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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.
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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: Check out the program page
- 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.
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July 02, 2004
Highschool Battleground
On this edition of Rise Up Radio: Audio coming soon!
- 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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