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Category: Youth issues

Overheard in the halls of my high school: The LGBT struggle is far from over

June 4, 2014 Hafsa Activism, LGBT, Youth issues One comment

In light of recent successes in passing marriage equality bills, the movement for equality seems to be slowing down. Under the misperception that everyone

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Graduation rules for girls: Another reason for feminist outrage

May 28, 2014 Mary Di Valerio Women, Youth issues 6 comments

I was walking down the hallway of my high school, casually reading the instruction sheet for my upcoming graduation when something stopped me in

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School cancels kindergarten play. It interferes with college prep!

May 1, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Education, Youth issues Leave a comment

Citing the need to “prepare children for college and career,” the interim principal of Harley Avenue Primary School in Elwood, NY has canceled the

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The education corporation vs. the American dream

April 30, 2014 Abby Mitchell Business, Education, Youth issues Leave a comment

This week, Elizabeth Warren published her book, A Fighting Chance, in which she illuminates another important issue that, for a graduating high school senior,

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“It only takes a girl” focuses on child marriage and the cycle of poverty

April 11, 2014 Renee Shur International, Women, Youth issues Leave a comment

It all starts with the girls. That’s the message of a video, called “It Only Takes a Girl,” produced by Zoe Keating on the

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Saying no to pink and princesses

March 11, 2014 Renee Shur Gender issues, Women, Youth issues Leave a comment

Some call them the princess wars. I prefer calling them the pink wars. Princess or pink.  Does it matter? When you’re blessed with giving

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Gun laws

How a new North Carolina gun law hurts women and teens

February 18, 2014 Progress Women Guns, States, Uncategorized, Violence, Women, Youth issues 2 comments

Sarah Hunt is a 15 year old sophomore from North Carolina who is participating in Progress Women’s “Legis-Ladies” project, which is aimed at getting

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Voting news: Some 17-year-olds can vote in primaries and caucuses in 22 states

February 11, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2014 Election, 2016 Election, Civil Rights, Good government, Illinois/Midwest, States, Voting/Elections, Youth issues 3 comments

In a trend that adds a nice dose of fairness to election laws, 22 states now allow citizens who will be 18 years old

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Are we really still arguing about letting boys play with dolls?

February 10, 2014 Hafsa Gender issues, Ideas, Women, Youth issues 2 comments

The other day, I overheard a conversation between a teacher and a few students; they were “discussing” another teacher who apparently allowed her four

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Mass incarceration–the new Jim Crow

January 28, 2014 Abby Mitchell Charity & Justice, Civil Rights, Human Rights, Police, Poverty, Prison, Youth issues One comment

I think it’s time to talk about an issue that isn’t glamorous or infamous, but it is so subtle and so completely off the

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