The Family Reunification Deadline Sheds Light On Another Broken System: Foster Care
Family separation is nothing new. It happened to me too.
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Opinion: A Shooting At One School Is A Shooting At Every School
Youth Radio has covered the “youth beat” for 25 years, more than a generation. Sadly, our work now includes regular reporting on school shootings.
Hope and Fear: Two California Teens On What A Sanctuary State Would Mean
Two undocumented teens: One lives in a sanctuary city, and one does not. In paired essays, they describe how a sanctuary state would change their lives.
Rethinking How We Teach Coding To Teens
Not all code does good in the world. While a weekend hackathon or Javascript summer camp are great for exposure, it’s disingenuous to suggest these isolated experiences would prepare a young person for a full-time engineering gig at Snapchat.
The DNC, Black Voters, And Democracy In Action
The question now that Clinton is the Democratic nominee for president is whether black millennials will vote for her in November. And for black people at the DNC in Philadelphia, that answer seems to be mixed.
Gay Republicans Try To Open Doors, Minds
I’m young and queer, and it’s hard for me to accept that there are politicians who want to pass legislation that would make big parts of my life illegal.
Do Teens Care About the Oscars?
The Oscars have never been a big deal to me. The few times I’ve caught the show on TV, it seems like a small group of people celebrating themselves. Of course, they’re famous, wealthy, and mostly white. As a teenager and a person of color, it’s never felt relevant.
Consideration Instead Of Objectification Of Trans Youth
Leelah Alcorn is the high school student/artist in Ohio who committed suicide in December and was transgender. When I heard…
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Youth And Police: The Dialogue Continues
Youth Radio’s Joi Smith interviewed young people and long-time residents of Oakland for their reflections on police violence in the city. Sergeant Joseph Turner of the Oakland Police Department heard the piece, and responded in a letter which was published alongside Joi’s piece in the San Francisco Chronicle. Read both stories here.