New America Now: Trust in Education, Cuban Biodiversity, Doll Diplomacy
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Apr 23, 2010
This week on New America Now: Odette Keeley with headlines from New America Media, Valeria Fernandez and Stan Washington on Ethnic Media Watch, Budd Mackenzie talks about girls education in Afghanistan, Cuban scientist Umberto Rios looks at Cuban agriculture, and Curators Melissa Rinne and Alan Pate tell the story of "doll diplomacy" between the US and Japan.
Categories: Education, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: american immigrants federation shut down, Arizona, budd mackenzie, cuba, goldman prize, humberto rios, immigration, martin luther king, odette keeley, philippine presidential election, stan washington, trust in education, US Japan friendship, valeria fernandez
New America Now: Health Care Lessons, To Kill A Tiger, Shanghai Celebration
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Mar 26, 2010
Frank Sharry looks at the connection between health care and immigration reform, Jid Lee is the author of To Kill A Tiger about growing up in South Korea after the war, and a new art exhibit on the city of Shanghai has opened at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco
Categories: Education, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: asian art museum, britta erickson, ethnic media watch, frank sharry, health care, immigration reform, jid lee, khalil abdullah, korean war, shanghai, south korea, to kill a tiger, valeria fernandez
New America Now: Stimulus Impact, Lost Souls, Learn to be Latina
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 19, 2010
Charlene Muhammad discusses the impact of the stimulus on black households, Lost Souls by Monika Navarro is a new documentary about Mexican deportees, and playwright Enrique Urueta is the author of Learn to be Latina
Categories: Education, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: charlene muhammad, enrique urueta, foreclosure, impact theater, julie pham, learn to be latina, lost souls, marcelo ballve, monika navarro, stimulus
New America Now: Manny's Final Fight, California Hope, AA Film Festival
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Mar 12, 2010
Anthony Advincula discusses the possibility of Manny Pacquiao's final fight this saturday, Commentator Richard Rodriguez sees reason for optimism in California, and the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival launches this weekend.
Categories: Education, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: anthony advincula, asian american film festival, brenda way ODC dance company, california, chi-hui yang, deann borshay liem, final fight, in the matter of cha jung hee, mai ver dong, manny paquiao, richard rodriguez
Re-Imagining Bertolt Brecht
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 10, 2010
Director John Doyle has re-imagined The Caucasian Chalk Circle, the legendary play from German playwright Bertolt Brecht. The play is at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco now until March 14th.
Categories: Education, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
New America Now: The Oscar Goes To, On the Road with Evo, Global Lives
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Mar 05, 2010
Valeria Fernandez shares a story about the Mexican workers who craft the Oscar, Tupac Saavedra followed Bolivian president Evo Morales during his election campaign in On the Road with Evo, and Executive Director David Evan Harris talks about his Global Lives Project.
Categories: Education, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bertolt brecht, caucasian, chalk circle, david evan harris, evo morales, global lives project, john doyle, mexican, on the road with evo, oscar, saavedra, tupac, valeria fernandez, workers