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RED the Book: The Millennials and the Myth of College

Amy Goldwasser | Posted 05.25.2009 | Living

Read More: College Loans and Debt, Youth, California, Community College, Economic Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, Jobs, College Tuition, Twenty Something, Millennial Generation, Mortgages, Homelessness, College, Work, Millennials, Generation Gap, Parents, Living News
Amy Goldwasser

Far from being the spoiled generation, twentysomethings are finding the simple things their parents were able to do (like moving out, like newly married couples being able to buy a home) impossible.

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Stand in Solidarity with Child Soldiers

Pete Wentz | Posted 05.24.2009 | World

Read More: Youth Movement, Invisible Children, Youth, Pete Wentz, Child Soldiers, World News
Pete Wentz

The reality of child soldiers is an issue I could either continue to ignore because it isn't in front of me, or I could forget about myself and do something. I was losing sleep, I had to go to Africa.

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Educating Youth to Design Solutions for Social Issues

Scott Ballum | Posted 05.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Creativity, Youth, Design, Education, Social Responsibilty, Media News
Scott Ballum

This article originally appeared on PSFK.com When it comes to utilizing design or creative thinking to shape our society, few avenues are more direct...

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Susan Boyle's Success is Not In Spite of Her Looks

Jacob Dickerman | Posted 05.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Fads, Susan Boyle, Susan Boyle Youtube, Britain's Got Talent, Aretha Franklin, Youth, Joan Osborne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sex-Appeal, Susan Boyle's Looks, American Idol, What if God Was One of Us, Entertainment News
Jacob Dickerman

Susan Boyle does not succeed in spite of her looks, as the Hollywood story we all want to make her out of would suggest, but because of them.

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Columbine Lessons: How we Lift up Young American Lives

Peter Samuelson | Posted 05.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Columbine, Yes We Can, Youth, Volunteering, Hope, Millennials, Youth Investment Project, Living News
Peter Samuelson

The day after the shooting, we met at the Middle School to talk about what happened at Columbine.The violent, delinquent, impoverished, and self-admitted hopeless and helpless students began to show up every day ready to work.

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Take the Age: Reclaiming Your Years in a Youth-Obsessed World

Larkin Clark | Posted 05.17.2009 | Style

Read More: Ageism, Actress, Acting, Youth, Age, Hollywood, Style News
Larkin Clark

If people ask my age, I tell them. We shouldn't feel shame for getting older; we should feel pride for having gotten so far. Living, after all, isn't easy.

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Fast-Rising Protest Group Challenges Power of the Bankers

Kristina Rizga | Posted 05.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Monopoly, A New Way Forward, Youth, Simon Johnson, Bank Bailout, Online Organizing, Tiffiniy Cheng, Financial Crisis, Politics News
Kristina Rizga

In the first three weeks, 8,000 people of all ages signed up to participate in protests planned in over 55 cities. WireTap talked to Tiffiniy Cheng to find out why A New Way Forward thinks a different bailout plan is urgent.

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Agreements

Earl Pomerantz | Posted 05.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Media, Business, L.A., La, Young Audiences, Ratings Numbers, TV Rating, Youth, Enron, Pbs, Wtf, Los Angeles, Tv-Ratings, Media News
Earl Pomerantz

TV ratings don't accurately measure the size the audience. It doesn't matter.

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Obama Girl Joins Climate Culture to Green Campuses!

Brian Keane | Posted 05.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Video, Youth, Funny Videos, Environment, Green, Green Living, Barack Obama, Green News
Brian Keane

Climate Culture provides online resources to help you and your campus save energy and creates an online community where members of your school can trade energy efficiency tips.

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Report from Rio: Men and Boys in Gender Equality

Pedro C. Moreno | Posted 05.02.2009 | World

Read More: Unifem, Pedro Moreno, Women, Youth, UN Commission on the Status of Women, Macarthur Foundation, Who, Men, Beijing 1995, Nike Foundation, Bangladesh, Brazil, Unaids, Gender Equality, Father and Daughter Alliance (FADA), Cida, Fatherhood, India, Un, Promundo, Wall Street Journal, Civil Rights, Rio De Janeiro-Brazil, World News
Pedro C. Moreno

What is striking about this meeting is the number of men involved -- accounting for at least half the attendants. A far cry compared to other gatherings on women.

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College Students Heed Warning on Climate Change, Engage in 'America's Greenest Campus' Competition

Brian Keane | Posted 05.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Energy Efficiency, Youth, College, Green, New Media, Climate Change, Green Living, Video, Green News
Brian Keane

America's Greenest Campus will find our "greenest" campus community by tracking the personal carbon reductions of college students, faculty, staff and alumni.

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Turning to a New Generation to Solve the News Crisis

Alexander Heffner | Posted 04.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Newspapers, Micropayments, Arne Duncan, Youth, Economic Crisis, Media, Students, Journalism, Walter Isaacson, Media News
Alexander Heffner

Rather than asking young people to pay -- an admittedly unrealistic proposition according to most of those who study journalistic trends -- let's seek their own engagement in news gathering.

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What the Press Didn't Tell You About the Largest Youth Movement in Decades (Part One)

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 04.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Power Shift 2009, Green Jobs, Youth, Youth Vote, Energy Action Coalition, Obama Youth Vote, Activism, Green News, Global Warming, Youth Activism, Energy, Climate Change, Green News
Jesse Jenkins

Part One: A Growing Movement Comes of Age By Jesse Jenkins, reporting for the Energy Collective and WattHead - Energy News and Commentary This is th...

