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Caption: Eliquewa Santiago says college makes her struggle with mental health even more difficult. (c) 2016 Taylor Epps
Mental health is an issue that rarely gets discussed in the black community. For college students of color the issue gets even more difficult.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: These are the six components of the Anti Poverty Initiative. Each component is designed to help people in the community more efficiently by targeting their specific needs.
This is a story about how leaders of charities and organizations that help people in poverty, are joining together to help lower poverty. A couple ...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 03:42
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Julia R. Masterman High School Student Nuwar Ahmed introduces us to her classmates and teachers—all of whom are struggling to keep education a prio...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2014
  • Length: 07:10
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A fence separates Hamden, a Connecticut suburb, from three public housing projects in the neighboring city of New Haven.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2012
  • Length: 07:26
Caption: Poet Kristen Turner
Poet Kristen Turner, 17, is a senior at Kenwood Academy. This is the second year she has represented her school at Louder Than a Bomb, which advanc...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 02:50
Caption: Poet Miona Short
Poet Miona Short, 16, is a junior at Walter Payton College Prep High School, but she was representing YOUmedia Chicago in this year's competition. ...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 02:57
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This year's college graduates weigh in on what's next for the American Dream, in this piece by Jordan Nelson of KOSU in Stillwater, Okla.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2009
  • Length: 03:33
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Reginald Dwayne Betts went from the high school honor roll to the penitentiary. He spent nine years in prison beginning at age 16 for a carjacking ...

Bought by KUOW, Vocalo.org, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 3
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This week on YO!Radio

  • Added: May 18, 2009
  • Length: 07:26
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This week on YO!Radio -- father and son go on 3 million dollar spacewalk, girls outsmart boy and religion is the anti-drug. PLUS: Youth Speaks goes...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2008
  • Length: 07:22
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This week on YO!Radio -- Poverty gets trumped by the political bonanza, teens get a 'How to Guide' in dealing with the cops, and why teens cringe w...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2008
  • Length: 07:56
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What's up with banning the "n" word?

  • Added: May 15, 2008
  • Length: 07:05
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Jonquilyn Hill interviews two University of New Mexico students about their views about JENA 6.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Oct 10, 2007
  • Length: 15:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The role of radio for Liberian immigrants -- and a new voice on the air.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX and WXLV-FM


  • Added: May 07, 2007
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 2
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On December 13, 2005, the state of California executed a man named Stanley "Tookie" Williams. Voice of Youth was there that night, outside San Quen...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and YouthCast


  • Added: May 23, 2006
  • Length: 11:00
  • Purchases: 2