By Chaz Hubbard, Denise Tejada and Jenny Bolario What's the path to that dream job? How does one job lead to another? Youth Radio finds...
Youth Radio's Christina So thinks schools should teach computer programming. Photo Credit: Brett Myers/Youth Radio By Christina So “I’m going to pick on you...
Joel Melero has always been into automobiles, but even he was surprised that his passion for cars led him to a career. Photo Credit:...
Most of the news reports kept saying that Snapchat was all about teens sexting. But none of my friends used it for that. Photo...
By Pendarvis Harshaw You know the story of Jackie Robinson--the first African American Major League ballplayer? He did it for the money. Branch Rickey—you know,...
Reporting by Chantell Williams Mental health advocates want the link between violence and people who are mentally ill to disappear. After the school shooting in...
Photo Credit: Steppenwolf Theater (Left to right: Pastor Brooks (Mark Smith) comforts a grieving mother (Celeste Williams) and her son (Charles Gardner) in Steppenwolf...
By Sayre Quevedo 70,792 juveniles were reported to be incarcerated across the United States in 2010, but according to a new study by the Annie...
Reporting by Joy White The city of Chicago saw its deadliest January in over a decade in 2013, according to the Associated Press, amassing over...
Photo Credit: Youth Radio Tom Selvi, game programmer, presents to Youth Radio. By: Kayla Garrett Could video games save the environment? Maybe with the...
Reporting by: Ashley Williams, Robyn Gee Hira Alam, 16, considers herself an activist, thanks to an extra course she’s taking called Movement Makers. Movement Makers...
Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By: Sayre Quevedo There are a lot of misconceptions about young...
Photo Credit: Shira Golding/FlickrCC By Asha Richardson As a college student, I love this whole phenomenon of the “sharing economy." That's the term economists use...
By: Sayre Quevedo This month Michigan governor Rick Snyder signed a bill that made it easier for people to leave their teen indiscretions behind. The...
By: Ashley Williams According to the National Employment Law Center (NELP), about 65 million Americans have a criminal record. The rapid expansion of online record...
This story was published on L.A. Youth. By: Susie Park I was checking my email after school on Friday, Dec. 14 when I saw a...
Photo Credit: JENNY BOLARIO/Youth Radio A mural on the wall of Harder Elementary School in the Hayward Promise Neighborhood. Youth Radio/New America Media HAYWARD,...
By: Sam Fuller A few years ago, my friend Kina, whom I’ve known since we were toddlers, told me she had started dating a girl...
The following aired on NPR's All Things Considered. By Davina La'Shay I was sad when I heard about the 26 innocent people who were killed...
By Ashley Williams My grandparents' generation didn’t know the dangers of smoking cigarettes but now we do. The major health concern for my generation could...