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Archives: Youth
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Girl Soldiers: Forgotten Casualties of War
By Pat Hynes | ( Truthdig ) | - - As secretary of State, Hillary Clinton was visibly shaken by sexual crimes against women and girls when she visited the Democratic Republic…![Michelle Obama: Trump a Cruel, Lifetime Sexual Predator – “It Hurts.”](http://web.archive.org./web/20161116100608im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/michelle-obama-trump-a-cruel-lif-187x137.jpg)
Michelle Obama: Trump a Cruel, Lifetime Sexual Predator – “It Hurts.”
Michelle Obama | New Hampshire Speech on Trump | - - Transcript via NPR: - - . . . And now, here I am, out on the campaign trail in an election…![Stopping the War on Children](http://web.archive.org./web/20161116100608im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/stopping-the-war-on-children-187x137.jpg)
Stopping the War on Children
Kevin Watkins | ( Project Syndicate ) | - - On the twentieth anniversary of the Machel report, the international community must draw a line and stop the war against children. That…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20161116100608im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/table_1_-187x137.jpg)
The Economic Crisis of Greying World: 30 Countries have more Elderly than Children
By Joseph Chamie | (Inter Press Service) | - - NEW YORK (IPS) - It first happened in Italy in 1995. Five years later it happened in six additional countries, Bulgaria, Germany,…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20161116100608im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/06/shadowgovengelhardt-180x137.jpg)
Dear Graduates: We’re Leaving you a Trumpian America; Please Fix It
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - I’ve long had a weakness for commencement addresses, or at least for what they might be rather than what they usually are,…![Michigan faculty Support Muslim Students on Campus in face of Trumpian Hate-Chalking](http://web.archive.org./web/20161116100608im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/michigan-faculty-support-muslim-187x137.jpg)
Michigan faculty Support Muslim Students on Campus in face of Trumpian Hate-Chalking
Dear Members of the U-M [University of Michigan] community We stand with our friends/students/colleagues and with the Central Student Government (CSG), Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA), and Senate Assembly in…5 Years After Revolution, Egyptians See #PanamaPapers as Further Vindication of Mubarak’s Ouster
By Salma Essam | (Global Voices) | - - Among the names contained in the Panama Papers, the enormous trove of confidential documents revealing how the world's elite exploit tax havens, is…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20161116100608im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/new_arabs-10-180x137.jpg)
Arab Youth view ISIL as major Mideast Obstacle, want less Religion
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The annual Arab Youth survey conducted by pollsters Burson-Marsteller is out, reporting on 3500 interviews with Arabs 18-24 years of age in 16…![Lebanon: Over 70% of Syrian Refugee Children Forced into Child Labor](http://web.archive.org./web/20161116100608im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/lebanon-over-70-of-syrian-refuge-187x137.jpg)
Lebanon: Over 70% of Syrian Refugee Children Forced into Exploitative Child Labor
TeleSur | - - A report by an anti-slavery group also details how Syrian refugee girls are being forced into child marriage and sex slavery. Up to 70 percent of Syrian refugee…![‘Not Sharia’: Female Afghan Rap Star campaigns against Child Marriage](http://web.archive.org./web/20161116100608im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/03/not-sharia-female-afghan-rap-sta-187x137.jpg)
‘Not Sharia’: Female Afghan Rap Star campaigns against Child Marriage
Jon Snow | (Channel 4 News Video Report) | - - "Sonita Alizadeh was just 10-years-old the first time her parents tried to sell her as a child bride. She turned to…![Thousands of Children Under Siege in War-Torn Syria](http://web.archive.org./web/20161116100608im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/03/thousands-of-children-under-sieg-187x137.jpg)
Thousands of Children Under Siege in War-Torn Syria
By Valentina Ieri | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - Seeing children dying due to a lack of doctors and medicines, and seeing them grow up in a…![Two Children Die Every Day Trying to Cross the Mediterranean](http://web.archive.org./web/20161116100608im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/02/two-children-die-every-day-tryin-187x137.jpg)
Two Children Die Every Day Trying to Cross the Mediterranean
TeleSur | - - Children make up 36 percent of the those making the perilous migration journey across the sea, often to flee conflicts. As the refugees crisis surges on with thousands…![Is the future Socialist? Bernie Sanders swept 84% of the Youth Vote Iowa](http://web.archive.org./web/20161116100608im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/02/is-the-future-socialist-bernie-s-187x137.jpg)
Is the future Socialist? Bernie Sanders swept 84% of the Youth Vote in Iowa
TeleSur | - - Sanders captured the youth vote in Iowa. However, youth voter turnout was down 4 percent from when President Barack Obama ran in 2008. In what the Iowa Democratic…![Fears of Trafficking: 10,000 Refugee Children Missing In Europe](http://web.archive.org./web/20161116100608im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/02/fears-of-trafficking-10000-refug-187x137.jpg)
Fears of Trafficking: 10,000 Refugee Children Missing In Europe
AJ+ | (Video News Report) | -- "At least five children and 34 adult refugees died after their boat capsized off the Turkish coast. But for the children who make it to…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20161116100608im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/new_arabs-1-180x137.jpg)
Tahrir 5 Years Later: The Hurdles to Democratization & Arab Youth Revolts
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - A frequently met-with Western political and often journalistic narrative of the 2011 youth revolts in the Arab world is that idealistic young people…![400,000 Syrian Refugee Children Can’t Go To School In Turkey](http://web.archive.org./web/20161116100608im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/11/400000-syrian-refugee-children-c-187x137.jpg)
400,000 Syrian Refugee Children Can’t Go To School In Turkey
AJ+ | (Video Report) | - - "Even though Syrian refugee children can legally go to school in Turkey, language barriers and economic struggles make it hard for them to actually attend."…![Parenting in Fear: Leaving a Climate Apocalypse to our Children](http://web.archive.org./web/20161116100608im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/10/parenting-in-fear-leaving-a-clim-187x137.jpg)
Parenting in Fear: Leaving a Climate Apocalypse to our Children
Frida Berrigan | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Madeline is in the swing, her face the picture of delight. “Mo, mo,” she cries and kicks her legs to show me that…![Why Are So Many Millennials Rallying Behind Bernie Sanders?](http://web.archive.org./web/20161116100608im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/10/why-are-so-many-millennials-rall-187x137.jpg)
Why Are So Many Millennials Rallying Behind Bernie Sanders?
Lindsay Miller | (Popsugar Video Report) | - - "If you've been on Facebook lately, there's a good chance you've seen Bernie Sanders popping up in your feed. The 73-year-old senator is…![Rights group: Israelis have killed nearly 2000 Palestinian children since 2000](http://web.archive.org./web/20161116100608im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/rights-group-israelis-have-kille-187x137.jpg)