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8 Aug 2018 5 minute read

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

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

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

Shutting down guns and greed

Mark Engler considers popular resistance to mass shootings and increasing healthcare ...

6 Feb 2018 4 minute read

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

Africa needs to drop the ‘youth bulge’ discourse

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

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

9 Jan 2018 4 minute read

Kids at work: a Dalit activist

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

Jake Edwards is a YouTube vlogger: a uniquely millennial career

3 Jan 2018 3 minute read

Kids at work: a YouTube vlogger

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

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

3 Jan 2018 5 minute read

A group of one’s own

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

1 Jan 2018 13 minute read

Arrested Development

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

19 Jan 2018 3 minute read

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

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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,...

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

This article is almost two years old.

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. ...

1 Apr 2017 2 minute read

This article is almost two years old.

Is democracy in danger?

Rising distrust of politicians and parliaments, declining voter turnouts – these are now common trends in many established...

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