From the editor | January 12

This may come as a surprise, but young people have tended to be more pro-war than older generations in recent U.S. conflicts. Today, however, we have an exclusive poll from College Reaction showing students' resounding opposition to American military action in the current Iran crisis. Meanwhile, the wider the population seems divided. Discover more below.

Fay Schlesinger, OZY Managing Editor

News + Politics

When It Comes to Iran, College Students Are Clear: Peace, Not War

Kids born after 9/11 have little interest in another Middle Eastern conflict.

The stereotype of 1960s student "make love, not war" protests left us with the notion that most of America's young people were opposed to the Vietnam War. But that wasn't the case: Younger Americans on the whole were actually more supportive of U.S. military action in southeast Asia than older Americans at the time, according to a Brookings analysis of Gallup polls.

And that trend repeated itself in the lead-up to U.S. intervention in Iraq after 9/11. But today, more than 80 percent of American students are opposed to the U.S. and its allies taking military action against Iran.

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Around the World

Can Therapy Clubs Help South Africa Win Latest HIV Fight?

South Africans carry the largest HIV burden globally. How they tackle their youth treatment crisis could hold lessons for the world.

Only 44 percent of 15- to 19-year-olds who seek HIV care actually go ahead with antiretroviral therapy (ART). It doesn’t get much better with under-24s. Those concerns are now spawning a fast-expanding set of innovative tools targeted at youngsters who currently aren’t starting ART.

South Africa is the world’s HIV capital — its 7.5 million HIV-positive residents constitute 21 percent of those with the virus globally. And while conventional clinics have struggled to get young people in the door to start treatment, youth-friendly "clubs" appear to be changing that, offering convenient hours, nonjudgmental staff and integrated consultations that cut out the need for multiple appointments.

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Through interviews with California’s change-makers — and community college alumni — the students start to shed the stigmas around their education, instead learning to embrace its power to widen horizons and move us closer toward overcoming our divides.

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