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    Sponsored by the BIL Charitable Trust to recognize and reward the best in student writing and thinking.
    We're pleased to announce the finalists. We'll name the winners in each category shortly.

    FINALISTS
    High School
    Daniel Zhou, Shaker Heights HS, Shaker Heights, OH
    Tim Reveri, Ridgewood HS, Ridgewood, NJ
    Henrik Petaisto, Wayzata High School, N. Plymouth, MN
    Laine Alison, Columbus Alternative HS, Columbus, OH
    Natalia Thompson, West High School, Madison, WI

    College
    Xan White, Yale University by way of Denver, CO
    Hugh Baran, Yale University by way of Paramus, NJ
    Willa Andrew Thompson, New York University by way of Key West, FL
    Victor Lopez, Guildford Tech Community College by way of High Point, NC
    Sean Dennison, Middlebury College by way of Helena, MT

  • The Power of Young Voters

    Cora Currier

    This was the largest turnout of people under 30 since 1972.

  • The People's Art Comes Out For Obama

    Lucas Mann : Presidential Election 2008

    This election has seen an outpouring of political participation on walls, abandoned buildings, scaffolding and subway trains nationwide.

  • Obama's Victory: Just the Beginning

    Jamilah King Obama's message of unity and bipartisanship inspired millions of skeptics across party lines, but this is just the first step toward building democracy.

  • Schooled by the Storm

    Elizabeth Giegerich : Higher Education

    Three years after Hurricane Katrina, Tulane University thrives, due in part to its revamped commitment to community.

  • Don't Just Vote--Change the World

    Jamilah King The Youth Agenda is the first ever national issues agenda written by youth organizers from around the country. The platform issues a national call to action on education, jobs and healthcare.

  • The Promise of the Green Jobs

    KJ Meyer The nation's emerging green economy helped Alvarro Jasso move from the confines of a jail to a well-paid job fixing windmills.

  • Doing More With Less

    Michael Connery

    Youth turnout expectations are higher than ever. So why is funding for young voter mobilization drying up?

  • Free Association: Low Power to the People!

    Larisa Mann Fighting media consolidation one radio station at a time.

  • It's the Economy, Duh.

    Cora Currier

    A new poll shows young voters are still solidly behind Obama and the Democrats, but they need economic reform that works for them. Ultimately, they're the ones footing the bill.

  • YouTubing the Election

    Ari Melber : Internet & New Media

    In America's first Web-driven election, campaign videos made by ordinary people--not campaigns or the news media--grabbed most of the attention

  • The X-Box Vote

    Cora Currier

    Rock the Vote and X-Box are going after couch potatoes, offering an easy way to register to vote online. But come Election Day, they'll still have to leave the couch.

  • Juvenile Junction

    Will Di Novi : Jails & Prisons

    Can Congress build a platform to change America's juvenile justice system?

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This week, what it all meant. Nation Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel on Barack Obama's victory and the coming battle for progressive change we can believe in. (13mb mp3)

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