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What the Press Didn't Tell You About the Largest Youth Movement in Decades (Introduction)

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 04.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Power Shift 2009, Climate Change, Green Jobs, Energy Action Coalition, Activism, Global Warming, Youth, Green News, Youth Activism, Green News
Jesse Jenkins

On March 2nd, fueled by a fiery passion no snowstorm could chill, thousands stormed Capitol Hill to rally, lobby and even risk arrest in their efforts to ignite a clean and just energy future.

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What is "Young" and is it Better?

Angel Gibson | Posted 04.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Getting Older, Coming to Terms With Aging, Outlook, Aging, Mental Health, Youth, Age, Perspective, Youthfulness, How to Deal With Getting Older, Living News
Angel Gibson

Is this "young" better? It's infinitely more enjoyable. There is also a point where I find that young and old merge and there are no differences.

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Young and Black in the Age of Obama

Sara Haile-Mariam | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Equality, Youth, Race, Obama Inauguration, Gay Marriage, Barack Obama, Black History Month, Black People, President Obama, African Americans, Obama Young People, Politics News
Sara Haile-Mariam

These truths are self-evident, but are they fully realized? No. They are not. Complacency is what we have to fear, it's what this generation must fight.

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Finding Inspiration In Our Youth: The 'Lost Generation' Takes a Stand

Kari Henley | Posted 03.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Jane Goodall, Youth, Activism, Featured Contributor, Optimism, Political Activism, Pessimism, Aarp, Lost Genereation, Living News
Kari Henley

Last week, I wrote about the impact of the economy on our children and explored if there is an "upside" to the down turning economy for families. (rea...

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Remembering Kurt Cobain: A Spirit That Lives On

Sahil Kapur | Posted 03.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Drug Addiction, Self-Destruction, Cynicism, Nirvana, Punk Rock, Kurt Cobain, Drugs, Pop Culture, Rock Legend, Rock Music, Glamour, Grunge, Rolling Stone, Celebrity, Idealism, Birthday, Youth, Entertainment News
Sahil Kapur

Friday, February 20, 2009, marks the 42nd birthday of Nirvana rock legend Kurt Cobain. I learned through Kurt Cobain that there's a dark side to every light, and a silver lining to every cloud.

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"Mommy, Are We Poor?"

Kari Henley | Posted 03.14.2009 | Style

Read More: Consumerism, Youth, Children, Ecomony, Affect of Economny on Kids, UC Berkeley Graduate School, Recession, Happiness, Teenagers, Kids, Featured Contributor, Style News
Kari Henley

The recession is impossible to escape these days, and many families are hugely impacted. How are your children reacting? Do you have stories of kids rising to the occasion?

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Dear President Ahmadinejad and President Obama: Support Generation Y Diplomacy

Negar Razavi | Posted 03.12.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Youth, Us-Iranian Exchange, Barack Obama, Obama Iran, War With Iran, President Obama, Citizen Diplomacy, World News
Negar Razavi

An exchange between young Iranians and Americans can accomplish a great deal by helping build a foundation of understanding and respect, which is essential to sustain future agreements.

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Skins on The BBC

Ryan J. Davis | Posted 03.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, Skins, Bbc, Teenagers, Youth, Tv, Skins Tv Show, Entertainment News
Ryan J. Davis

The show has been quite controversial, apparently British teenagers now throw 'Skins parties' where they do drugs and have sex.

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Red the Book: Ticket Snubbed at the Inauguration

Amy Goldwasser | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Field Organizing, Obama Youth Vote, Obama Campaign, Inauguration, Barack Obama, Teens, Teens and Politics, Teenagers, First-Time Voters, Obama's Inauguration, Youth, Youth Vote, Obama Youth, Voting, Politics News
Amy Goldwasser

We held up our purple tickets to prove that we all deserved a place on the other side of the gates, and watched with envy as anyone who made it through ran in with joy.

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Daring to Hope on the Washington Mall

Stephen Zunes | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Patriotism, Civil Rights Movement, Change, Obama's Inauguration, Hope, Inauguration, Obama Inauguration, Obama, Barack Obama, Youth, Sacrifice, Barack Obama Inauguration, Students, Happiness, Jim Crow, Mississippi, Singing, African-Americans, Politics News
Stephen Zunes

I was able to shed tears of joy on a number of occasions this Tuesday. I wasn't just relieved that a Democrat had won the White House. I was actually... happy.

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Peaceful Revolution: What Gen Y Really Wants -- And Why We Should Care

Astri von Arbin Ahlander and Yelizavetta Kofman | Posted 02.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Youth, Gen Y, Jobs, Vacations, Millennial Generation, Engineering, New York City, New York, Interviews, Gen Y Work, Corporate America, Corporations, Surveys, Millennials, Careers, Dance, Corporate Culture, Work Ethic, Business News
Astri von Arbin Ahlander and Yelizavetta Kofman

If companies want to find loyal, dedicated employees from the Gen Y-Fi crop, it is in their best interest to insist that the government prioritize national health care and social security.

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The Icelandic "Facebook Revolution"

Sigtryggur Magnason | Posted 02.22.2009 | World

Read More: The Internet, Youth, World, Rioting, Web, Iceland Economic Crisis, Websites, Iceland Global Economic Crisis, Facebook, Iceland Economy Collapse, Youth Activism, Iceland, Iceland Banks, Internet, Riots, Iceland Economy, Iceland National Bankruptcy, Online, Political Activism, Iceland Financial Crisis, Iceland Bank Crisis, Icelandic Government, World News
Sigtryggur Magnason

Icelanders don't have the culture of crowds. There are no subways, no train stations, so Facebook has made a great social impact and has played a vital role in the days since the economic crash.

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