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Spain proposes lowering voting age to 16 #16tovote

The secretary of the Joventut de la Generalitat, Eugeni Villalbí, has been in favour of young people voting at 16 and, as explained in an interview with ACN, will work to include this premise in the National Pacte per la Joventut. Spain’s Government will propose lowering voting age to 16 years The secretary of the […]

Voting rights urged for 16 and 17 year olds in UK #16tovote

The voting age should be dropped to 16, according to a major think-tank. Demos claims that one million people aged 16 and 17 are disenfranchised by "outdated" attitudes, and that the case for change is "stronger than ever". Demos director Richard Reeves said at 16 young people were old enoug to work and pay tax […]

A Victim Treats His Mugger Right

Julio Diaz has a daily routine. Every night, the 31-year-old social worker ends his hour-long subway commute to the Bronx one stop early, just so he can eat at his favorite diner. But one night last month, as Diaz stepped off the No. 6 train and onto a nearly empty platform, his evening took an […]

11-Year-Old Grows Tons of Veggies for the Homeless

It all began in third grade, when Katie Stagliano's 40-pound cabbage fed 275 homeless people. Now, Katie's six gardens have produced over 4,000 pounds of vegetables to feed the needy. When Katie Stagliano was in third grade, she planted a cabbage in her family's small garden. When it grew to an astounding 40 pounds, she […]

High School Graduates Continue Fight Against Censorship

The Tattler is the school newspaper at Ithaca High School in New York. It has over a hundred year history and is student staffed and written. A faculty adviser is assigned to the students who oversees publication and has the authority to censor inappropriate or offensive material. In 2004, there were two occasions where the […]

Student victory affects government’s credibility

The government’s credibility and strategy were battered by the student’s overwhelming victory which had paralyzed the entire University of Puerto Rico system and surprised everyone with technological and judicial superiority, its willingness to resist the police, and its model of direct democracy which made the national political institution look bad. After suffering losses that the […]

UK Government publishes 'free school' application forms

Parents can begin applying to set up their own "free schools" from today. The Department for Education (DfE) is publishing a proposal form for groups to fill out, setting out their reasons, the aims and objectives of the school, an outline of a curriculum, evidence of demand from parents and possible locations. Education Secretary Michael […]

Fla. passes law preventing restriction of students' First Amendment rights

FLORIDA -- Gov. Charlie Crist signed a bill into law June 4 that is meant to prevent school districts from restricting the First Amendment rights of school employees or students without their consent.

The measure, House Bill 31, goes into effect July 1. It prevents districts from entering into...

Voting age may be lowered to 16 in Finnish municipal elections #16tovote

The voting age in Finnish municipal elections could be lowered to 16 in time for the 2016 elections, according to a statement by experts on Tuesday. A ministry of justice working group is currently looking into the possibility of allowing 16-year-olds to vote in municipal elections. The initiative is intended to improve voting activity amongst […]

Judge convicts Ark. mom in Facebook flap with son

An Arkansas woman who locked her son out of his Facebook account and posted her own items there was convicted Thursday of misdemeanor harassment and ordered not to have contact with the teenager. Clark County District Judge Randy Hill ordered Denise New, of Arkadelphia, to pay a $435 fine and complete anger-management and parenting classes. […]

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