Letting Go Of A Loved One
Let me set the scene: 1) my grandpa had Alzheimer’s 2) He had just moved in with my family 3)…
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RYL Artist Profile- Shy’An Genisis
Shy’An Genesis is an artist and producer who started her interest with music at 9 years old. She began by…
Who’s Online?: Teenagers Changing Social Media Habits
As desktop computers give way to portable smartphones, young people are able to access the internet more than ever before. According a study by the Pew Research Center, 94% of teens between the ages of 13 and 17 use the internet every day, and 24% of teens go online “almost constantly.”
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…
The Movement in Baltimore : A Poet’s Notes
By Derick Ebert (as told to Youth Radio) Derick Ebert is the 19-year-old Youth Poet Laureate of Baltimore. Youth Radio producers talked…
Young, Brown, And ‘Looking Unsafe’
By: David Meza/ Richmond Pulse “When was the last time you were you in jail?” A young white police officer…
Crash The Movie Re
Several stories interweave during 2 days in Los Angeles involving a collection of inter-related characters. A police detective with a drugged out mother and a thieving younger brother, two car thieves who are constantly theorizing on society and race, the white district attorney and his irritated and pampered wife, a racist white veteran cop (caring for a sick father at home) who disgusts his more idealistic younger partner and a black couple with a successful Hollywood director and his wife who must deal with the racist cop.
Keeping Up My Mien Culture
When I think about my brother and sister not knowing the language, I get annoyed, but I’m also annoyed at myself for not learning it all fast enough.