Young Democrats React To Michelle Obama’s Speech
By: Denise Tejada The day after Michelle Obama addressed the Democratic Convention, Youth Radio surveyed young people about the impact of her words.
Category Archives: Politics
Opening Night At The DNC
By: Editor Tuesday marked the opening night of the DNC in Charlotte, North Carolina, with conventioneers taking to the Time Warner Arena for the first time. Speeches traced two common […]
How Changing Media Changes Politics, And Just About Everything Else
By Andrew Meyer When the Democratic National Convention arrived in Charlotte, so did every major and minor outlet, eager to cover it all. Bloomberg, in conjunction with USC-Annenberg, held an […]
First Time Voters at The DNC
By: Bianca Brooks At the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, the youth presence is everywhere. Thousands of young people from all across the state and country are gathering here […]
A Look Back on Sunday in Charlotte
By: Andrew Meyer The Democratic National Convention officially begins Tuesday, but that didn’t mean Sunday was business as usual in Charlotte. A 100 square block of the city surrounding the […]
Crossover Politics: Delegates Who Occupy
by Sayre Quevedo and Malachi Segers As the Youth Radio DNC team made its way up Trade Street tracking the Occupy Charlotte protest, we noticed these two guys on the perimeter […]
Party Notwithstanding, We Have Issues
by Chaz Hubbard Youth Radio has been talking to young people around Tampa Bay, Florida to find alternative voices; youth who don’t identify with the mainstream Republican party. We asked […]
Rock. But What About the Vote?
by Brandon McFarland One of a handful of parties during the Republican National Convention in Tampa’s neighboring city Ybor was hosted by the Rock The Vote campaign, so presumably, it was about politics. Headlining […]
Fiscal Conservatism Fuels Debt-Concerned Youth
by Jenny Bolario Here at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, young Republicans are practically fawning over the vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan. Youth Radio reported today on NPR’s All […]
Paul Ryan Amps Up — The Youth Vote?
This story also aired on NPR’s All Things Considered. by Robyn Gee Paul Ryan was officially nominated yesterday as Mitt Romney’s vice presidential running mate. There’s a lot of excitement […]
