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Youth Radio: Rethinking fashion after Bangladesh

Bianca Brooks — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:46:00 +0000

I’ve always had a deep love for fashion. I celebrate fashion week like it’s a holiday. But earlier this year, I realized the true cost of my clothes when I met a group of women I’d been stealing from my whole life.

As part of an exchange program, I traveled eight thousand miles, from Oakland, Calif. to Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Youth Radio: New laws aim to help people get jobs after getting arrested

Ashley Williams — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:13:00 +0000

Seventeen year-old Andrew is filling out a job application for a Jamba Juice in Oakland, California. He’s making his way through the basics, filling out his name and contact information. However question five posed a challenge. It was a yes or no checkbox which read, “Have you ever been convicted of a crime?”

Youth Radio: Undocumented teens out of the shadows at last

Mitzy Ballesteros — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:10:00 +0000

Seventeen-year-old Marco Pérez seems like an ordinary teenager. He wakes early each morning and rides his bicycle to Theodore Roosevelt High School. As a senior, he is applying to college. Yet he has a challenge unlike those of most other college-bound students. He is a “dreamer,” an undocumented immigrant student with dreams of legalizing his immigration status in the United States.

Youth Radio: The shooting that put Oakland's First Friday event in limbo

Youth Radio — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:15:51 +0000

Youth Radio explores how a shooting at First Fridays, Oakland's popular monthly street party puts its future in limbo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFHONrn2Pds

Youth Radio: Young people still plugged into politics on social media

Youth Radio — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:41:56 +0000

In the State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, President Obama touched on several issues that might have pricked the ears of his young supporters who were instrumental in getting him re-elected.