
NYRA Presents the Youth Rights Progress award to Congressman George Miller
NYRA headed to Capitol Hill on October 13th and awarded Representative George Miller (D-CA) the Youth Rights Progress Award for his passage of H.R. 911 and his continued effort defending youth rights. H.R. 911 or the “Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act ...
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Rally at the Supreme Court for Free Speech, Video Games and Democracy
We are holding a rally on the steps of the United States Supreme Court on November 2nd in support of free speech, opposition to video game censorship and support for lowering the voting age. On this day, the Supreme Court will be hearing the arguments ...
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What’s Your Ah-Ha Moment?
NYRA staff receive e-mails all the time from people discovering the movement for the first time. Everyone seems to have very similar reactions, "Wow! I've supported youth rights for years, but thought I was the only one!" or "Something always seemed a bit off about ...
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Thanks to NYRA, DC’s Mosquito is Silenced
A month and a half ago, NYRA-DC became aware of a Mosquito being installed at the Gallery Place Metro Stop. The Mosquito's manufacturer advertises it as a device that "disburses unwanted youth." The device has been common in Europe and is now being installed across ...
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#16tovote on the 16th – October 2010
And now we've completed #16tovote on the 16th - Saturday Edition! A slight increase in participation this time, and the faithful usual participants showed up once again, along with some new or less-usual participants, to help spread the word about lowering the voting age through ...
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Rally at the Supreme Court to defend free speech, video games and democracy!
On November 2nd, the US Supreme Court will be hearing the oral arguments in the Schwarzenegger v. EMA case. On trial is the ability of the state to subject video games to censorship and legal age restrictions. In order to promote the free speech rights ...
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Marvin Stops Crime
I became a pretty unpopular guy last week with a lot of Washingtonians when we defeated the Mosquito. Some folks are hoping that I get mugged by a hooligan. Others want to sue me. Someone posted my home and work address on the Internet. One ...
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