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Bassnectar On Change: "I Want To Make A Social Impact"

Causecast | Brandon Deroche and Nicholas Chung | Posted 11.05.2009 | Impact

Read More: Electronic Music, Bassnectar, Youth, Social Change, Music, Activism, Social Activism, Political Activism, Impact News

The following interview originally appeared on Causecast.org Bassnectar is Lorin Ashton's multi-faceted electronic music and social experimentation p...

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StandUp For Kids: A Hot Meal and Trust on the Street

Judy Ranan | Posted 11.03.2009 | Impact

Read More: Standup for Kids, At-Risk Youth, Youth, Street Kids, Homelessness, Homeless, Outreach, Judy Ranan, Impact News
Judy Ranan

Over the months I've come to not only respect the street kids I work with for what they've gone through, but to understand that they are survivors.

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How Lame Is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

Nelson Montana | Posted 10.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Art, Youth, Baseball, Corporate America, Awards, Music, Artists, Generation Y, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Grand-Funk-Railroad, Entertainment News
Nelson Montana

How is it that a bunch of label executives have become the arbiters of who's worthy of honor and who isn't? It's the very antithesis of Rock and Roll!

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10 Sure Fire Ways to Make Your Life 100 Times Better

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Relationship Advice, Youth, Wealth, Corporate Responsibility, Sex, Books, Self-Confidence, Self-Improvement, Self-Esteem, Business, Confidence, Self-Help, Self-Realization, Living News
B. Jeffrey Madoff

My grandmother was a wise woman. She would tell me, "Live each day, one at a time." When I asked her how else you could live, she would take a sip from the flask under her apron and shrug her shoulders.

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Young in America

David D. Burstein | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Debate, Social Innovation, Youth Vote, Youth, Unemployment Rate, Green Jobs, Economic Crisis, Social Security, Young-Invincibles, Economy, David Burstein, Renewable Energy, Jobs, Innovation, Fiscal Responsibility, Young Voters, Politics, Unemployed, Unemployment, Social Entrepreneurship, Millennials, Us Economic Crisis, Social Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care, Politics News
David D. Burstein

By most indicators young people are the most adversely affected age group by the economic crisis, the most at risk when it comes to health care coverage, and the deepest in debt.

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Powered By Service Empowers Youth To Lead Communities

Shawn Wilson | Posted 10.16.2009 | Impact

Read More: Youth, Service, Volunteer, Role Models, Shawn Wilson, Powered by Service, Usher's New Look, Volunteerism, Impact News
Shawn Wilson

Service is often only characterized as random acts of charity or volunteerism. Some young people only experience service as something a teacher or a judge forces them to do. In reality, service is the most powerful way people can use their talents to shape their communities.

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Recession Creating A Lost Generation; Young People Can't Find Jobs

BusinesWeek | Peter Coy | Posted 10.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Social Security, Salary, College Graduates, Youth, High School Graduates, Unemployment Rate, Young Workers, Recession, Wages, Retirement, Graduate Degrees, Workforce, Old Workers, Salaries, Unemployment, Lost Generation, Retirees, Part-Time, Unemployment Numbers, Baby Boomers, Pensions, Economy, Full-Time, Business News

Bright, eager -- and unwanted. While unemployment is ravaging just about every part of the global workforce, the most enduring harm is being done to y...

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You Are Never Too Young To Change The World

Pat Pedraja | Posted 10.16.2009 | Impact

Read More: Driving for Donors, Leukemia, Pat Pedraja, Youth, Youth Activism, The Planet Us, Impact News
Pat Pedraja

There are so many kids out there who really want to do something to help with a problem in the world, but they don't know how. Remember, you are never too young to change the world!

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Shooting Deaths of Children Rose for Second Straight Year

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Youth, Firearms, Columbine, Columbine Shooting, Brady Law, Assault Rifles, Cdc, Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Assault Rifle Bans, Guns, Littleton, Politics News
Marian Wright Edelman

The United States is one of the few industrialized countries without common-sense controls on gun sales. We regulate toy guns but not the real ones that kill tens of thousands every year.

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Youth Unemployment the End of the American Dream

Michael J. Wilson | Posted 10.20.2009 | Home

Read More: Youth, Unemployment, Home News
Michael J. Wilson

Unemployed for a day, you can make it. Unemployed for a month, you will struggle. Unemployed for six months? Disaster. It's not just how many are ...

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Rocking Manhattan

Rob Morrison | Posted 09.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Bronx, Rob Morrison, Rocking Manhattan, Hudson River, East River, Youth, Rtb, South Bronx, Rowing, Boat Building, Boats, Harlem River, New York News
Rob Morrison

If you see a small flotilla of wooden boats rowing around Manhattan on Saturday, you can thank an unusual Bronx organization called Rocking the Boat -- boatbuilding for at-risk kids.

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Taking Back the Microphone

Matthew Segal | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Young Voters, Youth, Health Care Reform, Medical Costs, Young Americans, Young People, Health Care, Youth Unemployment, Barack Obama, Politics News
Matthew Segal

The public option matters because it will create an immediately affordable choice for the 80% of young people making less than $40,000 per year. It is young America's coverage plan.

