Making Contact’s ElectionWatch ’04. Youth Vote: Mobilizing from the Grassroots. The nearly 43,000,000 young Americans between the ages of 18 and 30 comprise about 23% of the electorate. A strong youth turnout at the polls has the potential to swing the presidential elections of 2004. On this edition of Making Contact’s ElectionWatch ’04-a monthly special from the National Radio Project-we conduct a roundtable discussion with young activists and grass-roots organizers about youth voting behavior and efforts to mobilize young people around the 2004 presidential elections.

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Empty Promises?: NAFTA at 10

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Queer as Youth. What’s it like to be young and queer? Young lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth are more likely to be harassed and victims of hate crime than their straight peers. They have high drop out rates from school. And studies show that LGBT youth are more prone to depression, drug abuse, and suicide. But as more young people are coming out, both lgbt and their straight peers are challenging the isolation and stigma of being gay.

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Women Rising II: International Change Makers

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ElectionWatch ’04: Pushing Medicare – The Health Industry and Public Subsidies for Prescription Drugs.

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Occupied with Peace: Jewish Responses to the Mideast Conflict.

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Radio Mobilizing Communities.

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"Spill-Over: Plan Colombia and U.S. Interests in the Andean Region"

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Journey to Justice: Carlos Mauricio’s Story: Carlos Mauricio was one of the few political prisoners who survived the most brutal period of military repression in El Salvador. More than 75,000 people died, and countless others were tortured or disappeared from 1979-1992. On this edition, correspondent Jon Watanabe chronicles Carlos’ remarkable journey in search of justice and, ultimately, healing for himself and his country

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ElectionWatch ’04: "The Texas Two-Step: Bush, Corporate Cash, and Environmental Rollbacks"

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