Under pressure from kids determined to picket for the planet, New York City buckled and announced last week it will excuse students who skip class Friday to attend a youth climate strike. And now school districts from Los Angeles — the nation’s second largest after New York — to Cambridge, Massachusetts, are weighing whether to follow NYC’s lead.
New York’s decision freed up 1.1 million kids to demonstrate in the country’s most famous city, giving a massive boost to the strikes planned around the world. The decision lends institutional support to the movement spearheaded by 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, who’ll be in New York on Friday to help lead the strike.
(ARTICLE: VICE)
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