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Youth Radio: Rethinking fashion after Bangladesh

Bianca Brooks — Wed, 22 May 2013 21:21:22 +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: Calling out students with mental illness won't make schools safer

Chantell Williams — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:34:00 +0000

Mental health advocates want the link between violence and people who are mentally ill to disappear.

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