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TIME 100 NEXT Advocates Txai Suruí already has the kind of credentials accumulated across a lifetime of advocacy. Suruí also was the first woman in her community to obtain a law degree, which she used, with peers, to sue the Brazilian government for defaulting on its emissions commitments under the Paris Agreement. With the help of cameras, drones, and GPS technology, she works with her community to monitor land invasions and improve accountability. [Extracted from the article]

Murrawah Maroochy Johnson and Monique Jeffs, two young Indigenous leaders from Australia, successfully stopped a billionaire from building a coal mine on traditional Wirdi land. They argued in a lawsuit that the mine would not only destroy the Wirdi territory but also violate the human rights of future generations by adding significant carbon to the atmosphere. They won the case by persuading the court to hear Indigenous testimonies through stories, song, and dance. After their victory, they continued organizing and created an Indigenous youth climate-action movement, gaining international recognition for their efforts. [Extracted from the article]

The sailboat, La Vagabonde, will shepherd Thunberg to the Port of Lisbon, and from there she will travel to Madrid, where the United Nations is hosting this year's climate conference. After noticing a hundredfold increase in its usage, lexicographers at Collins Dictionary named Thunberg's pioneering idea, climate strike, the word of the year. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses political advocacy in Afghanistan among its younger citizens who are said to want greater influence in managing the country. It discusses community organizer Muhammad Shafiq Popal who leads the Afghanistan Youth National and Social Organization (AYNSO) whose goal is democracy and human rights. Popal is said to be a sizable opponent of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

The article reflects on the student activism of the college class of 1968, related to their political, spiritual and social views of life. The year was considered the year of student power, where crusade, protests and demonstrations apparently staged in different countries including France, Germany and Czechoslovakia. The movements include the students combat against police authorities, their move to liberate Czechoslovakia and assailed the social institutions in West Germany.

The article discusses the growing youth activism in historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) in the U.S. An overview of how Eva Dickerson, a college junior at Spelman College, got involved in activism is provided. According to the article, racial tensions contributed to the increase in freshman enrollment in HBCU. It also discusses the efforts of HBCU administrators and supporters to balance the growing student activism with the practical needs of an educational institution.

The article reports on the efforts by school children, particularly at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, to stop gun violence and reform gun laws in the U.S. Also cited are the University of Alabama study showing that around 31% of mass shootings were in the U.S., the executive order issued by former U.S. President Barack Obama to tighten the background-check system and study gun violence, and the National School Walkout staged by school children in March 2018 to denounce school shootings.

As Isabella Prata, the mother of two climate strikers in Sao Paulo, puts it, "Greta is an image of all of this generation." But this was the year the climate crisis went from behind the curtain to center stage, from ambient political noise to squarely on the world's agenda, and no one did more to make that happen than Thunberg. For sounding the alarm about humanity's predatory relationship with the only home we have, for bringing to a fragmented world a voice that transcends backgrounds and borders, for showing us all what it might look like when a new generation leads, Greta Thunberg is TIME's 2019 Person of the Year. [Extracted from the article]

Focuses on teenagers in Salt Lake City, Utah who belong to a group known as Straight Edge. Belief system that is both clean cut and violent; Examples of extreme behavior from the group; Concern of the Mormon church that it will attract more teenagers because Straight Edge shares beliefs with the church; Police response to the group.

The author argues that it is essential to remain optimistic about the ability of humans to avoid the most catastrophic consequences of the climate change crisis and emphasizes the need for humankind to act urgently to address the crisis. Topics covered include hope offered by the increase in public awareness due to youth activism, shift in public demand for action following recent extreme weather conditions related to climate change and the need to follow the lead of the youth.

The article profiles Greta Thunberg, a Swedish schoolgirl climate activist who inspired people to join youth climate strikes around the world in March 2019.

When you think of climate solutions, you probably think of renewable energy or electric vehicles. There exists an environmental solution that can reduce inequality, build resilience to the climate crisis and reduce emissions all at the same time. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on Egypt's youth movement. It states that the youth movement is failing, dissolved by fractured groups, conflicting priorities and petty fights. According to Hisham Kassem, newspaper publisher, the youth are sliding into unpopularity and irrelevance. Their protests reportedly accomplished little in the fight against corruption, police brutality and human-rights abuses by the military.

The article features the youthful movement called Let Us Vote (LUV), which aims to amend the Constitution to enfranchise 18-year-olds. It notes that Dennis Warren, 21, a prelaw student at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California founded the group and uses all of his forensic skills in advocating the lowered voting age. Warren has seen the movement expands into a nationwide movement that now has 327 college chapters and 3,000 high school divisions, six weeks after it was organized.