When the Pencil Was the Sword
When revolutionary Cuba asked its youth to eliminate illiteracy, 100,000 answered the call, reshaping their country and themselves in the process.
20918 Article(s) by: Kool A. D.
Kool A.D. is a rapper, author, and astrological navigator.
The Inheritors of an Unfinished Revolution
Growing up after the monarchy’s fall, Nepal’s youth are confronting a republic that transformed political institutions while leaving the underlying social order intact.
Generation Z in Name Only
Mexico City’s “Gen Z” anti-government protest against President Claudia Sheinbaum bears all the hallmarks of an astroturf campaign.
A War for Oil?
What Donald Trump wants from Venezuela’s oil fields is not money but power.
The Price of Love
A recent turnaround in South Korea’s marriage rate shows that its fertility crisis is also an affordability crisis.
Don’t Just Give 16-Year-Olds the Vote — Give Them Something to Vote For
Austria’s experience with 16-year-old voters shows that expanding the franchise does little to restore trust when elections amount to a choice between managed decline and the far right.
Israel’s Young Settler Vanguard
In the West Bank, at-risk youth are recast as pioneers — funded by Israeli ministries and US tax-deductible charities — and deployed to harass, dispossess, and drive Palestinians from their land.
Growing Up in Israeli Prison
Israel is arresting more Palestinian children than ever before — and it’s not even bothering to charge many of them with crimes.
When Students Struck to End the War in Vietnam
In May 1970, four million students went on strike across the country, shutting down classes at hundreds of colleges, universities, and high schools and demanding an end to the Vietnam War.
The Student Intifada
A little over two years ago, the student movement for Palestine transformed American college campuses seemingly overnight. But the passion and energy that built those encampments wasn’t enough to sustain the fight.
Working Overtime
When and where organized labor’s been on the move.
ICE vs. High Schoolers
We spoke with high school students in Minneapolis about how they were affected by ICE’s occupation of the city.
Kenya’s Youth Protesters Are Ready to Govern
The Kenya Left Alliance played a role in organizing the country’s recent rebellion against regressive tax reforms and police brutality. Now it’s launching a bid for power in the 2027 elections.
Unequal Inheritances
Young people stand to inherit both more and less than ever before. Hiking the inheritance tax might help reduce inequality.
The Gen Z Crack-Up?
We surveyed over a thousand young people across the anglophone world to get a sense of their views on politics and culture.
Zohrannabes
Across the country, Democrats have tried and failed to emulate Mamdani’s successful mayoral campaign.
Wolves in Youth’s Clothing
A new crop of young Democratic Party challengers is running on generational politics alone, hoping to capitalize on voters’ hunger for change without running afoul of the centrist establishment.