2006

• Project Corpus Callosum

  Sarah Stillman

  The winner of the first-ever Nation Student Writing Contest.

• We Don't Believe in Politics

  Camila Domonoske : US Politics & Government

  If teenagers can't figure out how to participate meaningfully in politics, they will have lost their voice, impact and power.

• Atrophy of the Well

  LiAnn Yim : Environment

  Few of us can now imagine a world without freshwater, but look to the future, when the scarcity of this most basic commodity will profoundly change our lives.

• Wake-up Call

  Brie Cubelic : Environment

  By adopting the principles of natural capitalism, America can regain its sanity and reverse the reckless use, overuse, waste and destruction of our natural resources.

• A Generation of Peace

  Zaid Jilani : Peace Activism

  "I dream of the day that our children will turn the pages of history books and look to my generation, who said no to the horrors of war and chose nonviolence over nonexistence."

• America's Most Trusted Source of News: Ourselves

  Nikolas Bowie

  Rather than let pundits guide our public policy debates, citizens must seize the initiative and join the conversation.