Youth

Washington state teens initiate march protesting killing of Michael Brown

August 21, 2014 By Tim Wheeler

"I wanted to raise awareness about this issue and to support the people of Ferguson to let them know there are people here on the west coast who care about them."

U.S. covert operation against Cuban youth condemned

August 8, 2014 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

USAID hired young people from Peru, Costa Rica, and Venezuela to pose as tourists in Cuba to befriend young Cubans and try to convert them into anti-government activists.

NAACP: “Our agenda is essential” for democracy

July 25, 2014 By Chauncey K. Robinson

The nation's oldest, largest, and most widely known civil rights organization convened to address the need to push back against voter suppression and other significant topics.

Today in labor history: end of the “Vietnam era”

May 7, 2014 By Special to People’s World

On May 7, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford formally declared an end to the "Vietnam era."

SEIU’s Henry: Unions need new approaches to attract youth

April 3, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

The nation's unions need new approaches to recruit and retain younger workers, Service Employees President Mary Kay Henry says.