ANTARCTICA – A few months ago, my parents invited me to go on an expedition to Antarctica – it was...
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These are stories from YJI’s archives.
A Grandmother’s Lesson: Pysanky, the Ukrainian Art of...
TERRYVILLE, Connecticut, U.S.A. – Every spring, when I was a little boy, I watched my great...
No School, Only Work For 12-Year-Old Pakistani Girl Working...
LAHORE, Pakistan – Twelve-year-old Saba Sher doesn’t know the drudgery of homework, term papers or...
9/11 Survivor: ‘I Thought I Was Going To Die’
DELRAY BEACH, Florida – Thomas Panevino was in his seventh grade Spanish class in Manhattan the...
Women Deserve ‘Half The Sky,’ Writers Argue
HARTFORD, Connecticut, U.S.A. – Although slavery in the traditional sense of the term was banished...
Remembering Tyler Clementi
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., U.S.A. – The sanctuary, or “big church” as we called it, looked plain and old...
Deadly panic leaves no way out at Love Parade festival
Duisburg, Germany – Partying at the Love Parade festival Saturday in Duisburg, Germany, Maya...
Dutch debate Sinterklaas’ “Black Pete”
ERMELO, Gelderland, Netherlands – While children in most Christmas-celebrating countries find...