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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...
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Will Voters ‘Hammer’ Youthful Offenders?
By Jake Henshaw Sacramento—Californians are about to decide just how “tough” they want to get on juvenile offenders, through a ballot initiative...
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Young Advocates Sway Washington
The First Lady was coming to talk with some youths, and the youths had an agenda that was going to shock her....
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At 12, HandsNet Makes a Cyber-Leap To Avoid Rolling Over the Hill
The foundation world has been kind to HandsNet, the Silicon Valley-based pioneer in bringing cyberspace to the aid of human service groups...
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Columbine’s Shadow Shades U.S. Budget
One big-picture impression emerged from weeks of federal budget bickering in Washington: the robust U.S. economy has not spurred Congress to turn...
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McCaffrey’s Anti-Drug Campaign Caught in Crossfire
Described as the largest media buy in history for a public health issue, national drug czar Barry McCaffrey’s $185-million-a-year anti-drug campaign is...
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Latinas’ Perplexing Lead in Teen Births
Philadelphia—If every Hispanic girl in America thought like Sheila, it seems, perhaps they wouldn’t have the highest teen birthrate of any ethnic...
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Faith-Based Youth Work Wins More
Gainesville, Texas—It’s an hour until dawn, but the 36 youths who live in Dorm 56 of the Gainesville State School are already...
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Alabama Sheriff Wants Kids in His Jail
Locking up youths for up to three days in the new Elmore County jail in rural Alabama will curb juvenile crime and...
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Teenage Sex Rate Does Not Increase With Condom Use
By Jennifer Gauck A new study published in the American Journal of Public Health contends that distributing condoms in school does not increase rates...
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Clinton’s Thoughts on Child Care
By Jennifer Durrence President Clinton’s comments at the White House Conference on Child Care last October offer a unique glimpse into his...
