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The return of Democracy & Z!Democracy and Me intern, Yoshie, was joined by Clark Montessori Senior, Nevaeh in a discussion on Women's History Month, Black History Month, and women of color who made a difference. Be sure to catch the 2nd h
Less bugs, more microphones—this is how we like to commune with the elements here at D&Z. Cincinnati Public Radio’s first-ever PodCamp brought together students from across the region on a recent Sunday afternoon to brainstorm, develop, and rec
With Earth Day on the horizon (April 22), we go deep into our own connections with nature, health and the environment. We consider the past—Earth Day itself goes all the way back to 1970—and the present, with the Biden Administration’s once-amb
The producers of the 94th Academy Awards—airing at 8 p.m. this Sunday on ABC—hope a new “Fan Favorite” award, celebrating popular hits like Cinderella and Spider-Man: No Way Home, will entice Gen Z to tune into the three-hour trophy show. Maybe
One star, would not recommend this particular thrill ride—but pandemic extremes have been our daily reality for the last two years, which, we’d like to point out, is a huge chunk of your life when you’re a teenager. So what have we learned?
The news started coming in overnight Wednesday: after weeks of military buildup on the Ukrainian border, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared war on the former Soviet Republic, now an independent democracy and home to more than 40 million
Major-league sports and premier events like the Olympics have long been an American obsession, but so far, Gen Z seems to be sitting out—unless, say, our hometown Cincinnati Bengals happen to make it to the Super Bowl, but even then we’ll proba
It’s February, and you know what that means—bring on the Dr. King coloring sheets! But how did Black History Month even become a thing? Is there a right way or a wrong way to celebrate it? Who are some local African-American historical figures
Back in December, a group of Democracy & Me students visited the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (www.freedomcenter.org), joined by members of the Cincinnati Public Radio staff. We toured the permanent exhibits From Slavery to Free
We’ve just launched Democracy & Me’s 2022 Student Voices Competition, an opportunity for young people from across the WVXU listening area and beyond to speak their truth—or write it, draw it, make it sing… and maybe win a thousand bucks. For co
Yeah, it’s a complicated holiday—part of a mythical American origin story masking ugly truths about who’s really had a place at our nation’s table over the last 400 years. (Our friends at Learning for Justice have some helpful resources on all
Straight-up racism is bad enough—but for many of us, colorism cuts even deeper. Maybe we were born with skin tones darker or lighter than those around us, making it hard to fit in, feel beautiful, or even to claim our own Blackness. Maybe we’ve
Who am I, really?How can I stand up against peer pressure?Do aliens exist? This summer the teen Agents of Change at the Peaslee Neighborhood Center in Over-the-Rhine pondered these and other essential questions, while developing the
Despite pandemic disruptions in the entertainment industry, it’s been a good summer so far for pop culture—especially Black culture, with significant new releases from some of our favorite creators. In this special episode featuring our fri
Students from across the WVXU listening area and beyond reflected on the past year of catastrophe/metamorphosis in the Democracy & Me 2021 Student Voices Competition. These 8th- to 12th-graders submitted a total of 158 diverse entries, ranging
Saving money, reducing waste, and being yourself: these are fashion trends we can definitely get behind, and, they’re good for the planet, too.Have you, like our stylish panel of podcasters, embraced thrifting, upcycling, mending and otherw
Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings is officially the biggest movie of the year, earning almost $200 million in U.S. cinemas since its Sept. 3 release, and winning almost universal praise from critics and audiences. The fi
The cheesy mom-and-pop billboards, the endlessly unreadable ballot measures, the ridiculous number of candidates (34? 37?) scrumming for nine Cincinnati City Council seats… You really have to be a geek for politics to get into local elections,
News flash: We love Halloween.For kids who’ve often felt out-of-step with mainstream American culture, maybe not 100 percent comfortable in our own skins, the chance to dress up, be someone else, roam the neighborhood after dark like so man
With Facebook, Instagram, and other social media platforms facing new scrutiny on Capitol Hill, we thought it was time to ask ourselves, the real experts, how bad these digital life-support devices really are. Yeah, we know we all spend way too
When did you first learn about 9/11? What about the war in Afghanistan that followed—how much did you know about all that, at least until the past few weeks, when the U.S. military’s final withdrawal from Kabul was all over the news? We gre
It’s June, and we have Pride on our minds. As the first Americans to grow up amidst mainstream cultural acceptance of sexual and gender diversity, and after the worst of the AIDS epidemic, how well does Gen Z know the hard history behind those
We get to interview one of our favorite people: Dr. David J. Childs, academic adviser to the Democracy & Me program, professor of education at [...]
Inspired by our professional mentors over at the WVXU newsroom and their ongoing Trust in Local Government series, not to mention all those Cincinnati City [...]
So… what in the world just happened? And what comes next? In this uncertain spring of 2021, we’re marking milestones, in school and in life, [...]
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