A Renaissance For Oakland and The Warriors
What does the Warriors’ success mean for the City of Oakland? Youth Radio’s Garrison Pennington finds out.
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Latino Youth Vote 2016
We talk about the “Latino vote” as if it was a thing, but in fact Latino voters are not easy…
The Benefits Of A Public Education
Most people are fighting to get into private school. I fought to get out.
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.
Baltimore Teen Torn Between Family And A Movement
I wish I didn’t have to choose sides. My friends are totally against the police because they think cops are all out to get them. On the other hand, my cousin is a police officer and also a single mother of three.
“To The Youth Of This City” Have The Cries For Justice In Baltimore Been Heard?
The first day of May seemed to mark a turning point in the story of Freddie Gray, the Baltimore man…
Dancing With An Alvin Ailey Dancer
Every tendu, every plié, every exercise you’re doing is working towards being better, or sharing more, or being more generous.
Oakland Kids Get A Raise From New Minimum Wage
The highest minimum wage in the nation just went into effect in Oakland, California. Youth Radio’s Savannah Robinson asks what that means for young people here and across the nation.
Retired Cop On What Went Wrong In Garner, Brown Deaths
Sergeant Keith Gums, a retired 23-year veteran of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office. Gums has trained fellow officers in the tactics of modern policing. As a general practice, Gums says he tries not to comment on other police officers’ conduct. But shortly after Michael Brown was killed in August of this year in Ferguson, Missouri, Gums walked us through the uses of force in the deaths of both Michael Brown and Eric Garner.