May 02 With girls joining the ranks, Boy Scouts plan a name change By David Crary, Associated Press The organization on Wednesday announced a new name for its Boy Scouts program: Scouts BSA. The change will take effect next February. Continue reading
Oct 11 The Boy Scouts say they will now admit girls. Here’s what that means. By Alison Thoet Here’s what we know about the decision -- and what it means for scouting. Continue reading
Jul 24 WATCH: Trump stresses loyalty at national Boy Scout event By Associated Press More than 40,000 Scouts, leaders and volunteers are at the 10-day event, typically held every four years. Continue reading
Jul 26 Boy Scouts to repeal ban on gay leaders, with limitations By Daniel Costa-Roberts The Boy Scouts of America is expected to end its ban on openly gay leaders in a limited manner Monday, a historic decision for one of the nation's largest youth organizations, whose decades-long struggle over whether to include gays in… Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch Boy Scouts Delays Decision on Lifting Ban on Gay Members In January 2013, the Boy Scouts of America said it was considering lifting its ban on gay members, drawing strong reactions from both sides of the debate. The organization then delayed its decision until May. Jeffrey Brown gets views from… Continue watching
Oct 18 Watch News Wrap: Boy Scouts’ ‘Perversion Files’ Document Decades of Sexual Abuse In other news Thursday, more than 14,000 pages of information collected from 1959 to 1991 were made public, exposing sexual abuse of Boy Scouts by adult leaders. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Nigel Duara of The Associated Press for more on… Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch Boy Scouts Uphold Policy to Exclude Gay Youth The Boy Scouts of America announced Tuesday it had reaffirmed its ban on openly gay youth and adults becoming scouts and leaders. Jeffrey Brown and the Los Angeles Times' Molly Hennessy-Fiske discuss why this decision is as much a business… Continue watching