Young Folks: Get Out the Vote!

By: Erica Darragh 2020 has been a year of profound change. At the beginning of the year, a deeply polarizing Democratic primary revealed distinct generational divides in political views and priorities. In the spring, economic disparity crystallized during the COVID-19 pandemic. By summer, the racial justice uprising ignited millions of people around the world to demand an end to police brutality and institutionalized racism. Experts estimate that between 15 and 26 million people in the United States participated in the uprising, making Black Lives Matter the largest movement in US history. Young people are already changing the world, and the outcome...