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A gay teenager in Yankton, South Dakota has filed a discrimination complaint against the restaurant where he once worked after the manager forced him to wear a name tag with a homophobic slur...
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Sexual assault is a huge problem on college campuses across America. Anyone not living under a rock knows that. The handling of such incidences is also a problem. Many colleges have come under fire for...
Last month, I told you about "Kidnapped for Christ," a powerful documentary detailing the goings-on at Escuela Caribe, a horribly abusive "Christian" boarding school deep in the mountains of the Dominican Republic. for tuition that...
The Ohio State University dropped a bombshell late Thursday afternoon when it announced it had fired the director of the world-famous Ohio State University Marching Band, Jonathan Waters, for tolerating of harassing and degrading behavior....
A now-closed Christian boot camp in the Dominican Republic engaged in horribly abusive behavior in the name of "helping" troubled teens change their ways.
On Wednesday, I reported on a budding travesty in Manassas, Virginia. A 17-year-old boy was brought up on charges of manufacturing and distributing child pornography for sexting with his 15-year-old girlfriend. He faces imprisonment until...
If police in Manassas, Virginia have their way, a 17-year-old boy facing charges for sexting with his 15-year-old girlfriend could be forced to have an erection in order to comply with a search warrant.
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School officials in Atlanta revealed this past weekend that they are reviewing how an anti-evolution cartoon from one of the leading proponents of creationism ended up in a high school biology lesson.
In May, Grady High...
I want to talk about my IUD. I promise it's not going to be a lot of "TMI" stuff -- it's not my practice to talk publicly about my sex life, my health, my...
Young girls know no limits. They can compete with the best of them, and don't mind proving it by showing their skills to everyone.
When they get a few years older, though, a significant social stigma...
So picture this scenario. You're taking a walk in the park and in your peripheral vision you see flashing blue lights coming from a guy on a skateboard. If you're in Green Bay, Wisconsin, you...
Kids will be kids, eh? When Queen Elizabeth II visited Belfast, Ireland last week, one young fellow couldn't resist the opportunity to do what most teens nowadays do: snap a selfie with Her Majesty in...
When you watch this video, you just get the idea that Joshua's dad is long-suffering. As a parent, it's a really undesirable situation to find oneself in -- the situation in which our kid delights...
I'm not a huge fan of the "Scared Straight" television series. I don't like our fascination with this kind of media involving kids because it's exploitative. But I have, in my long career working with...
Taylor Storch, 13, was full of life, and while her life ended on a Colorado ski slope in March 2010, she lives on because her precious organs were donated to help others live.
After losing their...
The depth of the student loan problem isn't news to Liberal Americans, but this simple graphic reveals just how deep the problem is -- and how rich the U.S. government and banks are getting from...
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What's so scary about smart girls? Why are girls who are seeking an education constantly under attack and in danger all over the world? The Half the Sky Movement has released this compelling...
This article was originally published on AlterNet and is reprinted on Liberal America with the permission of the author.?
Traditionally, young people have energized democratic movements. So it is a major coup for the ruling elite...
