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Kashawna Williams, an administrative justice major at Ohlone College in Fremont, Calif., and a former foster youth, discusses her drive to fix the ...
- Added: Nov 02, 2012
- Length: :43
The anatomy of a sentencing hearing for a juvenile in Michigan facing life in prison without the possibility of parole. Charles Lewis, Jr was 13 wh...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Jun 13, 2012
- Length: 17:14
- Purchases: 1
Priya Mirmira, age 15, spoke with 18-year-old inmates who were serving time for gun charges. She learned about their attitudes toward guns, how the...
- Added: Mar 16, 2012
- Length: 03:38
In a 2009 survey by the CDC, nearly 1500 Indiana high school students said they had carried a gun for at least one day during the previous 30 days....
- Added: Mar 15, 2012
- Length: 03:38
In the last decade in Indiana, about 130 murders were committed by teens, and 79 percent of those involved a firearm. After a Y-Presser lost her co...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Mar 15, 2012
- Length: 03:37
- Purchases: 1
For Luis Lopez, violence arrived unexpectedly at his own front door. The seventeen-year-old sophomore starts his story in a classroom.
- Added: Jul 10, 2011
- Length: 01:55
- Purchases: 2
For most women, the way their pregnancy, labor, and recuperation is handled by the correctional system has a lot to be desired. But there are some...
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Mar 30, 2011
- Length: 09:35
- Purchases: 1
In Timor-Leste, members of Martial Arts Groups outnumber the local police officers forty-five to one and are legendary for the violence they have w...
- Added: Nov 02, 2010
- Length: 08:18
President Barack Obama's newly appointed Middle East envoy, George Mitchell, is perhaps best-known for his work in Northern Ireland. Youth Radio vi...
Bought by Vocalo.org, WMNF, and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jun 02, 2009
- Length: 04:01
- Purchases: 3
Interview with a single mom of two developmentally and physically challenged daughters on her struggles with the medical profession and the Childre...
- Added: Mar 12, 2009
- Length: 11:27
On New Years, most people were dancing and drinking a little too much champagne. Among the thousands of people celebrating that night was a young m...
Bought by KDNK
- Added: Jan 14, 2009
- Length: 05:16
- Purchases: 1
Fatuma Roba, 22, from Kibera slum, talks about the violence in Kenya
- Added: Jan 10, 2008
- Length: 02:40
In Oakland, California, less than half of public school students graduate from high school. Why is that, and what can be done?
- Added: Jun 08, 2007
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
A mother remembers her murdered son, as well as a look at what needs to be done to reduce inner-city street violence
- Added: Dec 13, 2006
- Length: 04:30
