A Football Family Mulls the Decision to Quit
I felt like I was making big sacrifices for a sport that I couldn’t see myself playing beyond high school. What’s all of this time and energy for?
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On Our Radar: Politics As Unusual.
1. The Youth Vote Counts At the Iowa caucus on Monday, Ted Cruz won and Donald Trump had a “yuge” loss, in the words…
On Our Radar: Second Chances, Water Crisis, and Racist Shirts
1. The Supreme Court Gives Juvenile Lifers a Second Chance On Monday, the Supreme Court voted to retroactively make parole an…
Feel the Bern: A Teen Reports On the Enthusiasm for Sanders in Iowa
This fall, I went to cover a Bernie Sanders rally… The event had to be moved to a bigger space, because so many people RSVP’d to see Bernie live.
On Our Radar: Freedom, Prisons, and Civil Rights
1. MLK Day: Youth Voices to Youth Action The Bay Area, known for its Civil Rights activism and outspoken citizens,…
“Gumbo:” A Tribute To Oakland
In this audio soundscape, Youth Radio poet and artist Shyra Gums compares Oakland’s diversity to a giant pot of gumbo, with beautiful, interesting ingredients.
What My Teachers Never Told Me About MLK
Until recently, the vast majority of my knowledge about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came from my school teachers. Since first grade, I’ve learned about Dr. King through many lenses: as a great speaker, as a Baptist minister, as a nonviolent civil rights advocate. But with all due respect to my teachers, they left something big out of the picture.
Shouldn’t Presidential Candidates Act Less Like High Schoolers?
Nobody even knows what they want to change about the school, they just vote for their friends…and I think that’s what’s happening for the presidential candidates.
What Does Being Politically Active Mean to You?
Do teens today identify with political parties, or are they redefining political action? What does being politically active mean to you? #DoNowPolitics