High Rents Keeping Young Adults Home With Parents
I’ve always seen moving out on my own as a marker of adulthood, but for me, the cost outweighs the benefits.
Brett Myers
In Upside Down World, Hard for Millennials to Foresee Their Futures
Young people aren’t supposed to be the jaded ones, yet more and more, it feels like gallows humor is the…
How ‘Positive’ Stereotypes Hurt Asian-Americans Like Me
It shouldn’t be a newsflash that not all Asian-Americans do well in school, but the model minority stereotype makes the actual problems in these communities invisible.
Pepper Sprayed In Youth Jail
It’s rare for guards to use pepper spray to control youth held inside most juvenile halls across the country. Youth Radio investigates practices in juvenile hall in Alameda County, California.
Teen Crooner On Love And Stage Fright
I was trembling throughout the song. And at the end, I stared at the audience for maybe two
seconds in silence.
Classroom Reactions: Students and Teachers Discuss the Paris Attacks
Laurent Scotto di Uccio, who teaches 5th grade French, asks his students, “I don’t know if you know, but something happened in Paris and in Lebanon not long ago. Did you hear about it?”
Teen Appeals to Father, “Stop Smoking For Me”
I always wondered if I wasn’t good enough for him to stop. Why he couldn’t he give it up for me? Finally, three years ago, my dad’s doctor told him he needed to quit or else.
Gun Access Can Turn Suicidal Thoughts Into Actions
Youth Radio’s Desmond Meagley explores what contributes to teen suicide, and how firearms can affect the chances of suicidal thoughts becoming reality.
Some Men Are Born And Some Men Are Made
After months of preparation — working up the courage to come to terms with my identity and mandatory counseling — I was finally meeting up with my doctor to begin my transition and start taking male hormones. But I was thrown off when my doctor handed me a pamphlet about planning for my future fertility. She asked if I was interested in freezing my eggs before I started taking male hormones.