Overturning child labor laws: top priority for GOP
Republican operatives recently opened up a new front: rolling back child labor laws.
Youth delegates showcase growth at CPUSA conference
This past weekend, members of the Young Communist League from all over the country flocked to the national headquarters of the Communist Party USA to attend its national conference.
Tucson's Cesar Chavez march says "Save ethnic studies"
Tucson came out to celebrate the legacy of Cesar Chavez.
A 21-year-old signs up to recall Glenn Grothman
As nervous as I was, I knew in my mind that I was doing something very positive. Signing the recall petition gave me a sense of pride, something I hadn't felt in a long time.
Republicans push guns on campuses
The Republican Party in several states is hell bent on getting more guns into the hands of school kids, including, ridiculously enough, in Arizona.
The GOP wants to suppress the student vote
Paul Krugman's recent quip - that the Republican leadership has adopted the slogan "Kill the Future" to counter Obama's "Win the Future" slogan in his State of the Union address - gets truer every day.
MTV premiers "Skins"
MTV premiered its remake of Skins, the wildly successful British television series about a group of teenagers going about their daily lives.
Time to end stop-and-frisk policing
Crime rates have dropped, but the unconstitutional, and therefore criminal, harassment of black and brown youth is on the increase. This racial profiling is anti-worker. It must be stopped.
Comcast, NBC merger: What’s it mean for young people?
Many people in my age group don't read the news because they are simply not interested.
The Gulf clean up and jobs
I think MSNBC's Chris Matthews was right in calling for the creation of a Civilian Conservation Corp to put thousands of young people to work cleaning up the Gulf.
