Check out the League's "commander-in-chief"--Rob "Biko" Baker's article over at Future Majority--"What Happens After The Kool-Aid Wears Off?"

Don't sleep -- a great opportunity for two talented someones out there...

Web junkie internship

That's right, five out of five of the Maine League's endorsed candidates won in the June 10 primary election.  That's two elections in a row with a perfect record up there.  Peep the Maine site for more info!

Check out a new video about "Super Delegates" from our friends over at White House Rocks. (They also have a petition that you can get in on--if that's how you roll).

Shady politicians around the country are rushing to pass terrible legislation that would prevent honest people from voting. They claim they want to prevent voter fraud and keep voter rolls accurate. But we can see these laws for what they really are: an attempt to disenfranchise voters by placing barriers every step of the way.

We need to take a stand and demand that our elected officials respect everyone's fundamental right to vote!

Stand with us in telling state legislators -- across the county -- to reject laws that will infringe the rights of voters EVERYWHERE.

Thanks to the hard work of grassroots groups in Missouri (as well as a helping hand from the Secretary of State), the Missouri legislature ended without acting on the voter I.D. amendment.

The League of Young Voters Education Fund (our sister organization), teamed up with Van Jones' Green For All, to bring youth from across the country to the League's Tunnel Builder Institute training at the Dream Reborn conference in Memphis, TN, on the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Hear from some of the trainees in their own words!

Having a contested Democratic Presidential Primary caused record new registrations and voter turnout in PA, and 70% of those new voters were between 18-35 years old!

Both parties scrambled and strategized to get their piece of the coveted youth vote pie --  we're proud and happy to have contributed to those totals, and to the education of the youth vote on their candidates -- stick with us as the Youth Vote rules the General Election this November! 

Read the League Election Report
& more on the Youth Vote!

As you may recall, the League has been looking for a new Executive Director for quite some time now. Over the past few months, we put together a hard-targeted search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse, and doghouse we came across (…we would’ve made Tommy Lee Jones proud).

Nah, but for real though, we put a lot of thought and consideration into this choice, and are really excited about the results.

We're pleased to announce our new Executive Director, Robert "Biko" Baker!

Read more from the League's out-going Executive Director, Billy Wimsatt...

When MTV set out to do a story about whether Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has tapped into the "creative class" and the "cool kids", you know they had to come to epicenter of the creative cool kids, right?  Check the interview with League E.D. Billy Wimsatt along with photo highlights from the League's online Facebook primary.

Early voting is good.  But putting one early voting machine in the entire county?  Miles away from where most of the traditionally disenfranchised voters live?  In a county in Texas that has a history of voting rights challenges?

Nope.  This is 2008.  That's not going to work.

Check this story of how thousands of Prairie View A&M students marched 7.3 miles to vote and protest the county's decision.

Leadership development, League style.

Check this powerful video from the Ya-Ya Network (Youth Activists-Youth Allies).  It's not the same war the corporate media is showing you...