Topic: Youth

Via prison telephone, Cyntoia recounts her past choices and hopes for a better future.

Rose is reunited with her daughter, Nangabire, after a decade of apart.

Rose implores a group of Congolese women to take charge of their lives and communities.

Rose's oldest daughter, Aimee, may have paid the highest price during the civil war.

Two sisters displaced by global warming retreat into an imagined, fairytale land.

Members of a support group struggle to comprehend why their loved ones chose a cult over family.

Follow the story of families who have lost their sons and daughters to the Jim Roberts Group.

Embodying two spirits

Gender as a spectrum, not a divide

Striving to be accepted, not tolerated

"This is how I'm gonna be"

Gay rights pioneer Harry Hay strongly identified with the traditions of the nadleehi.

Once a month, these girl scouts reunite with their mothers at Gatesville's Hilltop Prison.

What led Cyntoia — who grew-up in a reasonable home environment — to this tragic end?

Role models can make all the difference in a young person's life.

Fred's mother turned her loss into a personal mission to help other kids like her son.

In India, children may be the best agents of change.

Visit an unusual summer camp for young women where they recreate life in the Antebellum South.

A group of incarcerated teenage girls are given a shot at redemption ... by starring in a musical.

The filmmaker goes behind the scenes at a juvenile justice facility.

How does a romantic portrayal of the past affect current attitudes on race and gender?

The myth of the southern belle

Erasing slavery from Secession

Justifications for slavery

The southern small farmer

A comic book based on the 99 virtues of Allah runs up against unexpected opposition.

The creator of The 99 describes what inspired him to create Islamic superheroes.

An investor in The 99 describes his unlikely Mississippi origins.

Naif Al-Mutawa preferred to escape his awkward adolescence by losing himself in books.

Sign language is who I am