Children
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Health
Gun Deaths Rising Sharply Among Children, Study Finds
Firearm injuries are a leading cause of death among young children and teenagers in the United States.
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World
Judge Let Abusive Parents Keep Daughter. Days Later, She Was Dead.
A Brooklyn judge ordered Ella Vitalis, 1, who died of blunt force trauma, to stay with her parents, after the…
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World
The Americans Most Threatened by Eviction: Young Children
About a quarter of Black babies and toddlers in rental households face the threat of eviction in a typical year,…
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World
Pick Pumpkins, Pick Apples and Get Out of Town
Ideas to interact with nature this month.
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Food
The Deadly Red Tape of Israel’s Occupation in Palestine
In “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama,” Nathan Thrall untangles the political and personal story of a bus…
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World
Should Children Join the Killing in New Zealand’s War on Invasive Species?
The pickup trucks rolled up one by one, ferrying a stream of animal carcasses into the show grounds. Pigs, deer,…
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World
Raising Kids in Single-Parent Households
Readers react to a guest essay arguing that the growing number of such households is bad for the children.
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Food
Sexual Abuse Suits Against Michael Jackson’s Companies Are Revived
An appeals court in California determined that lawsuits by two men who say Jackson molested them as children can proceed.
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World
The Absurd Republican Argument for Rolling Back Child Labor Laws
Last week, a law went into effect in Arkansas that allows 14- and 15-year-olds to work without a permit signed…
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World
The Real College Admissions Scandal
YAMHILL, Ore. — Before I make an argument about affirmative action, let me tell you how I was a beneficiary…