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youth stories: 38 news summaries

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Recession Leads to
Uptick in Teen Runaways

Increase in fleeing juveniles strains social services

Oct 26, 09 9:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - More and more young Americans, including many under 13, have left home or been kicked out as foreclosures, unemployment, and the rising cost of living make conditions in lower-income homes even tougher than usual. Experts and government studies estimate that 1.6 million juveniles leave home each year, though there... More »

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recession • homeless • runaway • poverty • youth • juvenile • recession depression

 Aussie Sailor, 
 16, Starts 
 World Trip 




Girl leaves on 8-month trip as Aussies debate safety

Oct 18, 09 6:45 AM CDT
(AP) - A 16-year-old Australian steered her bright pink yacht out of Sydney Harbor under gray skies and slightly choppy conditions today to start her bid to become the youngest person to sail solo and unassisted around the world. Jessica Watson's 23,600-mile journey through some of the world's most treacherous waters... More »

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Australia • sailing • sailor • youth • solo sail

Analysis


 Youth-Magnet 
 Cities in US 

Washington, Seattle, New York top list

Sep 30, 09 2:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Where will young people wind up once the recession ends? Some experts give the Wall Street Journal their best guesses:
  1. (tie) Washington, DC: Young people see Barack Obama as “America’s coolest boss,” says one panelist. Jobs in and around government abound, including nonprofit work that appeals
... More »

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New York City • Austin • youth • Seattle • coolest cities • cities • Portland • Washington, DC

Young Adults Will Pay Steep Price for Health Reform 

Insurance will be cheaper, but not cheap, and  they'll be forced to buy it

Sep 16, 09 6:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Young adults are the demographic most firmly behind President Obama and health care reform, but they may also end up funding a disproportionate share of it, the Washington Post reports. Requiring young adults to sign up for health insurance is a key part of reform plans, as it will ensure... More »

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health insurance • youth • health care reform • uninsured • Obama administration • President Obama

 Teen Unemployment 
 Hits Record 25% 

Expert sees teenagers jobless for a 'long, long, long, long time'

Sep 5, 09 6:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The teen jobless picture is the bleakest since the government started tracking the statistic 60 years ago, the New York Times reports. The rate hit 25.5% last month, nearly triple the rate among other workers. Analysts say teens are getting squeezed out of the workplace by college graduates, unable... More »

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employment • recession • unemployment • youth • teenager

(Newser) - Josh Skolnick was looking for a way to sum up what a hipster is for the Stimulist, and stumbled upon the perfect tool: Stuff Hipsters Hate, a website that "gives the world its most coherent vision yet of what defines these folks.” A sampling:
  • Other hipsters: "
... More »

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Internet • New York City • youth • definition • hipster • Williamsburg • dislikes • counterculture

(Newser) - Craig Ferguson thinks he’s figured out “why everything sucks.” He traces the decline of human society back to the ‘50s and ‘60s, when advertisers decided to target young people, so that they’d keep buying the same things when they got older. “They didn’... More »

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advertising • youth • Craig Ferguson • Jonas Brothers

Youths Charged With Sexual Assault of 8-Year-Old Girl

Ariz. victim disowned by her Liberian family

Jul 23, 09 1:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four boys aged 9 to 14 are being held in connection with the sexual assault of an 8-year-old girl in Phoenix, the Arizona Republic reports. All of the children are Liberian refugees. Police say the boys lured the girl into a shed with chewing gum and “took turns”... More »

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Arizona • kidnapping • Phoenix • Liberia • youth • refugee • sexual assault

OPINION

Michelle, Our National Parks Need You

Only first lady can
stem wilting interest in US' 'attics of history'

Jul 12, 09 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Last year, more people visited areas run by the National Parks Service than attended NFL, NBA, MLB, and NASCAR games combined. Still, Timothy Egan writes in the New York Times, the 274 million visits amount to a national crisis. “Our shared outdoor spaces, our attics of history and graveyards... More »

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Michelle Obama • youth • national park • National Park Service • National Parks Conservation Association • home garden

(Newser) - NFL Hall of Famer and activist Jim Brown recently ripped Tiger Woods for not giving back to his community, and that’s just "dead wrong," Michael Wilbon writes in the Washington Post. Brown seems to think Woods' Learning Center in Anaheim exists to teach kids how to... More »

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education • African Americans • golf • Tiger Woods • HBO • football • social services • youth • Jim Brown • community outreach

