Trump Budget: Say Goodbye To Arts For Kids
The first proposed budget by President Donald J. Trump has arrived and it slashes grant funding to arts programs for youth.
Journalism
If Teens Talked Like Kellyanne Conway
Kellyanne Conway is the master of dodging questions and giving false answers to journalists. What if ordinary people spoke like Kellyanne in their daily lives?
Am I Latina Enough?
I take a lot of pride in my Chicana heritage, even though my authenticity gets questioned all the time.
Youth Radio Podcast: Transgender Rights
In the podcast this week, we tackle the state of transgender rights. Where do we stand? What has changed? And how do young people feel about it?
Mixed Race Privilege?
Recently, commentator Sierra Fang-Horvath participated in a school-wide diversity exercise that revealed more than she ever expected.
Queer Students Open Up About Politics, Gender, Bathrooms
“It kind of brought back all the butterflies about using the bathroom period and kinda that feeling of nervousness about which bathroom do I use? How are people going to perceive me when I go there? That same kind of anxiety that leads me to avoiding the bathroom altogether.”
Transgender Law Center Talks Bathrooms, Title IX And Legal Updates
To help understand what kinds of legal protections trans and gender non-conforming youth currently have, we talked with Sasha Buchert, a staff attorney at the Transgender Law Center.
Flying While Brown: One Teen’s Run-ins with the TSA
TSA is supposed to make you feel safer when you fly. But for an Indian-American like me, it’s quite the opposite.
Snapchat Has A Huge IPO In Spite Of A Big Generation Gap
NPR’s Sonari Glinton and Youth Radio’s Natalie Bettendorf bridge the generational divide as they explore just what makes Snapchat so addictive for millennials in this story for NPR’s All Things Considered.