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 NEWS OF NOTE
In the Shadow of Wounded Knee
National Geographic, Alexandra Fuller | August 1, 2012
After 150 years of broken promises, the Oglala Lakota people of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota are nurturing their tribal customs, language and beliefs.
St. Jude's Ranch Crossings Offers Homeless Young Adults Chance to Start Anew
Las Vegas Sun, Conor Shine | July 30, 2012
A supportive housing program in Las Vegas helps homeless young adults develop independent living skills like financial literacy, self care and job skills.
Led By An Innocent into a Web of Evil
The Boston Globe, Jenifer B. McKim | July 29, 2012
A single image emailed from a Milford, Mass. man leads investigators to a vast global child pornography network.
Kids Can Open Gun Safes With Straws and Paper Clips, Researchers Say
Wired, Kim Zetter | July 27, 2012
Gun owners, including police officers, are supposed to secure their firearms in locked safes. But many popular models of safes can be easily opened by children.
Hard Choices
PBS Need to Know, Stacey Tisdale | July 27, 2012
An in-depth look at the tough choices America's working poor have to make in order to make ends meet.
Home Economics: Study Suggests Link Between Housing Woes and Child Abuse (Opinion)
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Al Heavens | July 27, 2012
A new study highlights the need to better understand the stress that mortgage foreclosure places on families.
City Limits, Brooke Rosenberg | July 27, 2012
New York City's Administration for Children's Services hopes EarlyLearn will offer uniform, high-quality early education throughout the city's neediest communities. Advocates and agencies are looking to the program with cautious optimism.
Growing Old with HIV
The Washington Post, Lena H. Sun | July 26, 2012
People with HIV are living into their 50s, 60s and beyond because of highly effective drug regimens. At the same time, experts say, some people over 50 are engaging in sexual behaviors that put them at high risk.
Using Prescription Medication For An Academic Edge
The Diane Rehm Show, WAMU | July 26, 2012
A growing number of high school and college students are abusing ADHD drugs which they believe will help them study and improve their performance at school.
Rich Kid, Poor Kid: How Mixed Neighborhoods Could Save America's Schools
The Hechinger Report, Sarah Garland | July 25, 2012
Neighborhoods with concentrated poverty are likely to have failing schools. Racial and economic integration of communities is leading to student success and stronger schools.
Juvenile Hall Camp Alternatives Catch On
San Francisco Chronicle, Marisa Lagos | July 22, 2012
Many counties in California are looking for alternatives to traditional juvenile halls, facilities that experts say leave juveniles worse off than when they entered the system.
Beefed Up Border Patrol Devastates Northern Community
Equal Voice News, Kathy Mulady | July 20, 2012
The heavily guarded U.S. southern border with Mexico is well known, but most Americans aren't aware of the Border Patrol presence on the northern border, where many say racial profiling and human rights violations are routine under the guise of national security.
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