These Two Bay Area Orgs Are Investing in the ‘Unparalleled Power of Youth Voice’
Co-published with Fast Company. 826 Valencia and YR Media teach kids whose voices often go unheard how to create their own powerful stories.
The Latinx Future Will Not Look Like the Latinx Past
Co-published with The Nation. My generation is more outspoken—about inequality, assimilation, racism, and more—than those that came before.
First-Time Voters Want to Have a Say in Our Country’s Future
Co-published with The Nation. Not old enough to vote in 2016, these young voters of color are ready to fight for the world they want to live in.
The Water Boy’s Hustle
Co-published with Canopy Atlanta and Atlanta Magazine. Officials deemed water sales along highway exits a threat. But for one West End teenager, the hustle is a way to make money and to
The Right to Listen
Co-published with The New Yorker. As citizens of a democracy, we need to hear one another. Why can’t we?
For Those In Foster Care, ‘The Time Of The Readiness’ Is Charged
Co-published with The Establishment. After being heavily governed your whole life—told when to eat, when to sleep, when to come home—you’re suddenly set free to make your own choices. There is no other stop after foster care if
At Larkin Street
Co-published with California Sunday. Forty-eight percent of San Francisco’s homeless youth are LGBTQ. Many find their way to the city’s largest youth homeless shelter.
Soccer on the Street
Co-published with ESPN. The story of a transgender woman and her soccer team, composed of other homeless people. The team helps its members fight isolation and bring visibility to their struggle.
Identity Thieves Target Foster Youth
Co-published with NBC News. Child advocates say that foster youth are particularly vulnerable to identity theft because they bounce from one home to another, giving an expanding group of adults access to their private information.
An Easier Path to College Credit
Co-published with The Atlantic. Leila Yusuf is an immigrant who fled to the United States 19 years ago, during the civil war in Somalia. She’s 37 years old, has three children, and works as a shuttle bus
The GOP’s Drug-Testing Dragnet
Co-published with The Nation. Republicans and industry profiteers are targeting high school students, welfare applicants and the unemployed.
The Truancy Trap
Co-published with The Atlantic. Courts are hitting students with harsh penalties and collecting millions of dollars in fines. But are they addressing the real problems?