Jessica Marshall
LATEST ARTICLES BY Jessica Marshall
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Youth have big stake in 2004 elections
October 8, 2004Young people are registering to vote in record numbers. It’s true — our vote matters.
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Students lobby, vow to use voting power
April 9, 2004WASHINGTON – “We’re fired up!” That was the chant of the more than 350 delegates to the 35th National Grassroots Legislative Conference of the United States Students Association (USSA) here March 26.
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Hip-hop in Brazil
July 11, 2003Hip-hop was born in New York but if you talk to most young people in São Paulo, Brazil, they’ll tell you that they feel like it belongs to them. No one will deny it is an...
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Say no to the poverty draft
January 16, 2003Opinion Last week, a friend who was recruited on his high school campus was sent off to the Persian Gulf region leaving behind his wife and newborn daughter. When he joined the army reserves he never...
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50,000 in Brazil proclaim:Another world is possible
February 22, 2002PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil – While thousands took to the street the week of Jan. 28 to protest the World Economic Forum in New York City, an estimated 60,000 people joined together here in proclaiming “Another World...
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