Why BBQ Becky Is a Big Problem
Work out your problems with others by talking–not calling police, says Clay Xavier.
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13 Stories To Remind Us That Gun Violence Is About More Than School Shootings
On 4/20 there’s a national walkout to call for an end to school shootings. For many, many young people, that’s not the primary kind of gun violence that keeps them up at night.
Sacramento Teen On Stephon Clark’s Death: “My Community Is Hurting”
When Stephon “Zoe” Clark was shot and killed by Sacramento police officers in his grandmother’s backyard, he left behind two kids, a fiancé, and a broken, grieving community — my community.
Remix Your Life Poetry Month: “Injustice”
Youth Radio’s Dani Tarver performs a powerful piece about the injustices young black men face growing up in America with police brutality and racial profiling.
Opinion: I’m A Cheerleader, Here’s Why I Take A Knee
Inspired by Colin Kaepernick, a Bay Area high school cheerleading squad begins taking a knee during the national anthem, despite backlash from coaches and spectators.
Is It Fair to Accuse Filmmaker John Ridley of Erasing Black Women?
Academy Award-winning filmmaker and writer John Ridley has caused a stir by casting an Asian actress, Freida Pinto, at the center of his new Showtime series Guerrilla.
Black Panther Party 50 Years Later: What’s Changed?
As the Black Panther Party turns 50, we take a look back at their Ten Point Program. How far have we come?
Teens Talk: Do Black Lives Matter?
Another African American was killed. This time by a Charlotte, North Carolina police officer Betty Shelby. Officer Shelby turned herself in…
“Even If It Kills Us”: Charlotte Teen Poet On Keith Lamont Scott
Youth Radio asked 18-year-old poet, Nykearra Bush from Charlotte, North Carolina, to weigh in on the killing of Keith Lamont Scott.