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U.S. Shouldn't Jail Youth For Life

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Christopher Frank Pittman, Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Youthradio, Joe Sullivan, Roper v. Simmons, Sullivan v. Florida, Youth Incarceration, U.S. Supreme Court, Juvenile Justice, Youth Imprisonment, Prison, Youth Radio, Jail, Car Jacking, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Politics News

How the Supreme Court rules in two cases concerning juvenile incarceration could determine whether sentencing juveniles to life without parole is cruel and unusual punishment.

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Joseph Rocha: Gay Former Sailor Details Abuse In Navy Despite Keeping His Sexuality A Secret

Washington Post | Joseph Rocha | Posted 10.11.2009 | Politics

I was 18 years old when I landed in the kingdom of Bahrain, off the coast of Saudi Arabia, in the winter of 2005. It was the first time I'd ever left ...

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Spending On Alcohol

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Economy, University of Michigan, Beer, Economic Crisis, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Youth Radio, Drinking and Driving, Wine, Lauren Silverman, Binge Drinking, Youthradio, Drinking Age, Drinking, Addiction & Recovery, Health, Living News

They say to start saving when you're young. After my 21st birthday I took this advice and made a commitment to cut down on spending. Unfortunately, beginning to save and turning 21 seem to mix about as well as Bailey's Irish cream and lime juice.

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Joseph Christopher Rocha: Gay Sailor's Abuse To Be Reviewed By Navy

Youth Radio | Rachel Krantz | Posted 09.23.2009 | Home

Read More: Hate Crimes, Hazing, Abuse, K-9, Joseph Christopher Rocha, Navy Canine Unit, Bahrain, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay, Dadt, Youth Radio, Gay Rights, Gays in the Military, Military, Navy K-9 Unit, Navy Canine, Navy, US Navy, Sailor, Home News

After Youth Radio exposed a culture of hazing, including psychological and physical abuse, at a U.S. Navy canine unit in Bahrain, the nation's top Nav...

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Just in Time: Youth Journalists Take On Climate with 'Project Survival Media'

Celia Alario | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Youth Radio, Energy-Action-Coalition, Climate Change, Energy Action Coalition, Climate Crisis, Youth Activism, Independent Media, Climate Bill, Green News

The youth reporters are focusing on the voices of those who are already being disproportionately impacted, and those who have found successful global and local solutions for a better future.

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Homosexuality as a Weapon of Torture

Karen Ocamb | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homosexuality, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Youth Radio, Aaron Belkin, Project on Government Oversight, Gays in the Military, Americablog, Don't Tell, Gawker, John Aravosis, Don't Ask, Amorgroup, Politics News

Policy makers must understand that if their job is to ultimately protect the citizenry, they are complicit in torture if they continue to dismiss abuse of power as "boys will be boys" or bullying or "hazing" as if everyone is just having some good clean fun.

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Iran: So Far Away, But Also Mine

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 09.26.2009 | Home

My cousin in Iran called my uncle often in the early days of mass protests and police crackdowns. Those moments full of hushed tones and furrowed brows would snap us back to the reality of the situation.

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Facebook Changes College Experience

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 09.14.2009 | Technology

Read More: Women, Education, Asha Richardson, College, Youth Radio, Mills, Youthradio, Facebook, Technology News

There's more to the Mills College 2013 group than just making virtual friends. It's changed the business of admissions at Mills.

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Fatalistic Teens Increase Risk of HIV Infection

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

A study this summer reports 1 in 7 teenagers in the U.S. thinks he or she only has a 50-50 shot of making it past 35. What stands out are the consequences of low life-expectancy.

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God, Guns, and American Pick-Up Trucks

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Second Amendment, Cnn, Youth Radio, Youthradio, Mark Muller, Osama Bin Laden, Guns, AK 47, Politics News

Their actual slogan is "God, Guns, Guts, and American Pick-Up Trucks." Now if that isn't the most offensive, hypercritical, and out right demented slogan I have ever seen, then I am blind.

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Drinking Past Racial Profiling: Obama and the Gates Arrest

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, Cambridge, King Anyi Howell, Cambridge Police Department, Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, President Barack Obama, Cambridge Police, Youthradio, Racial Profiling, African American, Barack Obama, Black Scholar, W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University, Harvard University, Youth Radio, Harvard Professor Arrest, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Henry Louis Gates Arrested, Henry Louis Gates, Harvard-Professor, Politics News

As far as that pint of beer goes, I worry that it may take many shared kegs before we finally come together as a nation.

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California Budget Has Oakland Schools Turning to an Unlikely Solution...Crayfish (VIDEO)

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By: Austin De Rubira In Miranda Carrow's ...

