Recently, Hawaii rolled out a sex education program for middle school students called "Pono Choices," which is geared toward helping Hawaii's teenagers make lifestyle choices that will help them avoid teen pregnancy and STDs. It...
The Montana judge who caused a nationwide firestorm by saying a 14-year-old girl was partly responsible for being raped by her teacher has been suspended 31 days for his comments. In a 4-1 decision, the...
The Texas Freedom Network recently issued an alert about a new high school Bible curriculum backed by Hobby Lobby president Steve Green. Its verdict? The proposed curriculum not only plays fast and loose with history,...
My parents bought my daughter a new car for graduation and she goes to college seven hours away in the fall.
I'm excited that she has a beautiful new car.?I'm also terrified.
Like most teens, and indeed...
I've lived in Waycross, Georgia my entire life -- and I'm 14 years old. I used to consider myself a Republican, but talking to my Dad, who is a Democrat, made me see things differently.?...
"What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders,?they disobey their parents. They ignore the law.?They riot in the streets inflamed with wild notions.?Their morals are decaying. What is to become of them?"?
Who...
Two boys in a southern West Virginia town are accused of waging a two-year campaign of sexual assault against several of their female classmates. If it were possible to get worse than that, state attorney...
When Megan Sugg graduated from high school on Thursday, she was like most girls. She stood in a cap and gown and listened to her high school principal read a graduation speech. Her family was...
I know how the majority of our Liberal America readers feel about religion. I really do. And I know WHY?our readers -- and indeed, most people on the left -- feel as they do. Although...
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Everyone knows that sex sells, and over the years advertisers have developed better techniques and acquired more sophisticated tools to make their models appear more attractive to audiences. A new bill being considered by Congress,...
The statistics on teen pregnancy and STDs are mind-boggling. Every two minutes, three U.S. teens become pregnant. Among developed countries, the U.S. ranks first in teen pregnancy and STDs. One in four sexually active teens...
Since 2006, young Americans -- those between 18 and 29 -- have increasingly?preferred the Democratic Party to the Republican Party, according to a new poll by Gallup.
For a whole decade, between 1993 and 2003, nearly...
When a mother-to-be learned that the baby she was carrying had Down syndrome, she asked one very important question to Coor Down, a Down syndrome advocacy group.
?I'm expecting a baby,? she wrote. ?I've discovered he...
This is like School House Rock for the new Millennium.
When a troubled 10-year-old boy was sent to "Boot Camp My Pre-Teen" for troubled kids, the intent was for him to learn to learn discipline and learn how to show respect to people -- particularly...
If geckos and cavemen can sell car insurance, then surely Zach Galifianakis can promote health insurance, right?
That's what the comedian of ?Hangover? fame hopes to do with his promo of Obamacare.
President Obama trades sarcastic jabs...
They say you will always remember your first kiss, even when you would prefer not to -- mine was in the sixth grade?with a girl named Leslie, and I kissed and/or slobbered on her sometime...
For my first installment in my series, Stories of Sexuality and Gender, I wanted to look at the intersectionality?between sexuality and race; that is, the coexistence of multiple identities. I interviewed a personal friend...
Jackie Turner is a 26-year-old 4.0 presidential scholar at William Jessup University in Rocklin, Calif., but throughout her childhood she suffered many years of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. She's worked hard to overcome the...
