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Social Issues

Who are the kids of the migrant crisis?

Who are the kids of the migrant crisis?

Who are these young people, and why are they coming in such large numbers from Central Amrica? Elizabeth Kennedy, a Fulbright scholar who's been working in El Salvador, has some answers. As part of her research in the capital, San Salvador, on unaccompanied minor migrants, she interviewed more than 500 children and adolescents as they returned to El Salvador after being deported from Mexico.
by NPR Staff

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Central American presidents say U.S. shares responsibility for youth migration crisis

Central American presidents say U.S. shares responsibility for youth migration crisis

During a forum hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington on Thursday, the presidents of Honduras and Guatemala said the U.S. shares responsibility for the crisis and they also called for more aggressive cooperation with the U.S. to curb the violence and poverty they say is driving the large number of child migrants to the U.S.

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Overcoming the insult of 'acting white'

Overcoming the insult of 'acting white'

In this latest installment of our Young Reporters series, Elizabeth Zalanga survives a cultural minefield: young woman learns to ignore the insult that she's 'acting white'
by Elizabeth Zalanga

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Wisconsin AG: Gay marriage isn't a fundamental right

Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen made his arguments in a brief filed with the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. He is appealing a federal judge's June decision declaring Wisconsin's ban on gay marriage unconstitutional.
by The Associated Press

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Central American refugee children get a Minnesota assist

The International Institute of Minnesota, which has done refugee resettlement work with immigrant groups for decades, has reunited seven children ages 6 to 17 with family members in Minnesota since last October.
by Sasha Aslanian

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Youth unemployment crisis hits African-Americans hardest

Youth unemployment crisis hits African-Americans hardest

For young people between the ages of 16 and 24, unemployment is more than twice the national rate, at 14.2 percent. For African-Americans, that rate jumps to 21.4 percent. Discrimination could be a factor. But so is a sluggish economy, experts say.

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Muslims and atheists least liked in the US

Muslims and atheists least liked in the US

Late last week, the Pew Research And Public Life Project dropped a fascinating new survey on. The pollsters used a "thermometer" that went up to 100 for respondents to plot just how warmly they felt toward different communities. They deemed a rating of more than 50 as positive, while a rating of less than 50 was deemed negative.
by Gene Demby

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