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NYPD Officers Threaten High School Students With Taser
A recent video captured two NYPD officers using a Taser to push youth of color off a public sidewalk.
Chicago Has a Destructive Plan to “Prepare” Students for Life After High School
Will requiring high school students to make post-graduation plans help or hurt their futures?
Ethnic Studies Courses Break Down Barriers and Benefit Everyone — So Why the Resistance?
As cities incorporate Ethnic Studies curricula, advocates say everyone wins. Others argue they just promote resentment.
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After Los Angeles Youth Sued City for Discriminatory Drilling Practices, the Oil Industry Sued Back
In Los Angeles, the number of residents living less than a mile from an oil well is in the tens of thousands.
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Trump’s Attack on Schoolkids
Why after-school programs need to be protected from the Trump administration's budget-cutters.
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Get to Know the “Badass Teachers” Fighting Privatization
In New Jersey, teachers are fighting for community control of education and against state takeovers of school districts.
In Conversation: Xiuhtezcatl Martinez on Why Youth Voices Are Powerful
At just 16 years old, Xiuhtezcatl has more experience fighting for the environment than most people twice his age.
Awareness and Action: Nuclear Resistance as a Millennial
If there is hope for a better world, we have no choice but to make it so.
How Unaccompanied Youth Become Exploited Workers in the US
Many children who cross the US-Mexico border remain undetected and must fend for themselves on the other side.
Teachers Are Fighting to Block Guns in Schools
Ever since DeVos suggested the importance of guns in schools, pro-gun groups pushing against gun-free zones at schools.