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| Many youths in America take for granted the options they have after completing high school. College, vocational schools and jobs are a few of the choices students may select. In Israel, though, high school graduates don't have such choices. Israeli 18-year-olds must enter a mandatory draft for the Israeli Defense Force. Y-Press recently interviewed four Israeli soldiers who have been through the p | |
| Standing on a street corner in the United States, you might hear music reverberating out of a nearby car window or see someone listening to a song on headphones. If you asked a teen what music is, the response probably would be that it is a form of entertainment. In Brazil, you are likely to see groups of kids on the streets using their hands as drumsticks to keep the beat on tables and chairs. If | |
| Benazir Bhutto, former prime minister of Pakistan and first woman ever elected to head an Islamic state, once said, "The ethos of Islam is equality, equality between the sexes. There is no religion on earth that, in its writings and teachings, is more respectful of the role of women in society than Islam." Evidence of fair treatment of women in Muslim countries, however, is rarely seen in the West | |
| In Favela Calabar, 10 people live in a two-room house -- one room heaped with blankets and sheets, the other mired under pots and pans. A tattered curtain separates the two. In an upscale neighborhood, three people live in a two-story mansion surrounded by a gate. The grounds contain a swimming pool, a nearly full-sized soccer field and a tennis court. Brazil is a land of disparities. Where you li | |
| When hundreds of street children stormed the Brazilian Congress in 1987, they didn't know that their actions would make a difference. Three years later, Brazil enacted the Child and Adolescent Statute guaranteeing that the state, the family and society would provide Brazil's children with full human rights of life and health, while safeguarding them from discrimination and abuse. But when Y-Press | |
| In late June, six Y-Press news bureau members traveled to Hong Kong. The purpose was to interview young people about the 3-year-old hand-over of the region from Great Britain to Communist China. During this 10-day trip, the team interviewed 105 young people and six adults who shared their opinions on nationality, politics, lifestyle, freedoms and their future under the Chinese government. When the | |
| The Opium War, fought between Great Britain and China, ended in 1842 . It was waged because of China's discontent with the British sale of opium to an increasingly addicted Chinese population. The victor received Hong Kong. But the British, who prevailed, were hardly overwhelmed by the spoils. British Foreign Secretary Henry John Temple Palmerston III called Hong Kong "a barren island with hardly | |
| When the People's Republic of China took control of Hong Kong on July 1, 1997 , emotions in the former British colony ran the gamut from dread to resignation to optimism. And while China has not imposed any drastic changes so far, Hong Kong, controlled by Great Britain for more than 150 years but with a population largely of Chinese descent, is in a state of flux. Its youths seem largely uncertain | |
| We probably all know about it, either from visits with family or with school or Scout groups. It is a living-history museum where every day is an adventure and visitors can step back in time and immerse themselves in the lifestyle of 1836. It is Conner Prairie, a large farm in Fishers that re-creates life in 1836. There are three re-creations: Prairietown Village, the William Conner Estate and the |
