Connect for Kids

14.09.2005 New Orleans was extraordinarily poor--and the poor disproportionately black--long before Hurricane Katrina ripped apart thousands of lives, says Jason DeParle. Connect for Kids asks the New York Times reporter to share his thoughts on the city's working poor and how welfare "reform" has affected their lives.

06.09.2005 Hundreds of U.S. teens across the country are organizing various 9-11-focused activities turning the fourth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center into a celebration of community caring. The events they've created are meant to support less fortunate groups in their communities and to show that young people care.

10.08.2005 Over seventy teens wrote essays telling President Bush to consider their future when making political decisions. Caitlin Hillyard from Iowa raises concerns of lower-class teens such as funding for public schools, unaffordable healthcare, and the high cost of college tuition. Check back with Connect for Kids over the next three weeks to read the other winning works.

27.07.2005 Especially when seeking financial support, more and more organizations are turning to the Internet as a critical element of their work. At a recent conference in Berlin, organizations from England, Slovakia, and Morocco shared how they use the flexibility of the Web to address the challenges of their organization.

19.07.2005 Since Brown v. the Board of Ed. and before, the Supreme Court’s make-up has been as important to kids as it is to adults. With expected decisions on education, military recruitment, and minors' rights, the coming term will be no exception, writes Connect for Kids’ Susan Phillips.