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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

I'm in Denver today. Tonight at 7:30 I'll be doing a book event at the Tattered Cover (Historic LoDo). Stop by if you are around. Later today I'll have a review up of Millennial Makeover: YouTube, MySpace, and the Future of American Politics. In the meantime, here's what's interesting today on the youthy side of the interwebs:

• Voto Latino jumps on the CD-fundraiser bandwagon. For $3.99 on iTunes you can download an album featuring tracks by Ozomatli and a number of other bands. Proceeds will benefit Voto Latino, a mostly volunteer nonpartisan voter registration outfit.
• Fred Stutzman of Unit Structures wonders about the role of "curation" in an age of mashups and social software.
• John McCain does not support the troops. ABC News has him on-record opposing the new GI Bill I wrote about yesterday.
• At WireTap, Karlo Barrios Marcelo explains how the popular vote could help enfranchise more young african american and latino voters.
• On April 20th in Philadelphia, the Hip Hop Summit action Network, Voto Latino, PowerPAC and the Hip Hop Research and Action Fund will team up with rappers and hip hop stars to launch The National Hip Hop Team Vote 2008 campaign. The campaign will seek to turn out young people for the upcoming Pennsylvania primary.
• Joe Garofoli at the San Francisco Chronicle has a great piece about the competition in California for delegate slots to the convention, and how some people ran mini campaigns on the ground and on the web to rustle up support. FM friend and former USSA president Jenn Pae was quoted in the article.
• Kay Steiger of Campus Progress points us to an interesting article about the differing views of younger and older feminists about Sen. Clinton's campaign and the state of the movement.
• Ending on a high-note, young Oklahoma senate candidate Andrew Rice raised almost half a million dollars this quarter, and has passed the 1 million mark for the campaign. Rice is seeking to unseat global warming denier Jim Inhofe. Congrats to Andrew and his staff, and good luck.