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Youth Power posters motivate high school students to vote during the Power California event in Norwalk on Wednesday, October 24, 2018. | Mindy Schauer/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images
Increasing inequality in society calls for a re-evaluation of national understandings of who and what a voter looks like, the precedent for enfranchisement expansion and reform, and what the possible consequences would be of lowering the voting age.
Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, including Emma Gonzalez (C), stand together on stage with other young victims of gun violence at the March for Our Lives rally on March 24, 2018 in Washington, DC. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Young people have a pivotal role in some of today's biggest issues. See how their voices have helped shaped movements around the world.
(L-R) Youth leaders Jacob "Blacc" Jackson, Joshua Ham and Christian Flagg | Courtesy of Brothers, Sons, Selves
Restorative champions say that the model reduces suspensions and engagement with law enforcement while increasing the sense of community and safety on campus. They say this type of change is possible not only for schools but also for cities and states.
People holding up signs that say "Wilson blaming the worldwide recession on the Immigrants" protesting Prop 187. | Still from "187"
Prop 187 is an important lesson about the strength of a galvanized Latino electorate but highlights the need for continued vigilance in the 21st-century immigration policy landscape.
Los Angeles California, October 8, 2020: Voting ballot material. | Jorge Villalba / iStock
Prop. 13 represents a clean cleave not just in the state's taxation system, but in the fabric of Californians' lives.
A young Gil Cedillo at the head of a table discussing plans for an anti-Prop 187 march | Still from "187"
As Proposition 187 loomed on the horizon, union leaders gathered their respective organizations and united against a ballot that threatened their constituents and their communities.
Activist Howard Jarvis featured in THE FIRST ANGRY MAN.
Filmmakers Jason Cohn and Camille Servan-Schreiber speak about the decade-long journey to untangle the mire that Proposition 13 has brought the state of California into.
A roll of "I Voted" stickers | Element 5 / Unsplash
Prop 13’s passing was a pivotal moment in history when individual needs overruled those of society as a whole —and the long-term ramifications are still being debated to this day.
Protestors shout from a bus against Proposition 187 | Still from "187"
Los expertos ven un reflejo entre los movimientos antiinmigrantes y anti-minorías en la década de 1990, los cambios políticos que trajeron al estado y el estado actual de la nación.
Protestors shout from a bus against Proposition 187 | Still from "187"
Experts see a mirror image between the anti-immigrant and anti-minorities movements in the 1990s, the political change it brought to the state, and the current state of the nation. 
A rally against Prop 187 | Still from "187"
Behind every good campaign are organizers who help mobilize the masses toward a common goal. Meet four of the figures behind the anti-Proposition 187 campaign and the dreamer who, decades later, is dealing with the ballot's consequences. 
People marching during the Oakland teacher strike. | Image from "City Rising: Youth & Democracy"
This season of political documentaries deals with the power of youth in democracy, the history and legacy of Prop 187, the impact power has on each person’s health and the story of how one angry man changed launched a nationwide tax revolt that continues
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