Luis Gutierrez: Firebrand Says Obama Can Reform Immigration

New America Media, Audio, Shirin Sadeghi, Posted: Apr 29, 2011

The firebrand advocate for immigration reform says that President Obama has the executive power to make a change, if he so chooses.




NAM Radio: Luis Gutierrez, Raul Ramos, Abu Ghraib, Blitz the Ambassador

New America Media, Audio, Shirin Sadeghi, Posted: Apr 29, 2011

New Show: America's 2nd most important Hispanic leader: Luis Gutierrez, 7th Anniversary of Abu Ghraib, Raul Ramos, Hip Hop's Blitz the Ambassador.




NAM Radio: Filipino Comedy, Overseas Chinese, Liberian Civil War

New America Media, Audio, Shirin Sadeghi, Posted: Apr 22, 2011

New Show: What it means to be an overseas Chinese, a new memoir of post-civil war Liberia, Mae Ngai's new book, the 1st African American Olympic gold medalist, Rex Navarrete's comedy.




Iranian-American Icon Bijan Passes Away

New America Media, News Analysis, Shirin Sadeghi, Posted: Apr 16, 2011

Suitmaker to presidents (including Obama and Reagan) and royalty, and designer of the Michael Jordan cologne, Bijan Pakzad was an Iranian-American icon.




Afghanistan's Che Guevara is a Woman

New America Media, News Report, Shirin Sadeghi, Posted: Apr 15, 2011

She has survived 5 assassination attempts and moves house several times a week with bodyguards. The extraordinary story of an Afghan who dared to raise her voice.




NAM Radio: Abandoned Pets, Afghanistan, Malalai Joya

New America Media, Audio, Shirin Sadeghi, Posted: Apr 15, 2011

New show: abandoned pets of the foreclosure crisis, N. California Book Awards Winner, Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, and Afghanistan's Che Guevara: Malalai Joya.




NAM Radio: Maxine Hong Kingston, Youth Incarceration, Koran Burning

New America Media, Audio, Shirin Sadeghi, Posted: Apr 08, 2011

New show: Maxine Hong Kingston's new book, Koran burnings, a teenage girl in prison for life, small biz & race relations, anime & tsunamis.




Bollywood's Veena Malik Takes on Muslim Cleric on Live TV

New America Media, News Report, Shirin Sadeghi, Posted: Apr 06, 2011

A Pakistani Bollywood actress is set up during a live TV show, accused by a cleric of being unchaste during appearances on an Indian reality show.




NAM Radio: Obama in Latin America, Steroids, and Japanese Americans

New America Media, Audio, Shirin Sadeghi, Posted: Apr 01, 2011

This week on New America Now Radio: Obama in Latin America, Barry Bonds and steroids, women in politics, & Japanese-American internment camps.