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    Sarah Stillman

    The winner of the first-ever Nation Student Writing Contest.

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    Camila Domonoske : US Politics & Government

    If teenagers can't figure out how to participate meaningfully in politics, they will have lost their voice, impact and power.

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    LiAnn Yim : Environment

    Few of us can now imagine a world without freshwater, but look to the future, when the scarcity of this most basic commodity will profoundly change our lives.

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    Brie Cubelic : Environment

    By adopting the principles of natural capitalism, America can regain its sanity and reverse the reckless use, overuse, waste and destruction of our natural resources.

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    Zaid Jilani : Peace Activism

    "I dream of the day that our children will turn the pages of history books and look to my generation, who said no to the horrors of war and chose nonviolence over nonexistence."

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    Nikolas Bowie

    Rather than let pundits guide our public policy debates, citizens must seize the initiative and join the conversation.

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