No Safe Place for Party People
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Audio, Posted: May 28, 2010
This week on YO!Radio -- having fun has never been this dangerous. As young people head out for their Friday night fun at their friend's house party or local club, they do so fully aware of the potential drama that awaits them.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Latino Children's Social Skills Erode in Middle School
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: May 27, 2010
Latino children started kindergarten with strong social and classroom skills, but those skills eroded during the middle school years, recent research found.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: education, immigrants, kindergarten, latino, psychology, youth
Young Directors Make Big Splash at SF Film Festival
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: May 26, 2010
The short films, all by young directors, ranged from comedy to drama, bringing a very diversifying the selections at this year's festival.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: debute, film. young directors, san francisco, sfff, short
Dead Man Posting -- RIP Jerrod
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: May 25, 2010
While walking home a young man witnessed the scene of a murder, only to find out later -- through Facebook -- that he knew the victim.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Forensics: The Value of Words
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: May 23, 2010
The Logan High School Forensics team stepped inside of Street Soldiers studio to talk about the dynamics of debating.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: Forensics, speech, street soldiers, words
Burning Mexican Flag May Light a Larger Fire
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: May 22, 2010
On Cinco de Mayo this year, several white students at Vintage High School in Napa Ca. burned a Mexican flag.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: cinco de mayo, flag burning, mexico, napa, racial tensions, vintage high school
Sounds of Life from the Back of the Bus
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Audio, Posted: May 21, 2010
This week on YO!Radio we get on the bus — literally — to talk to folks about their experiences on public transportation.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: Bus, drivers, kids, public, ride, transportation, violence
In the Land of Plenty, Young People Go Hungry
The kNOw Youth Media, News Report, Posted: May 21, 2010
One in four California students lives in poverty, with hunger a daily fact of their lives.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: central valley, ebt, food stamps, hamburger helper, hunger, poverty
Graduates Are All Dressed Up With No Place to Go
NNPA, News Report, Posted: May 21, 2010
The good news is that the economy produced 290,000 jobs last month. The bad news is that the unemployment rate for African-Americans is an unacceptable 16.5 percent.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Time to Ease Tensions -- Asian Youth Respond to Attacks
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: May 18, 2010
On May 17th, two assailants pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the fatal assault of Tian Sheng Yu in Oakland last month.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: african american, asian, Dominic Davis, Lavonte Drummer, oakland, violence, youth
D.C. Police Baffled by Series of Shootings
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: May 18, 2010
The recent spate of shootings east of the Anacostia River has left police scrambling for answers
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: police, shootings, violence, washington d.c., young people
Prop 21 Fight Changed Their Lives
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 18, 2010
Editor's Note: In 2000, California voters passed Proposition 21, a law that allows more youth to be prosecuted as adults and increased penalties for juveniles in the criminal justice system. It also increased the state budget for juvenile justice system by some $300 million annually.
Ten years later, several young people who were involved in political organizing to oppose Prop. 21 reflected on that time and how it affected them. They told their stories to Ann Bassette, a senior producer for YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: california, juvenile justice, life without parole, proposition 21
Drake Rocks The Warfield
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Commentary, Posted: May 16, 2010
San Francisco hosted the biggest concert of the year with none other than Young Money’s sexiest artist, Drake.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: drake, hip hop, lil' Wayne, show
AG Eric Holder Gets Briefed on Oakland Gang Violence
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 15, 2010
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder came to Oakland this week and heard about the ways the city is trying to tackle gang violence.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: attorney general, Eric Holder, gang violence, Oakland
Our Education Needs Are California's Needs
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 11, 2010
Students of color and immigrant students make up 70% of California’s schools and the majority of high school drop outs.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: budget crisis, california, children, class size, education, school, segregation, students, youth
I'll Always Love My Momma
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: May 09, 2010
My mom is the closest person to me. She's what I think of when I hear the word: love. She's been everything to me since before my first memory. She knows what it takes to be a mother.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: family, mother, mother's day, son
Can I get a Witness? Church Shooting Redux
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Audio, Posted: May 07, 2010
This week on YO!Radio -- YO! returns to Richmond Ca. New Gesthsemane Church of God and Christ as community members recount the day young members of their church were targeted by gunman.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture