The Voice of Young Voters
What happens to campaign materials after the election?
What happens to campaign materials after the election?
Now that the election is over and the inauguration tourists have gone home, what happens to all those shirts and buttons and hats and bumper stickers?

By SarahMarie Harman, Written for UPI
The fight for rights goes cyber
The fight for rights goes cyber
NEW YORK, June 25 (UPI) -- Violent protests during Iran's 1979 Revolution signaled the first major turning point in the country's modern history. With the help of technology, current protests may very well usher in the second.

By Shruti Pant
Drowning out the nation
For the people of Lebanon to live and work together towards a better nation, they must write a common narrative that they can all adopt.

By Maryam Hoballah, Sawt Ashabab/YouthVoice
Taking notice
There is obviously a need for change, yet who can deliver this change to us? Why of course, the only force in history known for instilling rapid change - the youth.

By Nader Atassi, Sawt Ashabab/YouthVoice
Step into pollution hell and don’t forget your mask
Step into pollution hell and don’t forget your mask
Welcome to Bourj Hammoud on the east of Beirut. It has become a dump for neighboring towns to abuse,an acute example of the pollution challenges facing Lebanon.

By Nadine Ghaith, Sawt Ashabab/YouthVoice
Insufficient parking spaces in Lebanon
Insufficient parking spaces in Lebanon
Is this really the best solution, to remove all trees to build parking lots when our country is on the edge of an ecological disaster?

By Rachel Obeid, Sawt Ashabab/YouthVoice
Lebanon and the jews
Lebanon and the jews
Lebanon is famous for its religious diversity, with 18 sects living within its 10,425 km². However, the country's native Jewish community is witnessing a decline that might prove terminal.

By Fatima Farhat, Sawt Ashabab/YouthVoice
Women in politics
In Lebanon, women have succeeded in earning rights and equality to men in different fields from business to management and others, but where do Lebanese women stand in the political field?

By Alexandra Saadeh and Rachel Obeid, Sawt Ashabab/YouthVoice
Feminizing politics
In a country where women constitute over half the population, Lebanon still lacks fair political representation of women, even more so than some of its more conservative Arab neighbors.

By Ghenwa Marwan El Jurdy, Sawt Ashabab/YouthVoice
Abstinence movement takes Washington
Abstinence movement takes Washington
Thomas Askew said that he would be on death row with his four best friends from eighth grade without the influence of the abstinence program “Choosing to Excel.”

By Shanley Knox
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