Establish Justice, To Insure Domestic Tranquility

The Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation Violence, fear of crime, the proliferation of firearms and racism in the criminal justice system have all...

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Millennium Hangover: Keeping Score on Alcohol Drug Strategies

This report on the impact of alcohol abuse examines drinking from several perspectives, including public health, criminal justice, the workplace, treatment and...

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The Right Start: Conditions of Babies and Their Families in America’s Largest Cities

Annie E. Casey Foundation Babies born in the nation’s 50 largest cities are likely to start life at a significant disadvantage compared...

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Reporting Crimes Against Juveniles

U.S. Justice Department, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Violent crimes against juveniles are less likely to be reported to...

Research

Youth Experiences that Make a Difference for Girls Defining Success:

David Krane and Julia Resnick Girl Scouts of the USA Study Conducted by Louis Harris & Associates, Inc. September 1999 Executive summary...

Research

The Link Between Violence to Animals and People Protecting Children

A Publication of the American Humane AssociationVol. 15, No. 2, 1999Available for $11 from Robyn Alsop, editor, (303) 792-9417, or children@americanhumane.org. This...

Research

Adolescents Take Risks With AIDS Complacency Feeds Rampant Sexual Risk Taking

Todd ZwillichPediatric News October 1999 Teenage gay and bisexual boys are risking their lives by ignoring safe sex, according to interviews conducted...

News

Rural Teens Talk Trash And Cash, Pick Up Skills

ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C.—Prosperity flies by the car window on the 70-mile drive from high-tech Durham to this economically depressed city: acres of...

Opinion

Still Killing Kids Who Kill

When the 20th century began every nation on earth – save Costa Rica and Venezuela – allowed the execution of convicted murderers,...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Teen Drug Abuse Decline Pauses

With some exceptions, overall drug abuse among American adolescents held steady during 1999, according to “Monitoring the Future,” the ongoing study by...

Opinion