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Celia Lacayo | Ricardo Palavecino for "187"
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Celia Lacayo compares 187's "Save Our State" campaign with Trump's "Make America Great" again slogan.
Manuel Pastor | Ricardo Palavecino for "187"
California has made strides against racism, but it still has a ways to go, says Pastor.
Fernando Guerra | Ricardo Palavecino for "187"
Prop 187 is a political earthquake in California that's still creating aftershocks.
Chon Noriega | Ricardo Palavecino for "187"
No successful movement occurred without arts sharpening its message, says Chon Noriega.
Demonstrators gather in front of the United States Supreme Court, where the Court is hearing arguments on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals - DACA. | Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images
These activists are part of a long history in America, stretching back as far back as the 1830s (and likely beyond), of youth challenging and transforming our democracy. Here is a look at some of those movements.
Sandra Diaz | Ricardo Palavecino for "187"
Anti-187 walkouts were how Sandra Díaz learned what collective action was.
Jorge Nicolás Leal | Ricardo Palavecino for "187"
In music, Jorge Leal found solidarity and safety amid the furor of 187.
Thomas A. Saenz | Ricardo Palavecino for "187"
He could have any job, but Thomas A. Saenz chose to work with the Latino community.
Stewart Kwoh | Samanta Helou Hernandez for "187"
Asian Americans Advancing Justice (founded by Kwoh) joined the lawsuit against Prop 187.
Antonia Hernández | Samanta Helou Hernandez for "187"
Antonia Hernández was at Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund when Prop 187 came about.
Apryl Sims sets up in support of a Proposition 16 rally at Dorsey High School in Los Angeles | Allison Zaucha for The Washington Post via Getty Images
Proposition 16 is intended to bring affirmative action back into the way Californians do business. I studied both the arguments for and against Proposition 16 and found that those against the ballot perpetuate several myths about affirmative action.
Destiny Martinez, 18, votes for the first time at the Power California early voting event and festival for students of the Los Angeles Unified School District on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 in Norwalk. | Mindy Schauer/Digital First Media/OC Register
Here are seven articles that help illuminate how California voter choices will affect youth — and how this next generation is responding to the needs of the times.
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