Before the polls had even opened on November 4, 2008, the doubters had already spoken, our opponents had already declared victory, and the same, tired story about how young people don't want ownership over their future was already being written. Then the polls opened. Some of us filled our school's...

For young people in Chicago, yesterday was a historic day. It was the first time they had an opportunity to vote in an election that did not have Mayor Richard Daley, who along with his father before him ran the city for all but 14 years since 1955, on the...

Last week, Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin introduced a bill in the state legislature that would require all voters to present a state-issued ID at the polls before receiving their ballot. If it passes, the law would be the most restrictive voter identification bill in the country and would disenfranchise thousands...