 Young Jews 
 Spew Racist 
 Anti-Obama Rants 

Americans in Jerusalem call president 'terrorist,' use racial slur

Jun 5, 09 7:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The night before Barack Obama's landmark Cairo speech, a documentary filmmaker headed out to the streets of Jerusalem to ask young Israelis and "droves" of American Jews what they thought of the president's Middle East overtures, notes Gawker. The result is "the most shocking footage I have ever... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Middle East • Jews • Jerusalem • youth

(Newser) - The recession hasn’t done anything to stem the tide of young people pouring into places like Portland, Austin, and Seattle, the Wall Street Journal reports, and that’s straining those cities’ job markets. If anything, hipsters who’ve lost jobs elsewhere are more likely to set out for... More »

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migration • Austin • unemployment • youth • Seattle • Portland • hip

UK Eyes Youth Terror Threats

Outreach program IDs 200 kids in danger of turning to Islamic extremism

Mar 28, 09 4:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - A counterterrorism project in Britain has intervened with at least 200 children as young as 13 believed to be in danger of turning to Islamic extremism, the Independent reports. Police have been working with educators and Muslim communities to identify children vulnerable to being radicalized, and are stepping in where... More »

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terrorism • children • youth • Islamic extremism • Britain • al-Qaeda

ANALYSIS

 'Recession Babies' Will 
 Be Boring But Sensible 

Economic upheavals rear careful, dull generations

Mar 8, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - If history tells us anything, it’s that our modern “recession babies” will grow up to be risk-averse bores. “Today’s youngest children are being raised in the same kind of protective bubble as the Depression babies,” Kate Zernike explains in the New York Times. “They... More »

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recession • youth • values • Great Depression

OBITUARY

 T-Ball Pioneer Dies at 93 

Jerome Sacharski developed system to teach youngsters baseball fundamentals

Mar 3, 09 2:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Baseball lost a compassionate innovator last week with the passing of Jerome “Jerry” Sacharski, 93, the inventor of the baseball tee, the Battle Creek Enquirer reports. Sacharski introduced the tee in 1956 as part of his Pee Wee Baseball program, and is credited with popularizing the game. More »

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sports • obituary • Michigan • youth • baseball • youth sports • T-ball • Jerry Sacharski

Analysis

 Watch Out World, 
 You're Going Gray 

Aging, population decline mark next decades

Jan 4, 09 11:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Wall Street's a wreck and terrorists are clamoring for WMDs, but the world's real crisis is far worse: It's getting old, Neil Howe and Richard Jackson write in the Washington Post. By the 2020s, baby boomers will push the median age in Western Europe and Japan to near 50,... More »

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United States • aging • youth • extremism • old age • developed countries • human population • seniors • demographic trends

OPINION



 Sorry, Pops, 
 Lily Allen Ain't 
 My Mouthpiece 

Mockney posturing does not make her an expert on gang violence

Dec 21, 08 12:07 PM CST
(Newser) - British pop singer Lily Allen can carry a cute tune, but "spokesperson for her generation"? Puh-leeze, Emily Hill writes in Spiked. Allen's first album, Alright, Still, "soundtracked a summer," inspiring middle-aged music hacks to praise her and London Mayor Boris Johnson to ask for her insight... More »

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British • youth • gang violence • musician • Boris Johnson • Lily Allen • cockny

 Youth Continue Violent 
 Riots in Greece 

Two police officers arrested, but unrest spreads

Dec 7, 08 2:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Hurling firebombs, thousands of demonstrators in Greece continued to clash with police during a second day of riots protesting the police killing of a teenager, the BBC reports. Protesters in Athens attacked banks and shops and lobbed rocks at police, who responded with tear gas. Six people were arrested during... More »

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police • Greece • youth • Athens • riots

Obama's Youth Mandate
Far Greater Than JFK's

His lead with under-30s is biggest in 'modern American history'

Nov 8, 08 9:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama enters office with the biggest youth mandate in modern political history, Politico reports. He outpolled John McCain by 34 points—66% to 32%—among voters younger than 30. That's four times the margin that led John F. Kennedy to say, “The torch has been passed to a... More »

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Barack Obama • Obama 2008 • youth • mandates • Election 2008 • President Obama

 MLB's Young Stars 
 Will Stamp Series 

Both league champions are full of next decade's superstars

Oct 22, 08 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The recent woes of the Philadelphia Phillies and the Tampa Bay Rays belie what could be a truly classic World Series, the New York Times reports. With 13 of 16 starting position players under 30 and each team's ace only 24 years old, the future of baseball could be on... More »

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MLB • Philadelphia Phillies • Bud Selig • Cole Hamels • youth • Scott Kazmir • baseball • Tampa Bay Rays • Chad Durbin • 2008 World Series

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