A (Brief) History of the Youth Vote: An Interview With Author Michael Connery
Youth to Power author Michael Connery chronicles how youth-led organizations are working behind the scenes, on a shoestring budget, to mobilize the 44 million Millennials.
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Lessons From Columbia '68
Jayati Vora:As Columbia University goes forward with controversial plans to expand into Harlem, alumni mark the fortieth anniversary of explosive student protests.
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Generation Progressive
A recent report shows that young people favor universal health care, strong labor unions, and economic equality.
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Young Voters Hold the Key
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Young voters have proven themselves to be a vital part of the Democratic base. They could make the difference in November--if they can get to the polls.
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Why the Democrats Need All Young Voters
Cora Currier
As Obama learned in Pennsylvania, the youth vote isn't just limited to college students. If either he or Clinton want to count on young support come November, they've got to reach out beyond campuses.
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Generation O
Cora Currier : Voters & Voting
The depth and substance of Obama's youth phenomenon has yet to be tested.
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It's Not Just Obama's Charisma
Peter Rothberg
New video project offers insight into the issues fueling young voters' political engagement.
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Confessions of a Hip-Hop Feminist
Samhita Mukhopadhyay
Organizing the hip-hop generation and organizing young feminists is a critical task for the current generation of activists.
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Farmworkers and Students Take On Burger King
Michael Gould-Wartofsky : Wages & Hours
The fast-food giant's insistence on paying poverty wages to tomato pickers could backfire, as student activists' campaign for fair food cuts into their business.
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Youth Protests Outshine Olympic Torch
Cora Currier : Student Movements
Tibetan-led youth groups are proving the power of grassroots organizing with their highly effective Beijing Olympics protests.
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The Change We Wish to See
Grant Resick : Student Movements
Real change cannot come from the top down alone; it must rise up from the bottom as well.
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When and How?
John West : Activism & Organizing
The ethos of the New Deal is only more prescient and pressing today.
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The New SDS
Christopher Phelps : Student Movements
Can the new Students for a Democratic Society avoid the internal conflicts that plagued the original group?
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- CBS Covers Up McCain Iraq Gaffe | Seth Walls | Huffington Post — posted 7/23/2008 11:04 EST
- Maliki Really Did Endorse Obama's Withdrawal Timeline | Steve Benen | Carpetbagger Report — posted 7/23/2008 11:02 EST
- Race Shmace, Whatever | Mebrahtu Grmai | TheRoot— posted 7/23/2008 10:56 EST
- Fannie, Freddie Rise After Lawmakers Agree on Bill | Bryan Keogh and Dawn Kopecki | Bloomberg— posted 7/23/2008 10:50 EST
- Congress Bows to Big Oil in Burma | Mike Lillis | Washington Independent— posted 7/23/2008 10:48 EST
- Foreign Press: All Obama, All the Time | Michael Calderone | Politico— posted 7/23/2008 10:46 EST
- Bush's Historic Abuse of Power | Tim Shorrock | Salon— posted 7/23/2008 10:41 EST
- McCain's Fundamental Misunderstanding of Iraq | Ilan Goldenberg | Huffington Post — posted 7/23/2008 10:37 EST
- What Rumsfeld Got Right | Robert Kaplan | The Atlantic— posted 7/23/2008 10:35 EST
- Attack Obama, but Do it Well | John Dickerson | Slate— posted 7/23/2008 10:32 EST
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