California Adopts Statewide Ban the Box Law
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed Assembly Bill 218. Unfamiliar? Introduced February, 2013 by Sacramento Democratic Assemblyman Roger Dickinson. Bill 218,…
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Grand Theft Auto V: Does It Own You?
I can’t even go on Facebook or Instagram anymore without seeing someone posting videos of them playing GTA. It seems like all of my peers are obsessed with it.
A Teen’s Letter To The NSA
Is the National Security Agency spying on me? That’s what Youth Radio Atlanta commentator Madeline Veira has been wondering since the NSA admitted to gathering a range data about Americans.
No Room To Be A Kid In Oakland
I grew up in the west. They call it the Lower Bottoms. Everybody in my neighborhood would always tell me,…
Does Your School Protect Your Head?
Youth Radio looks at three safety measures being used by the pros and compares them to what’s happening at the high school level.
Juveniles Lead The Number In False Confessions
In 2004, 12-year-old Jonathan Adams was charged with the murder of a nine-year-old girl in Carrollton, Georgia. After a four-hour…
My Bullying Story
I remember there were two classmates of mine that tried to make my life a living hell by adopting an attitude right out of the movie “Mean Girls.” Every other day they felt the need to remind me how much of a loser I was.
Getting Permission To Get Lost
My mother has always been overprotective of me. I’m not even allowed to explore my own neighborhood. When I ask…
How A Teen Factory In Georgia Turns Out High School Grads
Students have to be at risk of dropping out of high school to land a job at Southwire. It’s all part of a program called “12 For Life.” Southwire created it in 2007, together with the local County school system, to try and improve the dropout rate and improve the lives of teens like Deriek Foster.