Analysis | Progress 2025: Voting Rights | Progress 2025 | California | voting rights | 2024 Election | Maryland
What If 16-Year-Olds Could Vote?
A growing number of U.S. municipalities are making it possible for minors to vote.
Youth
Analysis | Criminal Justice Reform | Education | Texas | School to Prison Pipeline | Progress 2025: Race and Policing | Progress 2025 | El Paso
Texas Teen Courts Keep Youth Out of Prison
El Paso鈥檚 Teen Court is a peer-driven, youth-led program that centers the well-being of teenagers, instead of condemning them to the destructive criminal justice system.
Why Gen Z Loves 鈥淭he Parable of the Sower鈥�
Youth reporter Aina Marzia explains why Octavia Butler鈥檚 1993 dystopian novel strikes a chord among her generation.
California Offers a Lifeline for Children With Long-Term Health Conditions
California鈥檚 Enhanced Care Management program, offered through Medi-Cal, could help parents who are caring for children with complex physical, behavioral, and social needs.
The Not-So-Rebellious Youth Revolution Coming to Your County
Data from rural Placer County, California, mirrors a larger national trend that shows fewer teen pregnancies, reduced youth crime rates, and higher educational attainment.
Research Shows This Is How to Prevent School Shootings
A pair of researchers on school violence share three strategies that have been proven to prevent school shootings.
Opinion | Climate Crisis | Youth Climate Movement | Connecticut | Sena Wazer | Sunrise Movement | COP26
Don鈥檛 Let Youth Climate Activists Like Me Burn Out
The COP26 meeting is an opportunity for world leaders to prove me wrong, to show us that they can act boldly on climate change and do more than make empty promises.
This Experiential Learning Farm Helps Youth Build a Better World
At Freetown Farm, members of the community can learn the names of medicinal herbs and harvest vegetables, all while developing a deeper relationship to the land and local community.
How Teens Are Working to End Relationship Violence
Young people across California are sparking conversations in their schools and communities about what healthy relationships look like and how to recognize abusive behaviors.
How Youth Turned the Tide in the 2020 Election
It wasn鈥檛 just new voters that made this election the biggest ever: Youth turned out in droves to work on campaigns behind the scenes, too.
Young Activists Aren鈥檛 Waiting For Anyone
Older generations have generally favored 鈥渘owism,鈥� which privileges short-term well-being at the expense of long-term environmental and societal sustainability. And today鈥檚 youth are done with it.
Lack of Leadership Worsened the Pandemic, Not Young People
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, politicians from both parties are scapegoating youth鈥攋ust as they鈥檝e done before with crime and drugs.
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