On AlterNet: youth

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "youth"

How the NYPD's Ongoing Petty Pot Arrest Crusade Hurts the Black and Latino Community

Gabriel Sayegh, AlterNet. February 4, 2012.

Since Mayor Bloomberg became mayor a decade ago, the NYPD has arrested nearly 350,000 young Black and Latino for low-level marijuana possession.

Young People and Sex Education: Moving Beyond Scare Tactics and Fearmongering in 2012

Andrew Jenkins, RH Reality Check. January 8, 2012.

Young people know intimately the role that sex and sexuality play in our daily lives and we know the detrimental consequences that a sex-phobic culture has on our futures.

Vision: 5 Ways Young Americans Can Fight Back Against Student Loan Debt, the Drug Industry, and More

Rae Gomes, AlterNet. September 26, 2011.

Young people may feel helpless about the corporatocracy, but they have the potential to overcome many barriers.

8 Reasons Young Americans Don't Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance

Bruce E. Levine, AlterNet. July 31, 2011.

The ruling elite has created social institutions that have subdued young Americans and broken their spirit of resistance.

Heroism of Wisconsin Protestors Inspires Students to Rise Up and Fight

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. May 4, 2011.

Students around the country have been taking the message of Wisconsin to heart--and occupying buildings in support of fair labor practices.

Zero-Tolerance Education Policies Are Destroying Young People's Lives

Gara LaMarche, AlterNet. April 13, 2011.

All too often, the debate about school reform has wrongly emphasized pushing troubled children out of school, rather than making systemic improvements.

How Alcohol Companies Launched a Digital Campaign Against America's Kids

Heather Gehlert, AlterNet. May 21, 2010.

According to a new study, companies like Captain Morgan and Budweiser have become extremely savvy at targeting young audiences.

Will Sen. Scott Brown Meet With Mass. Immigrant Youth Before April 17?

Kyle de Beausset, Citizen Orange. April 11, 2010.

A delegation of Massachusetts youth want their new Senator's support for the DREAM Act.

A March to Rebuild the American Dream - Immigration Matters

HyunJoo Lee, New America Media. March 20, 2010.

The American dream is alive and well in the students, working parents, and families that have come to this country in search for a better life.

American Youth in the 21st Century: Pathologized, Criminalized and Disposable

Henry A. Giroux, AlterNet. November 16, 2009.

Young people today face imprisonment, the prescription of psychotropic drugs, psychiatric confinement, and zero tolerance policies that model schools after prisons.

How Viagra Promised a Sexual Revolution But Delivered a Bad Joke

Meika Loe, National Sexuality Resource Center. August 17, 2009.

The little blue pill was supposed to transform our attitudes towards aging and sexuality. It merely reinforced bad cultural stereotypes about older men.

Young People of Color Are Rising Up Against Military Recruiters

Anisha Desai, Maryam Roberts, July 12, 2009.

Military recruiters have unprecedented access to youth of color in America's neighborhoods. Some are fighting back.

When Politics Disappoints, the Young Turn to Allen Ginsberg

Marlene Nadle, AlterNet. April 25, 2009.

Many young people are again seeking Ginsberg and his exuberant purity.

Locked Out and Locked Up: Youth Missing in Action From Obama's Stimulus Plan

Henry A. Giroux, TruthOut.org. February 21, 2009.

The quality of life for many young people appears even more fragile in the United States in this time of political, economic and social crisis.

Will the Youth Movement Save the Labor Movement?

Dick Meister, AlterNet. November 19, 2008.

Joining a union would not only help young workers improve their own status, it'd halt a steady decline in union strength.

Conservative Pundit Dennis Prager Fears the Whippersnapper Vote

Jill Filipovic, Feministe AlterNet: PEEK. June 18, 2008.

â€œ...when youth get involved in politics in large numbers, it is not a good thing...â€

Generation Y Refuses Race-Gender Dichotomy

Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. June 18, 2008.

At a stimulating confab on the election, our author declares: My feminism is about gender and racial justice, global security and community ethics.

Young Minorities Make Up the Bulk of Unregistered Voters

Project VoteJune 11, 2008.

Project Vote aims to get young, non-college-educated minorities involved in the political process.

ICE's Newest Trick: Deporting Valedictorians

Corinne Ramey, Drum Major Institute AlterNet: PEEK. June 9, 2008.

ICE attacks the best and brightest.

Fanning the Flames of Youth Civic Engagement

Courtney E. Martin, DELETED. June 9, 2008.

Progressives need to make sure that young people's excitement over the primaries turns into long-term civic engagement.

Superdelegates Turned Down $1 Million Offer from Clinton Donor

Mike Connery, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. May 19, 2008.

Two superdelegates representing the Young Democrats of America turned down a promise of $1 million in exchange for their endorsement of Sen. Clinton.

Compulsory Heterosexuality: School Bars Dateless Girls from Prom

Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. May 19, 2008.

A high school in Staten Island has ruled that only girls with (male) dates can attend prom.

Juan Crow in Georgia

Roberto Lovato, Of America AlterNet: PEEK. May 9, 2008.

Latinos in the south are living in an environment resembling the plight of African Americans living under Jim Crow.