Boy Scouts

Bankruptcy Will Limit Boy Scout Abuse Claims

By Eliana Dockterman

New Lawsuit Says Ex-Boy Scout Assaulted 'Hundreds' of Times

By Eliana Dockterman

These Men Say the Boy Scouts' Sex Abuse Problem Is Worse Than Anyone Knew

By Eliana Dockterman

Girl Scouts Board Member: Boy Scouts Must First Fix Their Problems

By Charles Garcia
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'I Was Heartbroken.' Meet the Girl Who Sued to Be a Boy Scout and Lost

“It’s nice to see them making steps and progressing in a good direction, but it’s still not the same as what I was fighting for.”

By Lily Rothman

Girl Scouts Accuse Boy Scouts of 'Covert Campaign' to Recruit Girls

And appealing to millennial parents

By Rachel Lewis

Boy Scouts After Some Booed Obama During Trump's Speech: We're Nonpartisan

During his speech, Trump bragged about his election victory

By Jennifer Calfas

‘We Won.’ Mom Who Led Charge on Boy Scouts Transgender Policy Celebrates With Her Son

The Boy Scouts of America said it will now welcome transgender children

By Melissa Chan

Here's Why The Boy Scouts of America Received Federal Recognition 100 Years Ago

“Every nation depends for its future upon the proper training and development of its youth”

By Liz Ronk and Emma Ockerman

How Eagle Scouts Have Made Their Mark on America

Sept. 2, 1912: Arthur Eldred becomes the first-ever Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America

By Jennifer Latson

Mormon Church Considers Creating Its Own Version of the Boy Scouts

The Church of Latter Day Saints is unhappy with Monday's decision to allow openly gay and bisexual troop leaders to serve

By Tanya Basu

Boy Scouts of America Set to Allow Gay Leaders

The BSA's National Executive Board will decide on July 27

By Nolan Feeney

Scouts President Says Gay Leader Ban Not Sustainable

“The status quo in our movement’s membership standards cannot be sustained,” Robert Gates said Thursday

By Maya Rhodan

Rick Perry Cites His Eagle Scout Rank on Campaign Trail

Rick Perry has been studying oratory with a former Shakespeare actor, and it showed on Monday, when the former Texas governor paced around a small gathering in a two-stoplight-town farming village in Iowa.Perry stretched his...

By Sam Frizell / Holstein, Iowa

Boy Scouts' 'Perversion Files' to Be Unveiled in Molestation Trial

The trial will focus on documents between 1971 and 2007

By Johnny Dodd / People

Always Be Prepared... To Rescue Ann Curry

When the NBC journalist sprained her ankle while hiking in New York's Harriman State Park, a New Jersey-based boy scout troop crafted a makeshift stretcher and carried her down a mountain

By Samantha Grossman

The Boy Scouts Banned My Church Because We Support Gays

Earlier this week, the Boy Scouts of America revoked the troop charter of a Seattle-area United Methodist Church because the church would not boot the scoutmaster Geoff McGrath, a married, gay Eagle Scout. Monica Corsaro, the pastor of the church, explains why.

By Monica Corsaro

Boy Scouts Shut Troops Over Gay Leader

A group that lobbies against discrimination in the scouting movement says Boy Scouts of America has revoked the charters of a Methodist church for refusing to remove scoutmaster Geoffrey McGrath after he came out as openly gay

By Nolan Feeney

LIFE With the Boy Scouts in an Era of Tumult and Change

LIFE presents a gallery of photos chronicling the ways in which the Boy Scouts of America tried to respond to the cultural tumult of the early 1970s.

By Ben Cosgrove

LGBT Groups Condemn Removal of Gay Scout Leader

Geoffrey McGrath is thought to be the first openly homosexual adult to be removed from leadership since the Boy Scouts of America voted last year to ban openly gay adults from participation. Gay rights groups called the move discriminatory

By Alexandra Sifferlin
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