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Video Your Vote Video Your Vote

YouTube and PBS are offering a prominent platform for citizens to police the election process on November 4.

Oct 21, 2008 / StudentNation / The Nation

Rallying the Vote Rallying the Vote

Rebecca McDonald Keesha Gaskins is making history as one of the few young black leaders at the League of Women Voters.

Oct 17, 2008 / The Nation

Join Trick or Vote this Halloween! Join Trick or Vote this Halloween!

Studies show that the most effective way to get young people to vote is to simply ask them (to their face). And what's the one day each year that people actually expect strangers t...

Oct 17, 2008 / The Nation

Don’t Just Vote–Change the World 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 educati...

Oct 17, 2008 / The Nation

Fighting Poverty With a Green Economy Fighting Poverty With a Green Economy

Suemedha Sood Emily Kirsch explains how green jobs can open doors and lift communities out of poverty.

Oct 17, 2008 / The Nation

McCain and the Meltdown McCain and the Meltdown

Robert Sherrill's pathbreaking 1990 exposé of the savings and loan scandal sheds light on John McCain's deregulatory politics--and our current financial crisis.

Oct 9, 2008 / Feature / The Nation

Students for Social Justice Students for Social Justice

Little Village Lawndale students celebrate World Teacher’s Day in protest against standardized testing.

Oct 9, 2008 / StudentNation / The Nation

Activist Scholars Stand Up Activist Scholars Stand Up

Win an ACLU youth scholarship for $12,500.

Oct 7, 2008 / StudentNation / The Nation

Free Association: The Pirate’s Dilemma Gets Dissected Free Association: The Pirate’s Dilemma Gets Dissected

Larisa Mann | Capitalism reinvented? Not yet. Free Association: The Pirate's Dilemma Gets Dissected Larisa Mann September 29, 2008 UK music journalist Matt Maso...

Oct 3, 2008 / The Nation

Radio Free Youth Radio Free Youth

The precursor for young people's new media may be found in three decades of community radio.

Oct 3, 2008 / The Nation

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