Tears Flow as the Defense Rests in Mehserle Trial
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 30, 2010
The mother of shooting victim Oscar Grant weeps as a pathologist describes the path of a police bullet.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content
Visualizing Movement -- Pocho One Photography
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jun 30, 2010
Pocho 1 -- a world renowned photographer and graphic artist -- has continued the organizing and visual tradition of his elders.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Multimedia, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: art, chicano, movement, photography, pocho 1
The Front lines of the Green Jobs Movement: Street Recyclers
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jun 29, 2010
Working on the front lines of the green job movement are young and old street recyclers, some are doing it for a living others are making a little extra cash.
Categories: African American, Multimedia, Video
Tags: bottles, cans, green, jobs, recyclers, working, young old
Lawyers Clash Over ‘Taser Confusion’ in Mehserle Trial
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 29, 2010
Witnesses for Johannes Mehserle tried to establish that he pulled the wrong weapon before killing Oscar Grant. The defense calls its last witness today.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice
Tags: BART, Mehserle, meserhle, oscargrant
Five Slaps for Funk Season -- Pandemonium's Soundtrack
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Commentary, Posted: Jun 29, 2010
When Summer time hits Oakland you know it's the Funk Season. It's the season when the weather and the block starts to get hot.
Categories: African American, Top Stories
Summer Brings Heat Wave of Violence to NY
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Jun 28, 2010
A series of shootings citywide has intensified public concern in this, the first week of summer, as the days heat up in more ways than one.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, War & Conflict
No Revenge for Americans as Ghana Escapes, 2-1
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Jun 28, 2010
In the end, Ghana reached its goal, surviving with a 2-1 win to eliminate the United States from World Cup play.
Categories: African, African American, Arts & Entertainment, Front Page, Indigenous, Multi-ethnic, Sports
Tags: fifa, ghana, united states. 2006, world cup
The Mehserle Trial Through the Eyes of Young Oakland
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jun 26, 2010
As the Johannes Mehserle murder trial for the death of Oscar Grant continues in LA, young Oakland is watching.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, News, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: Alameda County, all white jury, Johannes Mehserle, los angeles, oscar grant, police brutality, protest, rally, trial, verdict
Remembering Michael Jackson
L.A. Watts Times, News Report, Posted: Jun 25, 2010
Michael Jackson, the King of Pop to many, died on June 25, 2009 — a year ago this week. His death stunned the world.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Media, Top Stories
Tags: anniversary, death, michael jackson, one, year
Mehserle Takes The Stand in Grant Murder Trial
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 25, 2010
Day 10 of the People v. Mehserle trial (June 24) ended with the defendant, Johannes Mehserle taking the stand.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: bart, johannes mehserle, oscar. grant, stand, trial
Washington Informer Receives Top Honors
Washington Informer, News Report, Posted: Jun 25, 2010
The Washington Informer received the General Excellence First Place Award from NNPA.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines, Media
Tags: blackmedia, nnpa, washingtoninformer
Candidates Alvin Greene, Kesha Rogers - Democrats Who Terrify Democrats
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 24, 2010
Primary wins by South Carolina’s Alvin Greene and Texas candidate Kesha Rogers – a follower of conspiracy guru Lyndon LaRouche – has stunned the Democratic Party.
Categories: African American, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: Alvin Greene, Democrats, election, Kesha Rogers, Lyndon LaRouche
Racial Attacks Rise in America's Post Racial Era
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jun 23, 2010
According to a FBI Hate Crimes report of 7,783 hate crime incidents in 2008, 72.6 percent were motivated by anti-Black bias.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Multi-ethnic
Jobs Still on Hold as Teens Leave School for the Summer
NNPA, News Report, Posted: Jun 23, 2010
The House passed a jobs bill that includes funding for high school but, the Senate has yet to vote on the final measure.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Youth Culture
Utility Giants Face Criticism on Minority Contracts
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 22, 2010
A new report says that while California's utility companies are spending millions doing business with minority contractors, some big players are lagging behind.
