Is Gen Z The First Car-Free Generation? Not So Fast, Say Automakers
Even if you haven’t thought about owning a car, you are essentially being placed on the road to ownership.
Morning Edition
Teen Girls Flip the Script on Social Media
I’m 17 years old, and teen girls like me experience a lot of bad stuff online–mean comments, pressures to sext,…
Only Smiling On The Outside: Teens Hide Depression
At home, I isolate myself. When I have my anxiety attacks, usually I lay on my back or my side and I start to hyperventilate. Inside [there are] a lot of things just going through my mind, just a lot of bad things. That’s all I think about. And the more I think about it, the worse it gets. So then I usually just cry it out.
Downtown Oakland Tour
Oakland’s changing all around us. Youth Radio’s Senay Alkebulan sees his own neighborhood, West Oakland, as “ground zero” for gentrification.…
Young Adults Seeking Public Housing? Good Luck.
It’s normal for millennials to still live at home these days. But what if you’re a millennial who doesn’t have…
NPR’s Morning Edition Live From Youth Radio
NPR’s Morning Edition broadcast live from Youth Radio’s downtown Oakland studios March 21-25, 2016. Host David Greene and NPR partnered with Youth Radio’s…
Unlocked: The Understaffing Of Juvenile Hall
Staffing shortages are contributing to more fighting among inmates and use of force by guards inside one juvenile hall, where budgets and overtime are on the rise.
Unlocked: From Probation to Incarceration
In recent years, Alameda country’s incarcerated juvenile population dropped by half. Now, instead of using detention centers that remove kids from their homes, judges are ordering young offenders into the probation system. But the system presents hidden challenges.
In Oakland, The Disconnect Between Youth And Police
Oakland has a long history of tensions between police and the community. So much, in fact, that the Oakland Police Department is under federal oversight for its use of force, and its reporting of misconduct, among other problems.