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Did you weep? As Barack Obama was announced as President-elect, I cried for a while. Whether you shed tears of joy or disappointment, we all witnessed a historic victory. I never dreamed that our country would ...

School desks and chairs are too small for today’s generation of taller and fatter children, who are at risk of developing backache as a result, research suggests.A policy commission on the future of educa...

Esha Momeni, an American student visiting Iran, has been arrested and held in solitary confinement in the notorious section 209 of Tehran’s Evin prison for daring to campaign for women’s rights.Frie...

Wednesday the sun came up and I was happy. It is still morning in America. The candidate I voted for did not win, but I got to vote in a free and fair election. Power will be passed peacefully and the Constitut...

OK, I’ve had enough of hearing teenagers called “students” in youth ministry circles, and I’m going to make a stink about it. Let’s think. What bone-headed thing could we do to mak...

“Will you adopt me?” Dianna (not her real name) asked earnestly as we drove toward church for youth group.“I don’t think that would work. At this stage in my life, I make a great youth m...

Susan (not her real name) is an eighth grader, full of life, energetic, outgoing and joyful. She can light up an entire room with her presence.Yet underneath this joyous facade lies a teenager battling a crippl...

After decades of work with incarcerated youth around the world, I tend to classify religious outreaches into three different genres: conversion-based, worship-focused, and faith-education programs. Some of thes...

This past summer, I watched a young man with muscular dystrophy fly down a zip-line into a lake. A group of guys had carried him up four stories of narrow, winding stairs to get him to the top. Once he reached ...