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Chicago Teens Unpack the 2020 Presidential Election
Students from Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in Chicago react to the 2020 Presidential Election.
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Derinique Williams
Pelham Board of Education Responds to Political Divide in Local Community
How clothing related to the Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter movements revealed a deep divide in Pelham, New York Schools
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Annika Grant Halvorson
Young People Want to Vote in 2020. It’s Up to Schools to Show Them How.
Students want to vote in 2020. Schools must show them how.
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Lena McEachern
On Race, We Must Understand the Past to Take Action Today
To equip students to take action on the racial justice issues facing our world today, our history classes must be diverse, accurate and reflective of the U.S.’s oppressive past.
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Emmanuela Sepetia
The Power of Starting Small: School Resource Officers in Chicago Public Schools
In Chicago Public Schools, removing School Resource Officers from schools is a small action that can make a huge difference in allowing students to feel safe while learning.
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Derinique Williams
Why Civics Exams Fail, and What Should Be Done Instead
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Catherine Liu
Lessons From A “Successful” Teacher Strike
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Scott Lee
Climate Change Education: Preparing the Next Generation of Freedom Fighters
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Hawa Hamidou Tabayi
Plastic Trophies and Ill-Fitting Suits: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Speech and Debate
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Asher Gladstone
Local Government can make all the Difference
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Fatemeh Zahra Yarali
A New Generation of Local Leadership Sustains Its Momentum
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Asher Gladstone
Assembly Bill 331: Redemption or Failure?
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Scott Lee
Out of Sight
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Leigh Walden
The Dangerous Power of Conspiracy Theories
In 1826, the tiny town of Batavia, New York, was shaken by the kidnapping and subsequent murder of William Morgan...
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Gabriella Staykova
Why we have to celebrate the small victories
2018 has been a lot of baby steps; we’ve all been taking them.
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Ry Lei
For Kentucky Felons, Voting Must Be a Right, Not a Gift
Voting shouldn't exclude ex-felons.
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Sadie Bograd
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Gabriella Staykova
January 31, 2019
The Pension Crisis