Youth
More elderly are poor; net worth for young people worsens
November 9, 2011The U.S. Census Bureau calculates that nearly twice as many older Americans qualify as poor than had been previously thought. At the same time, net worth disparity between younger and older is at an all-time high.
Read moreYouth march calls for jobs and end to violence
November 7, 2011The young people, mainly high school students who organized the event, marched in front, holding pictures of the 29 youth in New Haven killed by violence this year.
Read moreStudents: Obama loan relief plan good first step, more needed
October 27, 2011Student activists say the president's executive order on the issue is not nearly enough to tackle the larger student debt crisis.
Read moreNew Haven joins Occupy Movement
October 24, 2011On October 15th, New Haven joined the Occupy Movement with a kick-off march of 1,000 people on the New Haven Green.
Read moreAmidst global Occupy movement, Chilean students show the way
October 21, 2011Building over five months, students there have moved from immediate demands to an overall critique of Chile's dominant political-economic system.
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