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There are now more people under the age of 25 in the world than ever before, presenting both opportunities for social progress and considerable challenges. Pulitzer Center stories tagged with “Youth” feature reporting on young people, the issues they face and the potential for change they represent. Use the Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder to find and create lesson plans on youth.

 

April 02, 2009 | Pulitzer Center

Flight

J. Malcolm Garcia, for the Pulitzer Center. Photos by Darren McCollester
March 25, 2009 | The Washington Times

Muslim anger ignites violent new response

Far-right-wing vigilantes burned a makeshift mosque in Athens over the weekend after Muslim immigrants in Athens attacked police with rocks and bottles over an incident in which a policeman reportedly defaced a Koran.

Although Greece has a history of political violence from radical leftists and anarchists, sectarian bloodletting represents an entirely modern phenomenon.

February 09, 2009 | Pulitzer Center

Nepal: Indentured Daughters

Carlos Avila Gonzalez, for the Pulitzer Center, Nepal

Olga Murray is fighting for the abolition of the kamlari, or the indentured servants in Nepal.

February 08, 2009 | The San Francisco Chronicle

Olga's Girls

Meredith May, Nepal

For the past two decades, Sausalito's Olga Murray has worked to free Nepal's domestic slaves, or kamlaris. The girls are sold by their families to work in the homes of strangers.