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Jul 2023
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What Do Young People Think it Means to b...

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For a special 4th of July episode, Johanna Maska talks to Kellyanna Brooking, a 15-year-old Republican. Brooking, who is from Washington state, became politically active after watching deadly protests in Seattle’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone. Brooking talks about what it means to be an American and the challenges of navigating political conversations with her peers on social media. Maska discusses the importance of engaging young people and recalls the Obama campaign’s "Barack Stars"—too young to vote—but full of energy and engaged their peers on political campaigns and issues.

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