Articles from Junior Scholastic (March 7, 2005)

Title	Author	Type	Words
"Is this America?" The story of Fannie Lou Hamer: on the 40th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, JS recalls a woman who risked her life to fight injustice.	McCabe, Suzanne	Play	2519
Burn, baby, burn!			313
Childhood obesity.	McCabe, Suzanne	Editorial	99
Childhood obesity: nine million kids in the U.S. are considered overweight. That's three times the number in 1980. Health officials call the growing rate of youth obesity a national crisis.	Landauro, Victor	Cover Story	1648
Drug abuse and AIDS: how young people are at risk.	Volkow, Nora D.		256
News IQ.			127
Political cartoon.			263
Should sports teams be coed?			350
Teens, drug abuse, and AIDS: the deadly connection: teens who abuse drugs face a risk of getting AIDS and (get this!) of passing it on to the friends they love.			3474
The last Czar Nicholas II: the heir of Russia's once powerful Romanov dynasty fell victim to bad decisions, bad luck, and the tide of history.	Brown, Bryan		1174
Time zones: here's how to tell the time anywhere in the world!			469
Ukraine between east & west: after a bitterly fought presidential contest, Ukrainians are divided about the future of their country.	Kim, Lucian		1968
Ukraine: time line of key events.			666
Unveiling Titan.			338