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Michelle Alexander: “Zimmerman Mindset” Endangers Young Black Lives with Poverty, Prison and Murder
Alexander says the biases that led to Martinu2019s death and let his killer go free are deeply embedded in U.S. society and in the criminal justice system itself.
Growing Concern Cuts to Toronto Youth Programs Will Bring “Summer of War”
Community leaders fear rise in gun violence will result from cuts to summer youth programs in Toronto's poor and under-serviced neighborhoods
History Teaches That We Have the Power to Transform the Nation
Modern mass movements in the last 100 years have proven that collective nonviolent resistance across many segments of society is the most effective means for change. The rule of …
Spotlight on Hidden Immigrant Struggles
In a storytelling performance, youth described a different path to the United States and in doing so reflected a sense of justice that defies borders.
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An Excerpt From Lightweb Darkweb: Three Reasons to Reform Social Media Before It Re-Forms Us
In this preface to his new book, ecology and children's champion Raffi Cavoukian considers some of the downsides of social media for youth.
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Rangel’s Folly: Reinstating the Draft
Bica argues that Rangel and others who advocate compulsory national service to promote anti-war objectives are choosing the absolutely wrong tool.
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Juvenile Justice Is Taking a Positive Trajectory – Will it Be Hurt by Harsh Gun Laws?
Research shows strict laws for juveniles do little or nothing to result in lower crime rates.
Closing Cages: People Power Helps Stop Youth Incarceration
With the number of youth behind bars at an all-time low, are more youth jails really necessary?
Henry A. Giroux | The Politics of Disimagination and the Pathologies of Power
The radical imagination waits to be unleashed through social movements in which injustice is put on the run.
Millenials Vs. Libertarianism
Calling yourself a libertarian today is a lot like wearing a mullet back in the 1980s. It sends a clear signal: business up front, party in the back.