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  2. Timeline of young people's rights in the United States

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    Modern children's rights issues in the United States include child labor laws, including many agricultural settings where young people between the ages of 14 and 18 routinely work full time jobs and receive half of the minimum wage. [32] Another common issue is child custody. Laws that make it extremely difficult for non-custodial parents to ...

  3. Youth rights - Wikipedia

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    The Global Youth Action Network engages young people around the world in advocating for youth rights, and Peacefire provides technology-specific support for youth rights activists. Choose Responsibility and their successor organization, the Amethyst Initiative , founded by John McCardell, Jr. , exist to promote the discussion of the drinking ...

  4. History of youth rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Youth Rights first began to emerge through the National Student League, and were furthered greatly when young people across the country banded together to form the American Youth Congress. Concerned with many issues of the times, this organization went so far as to present a Declaration of the Rights of American Youth to the U.S. Congress. [1]

  5. Young people don’t trust the government or media, new ... - AOL

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    Young people don’t trust the government or media, new national Gallup survey says ... and the importance of civic engagement in safeguarding the freedoms and rights that define the United States ...

  6. Youth vote in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Young people have the lowest turnout, though as the individual ages, turnout increases to a peak at the age of 50 and then falls again. [5] Ever since 18-year-olds were given the right to vote in 1971 through the 26th Amendment to the Constitution , [ 6 ] youth have been under represented at the polls as of 2003. [ 1 ]

  7. Youth suffrage - Wikipedia

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    Constitution, which gave young people the vote at age eighteen, spurred conflicts with regard to where students should vote. Those who opposed allowing students to vote in their college towns argued that students should be forced to vote where their parents lived, and sometimes these efforts were specifically aimed at Black students.

  8. Young women turned out for abortion rights in Kansas. Will ...

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    “I think people realize that young people, especially young women, come out and vote when they’re extremely pissed off,” said Allie Utley, the vice president of the Kansas Young Democrats.

  9. Youth in the United States - Wikipedia

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    An estimated 9.4 million young people aged 16 to 24 in the United States, that is 12.3%, were neither working nor in school. [33] As of July 2017, an estimated 20.9 million young people aged 16 to 24 in the United States were employed in the United States. But, the unemployment rate for youth was 9.6% in July, down by 1.9% from July 2016. [34]