Does Music Influence People To Commit Crimes?
I feel like there is some truth to the fact that music influences how people behave in my neighborhood.
On Our Radar
News and trends we’re watching and curated content from other youth media sources.
Skeptical Youth Sits Face To Face With Police Chief
I never really liked the police. I felt like they were against young people and that they abused their power.…
Rediscovering Religion
It wasn’t until I reached my teens that I began to appreciate all the things I inherited from my mother—my…
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,…
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.
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,…
More Than Just a Bus Ride Home
When I get on the bus my face says it all: Don’t talk to me, and ew, everybody is gross.…
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…
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…