“MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT MAKES A MORE NORMAL LIFE FOR TEENS POSSIBLE”
To a stranger, Samantha Brown, 18, would look like any other teenager. The petite student is dressed in the latest gear, face covered in glitter [...]
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“A NATIONAL DAY OF SOCIAL ACTION FOR HEALTH CARE”
There are 9.4 million uninsured children in America today—one child in eight—and millions more are underinsured, but not enough adults are stepping up to change [...]
Read More“HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES—HOPE HAS A NEW ADDRESS”
The first time Father Gregory Boyle performed a funeral mass for one of the youths from the Pico Gardens and Aliso Village public housing projects [...]
Read More“WE MUST PAY ATTENTION TO THE RISE OF GUN VIOLENCE”
Over a 48-hour period this Memorial Day weekend, 21 people were shot in New York City, six fatally. A gunman opened fire on a crowd [...]
Read More“MOTHERS ROCKING THE PRISON CRADLE”
Many mothers who experience childbirth are coached through labor in a hospital maternity ward with supportive doctors and nurses. Their husbands may capture the birth [...]
Read More“REMEMBERING MILDRED LOVING”
In early May, Mildred Loving, a widow, grandmother and great-grandmother, quietly passed away at her home in rural Caroline County, Virginia. Yet her passing was [...]
Read More“CDF GUN REPORT SHOWS INCREASE OF CHILD AND TEEN DEATHS”
Imagine a bullet fired from a semiautomatic pistol, moving through the night darkness faster than the speed of sound—more than 1,200 feet per second or [...]
Read More“THE COSTS OF HEALTH CARE ARE BURYING AMERICAN FAMILIES”
Unpaid medical bills are piling up on kitchen tables all over America. In addition to the rising costs of food, gas and housing, more and [...]
Read More“LET’S TAKE BULLYING SERIOUSLY”
A youthful tough who got his growth spurt early gets cruel gratification from intimidating weaker peers. The popular jock cruises the locker room looking for [...]
Read More“CONGRESS MUST ACT TO PROTECT YOUNG DETAINEES FROM ABUSE”
In recent years, the Children's Defense Fund has received horrifying reports of the physical and sexual abuse of children and teens in juvenile correctional facilities. [...]
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