What Do Young People Think it Means to be an American?

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What Do Young People Think it Means to be an American?

Johanna Maska

Jul 04, 2023

For a special 4th of July episode, Johanna Maska talks to Kellyanna Brooking, a 15-year-old Republican. Brooking, who is from Washington state, became politically active after watching deadly protests in Seattle’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone. Brooking talks about what it means to be an American and the challenges of navigating political conversations with her peers on social media. Maska discusses the importance of engaging young people and recalls the Obama campaign’s "Barack Stars"—too young to vote—but full of energy and engaged their peers on political campaigns and issues.

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Johanna Maska takes a fresh look at how we make political progress. As Director of Press Advance for President Obama’s White House and one of his early campaign staffers, Maska knows what it takes to move the needle on the national stage and in the presidential primaries. She takes us past the talking points to look at what it will take to make progress in today’s polarized political environment.

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