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By De Elizabeth Tiana Woolridge was only 6 or 7 years old as soon as she knew she wanted to be a doctor. Two decades later, she is finishing up her fourth year at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. Once she comes into the medical field as pediatrician in a couple of months, she’ll be doing so in the midst of a pandemic. Like several other students curr..
Read MoreBy Yoonj Kim without known end date, there’s a chance that coronavirus-related physical distancing measures could affect the November general election — and since millenials and Gen Z constitute the largest voting bloc in 2020, young people’s voting rights are among the most at risk. That’s why Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) are sponsoring the Natural..
Read MoreIn the 11th hour, Wisconsin moved its primary election from Tuesday (April 7), as soon as it was previously scheduled. Governor Tony Evers reported on Monday (April 6) that the state will be halting in-person voting and pushing statewide and local elections to June 9 due to coronavirus concerns, POLITICO reported. Wisconsin joins over a dozen other states that have postponed their p..
Read MoreAny time several people think about activism, they’re likely envisioning its most visible component: People emerging from the comfort of their homes to physically gather with each other and make their voices heard. Those protests and rallies have customary themselves as indelible moments in history on their own: the Million Man March, the Stonewall Riot, the Women’s March on Wash..
Read MoreA record 6.6 million Residents of the United States applied for unemployment in the last week of March 2020 — and while that data isn’t damaged down by age, it’s clear that young Residents of the United States are fearful of losing their jobs. Case in point, according to a YouGov/Economist poll taken between March 29 and March 31, Residents of the U.S. Between 18–29 are mor..
Read MoreAs a kid, Paige Kreisman never believed that she would one day run for office. “I could barely imagine myself surviving to adulthood,” she says. For her, that meant joining the United States Armed Forces shortly immediately after high school, and later using her GI bill to attend Oregon State University. Right now the 24-year-old veteran, who lives in Portland, Oregon, is fightin..
Read MoreFrance is officially stepping in to help the victims of domestic violence, several of whom face an increased risk of danger throughout the era of social distancing. The nation first went on strict lockdown on March 17, Time notes, and stipulated that people were not allowed to leave their homes unless they were shopping for groceries, picking up medication or going to the doctor,..
Read MoreStacey Abrams is fighting for her vision of an equitable America — plus it begins with making sure the youngest among us are seen by those in power. The former Georgia state representative, who gained national prominence whenever she ran for governor in 2018, is aware firsthand how voter access can impact a race. Soon after she narrowly lost, her opponent, Brian Kemp, faced accusat..
Read MoreMake no mistake: Roswell, New Mexico is, in several ways, a fantasy. However in the story of three humanoid aliens finding a new sense of house immediately after being abandoned on earth, and of the people they love and who love them, there really are plenty of possibilities to tell real-world stories, too. Take the character of Isobel Evans (Lily Cowles): In the CW show’s second s..
Read MoreSamelys López wants the residents of New York’s 15th congressional district to vote for her. Although she hopes people in the community ask the correct questions as they determine their vote — and not base their decision solely on the fact that she’s another Latina progressive from the Bronx. “What I look for is your conviction,” she told MTV News. “What has your record ..
Read MoreBy Jessica Suriano Brenda Arjona is a doctoral anthropology student, a teaching assistant, solitary parent, along with a resident of the University of California Santa Cruz’s family-student housing, where she pays 78 percent of her monthly revenue to her rent. In December she went on strike for better working conditions; two months later, she was fired. As soon as Arjona and over ..
Read MoreProgressive Democrats are not impressed with the stimulus bill that the Residence of Representatives passed on Friday (March 27) — and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez went as far as calling the bill “shameful” in a biting speech on the Home floor the morning of the vote. She also called out Senate Republicans for building a bill that she says puts agencies before worke..
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