Youth

Who's Listening to America's Youth?

Julia Moulden | Posted 10.11.2008 | Living


Julia Moulden

Are these young people just talking to one another? Is anyone listening, really listening, to them? Trying to discover what the generation dubbed the "Millennials" cares about?

Apocalyptic Get Out The Vote Video

HoomanTV | Posted 10.02.2008 | Green


The number of young people who don't vote is always shocking, and it never seems to get much better. There are plenty of youth-targeted get out the vo...

The Bradley Effect v. The Obama Effect

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Will Obama's white voter support in the polls be higher than his actual support on Election Day? Will this be a regional factor, or a nationwide factor? And how big a factor is it?

The Pact

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 08.11.2008 | Living


Marian Wright Edelman

The dedication of Dr. Jenkins, Davis and Hunt to serve and contribute to their community is the kind of commitment we all must make to reroute children away from entering the Pipeline.

Why the Right's Messaging is Working

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics


Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

Why is the young brilliant upstart Obama only ahead by single digits. At least part of the reason is this: John McCain knows how to control his message.

Change I Wish They Believed In

Kate Bornstein | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics


Kate Bornstein

We're months away from the big US election that will alter the course of war in the Middle East, health care for US citizens, and some provide relief from the economy we've slogging through.

Britney's Downfall as Metaphor

Morgan Warners | Posted 07.28.2008 | Living


Morgan Warners

How disgustingly coincidental is it that the good girl icon got blown sky high by sex, drugs, and anorexia at the same time that the economy has gone bust?

Young Voters, Identity Politics

Ben Terris | Posted 07.21.2008 | Home


Ben Terris

"McCain understands people like him better than he does people like us, so his tax plans will help the rich, not the people who need it the most. I want to vote for someone who will look out for me."

The Post-Social Contract Generation

Dr. Judith Rodin | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics


Dr. Judith Rodin

Almost half of America's youngest workers believe the nation's best days may have come and gone. This is Generation Y, the nation's largest age group, and increasingly its most pessimistic.

Lone Star State Young Voters Talk Immigration

Ben Terris | Posted 07.15.2008 | Home


Ben Terris

All across Texas young people share similar views: they'd make illegal immigration harder and legal immigration easier. "There are plenty of jobs here, especially the kind that immigrants take."

Deliberation, Education ... and Immigration

Peter Kaufman | Posted 07.14.2008 | Living


Peter Kaufman

Why should we go to college? Let's admit that career advancement, fun, and variety have places in any good answer's line-up. But there's also the so-called "civilizing effect."

Across the Great Divide: A Young American's Political Road Trip

Ben Terris | Posted 06.25.2008 | Home


Ben Terris

I'll go to bars, hostels, small-town campaign headquarters. I'll seek out house parties and mow lawns with landscapers. The question: What are young people across the country thinking about the election?

How Two Tweens Sitting Poolside In Los Angeles On Sunday Set Out To Save A Farm By Thursday

Stacie Krajchir | Posted 06.11.2008 | Green


Stacie Krajchir

Some concerned citizen wrote one letter to their school, accusing them of abusing the animals on their farm on campus and these girls are spearheading a full protest.

This primary. This week. This election: Historic

Max Rosenbaum | Posted 06.08.2008 | Home


Max Rosenbaum

The past four years have been a lesson in apathy for a kid who was 14 in 2004, when Obama gave that amazing convention speech. I see purple state now, all fifty. Not red and blue. Something has changed.

Why Bobby Rocks A New Generation

Irshad Manji | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics


Irshad Manji

I was born after Bobby died, so maybe I'm not supposed to care about him. Truth is, though, my generation has something timely, even urgent, to learn from his advice to the world's youth.

Facebook and Crackberries: Breeding A Disconnected Generation

Morgan Warners | Posted 06.02.2008 | Living


Morgan Warners

I must be an old foagie at heart. Am I really going to protest the evils of Facebook, the problems with iPods and Crackberries and instant email and i...

Vying For The Coveted Demographic: Mobilizing America's Youth and Changing the Face of American Politics

Julian Chryssavgis | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics


Julian Chryssavgis

As our generation contemplates the future after two decades of spectacular but poorly-distributed economic growth, we refuse to accept that anybody who wants a say on America's future must make a fortune first.

Building the Progressive Movement with SNAP

John Riley | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics


John Riley

Not all PACs deserve a bad name. Here at Yale University, a student run political action committee in its second electoral cycle is actually trying to...

The Youth Vote Gap

Demos | Posted 04.03.2008 | Home


Demos

But it's the college have-nots who have the most at stake in this election, because they have lost the most ground in the generational economic backslide. Today, the typical young male worker with a high school diploma earns 29 percent less than his dad did 30 years ago.

COUP! 16-year Old Takes Over Huffington Post

Erin Kotecki Vest | Posted 02.01.2008 | Home


Erin Kotecki Vest

I'm handing the keys of my Huffington Post contributor account today to a bright young woman named Chloe Spencer. She's 16, she blogs, and she deserve...

Fact Checking Media Coverage of the Iowa Caucus Youth Vote

Mike Connery | Posted 10.12.2007 | Home


Mike Connery

Which way will the youth vote split in the Iowa Caucus?