Categories: African American, Economy, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: greenlining, minority contractors, PG&E, utilities
Can President Obama Really Break Our Oil Addiction?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 22, 2010
Commentator Earl Ofari Hutchinson argues President Obama may talk tough about big oil, but his actions are much more modest.
Categories: African American, Environment, Top Stories
Tags: big oil, bp, earl ofari hutchinson, gulf oil spill, solar energy
Gulf Residents Protest, Brace Themselves for Affects of Oil Spill
NNPA, News Report, Posted: Jun 21, 2010
People around the country – especially costal states - are forced to remember the oilrig explosion as they brace themselves for its aftermath.
Categories: African American, Top Stories
Key Testimony from ex-BART Officers in Grant Murder Trial
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 21, 2010
Testimony in the trial of a former Bay Area Rapid Transit officer concluded Friday with appearances by Marysol Domenici and Anthony Pirone.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: anthony pirone, marysol domenici, murder, oscar grant, testimony, trial
Graduation Day at Nation's First Charter School Behind Bars
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 19, 2010
The nation's first charter school for adults inside a county jail graduated 110 students this year.
Categories: African American, Asian, Education, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: books not bars, charter school, education, jail, san francisco
Feds Eye African-American Performance Gap in L.A. Schools
LA Beez, News Report, Posted: Jun 18, 2010
Probe had already included look at services for English learners; community pressure led to expanded effort and plans to compare schools in black and white areas of the city.
Categories: African American, Top Stories
Tags: Achievement, African American, Allegation, Education, Inequity, Lawsuit
New America Now: Mehserle Trial, Gulf Spill Fallout, Sun Behind the Clouds
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 18, 2010
Thandisizwe Chimurenga provides an update on the Johannes Mehserle murder trial, David Hobbs shares stories of Gulf Coast families struggling due to the spill.
Categories: African, African American, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Economy, Environment, Immigration, Latino, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: environmental contamination, freedom, gulf coast, immigration, oppression, police violence, world cup
The Legend of the Tonite Show: DJ FRESH
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jun 18, 2010
YO!TV caught up with DJ Fresh who is now a veteran producer and DJ, who's name rings bells- just as his beats rattle trunks.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Original NAM Content, Video, Youth Culture
Arizona Ethnic Media Jointly Condemn SB 1070
New America Media, Press Release, Posted: Jun 17, 2010
Arizona ethnic media outlets published a joint editorial condemning the new immigration law SB 1070.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Asian, Ethnic Media Network, Ethnic Media in the News, Events, Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Media
Tags: arizonaimmigration, arizonalaw, arizonasb1070, sb1070
Haiti Recovery Inches Forward
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Jun 16, 2010
Aid workers and officials say the country is steadily eking out a recovery that some hope will make Haiti better than it was before the disaster.
Categories: African, African American, Caribbean, Front Page, International Affairs, Intersections
Ex-Chicago Cop Accused of Torture Should be Jailed says Activists
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jun 16, 2010
Grassroots community activists toiled for years to expose the Chicago Police Department's dirty little secret of torture and abuse.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice
Raps From Panama to America with Los Rakas
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jun 16, 2010
The musical duo, Los Rakas, talks about their life from Panama to America and origin of their music.
Categories: African, African American, Arts & Entertainment, Caribbean, Intersections, Latino, Original NAM Content, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: african, los rakas, music, oakland, panama, rap, spanish
Blacks Join Meteoric Rise In Absentee Voting
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Jun 16, 2010
Increasing numbers of Black voters are taking to the mailbox instead of their local polling station.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
The Real Question is Why an Alvin Greene
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 16, 2010
The Democratic Party has only itself to blame for the victory of an unknown Army veteran in South Carolina's Senate primary/
Categories: African American, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: alvin greene, democrats, election, south carolina
John Wooden's Civil Rights Legacy
Los Angeles Sentinel , Commentary, Posted: Jun 14, 2010
At a time when most peers like Kentucky's Adolph Rupp and others refused to integrate their programs, John Wooden pursued fairness for all.
