Not Just Boy or Girl: More Teens Identify as Transgender
Feb 5, 2018 A study of ninth- and 11th-graders in Minnesota estimates that nearly 2,200 consider themselves transgender or gender nonconforming.
The Revolt Against Trump Is a Backlash Against Bullying
Nov 19, 2017 Powerful and wealthy men who have felt free to impose their will on others, regardless of the pain they cause, may be in for a rude awakening.
Stand Up for Justice, or We All Lose
Oct 23, 2017 What can a youth soccer game teach us? No matter the degree of injustice, we should say or do something.
Teens Report Surge in Bullying in Wake of Divisive Election Campaign
Jan 25, 2017 In a survey of 50,000 teens, 70 percent reported abusive behavior largely targeting race, sexual orientation and immigration status.
Bullying
Nov 7, 2016
Going Nuclear: An Environmentalist Makes the Case
Nov 8, 2013 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The director of "Pandora's Promise" pitches nuclear power. Also: Bringing quality food to the poor, and bullying in sports.
Apple Bullies the U.S. Government for Lower Taxes
May 23, 2013 Apple CEO Tim Cook threatened Tuesday to keep more than $100 billion of the company's international earnings away from the United States unless Congress dropped the 35 percent corporate tax rate to the single digits.
Sticks and Stones
Mar 20, 2013 Many of the adults interviewed by author Emily Bazelon "could access, with riveting clarity, a memory of childhood bullying. … These early experiences of cruelty were transformative, no matter which role you played in the memory reel."For many of the formerly bullied adults interviewed by author Emily Bazelon, "early experiences of cruelty were transformative, no matter which role you played in the memory reel."
49ers Players Deny Being in Anti-Bullying LGBT Video They’re In
Feb 1, 2013 As if the anti-gay remarks by San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver weren't enough to send the team's management into a tizzy, two of its other players are adding to the controversy by denying that they were in a video produced to combat bullying experienced by LGBT teens.
Watch What Happens When 12th-Grader Comes Out to Entire School
Jan 24, 2013 "Most of you see me every day. You see me acting the part of 'straight' Jacob, when I am in fact LGBT," Jacob Rudolph said. "Unlike millions of other LGBT teens who have had to act every day to avoid verbal harassment and physical violence, I'm not going to do it anymore."
