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This Is a Call

Daniel Kohn | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Community Service, Generation O, Obama's Inauguration, Youth, Youth Vote, Rush Limbaugh, Inauguration Day, Inauguration Day 2009, Ann Coulter, Obama Inauguration, Obama Community Service, Barack Obama Inauguration, Obama Volunteers, Barack Obama, Obama Inauguration Day, Generation Obama, Obama Youth Voters, Volunteering, Obama Youth Vote, Community Organizing, Politics News
Daniel Kohn

This is a call to you, Generation Obama. We must show the equal enthusiasm to our communities as we did in getting out the vote.

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Why the Youth Vote Is the Big Story -- For 2008 and for Decades to Come

Eric Greenberg and Karl Weber | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: The Internet, Jews, John McCain, Youth, Youth Vote, Barack Obama Youth Vote, Web, Hispanics, Facebook, Obama Young People, Barack Obama, Internet, Obama Youth Voters, Millenials, Obama Youth Vote, Voters, Obama Youth, Technology, African-Americans, Myspace, Politics News
Eric Greenberg and Karl Weber

We'd like to state the case for the youth vote as being crucial in understanding the Obama victory and what it means for the future. The youth vote deserves a lot of respect in its shaping of the electoral map.

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Notorious: The Biggie Biopic is Great But it Still Doesn't Answer, "Who Shot Ya?"

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 02.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Youth, California, Mtv, New York City, The Notorious B.I.G., Rappers, Film, Biggie Smalls, Hip-Hop, Rap Music, Hollywood, Suge Knight, Entertainment News
Raymond Leon Roker

Notorious is the first biopic of a hip-hop personality. Think about that as both an awesome milestone, as well as a sad testament for hip-hop.

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Youth React to Oscar Grant Shooting

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 02.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Oakland, Oscar Grant Shooting, Youth, Oscar Grant, Bart, Police Brutality, Civil Rights, Ca, Media News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Oakland residents and others have been protesting the handling of Grant's case and police brutality as a larger issue. Youth Radio is covering the story as it unfolds.

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My View of The Atlantic's "The End of White America?"

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 02.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Politics, Race Politics, Youth Vote, Youth, Barack Obama, Police, President Obama, Racism, Rappers, Race, 2008 Election, Hip-Hop, White People, Media News
Raymond Leon Roker

Part of what I always suspect comes out of articles like this, is the affirmation from some that a browner America should also mean minorities can finally stop complaining about inequalities.

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Generational

JL Silverman | Posted 01.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Google, Mtv Generation, Youth, Economy, Jobs, Millennial Generation, Facebook, Dot Com, Job Market, I Want My Mtv, Millenials, Working, Work Force, Youtube, Dotcom Boom, Generation Y, Business News
JL Silverman

The corporate ladder has rearranged itself like the staircases at Hogwarts. Now, twenty year olds can make a fortune with the Internet -- YouTube, Facebook, Google.

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The New Beauty

Natalia Rose | Posted 01.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Beauty Consciousness, Natural Glow, Beauty Products, Plastic Surgeon, Change, Youth, Lifestyle, Style, Body Image, Plastic Surgery, Understanding, Youthfulness, Trends, Beliefs, Cosmetic Surgery, Spirituality, Living News
Natalia Rose

Instead of continuing to value youth for the sake of youth and flawlessness for the sake of flawlessness, we are starting to let go of commonly held ideals of external beauty.

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Toxic Air Hits Young Students Harder Than Most

USA Today | Posted 01.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Youth, Pollution, Children, Green News

Proximity to industries -- and the exposures to toxic chemicals that often go with it -- can portend unique dangers for young children. Their bodies s...

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A Promise for Our Children

Carol Chodroff | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Inner City Poverty Campaigns, At-Risk Youth, Inner City Youth, Poverty, Human Rights, Youth, Gang-Related Crime, Us Department of Justice, Human Rights Watch, Children, Kids, Department of Justice, Youth Crime, Gangs, Incarcerated Teens, Incarceration, Incarcerated Black Youths, Incarceration Rates, Incarcerated Teenagers, Politics News
Carol Chodroff

The Youth PROMISE Act Rejects "one size fits all" approaches that will funnel more youth -- particularly poor youth and youth of color -- into the juvenile and criminal justice systems.

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Why Harm Reduction Makes Sense: These Three Things I Know are True

Stanton Peele | Posted 01.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Youth, Underage Drinking, Harm Reduction, Drugs, Teen Alcohol Abuse, Binge Drinking, Drug Use, High School Students Survey, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug Czar, American Teen, Adhd, High School, Drug Abuse, Substances, Health, Living News
Stanton Peele

How many adult substance abusers abstain? By now, we are inured to the frequent visits to rehab by problem drinking and drug abusing entertainment figures.

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Nations Must Support Human Rights By Recognizing International Standards

Victor Ochen | Posted 01.12.2009 | World

Read More: 60th Anniversary Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Youth, Human Rights, Africa, United Nations, United Nations Africa, International Standards, Un, World News
Victor Ochen

To fellow youth, it's understandable how you have been pained with our sufferings. But it's time we come together as brothers and sisters, united by feeling for justice towards one another.

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In the Wake of Prop 8: No More Us vs. Them

Sara Whitman | Posted 01.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Rights, Politics, LGBT Youth, Dadt, Youth, LGBT Rights, Strong America, No on Prop 8, Enda, LGBT Politics, LGBT Issues, Families, LGBT Families, Responsibilities, Living News
Sara Whitman

Let me have the full responsibility of being an American. Because every child in this country deserves a family. I am an asset to this society.

