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20 Mar 2019 1 minute read

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School students escalate call for political action on climate crisis

On March 15, climate strikes took place in more than 100 countries. New Internationalist talked to students in Oxford who...

8 Aug 2018 5 minute read

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Russian LGBT activists battle teenage isolation

Young people discovering their sexuality have been denied access to information or acceptance since the ‘gay propaganda’ law...

15 Jul 2018 5 minute read

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How porn monopolies will feast on UK age verification laws

Jillian York interviews Erika Lust about the consequences of proposed laws which aim to...

14 Jun 2018 5 minute read

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Iran’s youth fear future after Trump abandons nuclear deal

US foreign policy continues to subjugate the nation’s youth, Daniel Khalili-Tari writes.

28 May 2018 3 minute read

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Shutting down guns and greed

Mark Engler considers popular resistance to mass shootings and increasing healthcare costs in the US.

6 Feb 2018 4 minute read

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Against adult supremacy

Vyvian Raoul gives five reasons you really should care about youth liberation, even if you’re not young.

Youth bulge: A public billboard in Uganda urges young people to have smaller families.

1 Jan 2018 3 minute read

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Africa needs to drop the ‘youth bulge’ discourse

Wangui Kimari makes the case that the youth discourse in Africa has patronizing, colonialist tones.

‘People are intolerant towards Dalits speaking up,’ says Ravali Medari, a student activist at the University of Hyderabad.

9 Jan 2018 4 minute read

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Kids at work: a Dalit activist

Ravali Medari was moved to take up political activism alongside her academic work. Meena Kandasamy looks at...

Jake Edwards is a YouTube vlogger: a uniquely millennial career

3 Jan 2018 3 minute read

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Kids at work: a YouTube vlogger

Jake Edwards, a transgender YouTube vlogger, has a uniquely millennial career. Edward Siddons spoke to him...

Young girls in Malaysia are finding a safe space in social media networks.

3 Jan 2018 5 minute read

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A group of one’s own

For young girls across the Muslim world, social media has become a therapeutic medium. Hussein Kesvani ...

Youth: Arrested development

1 Jan 2018 13 minute read

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Arrested Development

What’s left for young people today? Yohann Koshy examines the emergence of ‘millennials’ and the political...

Social media mental health: The popular social media emoji depicting someone laughing so hard that they are crying. Or is it the other way around?

19 Jan 2018 3 minute read

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Laughing and crying online

Social media use is correlated with mental health problems. But is it simply cause and effect? Marcus Gilroy-Ware...

7 Jun 2017 4 minute read

This article is almost six years old.

UK General Election: Youth #votingforhope

Young people don’t vote, we're told. It's time for you to prove them wrong, writes Jim Cranshaw.

6 Jun 2017 3 minute read

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Power Shift: from a politics of persecution to solidarity

A new generation of social movement builders shows that democracy will continue beyond Britain's 8 June General Election,...

Youth homelessness

2 Jun 2017 5 minute read

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Escape to the street

More and more young people are becoming homeless across the West. Catherine Yeomans reports on how to...

11 Apr 2017 2 minute read

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Socialist Youth call for democracy in Swaziland now

Swazi youth call for international pressure on their country's absolute monarchy to introduce multi-party elections. ...

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