By Jonathan Schwartz, Kevin Ballen and Katya Ehresman 2020 was the year of Gen Z. After years of leading movements around climate justice and criminal justice, young people turned out in record numbers and were the focus of political and media attention. CIRCLE at Tufts University estimates that 50% of…

By Rebekah Caruthers Juneteenth is a reminder and symbol of full citizenship for descendants of enslaved Africans, including the right to vote. My great-great-great-great grandfather, Henry “Pap” Carruthers was sold in Rutherford County, Tennessee in 1847 and brought to central Texas (the second “r” was dropped two generations later by…