Trump Administration Rolls Back Protections for Trans Youth
Recently, The U.S. Education Department (ED), under the Trump administration, announced the ending of Title IX agreements with five school districts and one college that protected transgender students from discrimination. Title IX is a 1972 civil rights law prohibiting sex-based discrimination in education programs receiving federal funding. Under previous administrations, its regulations were further extended to transgender and gay students. […]
Nepal and Madagascar: The Uprisings Must Go Further
In September, hundreds of thousands of mostly young protesters marched in the streets of Nepal, demanding an end to their corrupt government that oversaw poverty and suffering for the majority while a corrupt political caste and capitalist ruling class skimmed off the wealth of society for themselves. Within weeks, their protest had brought down the […]
Peru: State of Emergency, But a Social Emergency!
October 30 2025 reprint from the website of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French The impeachment of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte, abandoned by her political allies under pressure from the popular mobilizations that have been shaking the country since early September, has not quelled the anger. On October 15, tens of […]
From One Continent to the Next, Youth Revolt Lights the Way!
October 6, 2025 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. After [former French prime ministers] Barnier and Bayrou, Lecornu (the latest to resign) has just set a new record that will be hard to beat: his government resigned before even taking office! Meanwhile, life goes on. The desperate situation of […]
CDC Report on Teen Depression: This System is Making us Sick
A CDC report released on Feb. 13 told us that there is a terrible rise in teen depression, especially for girls. Specifically, in the U.S. nearly: These findings show high and worsening levels of persistent sadness or hopelessness across all racial and ethnic groups. We can’t be sure of all of the causes of this. […]
Netflix Movie “Moxie” Provides Example of Youth Organizing against Sexism
Moxie is a movie on Netflix about a group of high school women who stand up to sexism at their school. The main character, Vivian, is inspired by a new student at her school whose response to a discussion in class on the novel The Great Gatsby is to question why they are reading a […]
Health Care for Trans Youth is Not Abuse
Last Friday, the Supreme Court of Texas allowed the state to resume child abuse investigations into parents of transgender youth, something previously blocked by a lower court. Now, parents who provide their transgender or non-binary children access to gender-affirming care, such as puberty blockers and hormones, can be investigated by the Department of Family and […]
How Dare the Government Charge a Teenager with Terrorism?
What right does the US government, which has carried out acts of terror domestically and abroad, have to decry “terrorism”?
How Dare They Try To Steal Our Future!
Young people today face a world of crises. It’s clear that this society does not function for the benefit of 99% of humanity. The problem is capitalism: a system where a tiny fraction of the population owns and controls the world’s resources, wealth, and the infrastructure we depend on. Democrats and Republicans both manage this […]