Teenagers and News

 

 

RUSS ROJAS AHYLIE ROSALES Staff Writers

 

With the climate of the government being at a concerning and controversial level right now, many young adults are getting more and more involved in what’s happening with their country. For example, 16-year-old Anna Salvatore recently started a blog in order to write about historic supreme court cases which affected high schoolers. However, she eventually expanded to write about other issues such as theim- migration case of “Maslenjak v. United States.” After posting about the case on her blog, Salvatore was interviewed by NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

In the interview Salvatore was asked who reads her blog and what kind of feedback she usually gets about it. Salvatore said “The kinds of people who read it? I don’t know. I guess a lot of lawyers, a lot of journalists who keep up with the court.” These are not the only readers of the blog, however. More and more young people, including high school students, are reading about supreme court cases and new stories in general.

Local high school students who are interested in politics should consider attending Kids and Candidates: a community engagement forum. The event will be held at Alhambra High School on Oct. 11, beginning with a community meet and greet at 6 followed by a city council candidate forum at 7.