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The Wire
The Wire has received critical acclaim for its realistic portrayal of urban life and uncommonly deep exploration of sociological themes, and has been named the best show on television by several magazines and newspapers. Youth Radio’s Orlando Campbell explains why the Baltimore-based drama, whose series finale airs this Sunday, has relevance to his childhood in San Francisco. (March 7th on NPR Day to Day)
No soccer team next year. Or AP classes. Or spring musical. Yesterday morning when I got to school, I found out that every sport at my high school had been cut except football, baseball, softball, and basketball. The night before, there had been a rally at Chipman Middle School where a Board Meeting was being held, and by the end of the night (it didn’t end until 1:30 in the morning) they had made the final decision on budget cuts. Obviously this stepped on a few toes—or a few hundred. By break time at Alameda High, around 11 a.m., hundreds of Encinal High students came streaming down the street and through our school.
Election 08 Youth Profile from Los Angeles
Youth Radio Los Angele’s Lizbeth Ayala brings us this profile of Jonathan Perez, a 20-year-old in East Los Angeles, who will be a first-time voter in this years Presidential Elections. After many family dialogues about the elections, Jonathan says his Colombian father has had to rethink his misconceptions about the African American community, now that he supports Barack Obama’s candidacy.
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