by Dionne E. Young | Jun 10, 2013 | Politics
WASHINGTON—AARP has been making rapid progress in its quest to help older Americans close the so-called technology gap — and its doing it by showing older Americans that social media can provide important real life benefits. The social engagement strategy at AARP, the...
by Dionne E. Young | Jun 7, 2013 | Topics
GUNS 5 from Medill Washington on Vimeo. Pro-choice or pro-life? How about pro-abortion rights versus anti-abortion? Military intervention? Didn’t that use to mean “war”? And be aware, until the Associated Press deemed it politically incorrect, undocumented immigrants...
by Dionne E. Young | Jun 3, 2013 | Topics
WASHINGTON — Gun buybacks are usually in the domain of local government, but music industry executive Michael “Blue” Williams and a few intrepid community leaders in New York are using turn-in-your-guns programs to save the lives of at-risk youth. “In New York...
by Dionne E. Young | May 29, 2013 | Topics
WASHINGTON — The third day of the Scripps National Spelling Bee brought more nerves, higher stakes and bigger words, but none of that is new for Emily Keaton. An eighth-grader at Christ Central School in Pikeville and old hand at the bee, Keaton competed for her fifth...
by Dionne E. Young | May 8, 2013 | Politics
WASHINGTON- Even as the effects of the Great Recession loom in the background volunteerism and community service has held steady. For 18 years Prudential Financial has been honoring young people who support their communities by volunteering and starting non-profits....
