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Thoughts on teen law by Judge Tom Jacobs.

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The dangers of “dripping”

In February, 2017, a study by Yale University professor of psychiatry, Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, was published in the Journal of Pediatrics 

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Middle school principal visits every single student at home

Elizabeth MacWilliams  has been teaching since 2004 and is currently the principal at Carroll Middle School in Raleigh, North Carolina. The 

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College student expelled for off-campus speech on social media

Craig Keefe was a nursing student at Central Lakes College in Minnesota. In 2012, he made several comments about classmates on 

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4th graders bullied by parents in Indiana

Five students from Pleasant Run Elementary School in Indianapolis, Indiana, call themselves the Panther Bots. The fourth-graders combined their talents 

Tabloids
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Real v. fake news: can you tell the difference?

The country has been bombarded with “fake news” and “alternative facts” this past year. After an unprecedented  presidential election,  in 

Luke Culhane
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Cyberbullied teen named Grand Marshal of St. Patty’s Parade

The city of Limerick, Ireland named 14-year-old Luke Culhane their Grand Marshal for this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade on 

One Billion Rising flash mob
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A Teen’s Guide to #Resist

Nona Hungate is a 15 year old activist who very much cares about the direction and future of this country. 

The Slants
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A different “slant” on free speech

A Portland, Oregon band performed, in a sense, before the U.S. Supreme Court in January, 2017. Simon Tam’s rock group, 

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For starters, make your voice heard*

Nona Hungate is a 15-year-old student in Flagstaff, Arizona. Her letter to the editor of the local newspaper* was published 

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Anti-cyberbullying efforts underway in many countries in 2017

If you thought cyberbullying was unique to the U.S., you’d be wrong. Since www stands for the “world wide web,” 

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