Brain Baloney
There appears to be absolutely no evidence whatsoever that the light or moderate consumption of alcohol by persons under the age of 21 causes any brain impairment or harm.
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Bullying, Another Perspective
I think adult bullies are a part of the problem that spawns youth bullies. It’s the same situation that gets played out all the time. Power hierarchies turn into totem poles where everyone dominates the one below them. The boss yells at the working man, who goes home and hits his wife, she screams at…
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In an Artificial World, What Do You Expect?
I caught a rerun of a network drama show the other night. To prevent spoiling anything, I won’t say which show or give too many details about it, but basically there was a bully at a high school who was shot and killed. It was thought a couple of his most common, most mistreated victims…
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Bored? Check this stuff out!
I can think of a wide array of tasks that NYRA members can do in their spare time. Whether you spend 30 minutes a week or well over 30 hours a week, your time would greatly benefit NYRA. Instead of watching a television show or playing your favorite video game on one night of the…
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Civil Rights Did Not Start With Martin Luther King
I totally agree with with Matt: Surely nobody wants to take anything away from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s impressive achievements. Nevertheless, I always feel that the cult of King serves in an unfortunate way to obscure the fact that the Civil Rights movement wasn’t something one dude dreamed up in mid-1950s Alabama and achieved over…
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Mike Males Owns!
Here. Read this. It’s an LA Times article. (And when/if that link goes bad, I’ve mirrored it here.) Should I bother saying that Mike Males kicks all kinds of ass, or is that a given?:cute: I’d so love to get a hold of one of his or other pro-youth books out there. I could use…
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Required Reading for Every Youth Rights Activist
As far as modern day youth rights gospels go, you can’t get much better than Bob Franklin’s introduction to the “Handbook of Children’s Rights” I’ve seen no better succinct and cogent explanation of the assumptions that drive our work, the key logical arguments that support our work, and a complete undressing of those who disagree….
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For no one but themselves
In the summer of 1863, the Union army began forming all-black regiments to fight in the Civil War. Many black leaders were ecstatic that their people could take a greater role in a war that was being fought in large part for their freedom. They also felt that if they proved themselves worthy in battle,…
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New ‘Teenager Driving Study’ Released
The automotive club AAA released the results from a so-called teenage driving study today. New teenage drivers are more dangerous than previously thought: Nearly two of every three people killed in crashes involving 15- to 17-year-old drivers are people other than the driver, auto club AAA will announce today. The newspaper USA Today began its…
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The Indignities of Being Young
Ageism manifests itself in so many ways. Typically at NYRA we chose to focus on the big issues that are enshrined in law and stand as barriers to equal status and civic involvement for youth like the voting age or the drinking age. However it is often the day-to-day elements of our age apartheid system…
