Stories tagged: "NextGen"

Elections Cheri Beasley sits at a table in a restaurant with potential supporters in Durham, NC.
Elections Cheri Beasley Just Landed an Endorsement from the Largest Youth Voting Group in the US 

Youth voters were a key demographic in Joe Biden’s 2020 win over Donald Trump.

Michael McElroy Michael McElroy June 15, 2022 8:00 am EDT
Elections Dating apps and voting? Youth voter orgs in North Carolina are using the ubiquitous apps to make-inroads in voter participation. (Shutterstock)
Elections Swipe Right If You Love Democracy: How NC Voting Groups Are Using Dating Apps

NextGen America, a voting organization that helped mobilize 4.6 million young voters two years ago, will bring their North Carolina outreach to Tinder, Bumble and Hinge.

Michael McElroy Michael McElroy February 28, 2022 2:24 pm EST
Education A truck carrying an ad in Raleigh for NextGen, a national youth voter organization seeking to turn out college voters in North Carolina.
Education ‘They’re Ready to Vote’: Inside the Push to Turn Out NC’s College Students

Voting among young people surged in NC in the 2018 election. Organizers are hoping for an even bigger windfall in 2020.

Michael McElroy Michael McElroy October 16, 2020 12:41 pm EDT
Coronavirus In an election roiled by coronavirus and racial injustice, three young voters tell us what's motivating them for this election. President Trump came up early and often. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Coronavirus ‘We Didn’t Vote in 2016’: Why These Young NC Voters Are So Eager to Vote This Year

Three young voters from NC talk about the issues and the candidates that will drive them to the polls this year.

Max Millington Max Millington October 5, 2020 4:08 pm EDT
Commentary Holding a sign that reads, "The American system is rigged," a woman amplifies her voice as she implores protesters to rise to the occasion and become activists during a Caribbean-led Black Lives Matter rally at Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza, Sunday, June 14, 2020, in New York. Image via AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Commentary I’m a Youth Organizer. This Juneteenth, I Pledge to Get Out the Youth Vote

A NC-based youth organizer reflects on the pain preceding this year's Juneteenth celebrations and outlines how to move forward.

Kayla B. Cox Kayla B. Cox June 19, 2020 6:32 am EDT

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The Charlotte Pride celebrations in 2019. It's Pride Month in NC, and we've curated the best events to check out this month. (Shutterstock) LGBTQ Drag Shows, Family Picnics, and Parades: This Is How You Celebrate Pride Month in North Carolina
A protester at an abortion-rights rally in Raleigh in May. (Photo by Michael McElroy) Law and Policy Abortion Is Still Legal in North Carolina for Now—But There Are Restrictions
Advocates say enhanced background checks for gun buyers under 21 might have stopped the mass shooting by an 18-year-old gunman in Uvalde, Texas. Photo by Jinitzail Hernandez Law and Policy What the First Major Gun Safety Legislation Passed in Decades Means for North Carolina
This May 8, 1964 file photo shows Linda Brown Smith standing in front of the Sumner School in Topeka, Kansas. The refusal of the public school to admit Brown in 1951, then nine years old, because she is black, led to the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled the "separate but equal" clause and mandated that schools nationwide must be desegregated. Tuesday marks the 68th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision. (AP Photo, File) Commentary 68 Years After Brown v. Board of Education, the Work to Desegregate Our Schools Isn’t Finished