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Abolish Travel Teams

Youth sports should be about fun and fair play — not turning kids into anxious investments for parents and private equity.

The Devil’s Music

Years and years before gangster rap, satanic lyrics, glam rock, and Led Zeppelin’s groupie antics, good old-fashioned rock ‘n’ roll — the chosen music of the postwar youth — roused nothing less than a full-blown moral panic across America. Here are the songs most responsible.

The View From the Arena

Dystopian teen films will remain popular as long as they keep reflecting truths about young people’s prospects under capitalism.

How Adults Took Over YA

By treating young adult fiction as a laboratory for professional-class moralizing, the publishing industry has effectively abandoned actual teens.

Kid-Free Zones

Public spaces are replete with laws and design choices that limit teens’ access to them.