When it comes to technology, young people, and politics, youth are characterized as either having started the Arab Spring with only their cell phones or...

Young people are sharing information and engaging in politics and policy discussions online like never before, according to a new study co-authored by an East Bay professor.

The University of Chicago released a new study, "Participatory Politics: New Media and Youth Political Action," which concludes that for the 15-to-25 year old age group...

College-ready, career-ready...and citizenship-ready?

I'm told George Burns once said, "I've been reading so much about the dangers of smoking cigars, that I've finally decided...to give up reading."

In a cartoon depicting the evolution of Good Samaritanism in the digital age, a man walks by a homeless person lying on the street and does nothing.

Studies have shown that generally, community service for whatever reason is a good thing.