Children

Kids’ cough medicines don’t work, warns drugs watchdog

March 2, 2009 By Morning Star

Parents have been warned that over-the-counter cough and cold medicines do not work on children under 12 and can even cause side effects such as hallucinations.

The Children of Guantanamo

February 7, 2009 By William Fisher

Reposted from IPS NEW YORK, Feb 5 (IPS) - Legal experts and human rights advocates are challenging the public to remember Guantanamo's 'child soldiers' when the detainees there are characterised as 'the worst of the worst'.

Eight days in May: Birmingham and the struggle for civil rights

May 22, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

The eight days between May 2 and May 10, 1963, when thousands of school children in Birmingham, Ala., defied the fire hoses and police dogs of Eugene “Bull” Connor, marked a turning point in the civil...