Student Activism

Before Parkway West graduate Elizabeth Franklin turned 18, she wrote for the school paper as a way to inform – and challenge – those around her.

Teenagers and young adults have experienced record-breaking temperatures for much of their lives. Frustrated with the slow pace of progress among their parents’ generation, some young Missourians are taking action in their communities.

Students in St. Louis raised their voices on Saturday morning to protest racial profiling and systemic police violence against African-Americans.More than…