From Feministing - high school students use their White House photo op to hand over a letter condemning the US government's use of torture. It sounds like about a third of this year's presidential scholars signed the letter. Check out an interview below.
When I was around this age I was doing a lot politically, much more than I am now, certainly. The energy and fearlessness that I found in youth activism just hasn't been duplicated in any of the grown-up radical left. We don't give that age group enough credit.
Of course, now they're doing the talkshow circuit, which is a little tacky. I guess it's where political debate happens in the states right now, though.
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