Tag: Children and Childhood
A Cyberattack Illuminates the Shaky State of Student Privacy
The software that many school districts use to track students’ progress can record extremely confidential information on children: “Intellectual disability.”…
How to Decide if You Should Still Wear a Mask
As masking mandates lift and new coronavirus infections fall across the United States, there’s lots of confusion about if, and…
Wary Parents Are Target of New Appeals to Vaccinate Children 5-11
For weeks, the school principal had been imploring Kemika Cosey: Would she please allow her children, 7 and 11, to…
Kurdish-Led Forces End Syria Prison Siege, Defeating ISIS Fighters
BEIRUT, Lebanon — After six days of deadly battles, the Kurdish-led militia that had been battling Islamic State fighters for…
Boys Held as Hostages by ISIS Worry Rights Activists
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The boys in the prison sleep in groups of about 15 in cells with no windows, according…
As U.S. Strikes Syria Prison Held by ISIS, Young Detainees Are Caught in Crossfire
BAGHDAD — An American-backed militia that has waged four days of deadly battles to dislodge Islamic State fighters from a…