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It Takes (More Than) a Village: A Few Words for Colorado's Young People

Jamie Starr | Posted 09.22.2009 | Denver

Read More: Leadership, Small Business, Unemployment, Youth, Fiscal Crisis, Community, Innovation, Independence, Colorado, Denver News
Jamie Starr

The abundant talk about cutting Colorado's budget to "core services" rightfully rattles our collective resolve to bounce back from this recession.

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Women in Hip-Hop: The B-girl Be Festival

Lauri Lyons | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Afrika Bambaataa, Tommy Boy Records, Rapper's Delight, Spray Paint, Urban Culture, South Bronx, Salt -N- Pepa, Female Rappers, Music, Mc's, 1970's, Spinderella, Angie Stone, Planet Rock, Aerosol Paint, Africa, Graffiti, Soul Music, Martial Arts, African-American, Women, Sugar Hill Gang, Rap, Brazil, Sugar Hill Records, Hip-Hop, Mc Lyte, Jazzy Joyce, Dancing, 1981, Microphone, Breakdancing, Soul Sonic Force, Capoiera, Dj, The Sequence, 1979, Monica Lynch, Sylvia Robinson, Turntables, Costumes, Black Women, Clothing, Harris Publications, Whitney Museum of Art, Business, Vh1, Stylist, Hip Hop Records, The Oscars, Photographers, Spotlight, Image Makers, Editors, DJ Beverly Bond, Publicist, Behind the Scenes, Magazines, Music Careers, Queen Latifah, Bet, Hip-Hop Films, Fox Network, Denise Dee Barnes, Wendy Williams, Female Graffiti Artists, Fetish, Art, Mtv, Choreographers, Subways, Living Single, Pump It Up!, Hot 97, Multi-Tasking, The Source Magazine, The Wendy Williams Show, Photography, Guidence, Murals, Mentoring, 1990's, Cover Girl, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Flip Mode Squad, Images, Apparel, Wild Style, Lady Pink, Sarah A. Friedman, Eve, New York City, Music Videos, Dancers, Black Girls Rock Inc!, XXL Magazine, Costume Design, Entrepreneurers, Vibe Magazine, Art Museums, Viacom, June Ambrose, Leadership, Alumni, Jennifer Lopez, Elements, Michelle Spaise, Minneapolis, TV Shows, Curator, J-Lo, Exhibitions, Rosie Perez, Making the Band, Future, Past, B-Girl Be, Living Color, Festivals, B-Girl, Painting, Tv, Fly Girls, Unleash, Theresa Sweetland, Politics, Video, Political Activism, Female Artists, Art Festival, Laurie Ann Gibson, Education, Tv Sitcoms, Spike Lee, Midwest, Deanna Cummings, Minnesota, Expression, Mama, Television, Activism, Mama Said Knock U Out, Brewing, Do the Right Thing, Concerts, Lauri Lyons, Social Activism, Visual Art, Women in Hip-Hop, Mother, Communication, Intermedia Arts, Sculpture, Commissions, faith47, Sound, Cinema, Music Downloads, Arts Education, Installations, Mixed Media, Art Commistions, Roxanne Shante, Martha Cooper, Marketplace, Fashion, Museums, Art World, Block Parties, Albums, Textiles, October, Youth, Film, Streets, Records, September, Girls, Youth Programs, Cd's, Recording Technology, History, Technology, College, Balls, Music History, Belle, Music School, Universities, Money, Comeback, Scholarship, Undergraduate, School, Diploma, Language, Hip-Hop Studies, Fellowship, Mcnally Smith School of Music, Recording, Music Business, Author, Fab Five Freddie, Flag International, Video Music Box, Yo! Mtv Raps, Flag an American Story, The Bridge, Ralph Mcdaniels, Vinyl Records, Prince, Juxtaposition Arts, Stefskills, Sarah White, Jennifer Rasinski, Corinne Santiago, C-Rocka, Keegan Xavi, Jessica Kitzman, Janelle Olson, Toofly, Tiffany Smith, Niz, Lichiban, Katrina Knutson, Jamel Shabbaz, Tamiko Mitchel, Erotica 67, Motel 7, Ladykfever, Monica Kelly, Amanda Lopez, Abeni Garrett, Desdamona, Catiesha Pierson, B-Fresh, Wendy Williams Show, Alice Mizrachi, Niz Graphics, Kanye West, Chanel Kennebrew, Shannon Joyce, Manifesto Festival, VH-1 Hip-Hop Honors, MTV VMA, Michaela Angela Davis, Essence Magazine, Dream Hampton, Amsterdam, London, South Africa, Charlie Ahearn, Henry Chalfant, Japan, Jamaica, Walker Art Center, Toronto, France, Cuba, In the Frame, Harvard, Rhode Island School of Design, Zimbabwe, Barcelona, Argentina, San Francisco, Represent Inc., International Center of Photography, Berlin, Germany, Belgium, Spraycan Art, James Prigoff, Puerto Rico, Powerhouse, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Mexico, Sao Paulo, Norway, Paris, Star Tribune, Kulture Klub, Tokyo, Mexico City, Bronx, Zulu Nation, Hip-Hop Degree, Kimora Lee Simmon, Baby Phat, U.K., Russell Simmons, Phat Farm, Getty Images, Icp, Somalia, Somalis, Bling a Planet Rock, Raquel Cepeda, Entertainment News
Lauri Lyons

When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.

