Young voters are an important demographic for Democrats. They’re also increasingly out of step with the party leadership.
Youth
Posted inLaw and Justice
Is This Social Media’s Big Tobacco Moment?
Meta is being sued for up to $200 billion over allegedly harming children. That would be a good start.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Judge Orders Monitors for Child Detention as Trump Administration Plans Expansion
The order came the day before the Office of Refugee Resettlement held an industry roundtable to discuss new detention facilities for thousands of children.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Disgraced Anti-Sex-Trafficking NGO Gets $244 Million to Rep Migrant Kids
The founder and CEO of Our Rescue resigned in 2023 amid allegations that he had sexually abused and trafficked women himself.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump Administration Routinely Violating Immigrant Children’s Rights
The 1997 Flores ruling requires immigrant children be released from detention after 20 days. Trump is keeping some for as long as 323 days, new filings in a lawsuit state.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump’s Deportation Machine Taking Aim at Vulnerable Children
A series of recent legal decisions have stripped protections once afforded to unaccompanied immigrant child victims of abuse, neglect, and abandonment.
Posted inBooks
The Internet and Its Discontents
One young woman claims to know what is wrong with girls today: They need to turn to the right.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
News Influencers and Gen Z Are Reshaping News
Gen Z increasingly relies on influencers for news and information—but the quality is all over the place.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Mom, Kids, and Nowhere to Go
Family homelessness is spiking just as the Trump administration rolls back social services.