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| Recent Issues of New Youth Connections |
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| Selected Stories from May/June 2009 Issue | ||||
FACING MORAL CHOICES What Would You Do? Atheists Can Go to Heaven, Too The Last to Know The Cambria Zooman and the Sign Artistic Freedom Ask the Artist PLUS Flying Solo Losing Mom Patience? Fuggedaboutit The Persistent Politician The Talk |
| Selected Stories from April 2009 Issue | ||||
RELATIVE DRAMA: HOW OUR FAMILY IMPACTS OUR MENTAL HEALTH Anxious and Alone Alone With My Abuser In This Together My Sister’s Keeper Myspace: Fake Teens, Real Problems Find a Job Online Obama Brings Jobs to NYC Teens Swap and Save Secondhand, First Rate Thrifty Guide to Chelsea BOOK REVIEW It’s Kind of a Funny Story Brother I’m Dying FILM REVIEW Documentaries Profile New Orleans Survivors Behind the Scenes Too Nice for My Own Good? Not Ready for the Rat Race |
| Selected Stories from March 2009 Issue | ||||
IS THIS ME? THINKING ABOUT IDENTITY Penguin in the Sahara University of Kitchen Wearing My True Colors The Things That Make Us Who We Are Making Sense of Government Benefits Programs for New York City Residents What Help Can I Get? MOVIE REVIEW Milk: Story of a Gay Rights Hero Prop 8: The Struggle Continues PLUS Out of the Shadows Letters to Parents Do Ask, Do Tell |
| Selected Stories from January/February 2009 Issue | ||||
GENERATION AT RISK: TEEN HIV ON THE RISE Keeping Quiet Intro: HIV is Hitting Youth Hardest Too Big a Risk Twenty Years Living HIV-Positive The ABCs of STDs What Should Teens Know about HIV? HIV in Our Communities of Color Acting Is My Activism All Too Real Quiz: How Much Do You Know About STDs? Sexual Health Resources for Teens HOOKED ON BOOKS Memoirs Proved Me Wrong Stories from the Street My Life Between the Pages |
| Selected Stories from December 2008 Issue | ||||
FAITH AND DOUBT: RELIGION AND OUR SEARCH FOR MEANING Talking to the Ceiling Alone With the Mountain Wearing My Faith Rejecting My Religion My Search for a Church Don’t Cramp My (Hair) Style The Beliefs We Keep BOOK REVIEW Does My Head Look Big In This? Religulous |
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| Selected Stories from November 2008 Issue | ||||
AIMING TO PLEASE OUR PARENTS As Much as the Universe My Family Across the Ocean Her Shining Star? Rewriting My Dream How Much Do Our Parents Really Expect? THE COMPLICATED WORLD OF TEEN-PARENT RELATIONSHIPS Far From the Mom I Love Step-Family Ties Seeing Through the Fog Man of the House ELECTION 2008 Awakening the Youth Vote Teen Pregnancy PLUS TV Show Made for Teens Picking Myself Up |
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| Selected Stories from September/October 2008 Issue | ||||
HOW TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE Mishaps and Milestones Secrets of Success From Your Professors Don’t Let Math Hold You Back Beating the Odds No More Hand-Holding Not Your Usual College Fair Community College Dorm Sweet Dorm? Helpful College Resources for NY High School Students STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS Battling the Bureaucracy You’re Not in High School Anymore How to Manage Your Time at College Notetaking 101 Advocate for Yourself Find Support College Grad at Last HOW WILL I PAY FOR COLLEGE? College Take Charge of Your College Bills
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Ready or Not: Teens write about facing pregnancy
Teen pregnancy is suddenly in the national spotlight, thanks to the revelation that Bristol Palin, the 17-year-old daughter of Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, is pregnant. The family announced that Bristol will marry her baby daddy, 18-year-old Levi Johnston. But in all the media furor, the voice of Bristol herself, and of other pregnant teens, has gone largely unheard. Below, read the real stories of teens who have dealt with pregnancy and parenting.>>>(MORE) |
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| Selected Stories from May/June 2008 Issue | ||||
ELECTION 2008: WILL YOUR VOTE COUNT? A Trip to the Polls Seeing Beyond Ourselves Young Voters: This Is Our Moment Don’t Let the Rumors Win Barbershop Debates: A Rite of Passage American at Heart—But Not on Paper Path to Citizenship Dream Girl Habla Español o Francais ou Arabe? |
| Selected Stories from April 2008 Issue | ||||
LIFE AFTER LOSS In An Octopus’s Garden How to Cope With Life’s Losses Becoming the Man My Dad Couldn’t Be The Home I Can’t Forget Watching From the Sidelines A World Away From Her PLUS Teens Demand More Summer Jobs |
| Selected Stories from March 2008 Issue | ||||
FINDING OUR CONFIDENCE Clearing Up My Acne—and My Self-Esteem From Tomboy to Boy Magnet Standing Up for the Jena 6 Does Feeling Unpopular Make Girls Fat? Breathing Easier Skinniest Man in the Graveyard |
| Selected Stories from January/February 2008 Issue | ||||
FAR FROM HOME: LIFE IN FOSTER CARE Skyscraper of Trust Rewriting the Script Finding Our Way Home From Ashley to Angel PLUS Breaking Down the Grade ‘Move Along’ |
| Selected Stories from December 2007 Issue | ||||
WASTED: UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS Why Are Parents Clueless About Drugs? Hooked on Heroin A Fine Line Where to Find Help for a Drug Problem How to Help a Friend Who's Using 'I Think These Drugs Are Daddy's' Something You Can't Fix Mixed and Proud Almost One of the Gang Prisoners in Our Schools |
| Selected Stories from November 2007 Issue | ||||
ARE WE DATING? Get In, Get Money, Get Out Ignoring the Stares More Than Friends With Benefits Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places Why Can't Boys and Girls Be Friends? DATING ABUSE TEENS AND MUSIC Is MTV Harder on Hip-Hop Than Rock? My Love Affair with Indie Music SPECIAL REPORT Someone to Talk To
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| Selected Stories from September/October 2007 Issue | ||||
ADVERTISING, CONSUMERISM & TEENS The 'truth' is Hard to Ignore Starbury What's Wrong With Red Bull Ads? All-Girl Ad Agency Knows What Sells Hooked on Ralph...and Calvin...and... CROSSING CULTURES The Daily News Taught Me English BOOK REVIEW The Kite Runner |
| Selected Stories from May/June 2007 Issue | ||||
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