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Some Musings on Labor Day

Maria Kefalas | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Jobs, Youth, Economic Recession, Business News
Maria Kefalas

The nation's chronic underinvestment in young workers not headed to four-year college programs, which has been a problem for decades, now threatens to transform huge numbers of young Americans trapped in a new underclass.

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Urban Pak Youth Meet With Their Swat Counterparts To Work Towards Change

Nosheen Abbas | Posted 09.26.2009 | World

Read More: Islamabad, Youth, Retreat, Swat Valley, Middle East, Pakistan, Swat, Spotlight-on-Pakistan, Spotlight on Pakistan, Sop, Pakistani Youth, Pakistani Women, Swat Children, Pakistan Women, Swat Women, World News
Nosheen Abbas

This retreat was organized by youths from Islamabad in order to share a message of progressive tolerance.

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Let's Not Forget Our Youth In This Healthcare Debate

Tina Wells | Posted 09.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Teen, Youth, Obesity, Healthcare, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Living News
Tina Wells

There's a generation of teens and tweens who will enter their adult lives more physically ill-equipped than any generation before them, ever.

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What is Work? Career Satisfaction for a Global Youth Culture

Sharon Glassman | Posted 09.20.2009 | Living

Read More: New College Grads, Youth, Humor, Work, Ysn, Career Advice, Job Search, Career Change, Jennifer Kushell, Sharon Glassman, Happiness, Living News
Sharon Glassman

Young people worldwide have become a cohort connected by companies, products and media. And job seekers would do well to do so, too.

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Elite Pakistani Students Pick Up Trash To Clean Up The Country

Nosheen Abbas | Posted 09.19.2009 | World

Read More: Youth, Responsibility, Environmentalists, Social Responsibility, Pakistan, Islamabad-Pakistan, Youth Activism, Garbage, Islamabad, Environmentally Friendly, Responsible, Garbage-Reduction, Private Schools, Schools, Citizen, Spotlight on Pakistan, Sop, Spotlight-on-Pakistanyoung, World News
Nosheen Abbas

Tired of hearing people complain about what's wrong with Pakistan, these students decided to do something about it by meeting every Sunday to clean up trash.

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John Hughes: "The Audacity of Empathy"

Kevin Smokler | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Youth, 1980s, 80s, Generation X, Film, Movies, John Hughes, Cinema, Death, Parents, Entertainment News
Kevin Smokler

Hughes's are not just movies about the mid-1980s, but movies set in the mid-1980s that now live as archetype and fable.

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Dictionary Removes Beaver, Replaces With Blog and Blackberry

Michelle Howard | Posted 09.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Language, Green Living, Youth, Children, Nature, Robert Bateman, Ecophobia, Oxford Junior Dictionary, Dictionary, Dictionary Add Words, Blog, David Sobel, MP3 Players, Alien Test, Green News
Michelle Howard

Another loss for team nature with the decision by the publisher of the Oxford Junior Dictionary to replace dozens of nature-related words with more relevant words like "blog" and "MP3 player."

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Older Adults Feel Younger, Healthier In The West: Pew Study

Pew Research Center | Kim Parker | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Elderly, Feel Young, Youth, Western u.s., West, Young, Western Us, Age, Pew Research Center, Don't Feel Old, Old Age, Living News

If a latter-day Ponce de Leon were to search for a modern fountain of youth, he'd do well to explore America's West.1 There he'd find the highest conc...

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Fatalistic Teens Increase Risk of HIV Infection

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Youth, High Risk, Hiv Infections, Ankitha Bharadwaj, Hiv, Youthradio, HIV/AIDS, Infectious Diseases, AIDS Project, Virus, Oakland, Bay Area, Aids, Youth Radio, Std, Fatalistic, Kevin Bynes, Dr. Iris Borowsky, California, Aids Project East Bay, University of Minnesota, Living News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

A study this summer reports 1 in 7 teenagers in the U.S. thinks he or she only has a 50-50 shot of making it past 35. What stands out are the consequences of low life-expectancy.

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Not Child's Play: The S&ED and U.S.-China Youth Exchanges

Julian Baird Gewirtz | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: Strategic-and-Economic-Dialogue, Youth, Learning Chinese, U.S. China Relations, Study Abroad, Youth Exchanges, College Students, High School, China, World News
Julian Baird Gewirtz

The US and China recognize that promoting mutual understanding between young people will lay the groundwork for a strong bilateral relationship during the next half-century and beyond.

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Virgin Mobile's FreeFest Aims to End Youth Homelessness

Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 08.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Virgin Mobile, Causecast, Text2donate, Youth, Homelessness, The Regeneration, Youth Homelessness, Living News
Jonathan Daniel Harris

Two of the hardest things to accomplish in modern-day America are getting something for free and engaging young people in giving back to their communities.

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