Tags: african-americans, basketball, john wooden, ucla. coach
Black Players Key to USA Quest for World Cup Respect
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Jun 14, 2010
With more Black players rising through the ranks of U.S. soccer there seems to be more interest in the World Cup in the Black community this year.
Categories: African, African American, Arts & Entertainment, Intersections, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: african american, fifa, players, south afrca, team usa, world cup
Dispersants Add to Gulf Spill's Toxic Threats
Louisiana Weekly, News Report, Posted: Jun 14, 2010
The Obama Administration has started to rein in BP's use of dispersants to break up spilled oil while a toxic stew swirls off Louisiana's coast.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Environment, Front Page, Health, Intersections, Latino, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology
Fears Grow That Oil Spill Will Have Long-term Impact on Gulf
IPS/GIN, News Report, Posted: Jun 14, 2010
Environmentalists and local residents are beginning to reckon with the reality of a massive annihilation of sea creatures and wildlife.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Environment, Health, Indigenous, Intersections, Latino, Science & Technology, Top Stories
S.C. Stealth Candidate Alvin Greene Speaks
New America Media, Interview, Posted: Jun 12, 2010
South Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Alvin Greene discusses his shocking win in South Carolina.
Categories: African American, Economy, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: alvin greene, democrat, election, south carolina, stealth
Emotional Opening to Mehserle Murder Trial
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 11, 2010
Alameda County’s District Attorney gave an evocative opening statement in the murder trial of Johannes Mehserle.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: bart, cop, openning, oscar grant, trial
Sarah Palin And The Tea Party, Democrats' Best Allies
Black Star News, News Report, Posted: Jun 10, 2010
Listening to many political pundits --both Democrats and Republicans-- you would have thought Sarah Palin had just become God.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Bakewell Family to Purchase LA Watts Times
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 10, 2010
Publishers of the Los Angeles Sentinel and L.A. Watts Times announced that they have been negotiating for Bakewell Media to purchase the L.A. Watts Times.
Categories: African American, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Media
Tags: black, la sentinel, la watts times, los angeles, news, press, sold
Oscar Grant Photo of Mehserle Holding Taser Surfaces
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 10, 2010
The prosecution in the murder trial of ex-BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle will present into evidence a cell phone photo Oscar Grant took.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bart, evidence, Johannes Mehserle, murder, oscar grant, photo, trial
Controversial Author Plans Church Abuse Book Sequel
Philadelphia Tribune, News Report, Posted: Jun 09, 2010
Author Shannon Bellamy writes about a very sensitive topic. Her first published book “Pimps in the Pulpit,” received national attention
Categories: African American, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Intersections, Law & Justice, Religion
Tags: abuse, author, book, church, controversy
As Racial Strife Rises in America Peace is a Must
NNPA, News Report, Posted: Jun 09, 2010
In America’s history of racial strife, White leaders rarely take the responsibility to speak against wrongs.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice
California Seniors Want Stimulus Help
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Jun 09, 2010
As California's Inland region unemployment hovers near 15%, many are questioning the usefulness of the stimulus in creating jobs.
Categories: African American, Economy, Elders, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Stimulus Watch
Oscar Grant's Trial: Jury Set, Defense Seeks to Exclude Video
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 09, 2010
The jury, composed of five Latinas, three white women, two Latinos, and two white men, will hear opening statements on June 10.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: bart, blacks, criminal justice, jury, latino, oscar grant, shooting
Remembering Black Wall Street
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Jun 08, 2010
89 years ago one of the most successful Black townships in the country, the Greenwood area of Tulsa Ok., was completely destroyed.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page
Overcoming the Pitfalls in the Oscar Grant Case
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jun 08, 2010
Prosecuting cops is no easy task, with many pitfalls, even when evidence against them is ample in evidence.
