As part of an ongoing series called “Civil Discourse 101,” Teen Vogue has joined with Amnesty International USA to provide a valuable platform for questions from American teenagers about contemporary issues.
In Oklahoma, Arizona, and Kentucky, teachers didn’t wait for negotiated contracts to address pay shortfalls, but instead initiated wildcat strikes, demanding higher pay and better support for schools.
One thing seems clear from the whirlwind of media attention on the Parkland students’ persistent efforts—they’re not going away and they will continue to control their message.
Solutions that begin with the privileged tend not to work for everyone else.
A generation of schoolchildren has grown up with lockdowns as the normal state of being, much as baby boomers as children grew up under the terror of “duck and cover” drills, only with the difference that over 187,000 have been directly exposed to the deaths of their classmates.
The canard of the outside organizer roiling up discontent doesn’t really fit when it comes to the student gun control protestors, and it may end up biting the GOP in the hindquarters.
Is idealism enough to save democracy? Slovak youth set an example for Europe and the world by creating change through protest.
As youths across the US demonstrate their determination to be a part of the civic conversation, civil rights groups like the ACLU are stepping in where schools have left gaps to educate students about their rights in a protest environment.
Admissions offices have fielded so many inquiries from prospective students participating in marches that many colleges and universities have issued proactive statements to clarify that they won’t penalize peaceful protests.
Political doublespeak reaches new heights as a legislator who promises the “most sweeping gun reform package in the nation’s history” indicates that his bill would preserve Americans’ “right” to buy and own assault weapons.
