Read the cover story from the latest project, where student interns identified a few key issues driving youth activism—climate change, immigration, LGBTQ rights and social justice—and sought out youth who have worked on these concerns. The 2021 cover story spotlights four activists ranging in ages from 11 to 28, working with and for local nonprofits Wise Fool New Mexico, the Santa Fe Dreamers Project, Youth United for Climate Crisis Action, Global Warming Express, as well as other initiatives.

While each activist has areas of specific focus, their overlapping motivations soon became clear. As Artemisio Romero y Carver, who works both as a climate change and social justice activist, says: "To know that there were wrong things in this world and to know that as a person, I have to do something to stop those wrong things from continuing."

The Association of Alternative Newsmedia named the project third place in the “Nonprofit Collaboration” category in its annual journalism awards, with the judge calling it “a strong local collaboration that benefited both the students who contributed and the local newsroom. This is an excellent example of journalists thinking about their role in their communities and how to engage in new ways.”