Since 2017, Young Voices has offered our contributors the opportunity to take a deep-dive on specific issue areas with our policy fellowships, pairing up a cohort of our writers with policy organizations and mentors with the expectation of producing tailored media hits.
Young Voices currently has two active policy fellowships on school choice and consumer freedom. This page will be updated periodically with media hits from the programs.
School Choice
Despite decades of federal interventions and trillions of taxpayer dollars spent, the U.S. is still falling behind the rest of the industrialized world in K-12 education. It doesn’t have to be like this. States and localities have taken charge in giving children new educational opportunities through school choice options (e.g. charter schools, voucher programs, educational savings accounts). Young Voices is pairing up with the American Federation for Children to promote pieces on the importance of access to a good education.
- April 28th — The 74 Million: “With State Budgets in Crisis, Now is the Time to Fix Public School Financing to Make it Fairer and More Effective” by Satya Marar
- April 16th — The Washington Times: “What will happen to education when COVID-19 pandemic is over?” by Christian Barnard
- March 20th — South Florida Sun-Sentinel: “Expanding school choice in Florida is a big win for families” by Satya Marar
- March 14th — Townhall: “Black families demand school choice. Is Joe Biden listening” by Satya Marar
- March 9th — Spectator USA: “Want to save public schools? Embrace school choice” by Satya Marar
- February 21 — Spectator USA: “Bloomberg’s education policies deserve much more scrutiny” by Christian Barnard
- January 31 — The American Conservative: “Yes, school choice is disruptive. That’s the point” by Christian Barnard
Consumer Freedom
Special interests regularly lobby governments to restrict consumer freedom to big business’ benefit with little opposition. Young Voices is aiming to change that by standing up for freedom on issues like vaping and tort reform. Young Voices is teaming up with the Consumer Choice Center to produce pieces advocating for pro-liberty policy reforms on issues that will lower the prices of goods and services and expand choice.
- May 2nd — Townhall: “Mitch McConnell’s tort wisdom provides Americans hope for legal reform” by Christian Watson
- April 30th — The Washington Times: “How vaping restrictions undermine COVID-19 fight” by John Kristof
- April 26th — The Washington Times: “COVID-19 health care workers must be protected from predatory lawyers” by Casey Given
- April 15h — Orange County Register: “One benefit of tort reform? Less pollution” by Ross Marchand
- April 7th — The Washington Examiner: “Ridiculous Red Bull lawsuit shows how stupid cases clog up court system” by Molly Davis
