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(aired on NPR's Morning Edition November 10, 2008)

Ancient Greece gave us the myth of Pandora’s Box.  Forbidden to be opened, but opened anyway, the box spewed out a torrent of plagues to torture people forever.  Pandora slammed the lid back down trying to trap the worst of it, but only one thing remained there at the bottom - hope.
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Youth Radio's Brandon McFarland and Summer Sewell are still reeling from Obama’s win, and thinking about what it means for their own ambitions as a young African-American man and biracial woman.

The following entry is not a transcript of the audio, but a web extra to the radio story.

By Summer Sewell
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Everyone has been asking about it! Who are you voting for? Obama or McCain? These elections were becoming so overwhelming.  I was sick and tired of class discussions, and outside conversations about these two candidates. Propositions didn’t catch my attention, or let’s just say I never bothered to read them. I came to the conclusion that I was not going to vote. Read more...

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A day after Prop 8 passed by a 3% margin, banning marriages between same sex couples, the streets of Hollywood and West Hollywood were occupied by a sea of angry protesters with “No on Proposition 8” signs.

According to the Los Angeles Times there were as many as 5,000 people on the streets of Hollywood. Walking through assured me that a large number of Angelinos were in disagreement with the results of this proposition initiative.

I walked by a group of loud protesters who where chanting:
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By Miriam Archibong

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DURHAM, NC - My favorite canvassing story thus far: Two friends were knocking on doors today early this evening in East Durham, North Carolina, going door-to-door in a predominately African-American public housing project. Mostly, the people they met had already voted for Obama.
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Last night at the “No on Proposition 8” headquarters in Hollywood California, Jackie Goldberg, former member of the California State Assembly from the 45th district, and an openly Gay and Lesbian activist, gave the most inspiring speech.

“The fight for equality will continue, because all of the thousands of Gay and Lesbian couples who deserve to marry will do so, this is not the end but the foundation of a fight we deserve to win”
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The lines run out of the door and around the corner as college age Angelinos lined up for the hottest Presidential party Los Angeles had this night.  IM Radio, a LA based community Internet radio station, packed the house of the Echo Plex,  a local bar and music venue in Hollywood, California. Read more...

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At 11 PM the honking from cars lined up for miles could be heard reverberating through the otherwise empty downtown streets.

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