Global-i
Global-i
Global-i is a national youth newsbeat on global affairs – on the U.S. role in the world and the world’s growing presence in the U.S. This national youth voice is a collaboration between YO! and four of the country’s most respected youth publications, New York-based New Youth Connections, Southern California-based LA Youth, VOX Youth Communications in Atlanta GA and Gumbo Magazine based in Milwakee WI. Whether multi or bi national, bi-lingual, bicultural, urban youth are America’s new globalists. And Global-i is their voice.
Gay Culture in the Philippines: More Mainstream than America
A young gay Filipino American wonders whyYO! Youth Outlook, COMMENTARY, Nelson Everett Toriano, Mar 24, 2004
I was surprised to find that in the mostly Catholic society of my homeland, gay culture is tolerated more than in America. From nightlife to the media, baklas (Tagalog for "gay") are the norm. But the strangest part of the entire experience was realizing that although I’m a gay male, as an American, I was uncomfortable with such tolerance.
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A Soldier's Story
'Keep Your Conscience Clean'YO! Youth Outlook, NEWS COMMENTARY, Story + Photos: Janine Lim, Feb 18, 2004
Paul joined the Navy when he was 19. He says, "That's all I saw myself doing. I saw the benefits my brother received and I knew I was going in regardless." Now, he's Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Paul C. Dunbar, Jr., otherwise known as "Doc."
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Being Bad in India
A changing world makes the homeland seem like homeYouth Outlook, Commentary, Neela Banerjee, Jan 21, 2004
Like most second-generation Indians, I've made a regular chain of pilgrimages back to India while growing up. The journeys were always a mix of extremes.
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San Jose To Carte Se
How I healed my broken heart in AfghanistanYO! Youth Outlook, News Feature, Story + Photos : Shamsia Razaqi, Dec 17, 2003
Twenty-one years old, born and raised in America, I never thought I’d see my real home. Since my parents’ exodus in 1974, Afghanistan has always been an untouchable place, accessible only by my imagination. But in the fall of 2003, my imagination was put to rest.
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