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  • Should Jordan’s Voting Age Be Lowered?

    Should Jordan’s Voting Age Be Lowered?

    Naseem Tarawnah, a Jordanian blogger asks whether the voting age should be lowered to 16 in Jordan: Perhaps one of the biggest aids in encouraging Jordanian youth to get involved in politics is the lowering of the voting age. And I’m not talking about various debate skirmishes in the past few years that finally resulted…

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  • Corporal Punishment Ban Introduced in California

    Corporal Punishment Ban Introduced in California

    Some forms of corporal punishment may soon be a thing of the past if a new bill introduced in the California legislature is successful. Introduced by California Assemblywoman Sally Lieber, the bill will make spanking in any form or fashion of a child up to age 4 a misdemeanor. Spanking also sends the message that…

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  • 16 Voting Age Proposed in Austria

    16 Voting Age Proposed in Austria

    Austria may soon be the first European nation to lower its national voting age to 16. The proposal to lower the age comes from Austria’s “grand coalition” of Social Democrats and the conservative People’s Party following elections on Oct. 1. Currently 16 year olds are able to vote for local elections in many major cities,…

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  • New Interns Get To Work

    New Interns Get To Work

    After moving in to its office, NYRA’s first task was hiring interns. After a brief search two excellent interns were found and began work on February 2. The interns were initially arranged by the Howard Gardner school in Virginia, an alternative high school that gives students time on Friday to pursue internships. Luke Remchuk, a…

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  • NYRA Expands from North and South

    NYRA Expands from North and South

    NYRA is on track for meeting its goal of 12 new, active chapters this year with the official formation of NYRA-Watkins Glen and the NYRA-Pensacola Brigade. Based in upstate New York, NYRA-Watkins Glen has already enjoyed some early press coverage in the local paper, the Review & Express. Watkins Glen held a debate in conjunction…

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  • Potential Underage Ban In DC Nightclubs

    Potential Underage Ban In DC Nightclubs

    I have been going to shows in DC since i moved to Bethesda a few years ago. Going to shows has been a way for me to escape from the craziness of being a teen. I think it is ridiculous that this has ban has even proposed. Alex showed me a video of Ian Mackaye…

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  • Ian MacKaye Speaks Out Against Proposed All-Ages Ban in DC

    Ian MacKaye Speaks Out Against Proposed All-Ages Ban in DC

    This is simply awesome. MacKaye says it better than anyone else could have. I have nothing but respect for this man. I wish I and other NYRA members could have made the committee meeting, but they moved up the date at the last minute. Just watch this, it is amazing:

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  • A Year’s Reflection

    A Year’s Reflection

    It was a year ago this month when I first started my project to add a student adviser onto the Buncombe County Board of Education.  Although the board did not listen to all of the supporters, here are just a few of the positive things that came out of my project: Media exposure for the…

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  • Time For Our Generation to Take the Lead

    Time For Our Generation to Take the Lead

    For centuries, our generation has worked and died so that America could move forward. Members of our generation rarely have received credit for our work. Teens have fought and died in the American Revolution, in the Civil War, in the World Wars, in Vietnam and in Iraq. American teens, throughout history have fought for civil…

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  • Many in Senate Back Mandatory HPV Vaccination

    Many in Senate Back Mandatory HPV Vaccination

    According to this article in the Washington Post, Maryland supports vaccinating middle school age girls with a drug to significantly fight cervical cancer. I think it is great. Trouble is, the opposition. Look at this paragraph: Attempts to make vaccination mandatory have been criticized by groups concerned about encouraging promiscuity or infringing on parents’ authority…

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Powerschool vs Student Privacy

If you’ve been young lately, you might have taken some sort of “Digital Safety” class. It was probably mediocre. Perhaps you used Powerschool’s Schoology learning platform that lesson, your teacher very likely used Powerschool SIS to mark you present, and perhaps standardized tests that month were on Powerschool’s Performance Matters service. On January 7th, “Customers”…
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Introducing the Seattle NYRA node

The new Seattle NYRA node has taken to the streets to spread our message of youth liberation. We have been out peacefully protesting every Tuesday near public locations around the city, such as the Seattle Central Public Library, the Capitol Hill light rail station, and Franklin High School. We also have plans to participate in…
June 6, 2025
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Democracy Collapse & the Ignorance of Civics

The amount of the American public who can name the three branches of government is, and should be, terrifyingly alarming. Moreso when those within the government itself cannot name them either. Why this should alarm you is when corruption occurs the public is unequipped and unable to identify these actions. Without having that baseline understanding…
February 25, 2025
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  • ABOUT
    • What We Do
    • Why We Do It
      • Land Acknowledgement
    • What Are Youth Rights?
      • Principles of Anti-Ageism
      • Resources
    • Our Team
    • Our Movement
    • Contact Us
  • ISSUES
    • Medical Autonomy
      • Making Decisions About Treatment
      • Who Decides What a Mental Disorder Is?
      • The “Troubled Teen” Industry
    • Student Rights
      • Student Bill of Rights
      • Academic Freedom
      • Corporal Punishment in School
      • Dress Codes and Uniforms
      • Free Speech in Schools
      • The Pledge of Allegiance and the National Anthem
      • Policing and Punishment in Schools
      • Search and Seizure
      • Student Clubs
      • Student Decision-making
      • Restraint and Seclusion
      • Fighting for Students’ Rights through the Courts
    • Age Discrimination
      • Business Discrimination
      • Censorship
      • Driving Age
      • Labor
    • Voting Age
      • Top Ten Reasons to Lower the Voting Age
      • Voting Age Status Report
      • Voting Age: Facts and Resources
      • The Movement to Lower the Voting Age: A History
      • Age of Candidacy
    • Drinking Age
      • Reasons to Challenge the Drinking Age
      • Drinking Age: Facts and Resources
      • Solutions and Alternatives to the Drinking Age
      • State Guide to Drinking Age Law
      • The National Minimum Drinking Age Act
    • Curfew
      • Top Five Reasons to Abolish Curfews
      • Curfew Laws by State
  • TAKE ACTION
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