Kristina Rizga is the executive editor of WireTap, a political youth magazine, project director of Future5000.com and a member of the editorial board of The Nation.
The Nation asked leading youth organizers to suggest specific ways the Obama administration could help them mobilize the most diverse and socially progressive generation.
If you want cleaner air and water and less poverty, Juan Reynosa, a community organizer with New Mexico Youth Organized, thinks you should consider environmental justice work.
Barack Obama may be able to seize the moment and push a new kind of
politics, but not unless he is pushed to do so. So here’s a young voter’s post-election guide, from the grassroots to the Hill.