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MNN's Summer Youth Program participants have tackled a host of pressing issues, and in this week's YC Spotlight, their piece "Press Record" explores one that impacts every single New Yorker: cell phones. 

"Press Record" is about how cell phones can be a double-edge sword, with the power to alienate...

The school bells have rung, and New York City schools are in session.  With a new state commissioner of education, and Governor Cuomo calling for a review of the beleaguered Common Core standards, the Youth Channel examines those very standards and the controversial New York State exams. Host...

In school lunch rooms throughout New York this week, the same awkward cafeteria social scene is being played out, as students navigate the thornier side of school relations--who to sit with? who to hang out with? how to find where you fit in?

In today’s YC Spotlight, the Youth Channel...

With immigration issues in the crosshairs of the American political dialogue of the day, and Pope Francis’ visit to East Harlem and the U.S. reinvigorating the immigration and deportation debate, the Youth Channel examines the immigration story of Diego, an undocumented student from El Barrio.

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With devastating environmental disasters on the rise, low-income communities are left struggling with limited resources of food, fresh water and clean air. With these hardships come other issues involving race, police brutality, and poverty. UPROSE, an organization dedicated to restoring and...

On August 4th, 2015, the Campaign for Educational Equity, a non-profit focused on research and policy centered on securing quality education for disadvantaged children, worked with youth from Epic Theatre Ensemble to raise awareness about the constitutional rights all children have in regards...

This summer, MNN’s Youth Media Center filmed a series of 20-minute TED-style presentations in front of a studio audience at the El Barrio Firehouse Community Center. #ArtTalk, the series, highlights NYC artists of color and addresses the role of art in social change, community building, and...

Immigration is as current and weighty a topic as it gets on the political stage as we move toward the next presidential election. Behind every immigrant to the United States lies an individual story of movement, gain, and loss. Watch the video portrait of Washington Heights resident “Felix,” a...

In your last minute scramble to find a Halloween costume before Saturday, the Youth Channel asks you to consider carefully, and reflect on the intent and impact of a costume before selecting.  Might your costume inadvertently perpetuate racist ideas? In this Youth Channel clip, Brenda Leon...