The CalYOUTH study, as it is known, is part of a five-year evaluation by researchers at the University of Chicago who surveyed 727 California youth to determine the impact of extending foster-care benefits to California youths beyond age 18.
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By Victor Martin, Jr., Voicewaves Youth Media The latest accusation of domestic abuse perpetrated by a professional athlete surfaced last…
Every 28 hours a police officer kills an unarmed black man in this country. I fear that one day it could be my dad, my brothers, or my cousins who comes in contact with the wrong police officer.
Oakland has a long history of tensions between police and the community. So much, in fact, that the Oakland Police Department is under federal oversight for its use of force, and its reporting of misconduct, among other problems.
Young people await a Ferguson grand jury’s decision of Officer Darren Wilson who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown. Here is what young people in Oakland had to say.
By Alfredo Camacho, South Kern Sol BAKERSFIELD — Shortly after the September 11 attacks, Kern county resident Lori De Leon’s…
There’s one thing about California elections that everyone can agree on: the ballot is confusing with all those props and measures. Sometimes intentionally so! How are first-time voters supposed to be confident about how they vote? Youth Radio Interactive created an app that preps young voters for the polls this midterm season.
It’s easy to point to the shooting of Michael Brown as one big example. But this summer alone, there were so many others. Teens at Youth Radio have been recounting their experience with police shootings, racial profiling, and harassment for years.