Tags: oscar grant, race relations
Jury Selection in Mehserle Trial Winding Down
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 08, 2010
The jury in the People of the State of California v. Johannes Mehserle will be whittled down to 18 people this week.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: criminal justice
Protestors Barred, Ejected, Arrested at Chevron meeting
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jun 08, 2010
The scene turned chaotic at the company's annual shareholder's meeting on May 26 as protestors were denied access.
Categories: African American, Economy, Environment, Health, Intersections, Top Stories
Tags: arrests, chevron, oil, protest, shareholders
California Candidates Scapegoat Immigrants, Ignore Blacks
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 07, 2010
Meg Whitman, Steve Poizner and Jerry Brown have been criticized in Spanish-language media for conducting "ugly" campaigns.
Categories: African American, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: californiaelection, californiagovernor, californiaprimary, governorsrace, jerrybrown, megwhitman, stevepoizner
Kobe's Not The Best Ever Until He Beats Boston
Washington Informer, Commentary, Posted: Jun 07, 2010
As a lifetime Laker Bryant takes his place amongst the likes of Wilt Chamberlin, Elgin Baylor, and Jerry West.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: basketball, kobe bryant, lakers, los angeles, nba
Black Music Month: Celebration of Negro Spirituals
Los Angeles Sentinel , News Feature, Posted: Jun 07, 2010
Rural slaves used to stay after the regular worship services in plantation "praise houses", for singing and dancing.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Front Page, Religion
Tags: african, music, negro, praise houses, slavery, spirituals
Despite Protests, Texas Board Passes Curriculum
Dallas Weekly, News Report, Posted: Jun 07, 2010
The Texas State Board of Education passed a controversial social studies component of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) curriculum.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Latino, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: conservative, curriculum, naacp, protests, slavery, texas
Pittsburg Green Economy Summit: Most Jobs Still in the Pipeline
Pittsburg Courier, News Report, Posted: Jun 07, 2010
Recently, Pittsburgh has hosted a number of seminars and summits promoting green jobs and a green economy.
Categories: African American, Economy, Environment, Front Page, Intersections, Science & Technology
Tags: green, jobs, pittsburg, summit, unemployment
Students Sue Over Disappearing Teachers
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 07, 2010
The story of the students behind a groundbreaking lawsuit to save public education in California.
Categories: African American, Asian, Education, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: adequacy lawsuit, california, classroom, education
Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
Louisiana Weekly, News Report, Posted: Jun 07, 2010
The documentary film Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans speaks of a community with a storied past.
Categories: African, African American, Arts & Entertainment, Top Stories
Tags: black, faubourg, film, neighborhood, new orleans, treme
College Ain't for Everyone
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Audio, Posted: Jun 04, 2010
This week on YO!Radio -- Is college still necessary? With the rising costs of education and the lucrative business of trade schools many young people are making the decision not to take the four year journey for a college degree.
Categories: African American, Audio, Intersections, Original NAM Content, Youth Culture
Tags: college, education, school, trade school
Cops Have it Wrong on North Oakland Gang Injunction
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jun 04, 2010
Young people who aren't affiliated with gangs say the North Oakland gang injunction is going to affect them too.
Categories: African American, Video, Youth Culture
Desperate Times: Selling Food Stamps To Get By
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Jun 03, 2010
Last week, a woman sat outside a grocery store in San Bernardino Ca. attempting to receive cash for her food supplements.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice
Tags: Electronic Benefits Transaction (EBT), food stamps, poverty, scams, selling
Centrist Politics Dooms Alabama Gov. Hopeful
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Jun 03, 2010
Despite positive pre-election polls, Rep. Arthur Davis, a four-term congressman from Alabama got smoked big-time.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: alabama, democratic, govenor, primary, rep. arthur davis
Runaway Corporate Greed Haunts America
Final Call, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 03, 2010
The U.S. Senate approved sweeping reforms of Wall Street May 20, The vote comes as public concern is focused on corporate greed.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice
Tags: corporations, greed, industry, money, reform, wall street
For Ethnic Elders, Environmental Equality is Elusive
New America Media/Redwood Age, News Report, Posted: Jun 03, 2010
After decades of fighting, residents of San Francisco's Bay View still seek to clean up pollution in their community.
