We’re all hearing the tragic news about the student who attacked an on-campus police officer at Roosevelt High School with a baseball bat. The officer fell to the ground and then shot the student, who died at the site. It is sad on both sides, the family who lost a son, and the police officer who tried to protect himself. The kNOw youth team also had many thoughts as they tried to process and understand the incident for themselves, fully aware that such occurrences could happen anywhere, even in their own schools.

America is unhealthy because people don’t care about being healthy. At times, eating right and getting enough exercise is time consuming—taking up time that Americans don’t have. Our economy is going into a recession, and inflation is taking a toll on our food prices. It may be expensive to eat healthy, but it is becoming [...]

America has its problems. Among its problems is the question of whether people will live long enough to see how these problems become resolved. Obesity, obesity, obesity, that’s the major killing in America today, and it beats out smoking. How sad! One thing that needs to be communicated is that you don’t need a diet [...]

New America Media, Q&A, commentaries, Carolyn Goossen and writers from The Know Editor’s Note: The $4.8 billion proposed budget cut targeting K-12 and community colleges could further cramp access to community college for thousands of students. NAM education editor Carolyn Goossen spoke with Abdi Soltani, executive director of Campaign for College Opportunity who has been [...]

We asked young people all across the Bay Area and the Central Valley if they were voting, what issues they think are the most crucial and who they would vote for. YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia and The kNOw are all youth media projects of Pacific News Service. Street Soldiers Radio is a weekly radio program heard by more than 300,000 listeners.