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Open Letter to the Next Generation of Cronkites

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 08.21.2009 | Media

Read More: News Anchors, Anchorman, Youth Radio, TV News, Network News, Walter Cronkite, Ellin O'Leary, CBS News, Digital Journalism, Youthradio, Cbs, Journalism, CBS Evening News, Edward R. Murrow, Media News

As we embrace Twitter and the blog, we must also be committed to forging a new pathway to the truth and the hard work of uncovering the information necessary to sustain a healthy democracy.

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Father's Day 2009: Youth Discuss Dad (VIDEO)

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Single Mother, Youth Radio, Dads, Fathers Day, Youthradio, Dad, Father, Living News

Young people talk about what they'll be thinking about on Father's Day

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After North Korea: Why Reporters Take Risks (VIDEO)

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Oscar Grant, Twitter, Current TV, Laura Ling, United States, North Korea, Youth Radio, Journalist, Reporters, Euna Lee, Obama, Youthradio, San Francisco, Josh Wolf, World News

Josh Wolf was willing to spend 226 days in jail for his story. We visit him in San Francisco to talk to him about why reporters put themselves in dangerous situations.

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Kids For Condoms

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: Aids, Youth Radio, Hiv, Sex Ed, Youthradio, Condoms, Cuba, Rachel Krantz, Castro, Fidel Castro, Healthcare, World News

With one of the lowest rates of HIV infection (.1%), Cuba is proud to be open and realistic about the issues that surround sex, and the younger the kids are educated, the better.

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Palestinian-American Teen Reacts to Obama's Cairo Speech

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Speech to the Arab World, Cairo Speech, President Obama, Terrorism, Barack, Youth Radio, Obama, Youthradio, Samr-Rocky-Tayeh, Barack Obama, World News

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By: Samr "Rocky" Tayeh On Thursday I went...

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Blaming Bill: O'Reilly Is an Enabler, Not a Perpetrator

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, George Tiller, Factor, Youth Radio, Bill O'Reilly, Fox News, O'Reilly, Youthradio, Dr. Tiller, King Anyi Howell, Fair and Balanced, The O'Reilly Factor, George Tiller Murder, Video, Politics News

Bill O'Reilly is to hate crime what Hip-Hop is to urban violence. His show should begin with a disclaimer: Don't Think This At Home.

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Palestinians Regard Permaculture As A Necessity, Not A Choice (VIDEO)

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Youth Radio, Permaculture, Nora Barrows-Friedman, West Bank, Palestinian, Israel, Jordan River, Alice Harrison, Youthradio, Enviromentalism, Bustan Qaraaqa Farm, Water Crisis, Video, Palestinian Authority, World News

Inside the occupied West Bank, permaculture is not just a decision of conscience but a necessary means of empowerment within an ever-changing, uncertain landscape.

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Growing Up In the Shadow of Columbine

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Murder, Gun Violence, Columbine, School Shooting, Eric Harris, Erin Bilir, Youth Radio, Dylan Klebold, Gun Control, Colorado, Youthradio, School Shootings, Guns, Littleton, Politics News

Erin Bilir grew up in Littleton, Colorado and remembers the day of the shootings and how it changed everything for kids in that town.

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Lil Wayne Calls it a Wrap on Rap

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hip Hop, Rap, King-Anyi Howell, Hip-Hop, Youth Radio, Rock, Lil Wayne, Youthradio, Rolling Stone, Joaquin Phoenix, Sake 1, Entertainment News

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By: King-Anyi Howell It's no secret that ...

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Belfast Clubhouse For Catholic And Protestant Youth Seeks To Overcome Historical Schisms

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 04.16.2009 | World

Read More: Northern Ireland, Belfast, Youth Radio, Saint Patrick's Day, Northern Ireland Peace Process, Clubhouse, Youthradio, Peace Wall, Pendarvis Harshaw, Foreign Affairs, Ireland, Advocacy, World News

This story was produced in partnership with Ireland's Ardmore Sound. Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated n...

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Hayden Panettiere Not Pregnant

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 03.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hayden Panettiere Pregnant, Hayden Panettiere Break-Up, Youth Radio, Hayden Panettiere, Hayden Panettiere and Milo Ventimiglia, King Anyi Howell, Milo Ventimiglia, Youthradio, Entertainment News

The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that Hayden Panettiere and Milo Ventimiglia, both stars of NBC's Heroes, broke-up over a pregnancy scare. The irony is too much.

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Youth React to Alleged Rihanna Assault

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 03.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Rihanna, Chris Brown, Dating Violence, Youth Radio, Chris Brown Domestic Violence, Media News

There's a storm of gossip about R&B singer Chris Brown's alleged assault Rihanna. Fans are speculating about whether he did it, and if so, why he did it -- and who's to blame.

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Palestinian-American Teen: Watching Gaza from the U.S.

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 02.28.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Youth Radio, Gaza, Palestinian-American, Palestinian, Israel, Palestine, Samr "Rocky" Tayeh, World News

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. President Barack Obama's interview with Al...

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