If Teens Talked Like Kellyanne Conway
Kellyanne Conway is the master of dodging questions and giving false answers to journalists. What if ordinary people spoke like Kellyanne in their daily lives?
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Queer Students Open Up About Politics, Gender, Bathrooms
“It kind of brought back all the butterflies about using the bathroom period and kinda that feeling of nervousness about which bathroom do I use? How are people going to perceive me when I go there? That same kind of anxiety that leads me to avoiding the bathroom altogether.”
Snapchat Has A Huge IPO In Spite Of A Big Generation Gap
NPR’s Sonari Glinton and Youth Radio’s Natalie Bettendorf bridge the generational divide as they explore just what makes Snapchat so addictive for millennials in this story for NPR’s All Things Considered.
Growing Up Japanese-American In A Time Of Islamophobia
“I wonder about Buddhist temples and Japanese spaces of community during World War II America. What was that atmosphere like? Was it like this? The grief of marginalized people is universal. And that is a horrifying comfort, if we can even call it that.”
Youth Radio Podcast: In The System
In this week’s Youth Radio podcast, we take a look at young people who are in the system.
Youth Radio Podcast: Teens Looking For Hope In Trump Era
Harassment, Deportation, Race Relations. Young people express their fears and hopes about President Trump’s potential policies, looking ahead to a new presidency.
Youth Radio Podcast: Teens Ask, “What Now, America?”
In the wake of the election of Donald Trump, we drop in on conversations teens are having among themselves — from a cautiously optimistic college republican in Georgia, to a concerned circle of Latinos teens in DC, to passionate group of high school protesters in Berkeley.
Ask a High School Debater: Trump vs. Clinton Breaks All The Rules
“Things that would be considered absurd in high school debate are seen as norms on the national stage. Dodging questions, rhetoric rather than facts, arguing against something without offering an alternative.”
Not Up for Debate: Why Sexism Made Me Quit the Debate Team
After one particularly rough tournament, I angrily threw my bags into my mom’s car and complained to her about the guys I had to deal with. [T]o my surprise she told me to get used it.