Youth in Action: Sophya Chum, Immigrant Rights Activist
Jamilah King You voted. Now what? Look in your own backyard to find an issue close to your community.
2008
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Nation's Youth Go Green
Brett Story & VideoNation : Energy
Now that they've shown their power at the polls, young voters are channeling their energy into a green economy.
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Will the Youth Vote Swing This Election?
Cora Currier : Presidential Election 2008
In state after state, the number of new voters has swelled like never before. They're mostly under 30 and solidly backing Barack Obama.
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Obama's Youth Movement
Peter Dreier : Voters & Voting
Young voters could be the key to victory for Obama and Democratic Congressional candidates. Here's how they're changing the electoral map.
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Schooled by the Storm
Elizabeth Giegerich : Higher Education
Three years after Hurricane Katrina, Tulane University thrives, due in part to its revamped commitment to community.
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The Party Crashers
Michael Gould-Wartofsky : Activism & Organizing
Thousands of young activists are poised to protest at the Democratic and Republican conventions. In the age of Obama, is street protest still relevant?
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Does GOP Stand for Grampa's Old Politicians?
Andy Kroll : Presidential Election 2008
The future of the Republican brand rests in the text message happy hands of young America--which should scare the living daylights out of John McCain.
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Maternity Fashions, Junior Size
Katha Pollitt : Reproductive Rights
Teens getting pregnant: bad. Teens having babies: good. If this makes no sense, wake up and smell the Enfamil: it's 2008!
2007
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The Charter School Flood
Michael Tisserand : Charter Schools
Drastic changes in the educational system are leaving New Orleans's public schools behind.
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Arthur: The Little Magazine That Could
You thought Arthur was gone for good? The indie magazine beloved for its music coverage and antiwar politics will resume publishing this summer.
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Anything Boys Can Do...
Katha Pollitt : Feminism & Women
The Dangerous Book for Boys does no boy a favor by resuscitating the Anglo-imperial manly ideals. And what about girls?
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Smells Like Teen Spirit
Teenage presents a lively but scattershot portrait of youth in the modern era.
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The New Face of Warfare
Child soldiering has become a defining feature of modern warfare. And the United States has been all too complicit in the trend.
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The Supergirl Syndrome
Lakshmi Chaudhry : Feminism & Women
The marketing-driven message of the perfect girl--smart, skinny, pretty, athletic and loved by all--is a model of perfection that's hard to live up to. Can't girls just be free to be?
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Obama's Impressive Youthroots
Sam Graham-Felsen : Student Movements
Barack Obama's youthful supporters are using Facebook and other social networking web tools to spark a movement that could make a real difference.
2006
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'We Will Not Be Thrown Away!'
Young rebels in France are fighting not for change but for the same rights their parents tried to secure during the 1968 student revolution.
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A New Black Power
Walter Mosley : African-Americans
It's time to transform the two-party system into something more equitable by introducing smaller political groups based on special interests: Consider the power of a black voting bloc led by young people.
2005
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Overcoming Apartheid
Jonathan Kozol : African-Americans
Apartheid education is alive in America and rapidly increasing in hyper-segregated inner-city schools. And though it's now fashionable for policy-makers to declare integration a failure, effective programs across the country still survive--and deserve to thrive.
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Teaching 9/11
Jon Wiener : Education Policy & Reform
How do you tell a student the story of September 11?
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Failing Students, Rising Profits
The Community Education Partners (CEP) serves students the public schools don't want--and it makes millions.
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Who's Next?
Military recruiters are targeting the nation's high schools and junior highs, seeking an early harvest of soldiers-to-be. Is your child next?
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Hip-Hop Voting Bloc?
Adam Howard : Campaigns & Elections
If everything goes according to plan, a voting bloc as influential as the religious right, but progressive, could be established.
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