Adrian Talbott, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. October 23, 2008. There's no doubt about it -- young voters are making their presence felt in record numbers.
Mike Connery, Future Majority AlterNet: Video. August 28, 2008. Programs like Trick or Vote function as a gateway drug to encourage deeper and deeper political action from their members.
Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog AlterNet: PEEK. August 13, 2008. McCain's latest attack ads are trying to paint Obama as the rockstar candidate for the youngsters who don't know squat.
Andy Kroll, The Nation. August 8, 2008. If the GOP fails to bring a new generation into their ranks, they may continue to lose the votes of that generation for decades to come.
Michael Connery, The Nation. August 6, 2008. The biggest obstacle to young voters is not apathy, but removing barriers that complicate the process for new voters.
Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. June 26, 2008. Author Keli Goff on how today's youth -- black youth in particular -- choose their leaders. Hint: It's not by skin color or party affiliation.
Mike Connery, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. May 2, 2008. Election day registration could prevent voter suppression and significantly boost turnout rates, particularly among young voters.
Matisse Bustos Hawkes, AlterNet. May 2, 2008. Mike Connery on why progressive leaders should stop lamenting 'youth apathy' and start engaging the most diverse, tolerant, generation in history.
Ally Klimkoski, WireTap AlterNet: PEEK. April 1, 2008. Since 2000, the youth vote has continued to climb upward. Young people turned out in greater numbers each year including midterm elections like 2006.
Steven Reynolds, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: PEEK. February 12, 2008. The votes are moving towards Barack Obama, and I’m thinking it is because that “unity” theme is starting to take hold.
Kristina Rizga, WireTap AlterNet: PEEK. February 7, 2008. On Super Tuesday, over 2 million 18- to 29-year-olds participated in the Democratic elections compared to roughly 900,000 in the Republican contests.
Chris Bowers, Open Left AlterNet: Election 2008. January 7, 2008. Barack Obama isn't a perfect repudiation of our ongoing national failure, but I think it is justifiable to say he is a start.
Kristina Rizga, WireTap AlterNet: PEEK. January 4, 2008. The youth vote will no longer be dismissed and ignored - and that's a historic victory for all youth organizers.
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. June 28, 2007. Jill Filipovic: From the subpoena of Cheney's office to a new poll showing progressive values widely embraced by young people, there's a lot to be excited about right now if you're a liberal.