June 12, 2008
A New Blog Seeks to Give Voice to a Portion of the Youth Vote
A new blog seeks to give concrete voice to a progressive portion of the youth vote by gathering 18 students and other members of the “Millennial” generation to write about issues and ideas that concern them.
The blog, called Pushback, begins today and is a project of Campus Progress Action, a group that works to support progressive thinking among young people.
“Pundits have declared 2008 ‘the year of the youth vote,’” said Rob Anderson, editor of Pushback. “And they are right: Young people voted in record numbers in the presidential primaries, and that trend will likely continue in the general election. But journalists and conservatives continue to dismiss young people as apathetic slackers or naive idealists—and, worse, they rarely seek out the voices of young people themselves.”
Pushback will be written by 18 young people from around the United States, including a law student at American University, an investigative student reporter at Seton Hall University, and a political-science and anthropology student at Howard University.
Sara Hebel | Posted on Thursday June 12, 2008 | PermalinkComments
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wow, this site looks really awesome. about time someone start something like this!
— Tom Jun 12, 01:49 PM #
This site is excellent.
Older generations think that young people are just caught up in “the windy trends of change.”
Its about time we have an outlet to show the world that today’s youth are interested in more than just Obamamania.
— Suffy Jun 12, 03:49 PM #