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July 23, 2004
Summer Jobs, Protest Power, and Music for America
On this edition of Rise Up Radio:
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- youth news;
- The lowdown on the Summer Youth Employment Program and the ATM-style cards the city is using to pay summer jobs holders - is the city ripping off young workers?;
- An update on the NYCLU's victory for protesters at the RNC;
- Voting, politics, and beyond 2004 with Music for America.
July 16, 2004
Legislative Roundup
On this edition of Rise Up Radio, we discuss how this year's legislative session in Albany affects young New Yorkers. We featured:
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- youth news;
- breaking news - the NLRB rules against grad students, denying their right to organize unions;
- Campaign for Fiscal Equity and the fight for education justice;
- $5.15 is Not Enough - raising New York's minimum wage;
- Rockefeller Reform - this year's efforts to Drop the Rock.
July 2, 2004
Highschool Battleground
On this edition of Rise Up Radio:
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- youth news;
- Voices from the National HipHop Political Convention;
- Tiffany Schley, a Brooklyn high school student who was denied her diploma after she criticized her school;
- Critical perspectives on military recruiters in high schools.
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