Over 100 Youth-Led Groups Convene To Address Intersectional Climate Justice
Addressing inequality remains a top priority for youth climate advocates.
Teenagers Are Changing The World. Let Them Vote.
Young activists are leading global struggles over climate change and civil rights. They deserve to have a say in who runs their government.
Celebrating Environmental Defenders at the Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards
Meet the 43rd Annual Letelier-Moffitt awardees, the Honduran Comité Municipal en Defensa de Bienes Comunes y Naturales del Municipio de Tocoa and Zero Hour.
Climate-Striking Young People Get Climate Change. Why Can’t Their Elders?
In deeply unequal societies, the rich and powerful never feel the environmental pain.
Youth Movements Changing Tactics in the Face of Climate Crisis
From occupying House offices to suing the federal government, young people are exploring creative strategies to spur action on climate change.
2012 Letelier-Moffitt Awards Uncut
Watch the whole ceremony right here on our blog.
Tiffany Dena Loftin’s Letelier-Moffitt Award Speech
The Chilean Student Movement’s tactics are non-traditional, non-violent, and accessible.
Young Voices and New Visions from Africa
Join this public discussion with young bloggers, students, and activists from Africa, IPS Associate Fellow and AU Professor Carl LeVan will ask, is there a generation gap in Africa today? How do young people confront negative stereotypes of Africa in the US, while also challenging hard political realities back home?
The UC Davis Pepper Spray Incident
Lt. John Pike hosed down a line of silent, passive, determined, and frightened students, as if they were nothing more than weeds he needed to kill.
Report from Occupy Boston
Occupiers in Boston expand their camp to Rose Kennedy Greenway Park, but they are met with police force and arrests.
Author Event: Zahra’s Paradise
Join the Institute’s Foreign Policy In Focus project for a discussion and book signing with Amir, the writer and co-creator of Zahra’s Paradise. Amir is an Iranian-American human rights activist, journalist and documentary filmmaker and has lived and worked in the United States, Canada, Europe and Afghanistan. His essays and articles have appeared far and wide in the press.
Peru’s Leftist Student Revival
In the face of a disturbing past and widespread apathy, leftist students struggle to encourage political action on campus.
The Pain in Spain
The Spanish government has been showing the world how to repress an uprising European-style.
The New Age of Journalism
U.S. citizens and activists seek to broaden the Al Jazeera English audience by increasing its availability on local cable networks.
An Evening Talk with Visiting Afro-Venezuela Students
Venezuela has designated the month of May, the same month as the historic African Liberation Day, as Afro-Venezuelan Month. Afro-Venezuelan communities have been historically marginalized and forgotten in Venezuela. However, the country’s Bolivarian Revolution has increasingly seen this sector of the population organize and effectively impact progressive policy measures. The Institute for Policy Studies’ Foreign Policy in Focus project and Cimarrones-Howard University invites you to a brown bag discussion with Roraima Yurimar Gutierrez Moreno and John Daniel Morocoima Gudino. Both will be speaking about Afro-Venezuelan culture, education and social movements in Venezuela, particularly among the country’s youth.