The Newsom-DeSantis debate was largely pointless. It involved Ron DeSantis who is running for president but trailing far behind the Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, and Gavin Newsom who has stated he doesn’t intend to run for president this election cycle but has been suggested as a potential replacement for Joe Biden if he chooses to…
Perhaps only in America must high school seniors jump through so many hoops to get liquor. This is best exemplified in Superbad, where a group of seniors ends up with a couple of eccentric police officers, in late-night parties filled with illicit substances, and on a bus with a crazy person who smashes their bottle…
Soon, 21-year-olds in Brookline, MA won’t be able to legally buy cigarettes. A new town law prohibits anyone born on or after January 1st, 2000 to buy cigarettes ever, regardless of their age. This first-in-the-nation law means that an entire generation of residents won’t be able to legally smoke in the town unless they leave…
How come a working 16-year-old pays taxes but is not able to vote? No Taxation Without Representation. It was James Otis who said in the wake of the American Revolution, “Taxation without representation is tyranny.” That’s one of this country’s founding principles, one that I and so many other Americans hold to be just. And…
Guess how many countries have signed and ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child? 195. Now guess which two countries have not ratified the convention? You might guess a low-income developing country, and you would be correct. Somalia has not ratified the convention. However, the “leader of the free world,” just…
As if America didn’t already have an appalling record on youth rights, the Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy wants to raise the voting age to 25 unless 18 to 24-year-olds serve in the military or pass a civics test. Really, Vivek? When there’s a growing movement to lower the voting age to 16 to give…
In three states, Mississippi, Virginia, and Utah, Pornhub has completely banned user access due to mandatory online ID checks that are supposed to prevent minors under 18 from accessing content. Websites complying with regulations, like xHamster, require users to upload a picture of their photo ID and face. While I think porn can be harmful…
NYRA supports Choose To Rally, a movement to give Floridians back their abortion rights. Abortion is currently restricted to six weeks in the state. This constitutes a near-total ban on the procedure. Abortion is restricted in many states across the country to minors under 18 without parental consent, and states like Florida that seek to…
The Barnes and Noble location in West Hartford, CT has been engaging in youth discrimination by displaying the sign “unaccompanied minors may be asked to leave.” Bookstores are places of learning and exploration, where no minors should be told to leave but instead encouraged to enter. In April, we reached out to Barnes and Noble…
To the City of Fayetteville: The National Youth Rights Association (NYRA) is a non-profit that upholds youth rights nationwide. The proposed youth curfew in Fayetteville will implement first-of-its-kind laws that restrict suspended students from being out of their homes during the business day from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm, and during the nighttime curfew hours….
