School Survival

With the beginning of the fall school semester, the San Francisco Unified School District is setting a bold new standard for healthy school food. While many school districts around the nation are raising standards for food, San Francisco may be the first to adopt a "no empty calories" policy. The standard not only sets maximum […]

Deflecting what might have been a lethal blow to state medical marijuana laws, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a seven-year effort by the White House to punish physicians who recommend the drug to their patients under California law.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article

A highly decorated general who is one of the leaders of a secretive new Pentagon unit formed to coordinate intelligence on terrorists and help hunt down Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and other high-profile targets has a history of outspoken and divisive views on religion - Islam in particular. People like this give Christianity a […]

UK: Communing with God on school grounds is the best way to put youthful sinners back on the straight and narrow, claimed the popular bishop of Limassol, Athanassios, who made the suggestion. The sanctuary of a confessional, he said, would provide "instant relief" for anyone caught smoking or missing a class. (So missing class is […]

This generation is inheriting a world of war and the divide between the West and the Arab world is deep. I think we can do better. I'm 23. I'm an idealist. But this summer I went to a World Congress of Youth, and beyond learning of a truly universal love for the 50 Cent "In […]

Hip-hop is being reclaimed from the clutches of corporations by youth activists.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of the famous case in which a judge ruled that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is unconstitutional because of the words "under God".Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article

A former Cy-Fair High School student will serve five years of probation after admitting Tuesday to committing felony arson by burning two U.S. flags in the spring.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article

Brian Robertson was just months away from graduation at Moore High School in Moore, Oklahoma, last year when he found the beginnings of what he thought was a short story on a school computer. He copied the file to another computer, added some paragraphs to the initial text and then promptly got arrested.Posted by: SoulRiserSource […]

In 1991 Antoinette McCormick was shipped to the Persian Gulf as a jet mechanic with the United States Navy. 12 years later she returned, but this time she was not in uniform and hers was a non-combat battalion. She was a "human shield."Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article