GSS correspondents captured scenes from the Woman's March in Washington, D.C. and sister marches in New York, Paris, Chicago, Eugene, Oregon and even Walla Walla, Washington, on Jan. 21, the day after Donald Trump's inauguration as U.S. president. Here's a sampling of their work.
Not surprisingly, a Stanford study released on Nov. 21 found that most teenagers were not able to distinguish between online opinions/sponsored content and news. This, combined with the scope of false articles that rippled through Facebook in the weeks and months prior to the election, has led some to wonder if fake news directly affected voters’ choices and students’ opinions.
Youth videographers at Media Enterprise Alliance in Oakland created this video in response to Republican Donald J. Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 8.
As high school and college students took to the streets to protest the results of Tuesday's U.S. presidential election, Stagg High School Phillicity Uriarte-Jones reflects on her commitment to social change. Uriarte-Jones says Donald Trump's victory will only make her work harder for what she wants.
"[B]ecause in the end, the thing that is going to help us get through this is us supporting one another and being ourselves more than we have before and being proud to just not be a part of that culture of hatred."
Against seemingly overwhelming odds, including accusations of a “rigged” election, controversial comments about women, Hispanics and Muslims, and a massive exodus of establishment Republicans, real estate mogul and Republican nominee Donald Trump has triumphed in the 2016 election and will become the 45th president of the United States.
Mohi Andrabi speaks to several young voters at Claremont High School in Claremont, California, who share their thoughts on the candidates and hopes for election night.
The future of initiatives that Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton launched — including programs aimed at creating more jobs for youth, more opportunities for girls’ education and help on becoming a better parent — could be uncertain, given new scrutiny over the Foundation’s plans for funding operations in the event of a Clinton victory on Tuesday.