1 in 5 Boys Now Diagnosed With ADHD: Over-Drugging Kids
By Alex Kane - April 1, 2013The number of children and teenagers diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has increased remarkably over the past decade...The rise in numbers...has...
View ArticleMistreating Palestinian Children
Societies perhaps are best judged by how they treat prisoners, their most disadvantaged and children.read more
View ArticleTexas: Police in Schools Criminalize 300,000 Students Each Year
By Steven Hsieh - April 12, 2013In Texas, hundreds of thousands of students are winding up in court for committing very serious offenses such as cursing or farting in class. Some of these so-called...
View Article16-Year-Old Girl Arrested and Charged With a Felony for Science Project Mistake
By Steven Hsieh - May 1, 2013A Florida teen with an exemplary record is facing federal charges after conducting what a classmate calls “a science project gone bad”...16-year-old Kiera Wilmot is accused...
View ArticleDiabetic High School Girl Beaten by Cop and Arrested - For Falling Asleep in...
By Alex Kane - May 7, 2013A student who was arrested and beaten for falling asleep at school is now suing an Alabama city, its police department and some school employees for civil rights violation,...
View ArticleMedicalizing Children and Adolescents
By Irit Shimrat - The NetworkerKids on Ritalin and similar drugs have been found to be 10 times more likely to perform below age level in school. Apart from increased [Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity...
View ArticleThe Continued Struggle for Educational Access by the Afrikan Community: In...
The Network for Pan-Afrikan Solidarity (NPAS) stands firmly in solidarity with the Transitional Year Programme (TYP) and the Transitional Year Programme Preservation Alliance (TYPPA). The University of...
View ArticleLakota to File UN Genocide Charges Against U.S., South Dakota
By JEFF ARMSTRONG - May 29, 2013In April, a grassroots movement led by Lakota grandmothers toured the country to build support for a formal complaint of genocide against the United States government...
View ArticleCops Tackle and Choke Black 14-Year-Old for Giving Them "Dehumanizing Stare"
By Steven Hsieh - May 30, 2013New cell phone footage shows Miami-Dade Police officers aggressively pinning an unarmed teen to the ground while choking him. His alleged crime: giving the officers...
View ArticleStudents in U.S. Push to Limit School Police
By James Cersonsky - June 19, 2013School police are the bedrock of the school-to-prison pipeline, a system that levies harsh punishments for nonviolent behavior and, despite scant evidence of greater...
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