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Ypulse (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The dual sides of Edward Cullen (latest in a long line of heartthrobs... or "a photogenic monster with good hygiene." Basically it all depends on how much you buy into the creepiness factor. Plus multiple "New Moon" specials to air on MTV. And how the franchise breathed new life ...
iCelebZ.com (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Music video show "106 & Park" will be tackling teen violence with a special episode set to air Monday, November 16. The show will take on the ever-rising issue along with Dr. Jeff Gardere and a panel of experts and city officials. The show will gather a panel of experts, city officials, role models, victims, perpetrators and survivors, along with Gardere, a psychologist, to examine the...
cbs4denver.com: Entertainment (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway continues to lead a campaign of discussion and activism on teen violence. Today Caraway added a little street credibility to his efforts and maybe a little controversy as well, by teaming with the world famous rapper 50 Cent.
WJZ Baltimore, Maryland News Weathe (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway continues to lead a campaign of discussion and activism on teen violence. Today Caraway added a little street credibility to his efforts and maybe a little controversy as well, by teaming with the world famous rapper 50 Cent.
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. will hire neighborhood workers to aid at-risk kids, families In early September, city schools chief Ron Huberman announced an ambitious plan to combat youth street violence, in part by offering intensive mentoring and jobs for the high school kids most likely to fall victim.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
NEW YORK, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- This past October the White House dispatched two Cabinet officials in response to the beating of 16-year-old Derrion Albert in a street brawl that resulted in death in Chicago. Last year a 13-year-old boy was fatally shot in the chest in Harlem, New York. Two additional young men were wounded in the same shooting. Among 10 to 24 year olds, homicide is the leading cause...
ABC News (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Young men who participate in team sports may be more likely to fight and drink.
The Boombox Music Blog (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Filed under: Hip-Hop , Hip-Hop News After the brutal death of Chicago high school student Derrion Albert in September, the hip-hop community was quick to rebuke senseless street violence. There was a lot of talk about doing better, but there haven't been too many rappers that have walked the walk. West side Chicago native Twista is hoping to change all that by reaching out to the youth directly. In...
Freakonomics (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
In the wake of the national publicity that accompanied the beating death of Chicago Public Schools student Derrion Albert, the issue of teen violence has come to the fore. Violence toward students in the Chicago Public Schools is, however, neither new nor rare.
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
By Richard Salit PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- As soon as her boyfried walked up to her in Kennedy Plaza, the trouble began. First they yelled at each another. Then they started shoving. "What are you going to do? Hit me in front of all of these people?" she screamed. "You need to calm down!" It was Thursday afternoon and the downtown plaza was full of high school students on their way home...
KansasCity (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
True, black-on-black violence is a big problem. But we’re all kidding ourselves if we don’t look beyond race and see that teens of all colors and walks of life are becoming desensitized to violence.
Perspective Journal: News and Polit (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Filed under: Sweet Corn etc… Politics Daily Columnist and Daily FLOTUS writer Lynn Sweet appeared twice on CNN last weekend to speak with host Don Lemon on his panel of guests. Click here to watch their discussion of Chicago’s teen violence crisis and Obama administration efforts to help. Click play below for their discussion of President Obama’s [...]
ChattahBox (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
(ChattahBox) — The mother of a Florida boy severely burned after a group of teenagers viciously set him on fire appealed for the need to do something to stop the wave of violence among children. Michael Brewer, 15, of Deerfield Beach, Fla., was reportedly assaulted by five teens who allegedly doused him with rubbing alcohol [...]
Scooter's Report (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
CHICAGO (SR) - In order to draw attention to teen violence in Chicago, the Rev. Jesse Jackson accompanied Fenger High School students Tuesday morning on their bus ride from the Altgeld Gardens public housing development to school. This inner city...
Daily Pundit (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Rev. Jesse Jackson To Ride To School With Fenger Students, Calls Teen Violence ‘State Of Emergency’ - cbs2chicago.com “This is a state of emergency given patterns of violence and patterns of killing,” Jackson said in a news conference. He suggested that unemployed adults in the neighborhoods could serve as community patrols for children walking to school, while [...]
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