Activism
What young people are doing to make progressive change
Fox News Removes Article Linking Student Suicide With Obama’s Deficit Speech
Posted Friday, April 15, 2011 in Campus Informer by Aliya Karim
Environmentally Active Youth Head to D.C.
About 10,000 students will be at Power Shift 2011 in a little over a week to build efforts on environmentalism and sustainability.
Posted Wednesday, April 6, 2011 in Reprints by David Murdter
White House Officials Participating in 100 Round Tables WIth Young Americans Across the Country
Read more at The White House
Penn State Students Rally Against Proposed 52 Percent Cut From University’s State Support
Posted Tuesday, April 5, 2011 in Campus Informer by Aliya Karim
Frances Fox Piven Talks Tea Party Politics
The 78-year-old activist and academic faces down Glenn Beck and death threats to organize against the modern movement to cut government spending on important social services.
Posted Friday, April 1, 2011 in Five Minutes With by Micah Uetricht
More U. of Wisconsin Professors Vote for Unions; Chapman U. Plans First Ever Film Production Company
Posted Friday, April 1, 2011 in Campus Informer by Aliya Karim
One in Four College Students Found to Have Hearing Loss; Nevada College Students Protest Budget Cuts
Posted Monday, March 21, 2011 in Campus Informer by Ashley Hunter
Immigrant Youth Come Out as Undocumented, Unafraid, and Unapologetic
This week undocumented immigrants from around the county were brave enough to reveal their legal status in hopes of humanizing the immigration debate.
Posted Friday, March 18, 2011 by Eduardo Garcia
Friday List-down: 15 Inspiring Young Female Activists
Here are 15 young women that work on a diversity of issues. Their work is awe-inspiring.
Posted Friday, March 18, 2011 in Lists by Kay Steiger
VIDEO: Wiconsin Governor’s GOP Fundraiser Met With Protests in D.C.
Campus Progress speaks with young people at protest in support of Wisconsin labor organizers.
Posted Thursday, March 17, 2011 in Video / Multimedia by Tara Kutz
Tea Party on Campus
The grassroots conservative movement is gaining traction with an unlikely group: American college students. But how did it get there?
Posted Wednesday, March 16, 2011 in Reporting by Ryan Brown
Students Protest Bills Aimed at Limiting Voting Abilities
Posted Thursday, March 10, 2011 in Campus Informer by Aliya Karim
Conservative Corporate Advocacy Group ALEC Behind Voter Disenfranchisement Efforts
Eighteen new states are considering restrictive voter laws, and one DC organization seems to playing a central role.
Posted Tuesday, March 8, 2011 in Reporting by Tobin Van Ostern
Students Watch, Examine Black Life in America at Screening of ‘The Black List’
Over 30 students joined Penn State's B.U.S.T for a screening of 'The Black List'
Posted Tuesday, March 1, 2011
‘The Story of Stuff’ Creator Teams Up with Public Citizen to Create Citizens United Video
Annie Leonard presents a new video on the Supreme Court’s monumental decision that allowed near limitless spending on American elections.
Posted Tuesday, March 1, 2011 by George Warner
Openly Gay Lt. Dan Choi Invades Key Conservative Conference
The Conservative Political Action Conference saw controversy when a conservative gay group was allowed to attend, but a lefty LGBT activist also showed up.
Posted Friday, February 25, 2011 by Michael Tracey
The Friday List-Down: 10 of America’s Most Daring Young Black Activists
During Black History Month, it’s worth pointing out some young people today that are doing exciting things by making America more progressive.
Posted Friday, February 25, 2011 in Lists by Aliya Karim & Kay Steiger
Union Workers come to D.C. to Show Support for Wisconsin
As support for Wisconsin’s public sector workers snowballs, Gov. Walker must be in a pretty lonely place.
Posted Friday, February 25, 2011 in Reporting by Mikhail Zinshteyn
Republican, Democratic Students Team Up Against Attacks on Voting Rights in New Hampshire
A committee in the New Hampshire legislature is considering legislation to restrict the voting rights of out-of-state students and military personnel. But young people in both parties are fighting it.
Posted Friday, February 25, 2011 in Reporting by Tobin Van Ostern
