Category: Midwest

Why some college students are voting red in 2024 election

By Ava Steffens >> With a tight presidential race, both major party candidates are trying to pick up voters, particularly among Generation Z, where 8 million young people join the electorate and could cast ballots for the first time on Nov. 5. These young voters are progressive and tend to lean toward the Democratic Party.

Shaped by faith: a young councilman’s coming of age

By Ryan Grieser and Lylee Gibbs >> As a teen in St. Louis, Gabriel Dickerson said his life had veered off course. He was trapped in a cycle of bad choices and was in trouble. In December of 2021, at the suggestion of an associate, Dickerson attended a Saturday service in Cairo, a small town

‘A game of margins’: A breakdown of young Pennsylvania voters

By Allie Miller >> For Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J. Trump, there is no clear path to victory without a win in Pennsylvania, and the state’s young voters could help decide the race. Among the swing state’s young voters is 20-year-old Temple University junior Cecilia Schleinitz, a political science and economics