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April 9, 2021

By Sarah, 13, New York You fit the description! Don’t move! Stand still! Put your hands up! Get on the ground! Stop resisting … We hear you! But do you hear us? Are we that threatening? Why is my skin so scary? That’s my phone, not a gun! What gives you the right to take […]

Now’s the Time for Youth to Speak Out

December 13, 2019

By Jasmine, Age 14, New York My interest in government and politics started in 1st grade when I was elected as the mayor of our Lego town that we had created in the classroom. At the end of the year, I remember a classmate commending me about how I was “the best” mayor they had […]