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Young Organizers Speak: We Are a New Coalition for the Common Interest Young Organizers Speak: We Are a New Coalition for the Common Interest

Our generation can move beyond old battles of single-issue silos and narrow constituency interests into broader rainbow coalitions of new progressives.

Nov 10, 2008 / The Nation

Youth Voters Lay the Foundation for a Clean Energy Future Youth Voters Lay the Foundation for a Clean Energy Future

Hope for a stronger economy, clean energy, green jobs, and improved health and security for our nation drove youth voters to the polls in record numbers on November 4.

Nov 10, 2008 / StudentNation / The Nation

It’s A New Era It’s A New Era

Biko Baker For the first time, working-class youth and youth of color truly believe that they can change their country by electing a politician.

Nov 5, 2008 / The Nation

Obama’s Victory: Just the Beginning 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.

Nov 5, 2008 / The Nation

Faces of Early Voters in Florida Faces of Early Voters in Florida

By 10:00 am, 565 students at the Florida A&M University at Tallahassee, Florida already voted.

Nov 4, 2008 / StudentNation / The Nation

High Early Student Turnout in Pennsylvania High Early Student Turnout in Pennsylvania

By 7am, there was already a line of over 1000 students waiting to vote at Penn State University, PA.

Nov 4, 2008 / StudentNation / The Nation

Slouching Towards Bankruptcy Slouching Towards Bankruptcy

GM is banking on a merger that may threaten the company and its workers' survival.

Oct 30, 2008 / Feature / The Nation

The Promise of the Green Jobs 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.

Oct 30, 2008 / The Nation

Will the Youth Vote Swing This Election? Will the Youth Vote Swing This Election?

Karlo Barrios Marcelo From Colorado to Virginia--a state-by-state look at the youth polls in the nation's battleground states.

Oct 30, 2008 / The Nation

Free Association: Low Power to the People! Free Association: Low Power to the People!

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

Oct 30, 2008 / The Nation

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