Quick Hits - May 19th

Apologies for not posting this weekend. I celebrated my 30th B-Day (I'm aging out of this demographic, fast) and it turned into one of those weekends. Plus a guest post I had lined up fell through. Mea culpa.

Youthy-action on the information superhighway today:

• Ben Adler notes that, appearances on SNL aside, McCain is not gaining the support of young voters. - The Politico
• Jeff Johnson has an interesting - and pessimistic - critique of the black youth vote community from 2004 and how it has left black youth out in the cold during this election cycle. - Black Politics on the Web
• On a related topic, Campus Progress has an interview with Keli Goff about her new book: Party Crashing: How the Hip Hop Generation Declared Political Independence. Keli has similar views to Jeff about the allegiances of young black voters. - Campus Progress
• Kay Steiger at Campus Progress also reviewed feminist-blogger Amanda Marcotte's new book this week. - Campus Progress
• The GAO is going to start monitoring more closely the government's management of student loan programs. - The Politico
• Here's a very interesting blog post about replicating the success of local activism/institutions in other areas. Brush up on your Alinsky. - Open Left