Hard Times
Teen's life split into before and after the war in Bosnia
Rijada Sulijic is an American girl who loves to hang out with her friends and work at Cub Foods, but the 18-year-old high school student is also a Bosnian girl who survived an ethnic war in Bosnia in which thousands of people like her were killed.Read more >>
Lessons Learned from Surviving Hardship
Lessons Learned from Surviving Hardship
It trumped every other issue in the presidential campaign. It caused the government to funnel $700 billion into the stock market. It has your parents worried about their retirement savings. And it is causing people to lose their homes, jobs and peace of mind. Today’s economic crisis is already painful for some, and worrisome for all. ThreeSixty reporters profile three people who survived extreme hardship around the globe — the Great Depression in America, the Great Leap Forward in China and genocide in Bosnia — people who share their wisdom gained from hardship. Read more >>
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Lesson from China's Great Leap Forward: Don't blindly follow leaders
My grandpa Yue Zhou was a 27-year-old college instructor in communist China at the time of the Great Leap Forward, which took place from 1958 through 1963, and it was a time of extreme hardship for the people of China. Read More
Lessons from the Great Depression made fresh
“As a matter of fact we have a depression now because of all the credit consumers borrowed. Read More
Teen's life split into before and after the war in Bosnia
Rijada Sulijic is an American girl who loves to hang out with her friends and work at Cub Foods, but the 18-year-old high school student is also a Bosnian girl who survived an ethnic war in Bosnia in which thousands of people like her were killed. Read More
Lesson from China's Great Leap Forward: Don't blindly follow leaders
My grandpa Yue Zhou was a 27-year-old college instructor in communist China at the time of the Great Leap Forward, which took place from 1958 through 1963, and it was a time of extreme hardship for the people of China.... Read more >>
Lessons from the Great Depression made fresh
“As a matter of fact we have a depression now because of all the credit consumers borrowed. In other words, consumers spent more than their income and they borrowed the rest. It came home to roost.” — Milt Hansburg, 96.... Read more >>
Youth violence: A chorus of voices
This summer, 10 teens interviewed city officials, police, victims, activists and others on the sources and solutions to violence among youth. Read their stories here.... Read more >>
Pressured not to succeed
In my class last year at Dunwoody Academy, I often felt embarrassed when raising my hand to answer a question. I didn’t want to feel too smart. A lot of the students would say I was acting white or being a nerd.... Read more >>
Local adults look beyond statistics
If you are 14, an African American male, and starting high school in the fall in Minneapolis you only have a 1 in 4 for chance of graduating high school.
If you are an African American young man in Hennepin County, you are twice as likely to die as young white men ages 18 to 30 and 27 times more likely to go to jail.
According to studies done in three other states, nearly one in four juveniles released from criminal justice institutions were re-incarcerated with in the next 12 months. Read more >>
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At-risk teen found home at Briggs & Morgan
Walking in, we find marble floors, nice polished wooden tables, and quiet. A beautiful receptionist offers us soda and some chocolate. Looking out the windows, we see the Foshay Tower and people in suits, walking the streets below, enjoying the summer weather.
Richard Terrell walks in with a warming smile and greets us, looking like the next new thing in the Briggs and Morgan law firm.
The IDS building, which is in the heart of downtown Minneapolis, is home to one of the most prestigious law firms in the state of Minnesota. Terrell, dressed in a two-piece suit on the 22nd floor, has come a long way from being an at-risk youth. The 21-year-old has worked at Briggs and Morgan as an intern during summers and school breaks for five years.... Read more >>
The impact of violence, a three-part series
Mary Johnson didn’t know the man she was going to visit. Three years earlier, he refused to meet her. But now that she had the chance, Johnson said she had to take it.
“We walked up through the parking ramp and about halfway up the ramp I got there and I just broke down,” Johnson said. “I said ‘God, I cannot do this, I’m just not ready.’ ”... Read more >>
Teens struggle to break the cycle of pregnancy and violence
Teen mom Joreena Horris turned to the streets for love because she wasn’t getting love at home. She joined a gang and eventually became pregnant.
“My mother didn’t really guide me … I looked for love and support on the streets,” said the 19-year-old from North Minneapolis. “I tried to fill my life with men, and then I wanted something to love and hold on to so I thought a baby was the best thing.”
Asked directly if she sees a connection between teen pregnancy and violence, the mother of three said no, but when she started talking about her past it became clear that violence had played a big part in her life.Read more >>
