This op-ed story was produced during the Fall 2020 Youth Voice Workshop. Growing up in South Minneapolis near the Little Earth area, I have witnessed the… Read More
Voices: Help the Homeless
Voices: ‘Let’s Not Lose the Earth’
This op-ed story was produced during the Fall 2020 Youth Voice Workshop. Here’s why you should generate electricity in ways that don’t warm the Earth. Coal… Read More
Voices: Please, Wear Your Mask
This op-ed story was produced during the Fall 2020 Youth Voice Workshop. Dear customer, why aren’t you wearing a mask? This is the question I ask… Read More
Voices: Step Aside, Amplify Black Voices
This op-ed story was produced during the Fall 2020 Youth Voice Workshop. Nonblack celebrities are using social media to unintentionally cause harm to Black communities. Instead… Read More
Voices: Xenophobia Isn’t New
This op-ed story was produced during the Fall 2020 Youth Voice Workshop. What can we learn from discrimination my ancestors faced 100 years ago? Small town… Read More
Voices: Accept What You Can’t Change
This op-ed story was produced during the Fall 2020 Youth Voice Workshop. Today, it seems like everything is out of our control: The COVID-19 pandemic is… Read More
Voices: Comparing Pandemic Responses
This op-ed story was produced during the Fall 2020 Youth Voice Workshop. As the COVID-19 pandemic first unfolded in March of this year, from my living… Read More
Voices: Voting Matters
This op-ed story was produced during the Fall 2020 Youth Voice Workshop. “Cada voto conta.” In English, this means “every vote counts.” One night a couple… Read More
Voices: Stop Hating on Muslims
This op-ed story was produced during the Fall 2020 Youth Voice Workshop. On Instagram recently, a stranger direct-messaged me with a series of emojis that included… Read More
Voices: Virtual School is Hard
This op-ed story was produced during the Fall 2020 Youth Voice Workshop. I remember when it began. I was sitting with my mom explaining why I… Read More
