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“There are a lot of kids like me, who grew up playing at our parents’ nail salons, restaurants, laundromats and stores. Along with those childhood memories, we also carry the worry for our parents. Those feelings never really go away, especially right now.”
Aired on KQED’s daily Perspective series. Another version of this essay aired on NPR’s ‘Here and Now’ program.
As youth detention facilities close around the country, city officials are talking more about diversion programs as an alternative. But how exactly do they work?
Photo by Brett Myers. And for more stories I’ve written for YR Media, click here.
There were two right-wing marches planned in Berkeley and San Francisco one weekend in 2017. Here’s a look inside conversations between local teens who are weighing the risks of attending the counter-protests — as well as their teachers and parents who are trying to grappling with how to respond.
About one in 12 Americans have asthma. For Black youth, that rate doubles to one in six. Here’s 20-year-old how Diamond Eugene manages her asthma and deals with health care.
Photo by Shawn Wen. Aired on NPR’s ‘Here and Now’ program.
“And lately, I’ve come to see that this invisible pressure I feel is the model minority myth at work. This is how racism operates. It erases our individuality. It tells us how we should act, how we should perform in school.”