Vol. 140 No. 1, September 2007
Index
- Game show.
- Illegal immigrants on the job.
- Divers.
- Too much good news?
- do u txt whl drvng?
- Eco-friendly soccer.
- Telltale tails.
- Higher & higher: there are dozens of skyscrapers under construction or being planned around the world that are 1,000 feet or taller. Here's how three of those buildings compare with some of the tallest skyscrapers built to date.
- Numbers in the news.
- Rocking the Gondola.
- 10 supreme court cases every teen should know: Part 1: the nation highest court has had plenty to say about everything from free speech at school to teenagers' rights in the legal system.
- Life in the shadows: as one of 12 million illegal, immigrants in the United States, Veronica struggles to protect her family's middle-class life in Texas.
- In Washington, a fierce debate over immigration.
- Isn't the election next year? The 2008 presidential election is more than a year away, but the campaign--and the debate over the issues facing America--are already in full swing.
- Courting the youth vote.
- Haircuts or turbans: many young Sikhs are forgoing turbans and cutting their long hair--leaving spiritual leaders dismayed.
- The perfect weapon: thousands of child soldiers have been forced into battle in some of Africa's most violent conflicts.
- Taking the war out of a child soldier.
- 1957 the integration of Central High: fifty years ago this fall, President Eisenhower sent federal troops into Arkansas to enforce the desegregation of Little Rock's Central High School.
- Guns new & used: is it too easy to get a gun in America?
- Going green talk or action? Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman on what the U.S. needs to do about energy and the environment.
- Applying to college: a look back: like many seniors, Kiran Gandhi spent a stressful year caught up in the college-application process.
- [Cartoon].