Summary On any given night, nearly 50,000 youth are incarcerated in facilities away from home in the United States. When children are incarcerated at age 17 or younger, 71 percent end up rearrested within three years of release, according to the Department of Justice. The nonprofit Avenues for Justice, an alternative to incarceration program, keeps 97 percent of its clients from returning to prison after a three-year period. The PBS NewsHour’s Tim McPhillips talks to Avenues for Justice and other youth incarceration experts about the support kids need to succeed and what helps break the cycle. Read More...
Jelena Ristic also known as Jelena Djokovic is a Serbian activist who is the wife of famous Tennis star Novak Djokovic.
Jelena was born on June 17, 1986 in Belgrade, Serbia to Miomir Ristic and Vera Ristic.
Jelena holds degrees and university degrees from the University of Monaco.
She also attended Bocconi University and earned her undergraduate degree in 2008.
Jelena’s husband is one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Read More...
LIMA, Peru — Bird droppings are a nuisance for most people, but in Peru they have been a closely guarded treasure since pre-Columbian times. Guano, a gentler word for dung, is one of the few words in English derived from Quechua, the language of the Incas. The Incas used guano harvested from islands that dot Peru’s 1,500-mile coastline as fertilizer. They fiercely guarded the source. And execution was the ultimate punishment for anyone who disturbed the sea birds or the islands where they deposited dung. Read More...
