“Not for me, but for them”: East Palo Alto’s newest city councilman on lifting up the city’s youth.

Native son Antonio Lopez, 26, is opening doors by knocking on them…and he wants local kids to do the same. Native son Antonio Lopez will be the newest (and youngest) member of East Palo Alto’s City Council, securing the final seat by less than 100 votes via a grassroots campaign. (Image via Antonio Lopez’s Facebook page) As a small Bay Area city on the Peninsula, East Palo Alto infamously gained national attention ...

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“Unapologetically progressive”: the historic rise of James Coleman, 21, to SSF city council

Coleman is the council’s first openly LGBTQ member, its first democratic socialist and the youngest individual ever elected to the seat. Coleman, 21, is a senior at Harvard University this year. He’ll complete the remainder of his school year online so as to be present during his term as councilmember for the city of South San Francisco, he said. (Image via James Coleman’s Facebook page) This past autumn was a blur for ...

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Generational shift: How a 24-year-old democratic socialist won a seat on Redwood City’s council

Meet Lissette Espinoza-Garnica, the nonbinary Chicanx who made Bay Area history on a working-class platform “This movement is something I really want to be a part of — the movement for the working class. It’s shown me how much I can do.”—Lissette Espinoza-Garnica (Image via Lissette Espinoza-Garnica’s Facebook page) As young progressives seek to make their voices heard across the country, many have looked beyond protest signs or social media posts to ...

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OK, Boomers, meet your match: Silicon Valley’s youngest politicians take on 2020

Most of them weren’t yet born when Dianne Feinstein was elected to the Senate. Now, this group of under-30 locals is running to change their corner of California. Article by Sarah Klearman Additional reporting by Danny Acosta & Charles Russo Meet eight candidates who are all under the age of 30 and running for their local city councils in the 6–5–0 area code. (Images courtesy of the candidates) It’s been a formative year so ...

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Watch RBG’s 2017 speech at Stanford University on the topic of “Living a Meaningful Life”

Ruth Bader Ginsburg made three notable visits to Stanford over the years, culminating with a talk that looked beyond the courts and politics. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks before a small audience at the Taube Hillel House, on the Stanford campus, February 7, 2017. (Photo by Charles Russo) A native daughter of Brooklyn. A scholar of Cornell and Harvard, professor at Rutgers and Columbia. An iconic figure of Washington. Supreme Court ...

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