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Youth Priorities report by UNA-USA
Research & Studies

The 2025-2026 American Youth Priorities Report captures what American youth actually think about the world they're inheriting.

Gen Z Toolkit
Blog Post

A Young Personʼs Guide to Protecting and Participating in U.S. Elections
Alexis Nwatu and Lara Hicks
APRIL 2026

Daily Show interview
Blog Post

Civil rights lawyer and founding director of Howard Law School's 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy, Sherrilyn Ifill, sits down with Jon Stewart to discuss the Supreme Court’s weakening of the Voting Rights Act.

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NYSUT stresses the importance of Civics and Media Literacy education for students in their March/April magazine.

NYSUT is asking the state Legislature to commit $2.5 million to expand civics education at the elementary level, $5 million to increase access to the Seal of Civic Readiness, and $15 million to enhance media and AI literacy so students have the skills they need to analyze information and judge for themselves what to trust, share, and base decisions on.

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Article in the Daily Sentinel

UTICA — The League of Women Voters of the Utica-Rome Metro area has been awarded a grant from the League of Women Voters National organization to help engage prospective young voters and under-represented communities and encourage them to get involved in the political process.

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Public Statement

The League of Women Voters and the National Education Association announced a new partnership aimed at strengthening American democracy by recruiting a diverse new generation of poll workers for upcoming federal, state, and local elections. 

Blog Post

On April 29, the Court issued its opinion in Louisiana v. Callais. In a 6-3 ruling, the Court weakened Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), which prohibits any voting rule or procedure that discriminates on the basis of race, color, or language minority status, to the point of inoperability. This sends a clear message to the nation: racial discrimination in redistricting is acceptable when done under the guise of partisan gerrymandering.

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Article published by the Maine Monitor | AP

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Article published by The Tennessean