While in Hong Kong, Y-Press interviewed many young people living there, most of whom spoke English. Here, five students from a variety of backgrounds and with a variety of perspectives share their views on the territory's transition from British to Chinese control. Jessica Lam Kwok Yiu , 19, is from Tsuen Wan, New Territories. She was attending a YMCA leadership camp when interviewed. Jessica's mo

Growing up in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, award-winning illustrator Jerry Pinkney didn't have a lot of opportunities. In America in the 1940s and '50s, African-Americans were not considered the equal of whites, and the races were kept separate. Pinkney lived on an all-black street in the middle of a white neighborhood, and he attended an all-black elementary school. His father wa