Stories by Russell Morse
New York City is ripe with reminders of our current economic disaster.
Posted on Oct 6, 2008, Source: New America Media
A new poll shows young people are more likely to get their election coverage from "Saturday Night Live" than nightly newscasts. According to writer Russell Morse, "That's great!"
Posted on Feb 4, 2004, Source: YO! Youth Outlook
Life and art are having a big fat orgy.
Posted on Feb 2, 2004, Source: YO! Youth Outlook
Hip hop heads may think it's lame, but even the most progressive and influential hip hop artists have taken the cue -- rock is where it's at.
Posted on Oct 2, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service
Not all young people all enthralled with the sequel to “The
Matrix.” Because the first film was released when sterile, bloated corporate culture was in full swing, myths of rebellion resonated. Now, with fewer jobs, slashed budgets and tuition hikes, the sequel falls flat.
Posted on May 19, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service
California's homicide rate jumped by 11 percent last year, part of a nationwide increase. Young people caught up in the spiraling violence call it "the killing game." Three youth talk about their own survival strategies and the choices made by their peers.
Posted on May 15, 2003, Source: YO! Youth Outlook
"Jackass" Johnny Knoxville and star rapper Eminem have ushered in a White Boy Renaissance.
Posted on Jan 22, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service
One UC Berkeley student comments on the racial and political that divide even the most "conscious" students on his campus.
Posted on Oct 16, 2001, Source: Pacific News Service
Three writers from Youth Outlook comment on this week's debates, asking questions like "What about poor folks? If Bush wants tax breaks for the rich and Gore is fighting for the middle class, where does that leave everyone else (namely, those whom Clinton referred to as "the ones serving us our hot dogs and soda" at the DNC)?"
Posted on Oct 6, 2000, Source: Pacific News Service
As the New Economy churns out young dot com millionaires by the day, a kind of "money hunger" is trickled down to those on the other side of the Digital Divide. Russell Morse, a YO! Youth Outlook reporter, talked with several youth who are making and spending lots of cash -- and found out what drives them.
Posted on Aug 22, 2000, Source: YO! Youth Outlook
Voting for the first time can bring a heady feeling of becoming a real citizen, a participant in the business of running the country. But for Russell Morse, just turned 19, the experience seemed like a confusing exercise in futility.
Posted on Apr 1, 2000, Source: Pacific News Service
