Reporting, analysis, vision & strategy bearing on youth and includes content relating to young people, young adults, teenagers, adolescents, the rights of young people.
Tucked in New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdaniās sprawling universal childcare plan is a little-talked-about milestone: In September, the city will open…
The United States is a nation of extraordinary wealth and extraordinary contradiction. Tens of millions of Americans live in material insecurity, while aggregate…
In India, over 123 million people voted in the four states of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal (home to 290…
Introduction: When āProtectionā Becomes Punishment Does your community care about children? This deceptively simple question carries profound moral, social, and civic weight.…
In Peoria, Illinois, children living in federally subsidized housing have been getting sick in the very places meant to shelter them. An investigation…
We activists much less radicals much less revolutionaries face many difficulties. I donāt mean the pain and suffering imposed by grotesque social…
STEM graduates once clamored for jobs in Big Tech, but not so readily anymore. Since Israel began its genocide in Gaza, it…
From The Guardian: āThe missile hit during the schoolās morning session. In Iran, the school week runs from Saturday to Thursday, so…
Across the country, high school students are organizing walkouts, coalitions and days of action to protest ICE and show solidarity with immigrants.…
Ethan Lieberman recently joined the Palast team following completion of his degree in journalism (summa cum laude!). At 22, he is in…
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