Youth – Page 38 – People's World

Jamey Rodemeyer, 14: another victim of anti-gay bullying

September 26, 2011 By Ryan C. Ebersole

Anti-LGBT bullying in this nation is unfortunately at epidemic levels among teens. On Monday 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer took his own life after being incessantly bullied by classmates.

My 9/11: The smoke that preceded tragedy

September 9, 2011 By Blake Skylar

Perhaps most poignant are the perspectives of those for whom that era was a vital period in their growth: the youth of that decade.

Chicago students protest Sears ties to child labor and rape

September 9, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

High school students are protesting Sears's purchase of clothing from a factory where a supervisor is an unpunished serial rapist of young females.

Youth unemployment exacerbates violence

August 26, 2011 By Lisa Bergmann

New Haven's youth unemployment rate reflects the Bureau of Labor Statistics' recent assertion that the national youth unemployment rate reached an all-time high this summer.

West Memphis Three freed, but they still seek justice

August 22, 2011 By Blake Skylar

In 1994, three young men in West Memphis, Ark. were wrongfully tried and convicted of the 1993 murder of three boys. Last week the trio were set free.