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Friday

Saturday School for Immigration Protesters

Some Los Angeles-area high school students who left school to participate in an immigrant rights rally earlier this April are being punished with detention on Saturdays. Youth Radio correspondent Jennifer Obakhume reports.

Saturday School for Immigration Protesters

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Tuesday

Hip-Hop to the Nth Degree: Hyphy

Hyphy is a rap style out of the suburbs of San Francisco, defined by its fast pace and intricate wordplay. It's now getting national attention, as rapper E-40 has an album in Billboard's top 100. Youth Radio's Tapan Munshi explains.

Hip-Hop to the Nth Degree: Hyphy

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Wednesday

A Look at Dads of All Kinds

A Difficult Cut: A Father, A Son and Little League

A new Little League season is beginning, but it can be a hard-knock life. Recently Al Lazard and his 11-year-old son Armando sat down for a frank conversation. It began with a question from Armando: "Dad, tell me the truth, why did you cut me off the team?"

A Difficult Cut: A Father, A Son and Little League

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Thursday

'Reflections on Return': Sharing War Experience

Army Specialist Richard Denny was deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq for 12 months. Now he is at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. He's from a family of military men in Knoxville, Tenn., but Denny says his war experiences are hard to share, even with his family.

'Reflections on Return': Sharing War Experience

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Tuesday

A South African Student Looks for Balance

Youth Radio's Nishat Kurwa profiles a South African college student who's fighting to balance her new educational opportunities with a daily struggle against the social and economic legacies of apartheid.

A South African Student Looks for Balance

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Monday

Teaching Martin Luther King Jr.'s Story

Racial tensions between blacks and Latinos have developed recently in Los Angeles high schools. Youth Radio reporter Jennifer Obakhume visits a South Los Angeles high school to find out how Martin Luther King's legacy is taught there, and how those lessons are received.

Teaching Martin Luther King Jr.'s Story

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Tuesday

Opinion

West Virginia Mining Disasters

Growing Up in a Coal Town: Stay Home or Leave?

Commentator Natasha Watts is from the third generation of a coal mining family in Kentucky. The recent deaths of miners at the Sago Mine in West Virginia mirrored a similar mining accident in her home town decades ago, and reminds her of her own dilemma: whether to stay in the mountains with her family, or leave the coal industry behind.

Growing Up in a Coal Town: Stay Home or Leave?

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Tuesday

Opinion

Youth Radio: Liquor Stores and Vandals

Vandals deface two liquor stores in Anyi Howell's neighborhood, and he's upset. The Youth Radio contributor talks about how the community is handling an increased number of liquor stores, and how the local media is reporting the vandalism.

Youth Radio: Liquor Stores and Vandals

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Tuesday

'Reflections on Return': Awaiting Redeployment

Marine Sgt. Daniel Price reflects how he balanced his time between fellow Marines and family before redeployment to Iraq. This piece is part of our Youth Radio series, "Reflections on Return."

'Reflections on Return': Awaiting Redeployment

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Friday

Youth Radio: The Lingering Legacy of Apartheid

Although South Africa is making major strides towards democracy and against racism, Youth Radio reporter Fadia Williams says it's still hard for young people there to overcome some of her country's entrenched Apartheid-era attitudes.

Youth Radio: The Lingering Legacy of Apartheid

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Monday

Junk Food Goes Underground in Calif. Schools

Jennifer Obakhume is a senior at Inglewood High School in Los Angeles. She reports on the trend of underground junk food networks at some California schools. Many school districts are limiting cafeteria soda and junk food options in an effort to curb childhood obesity. Her story was produced by Youth Radio.

Junk Food Goes Underground in Calif. Schools

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Monday

Opinion

Millions More Movement March

Youth Radio: Mixed Signals from Millions More

Youth Radio reporter Anyi Howell reflects on the weekend's Millions More Movement march in Washington, D.C. He talks about how the gathering did -- and did not -- fulfill his hope for positive change in African-American communities.

Youth Radio: Mixed Signals from Millions More

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Opinion

A Drop-Out Reflects -- and Reforms

For Quincy Mosby, a promising start in high school turned into a cycle of procrastination, denial and self-esteem problems. But the novelty and independence that dropping out of school brought didn't last long.

A Drop-Out Reflects -- and Reforms

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