Despite Concerns, Young Voters Tuned In and Turned Out in 2012 Despite Concerns, Young Voters Tuned In and Turned Out in 2012
Without the youth vote, Obama woud have lost Florida, Ohio, Virginia and Pennsylvania—and the election.
Nov 7, 2012 / Zoë Carpenter
Millennial Turnout Crucial to Obama’s Re-election Millennial Turnout Crucial to Obama’s Re-election
Obama will carry the youth vote, but turnout is key, especially among young Latino voters in swing states.
Nov 2, 2012 / Zoë Carpenter
Election 2012 and the Missing Millennials Election 2012 and the Missing Millennials
Young voters gave Obama a decisive win in 2008. Four years later, the love affair is on the rocks.
Oct 17, 2012 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter
Arizona Students React to Anti-Muslim Video and Related Violence Arizona Students React to Anti-Muslim Video and Related Violence
Students at the University of Arizona fear recent riots may stir anti-Muslim sentiments on campus.
Sep 28, 2012 / StudentNation / Amer Azzam Taleb
This Week in Poverty: Poverty Tour 2.0 Hits the Battleground States (VIDEO) This Week in Poverty: Poverty Tour 2.0 Hits the Battleground States (VIDEO)
Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West’s Poverty Tour 2.0 arrived in Virginia, and high school students had a lot to say about their own struggles with poverty.
Sep 14, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
The Poetry of America’s Best and the Brightest The Poetry of America’s Best and the Brightest
The students at Bunker Hill Community College may have difficult lives. But the best are as bright as any Ivy Leaguer.
Sep 5, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Wick Sloane
This Is What Voter Participation Looks Like This Is What Voter Participation Looks Like
Nearly half of all California voters are new or occasional voters. In South LA, one group is empowering community members to realize the significance of their vote.
Aug 28, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch and Aura Bogado
Thank You, Daily Caller, for Red-Baiting Camp Kinderland Thank You, Daily Caller, for Red-Baiting Camp Kinderland
Let me tell about you some of the things we do at camp that Americans for Limited Government would find subversive.
Jul 20, 2012 / Katie Halper
With Youth Unemployment This High, Remind Me What’s So Bad About Vocational Education? With Youth Unemployment This High, Remind Me What’s So Bad About Vocational Education?
Our high schools are failing to prepare young people for an unforgiving economy.
Jun 6, 2012 / Dana Goldstein
Throwaway People: Teens Sent to Die in Prison Will Get a Second Chance Throwaway People: Teens Sent to Die in Prison Will Get a Second Chance
Trina Garnett accidentally set a fatal fire when she was 14. That was in 1976. Could today’s Supreme Court ruling against juvenile life without parole finally bring her home?
May 9, 2012 / Feature / Liliana Segura