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Pittsburgh-area high schoolers try to get peers registered to vote — and stay engaged in politics, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 3/18/24
More than 48,600 18-year-olds are registered to vote in Ohio, a 35% increase from late August, Ohio Capital Journal, 2/22/24
Calhoun High School's Racial Equity Club encourages voter pre-registration for young students, Long Island Herald, 1/26/24
In close election, 18-year-olds could make the difference in Pennsylvania, CBS News Pittsburgh, 1/18/2024
A state law could help prevent disenfranchising young voters. Why is NY ignoring it?, Gothamist, 4/26/23
LPTV’s We’re Speaking Returns Tonight at 7pm ET with Special Guest Laura Brill, The Lincoln Project, 10/14/2022
The Civics Center with Laura Brill, Today’s Edition with Robert Hubbell, 1/15/2022
Preps Volunteer to Mobilize LA County Voter Registration, Our Weekly LA, 10/1/2021
Future Voters Scorecard: How Laguna Beach Students Compare in OC, MSN, Ashley Ludwig, 9/28/2021
Low Teen Voter Registration in OC Leads to Records Request, The Express, Nikki Iyer, 9/28/2021
The Civics Center Celebrates High School Voter Registration Week, Long Beach Post, 9/27/2021
High School Voter Registration Week Aims to Get LA county Students Into Political Participation, South Pasadena Today, Michael Hughes, 9/27/2021
In California, Voter Suppression Starts in High School, CalMatters, Laura W. Brill, 4/29/2021
Thank You for Voting, HarperCollins, Erin Geiger Smith, 2020
COVID-19 Poses Major Threat to Voter Registration in the US, Global Citizen, Leah Rodriquez, 7/30/2020
Stronger Elections, Empowered Voters 2020, Americans of Conscience, Jen Hoffman, 7/19/2020
Young people will Vote if You Get Them Registered, The Baltimore Sun, Vicki Shapiro, 5/14/2020
Readers Sound Off on the Youth Vote, Chuck Schumer and Kobe’s Wife, New York Daily News, Voice of the People, (March 9, 2020)
Will Young People Vote in November? Here’s What Must Happen First, CalMatters, Laura W. Brill, 2/27/2020
Letters to the Editor: Why Wait Until College to Register Young People to Vote? Reach them in High School, Los Angeles Times, Vicki Shapiro, 2/6/2020
Dozens of America's Leading Companies Join Forces to Form the "Civic Alliance" to Strengthen Nonpartisan Civic Participation, PR Newswire, Democracy Work, 1/29/2020
One Lawyer’s Quest to Teach America’s High Schoolers about the Democratic Process, Daily Journal, Glenn Jeffers, 12/24/2019
Success Stories: The Civics Center, Community Partners
Youth Voters, Oklahoma Gazette, Miguel Rios, 9/19/2019
How My Students Led a Voter Registration Drive, and Why Yours Should, Too, EdWeek, Jacqulyn Whang, 9/4/2019
If the Courts Won’t Give Us Fair Elections, Maybe Our High Schools Will, CalMatters, Laura W. Brill, 7/2/2019
Are Young People ‘Lazy’? No, But We Must Step Up to Fix Failures of Older Generations, Sacramento Bee, Dylan Morrissey, 6/23/2019
California’s Teen Voter Pre-Registration Builds Momentum Heading into Midterm Election, The Sun, Sandra Emerson, 10/26/2019
Non-Profit Group Works Hard To Get High School Students To Polls, KCAL9 News, CBS Los Angeles, 10/21/2018
OC High Schools: Nowhere to Go But Up On Voter Registration, Fox and Hounds, Laura Brill, 9/29/2017
Brill: OC High Schools, Nowhere to Go But Up On Voter Registration, Voice of OC, Laura W. Brill, 9/27/2017