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Category: American Society
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The lack of damage control for harm already done to these children along with the damage the juvenile justice system inflicts on them can only make things worse for our society as time goes on.
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On December 13th, the History Channel will premiere “The People Speak,” based on Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States.”
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A look at items of interest online and in the media.
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Mark Hyman, author of Until is Hurts: America’s Obsession with Youth Sports and How it Harms Our Kids, reviews the latest feel-good sports film, The Blind Side.
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A look at how prisons fail the mentally ill from David Chura, author of I Don’t Wish Nobody to Have a Life Like Mine: Tales of Kids in Adult Lockup.
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Second-parent adoption has proved a powerful legal device for gay and lesbian families, but is it really fair to make a parent adopt their own child?
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In honor of National Adoption Month, Amie Klempnauer Miller shares the story of adopting her daughter in a second-parent adoption.
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While Maine’s marriage equality supporters regroup after last Tuesday’s defeat, the staff at Connecticut’s marriage equality advocacy group Love Makes a Family prepares to douse their lights forever.
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The United States Supreme Court will consider two cases affecting the lives of juveniles serving life sentences without parole; David Chura looks at why these kids deserve the chance to be rehabilitated.
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