aanderson Archive
As soon as Border Patrol picked them up after they crossed into the U.S. from Guatemala, Jamelin González and her two brothers were separated from their mother –– the siblings sent to foster care in New York and their parent …
Scot R. Peterson, the school resource officer at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., became a pariah for never venturing into the building where a former student shot and killed 17 people and injured 15 others in February. …
Obesity is the most common chronic disease of childhood. The Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) reports this condition now affects more than 30 percent of children in the U.S. –– a number that has more than tripled since 1980. Being overweight …
Here are some surprising statistics about school discipline today: Some 4 million U.S. students –– almost 1 in 10 –– are suspended from school annually. Prekindergarten children get expelled three times more often than students in primary and secondary grades. …
You’ve heard of “driving while black.” That’s the police penalty on black motorists, who get stopped, ticketed and searched more often and for flimsier reasons than white drivers. Then there’s “learning while black, male and with disabilities.” That’s the trifecta …
The youngest voters consistently cast ballots the least — 18- to 24 year-olds voted almost 10 percent less than 25- to 34-year-olds in 2016, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Time and time again, young voters vote at a rate …
Although juvenile arrests in the US have decreased the past few decades, arrests for girls younger than 18 are up — yet there is little focus on the context behind this trend.
