Baratunde Thurston’s new PBS show “America Outdoors” shows how people can share common ground
SRL fellow and On Our Minds season one co-host Zion Williams talked to Baratunde Thurston at the 2022 SXSW EDU conference about his new… Read More
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EXPLAINER: How a new Texas law impacts transgender student athletes
Student reporter Carolina Valerio examines a new Texas law that went into effect in January 2022 impacts trans women athletes and how they can… Read More
Why I’m sharing Black women’s stories about body discrimination
By Nairobi Williese Barnes Ever since I was a little girl, I was self-conscious of my Black features after facing so much… Read More
‘How can I enact change?’ How this teen is working to combat racism in her community
This piece was produced by Jordan Little from Duluth High School in Duluth, Georgia with support from Connected Educator Sheri Long and Youth Media… Read More
How have Nigerian immigrants experienced racism in the United States?
This piece was produced by Gabriela Rodriguez, Bilal Abdel-Aquil, and Favour Egbune at Alief Kerr High School in Houston, Texas. … Read More
‘You are worthy of being documented.’ DC’s youth poet laureate on slam poetry and identity
Student reporter Nora Malone from Alexandria City High School spoke with Washington, D.C.’s 2020 youth poet laureate, Marjan Naderi, on the accessibility of poetry… Read More
‘Black and proud’ singer on why now is the moment for laws ending hair discrimination
Jessica Butler is a 21-year-old social media influencer in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Last year, her song, “Black and Proud” got more than 7 million… Read More
For families, the negative effects of incarceration continue far beyond time served
The effects of mass incarceration in this U.S. are felt by many more people than those convicted of crimes. We explored how the criminal… Read More
My grandmother became a civil rights activist as a teen, this is why we must continue her fight
By Nairobi Williese Barnes As a fifteen-year-old high school student, I am a writer, daughter, sister, and granddaughter of a… Read More
My grandmother was not allowed to vote, and made sure I knew it was my civic duty
First-time voter Josh McCuff from W.B. Saul High School in Philadelphia gets some advice from his environmental science teacher Greg Smith on… Read More