An ‘Army of 16-Year-Olds’ Takes On the Democrats

Young progressives are an unpredictable new factor in Massachusetts elections. They’re ardent, and organized, and they don’t take orders.   By Ellen Barry May 19, 2021Updated 4:50 p.m. ET BOSTON — Dana Depelteau, a hotel manager, had just gone public with a...

Look for youth leadership after Covid 19

As societies open up again as the pandemic recedes, there will be an opening for creativity, for new ideas and innovations. For all of us who perceive and honor the capacities of youths to invent, create, and lead, this will be a time for us to recognize new...

Shubham Banerjee, 16

It all started with a school science project when then 12-year-old Shubham Banerjee used his Lego bricks to build a braille printer. With this inventive creation, he made computing more affordable for millions of people with vision problems and Braigo — a blend of...

Haile Thomas, 16

Haile Thomas has been an advocate for proper diet and nutrition from a young age. At the start of last year, Haile became the youngest certified health coach in the United States after graduating from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. In 2012, she founded HAPPY...