Ranked #1
Trisomy 13
Trisomy 13
Aired March, 2000. Marc Delgado lives in Washington Heights, with his mother and his sister Candice, who is severely dis... Read more
18 Aug 2010
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7mins
Ranked #2
Why Do I Stay?
Why Do I Stay?
Rainy wanted to understand why she stayed with an older boyfriend who humiliated and physically abused her. So she spent... Read more
19 Sep 2015
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29mins
Ranked #3
Chicken
Chicken
Web exclusive. Amana Kashakzi loves chicken, but with all the fried chicken restaurants in her neighborhood, she starts ... Read more
1 Sep 2010
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7mins
Ranked #4
Nine People, One Bedroom: A Teen's Take on Life In Poverty
Nine People, One Bedroom: A Teen's Take on Life In Poverty
Jairo Gomez's nine-person family lives in a one-bedroom apartment. He knows education is the way out of poverty, but som... Read more
22 Aug 2015
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9mins
Ranked #5
My First Mother's Day
My First Mother's Day
Aired May, 2002. Janelle Lewis' commentary about giving birth to her first daughter, Jandora, aired as part of a Mother'... Read more
12 May 2010
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3mins
Ranked #6
Sexual Cyberbullying: The Modern Day Letter A
Sexual Cyberbullying: The Modern Day Letter A
Many teenagers live half their lives on social media sites, and they're writing the rules as they go. One online trend R... Read more
5 Sep 2015
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10mins
Ranked #7
The ABCs of Chinese Americans
The ABCs of Chinese Americans
Aired October, 2010. Radio Rookie Helen Peng lives in Flushing, Queens and calls herself an ABC, or American-born Chines... Read more
22 Dec 2010
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7mins
Ranked #8
Harlem Girls Choir
Harlem Girls Choir
Aired March, 2000. Danielle Beckom's brother is a member of the world-renowned Harlem Boys Choir, and that inspired her ... Read more
7 Jul 2010
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4mins
Ranked #9
Graffiti Hall of Fame
Graffiti Hall of Fame
Aired March, 2000. 15-year-old Jimmy Belfon Jr. reports on the Graffiti Hall of Fame, which covers the walls of his scho... Read more
21 Jul 2010
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4mins
Ranked #10
Level Up
Level Up
Aired September, 2010. Although 40% of all game players are female, players of hardcore games like Grand Theft Auto are ... Read more
10 Nov 2010
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8mins
Ranked #11
Breast-Fed Language
Breast-Fed Language
Aired October, 2010. Radio Rookie Andrea Lee's parents came here from the Philippines in the 1990s. She is not sure she ... Read more
8 Dec 2010
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9mins
Ranked #12
American Heaven
American Heaven
Aired December, 2012. Danielle was 13 when she left her home and her mother in the Congo. She came to New York to pursu... Read more
8 Aug 2015
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9mins
Ranked #13
Not the 'Right' Kind of Gay
Not the 'Right' Kind of Gay
In some ways, being feminine made life harder for Dakota than his sexuality.
31 Oct 2015
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8mins
Ranked #14
My Education, Uninterrupted
My Education, Uninterrupted
In New York City the high school graduation rate for black males was 28 percent in 2010. Radio Rookie Mike Brown is a yo... Read more
14 Nov 2015
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8mins
Ranked #15
Pirate Radio
Pirate Radio
Aired November, 1999. 12-year-old Antoine Bazilio is a DJ at a local community radio station and did his report on the s... Read more
23 Jun 2010
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5mins