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Roadway Through the FATA

Ashley Bommer | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Waziristan, Youth, Missiles, U.S. Goverment, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sarhad Rural Support Programme, Vice President-Elect, Pakistani Center for Research and Security Studies, Joe Biden, British Territory, Warzone, Osama Bin Laden, Tribal Areas, Islamabad, Federall Administered Tribal Areas, Al Qaeda, Emissaries, Rural Support Programs, Below Poverty Line, Fata, Anti-Coalition Militias, Extremism, Bajaur, Srsp, Politics News
Ashley Bommer

While the enemy weaves in and out of the tribal areas, living and interacting with the people, we fight the war against Al Qaeda superficially through military airstrikes and covert operations.

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The Kids Are All Right

Marty Kaplan | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Young Voters, Youth, Youth Vote, Obama Youth Vote, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
Marty Kaplan

Students may not have marched on the Pentagon to end the war in Iraq, but they have given the nation a new president who has pledged to do just that.

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Facebook and You Tube Helped Obama and Can Help Clean Energy, Too

Brian Keane | Posted 01.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Internet, Youth, Youth Vote, Obama Youth Vote, Going Green, Green, Green News, Renewable Energy, New Media, Clean Energy, Green Business, Green Living, Green Energy, HuffPost Inauguration Ball, Green News
Brian Keane

The clean energy industry may lack the donations that flooded into the presidential campaign, but that doesn't mean we can't take advantage of the online social networking systems utilized.

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Obama the Figurehead

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Transition, Politics, Youth, Youth Vote, Protest, Obama Youth, Generation X, Millennial Generation, 2008 Election, Generation Y, Barack Obama, Culture, President Obama, Obama Wins, Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, Election Day 2008, Election Day, Election Results, Election, Presidential Results, Obama Presidency, Obama President, Election Analysis, Presidential Election, Politics News
Andrew Sargus Klein

Prop. 8 passed, after Obama's speech. It was a bitter pill for progressives to swallow and a reminder that no matter who is president the public faces many significant issues on its own.

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"The Great American Detour"

Current TV’s “Vanguard” | Posted 12.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Debt, Caledonia, Gas, Bus, Youth, St. Louis, Economy, Pollution, Election, America, Education, Unemployment, Port Arthur, Vote, Insurance, Environment, Berea, Awol, Houston, Tour, Healthcare, Detroit, Living News
Current TV’s “Vanguard”

This summer, I took a road trip across the country to see what's really on the minds of young Americans at this critical moment in American history. ...

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America, Pick Up -- It's Your Future Calling: A 15 Year Old's Perspective

Cassie Goldring | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Young Voters, Youth, Youth Vote, Barack Obama Youth Vote, Obama Youth Vote, Youth Activism, Barack Obama, Obama Youth, Politics News
Cassie Goldring

Obama has allowed our beloved country to enter its next stage in history, a stage in which my generation can truly feel a part of this country and feel that our voices can and will be heard.

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One Giant Step

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Barack Obama 2008, Youth, Youth Vote, Barack Obama Youth Vote, Obama Youth Vote, Obama Youth, Election 2008, 2008 Election, Youth Activism, Barack Obama, Obama Victory, President Obama, HuffPost Election Analysis, Obama Wins, HuffPost Election Reaction, Presidential Results, Election Reaction, Obama Presidency, Election Analysis, Obama President, Politics News
Raymond Leon Roker

We fought. We hoped. We worked. We cried. We panicked. We debated. We held our breath. It's not hyperbolic to say that we helped shift the course of the world.

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Former San Quentin Warden Supports Prop. 5: Responsible Plan to Reduce Prison Overcrowding

Jeanne Woodford | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Juvenile Crime, Youth, California, Prison, California Propositions, Proposition 5, Prop 5, Jail, Juvenile Justice System, Voting, Politics News
Jeanne Woodford

Prop. 5 starts with youth. It launches the state's first system offering drug treatment for at-risk youth. Stop addiction early, and we reduce crime.

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Generation We

Eric Greenberg | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Generation We, Change, Youth, Youth Vote, Election 2008, Generation Gap, Politics News
Eric Greenberg

2008-10-28-generationwe.jpg We are witnessing a changing of the guard, a new political epoch, a youth movement, and a call to restore the American dream.

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For Today's Youth, Race is Not an Issue

Tina Wells | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Presidential, Youth, Race, Election, Obama Youth Vote, Youth Voters, Politics News
Tina Wells

Interestingly, while most youth voters seemed to have confidence in their own decision to remain unaffected by the allegations of racial undertones cast out by the media, this confidence was not shared in others.

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Reel Ramallah: Filmmaking In The West Bank

Daniel Blackman | Posted 11.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Youth, Ramallah, Filmmaking, West Bank, Media News
Daniel Blackman

Working with the US Consulate, I arrived in Jerusalem earlier this week to pilot a filmmaking workshop, designed to provide Palestinian youth with media experience and economic opportunities.

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Who's Listening to America's Youth?

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Next New Radicals, Youth, Job Fairs, Millennials, New Radicals, Bring Light, Recruitment, change.org, Case Foundation, Alex Steed, Social Networks, Workplace, Epolitics, Activism, Couchsurfing, Drew McManus, Careers, Mary Oliver, Future Majority, Living News
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?

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Apocalyptic Get Out The Vote Video

HoomanTV | Posted 11.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Youth, Youth Vote, Voter Registration, Voter Participation, Get Out the Vote, Likely Voters, Green News

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...

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