Categories: African American, Elders, Environment, Top Stories
Tags: Bayview-Hunters Point, environmental justice, ethnic elders, pollution
Poll: Ethnic Voters Support Obamacare
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 03, 2010
A new poll shows ethnic voters in California are much more likely than whites to support our nation's new health care reform law.
Categories: African American, Asian, Health, Latino, Polls, Top Stories
Tags: asians, democrat, ethnic voters, health care reform, obamacare poll, republican, vietnamese
Lesson for SF -- S. Philly School Recovers from Racial Violence
Philadelphia Tribune, News Report, Posted: Jun 02, 2010
The wounds opened by Black vs Asian violence at South Philadelphia High School last winter have begun to heal.
Categories: African American, Asian, Front Page, Intersections, War & Conflict
BP Spill Victims Angry - Want Action
Black America Web, Op-ed, Posted: Jun 02, 2010
President Barack Obama stood inside the White House and took responsibility for the largest oil spill in U.S. history.
Categories: African American, Economy, Environment, Front Page, Health, Intersections, Science & Technology
Study: White Families $95K Richer than Blacks Families
Washington Informer, News Report, Posted: Jun 02, 2010
in the last 23 years, the gap between the average net worth of African-American families and white families has more than quadrupled.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections
Day by Day, Elders Breathe Toxins In Hunters Point
New America Media/Redwood Age, News Report, Posted: Jun 02, 2010
Breathing even small doses of chemicals over time may be lethal for elders living in polluted areas like San Francisco's Bay View.
Categories: African American, Elders, Environment, Top Stories
In Defense of Obama - Government Takeover Won’t Clean Up Oil Disaster
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 02, 2010
The Obama critics shout it at him in part to beat up on him, and in part out of ignorance at what the government can do.
Categories: African American, Environment, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bp, colinpowell, obama, oilspill
A Heart-to-Heart with America’s First Black Billionairess
Los Angeles Sentinel , News Report, Posted: Jun 01, 2010
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Sheila Crump Johnson is the only African-American female in the billionaires club
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections
Tags: billionaires, black, johnson, owner, Sheila Crump Johnson, sports
As Jobs Crisis Wanes No Relief For Communities Of Color
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Jun 01, 2010
The jobless rate in Riverside and San Bernardino counties fell to 14.2 percent in April from an alltime high of 15 percent in March.
Categories: African American, Economy, Intersections, Top Stories
Tags: black, california, central valley, economy, unemployment
Detroit Family Tells Story of Police Invasion
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jun 01, 2010
Vertilla Jones, 46, weeping in the arms of her daughter LaKrystal Sanders, described how Detroit police killed seven-year-old.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice
Tags: Aiyana Stanley Jones, detroit, girl, invasion, killing, police
Growing Old in America’s Cancer Alleys
New America Media / Redwood Age, News Report, Posted: Jun 01, 2010
Ethnic communities nationwide, like African Americans in San Francisco’s Bayview Hunter’s Point neighborhood, are suffering at the front lines of pollution.
Categories: African American, Elders, Environment, Health, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Arizona Copy Cat Immigration Law Pending in Louisiana
Jambalaya News, News Report, Posted: Jun 01, 2010
A new Louisiana House bill is stirring up controversy by calling for fines and legal penalities for undocumented immigrants
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: bill, illegals, immigration, law, louisiana, restrictions
Rhode Island Immigration Reform Bill Shot Down
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Jun 01, 2010
A bill similar to Arizona’s controversial immigration law was killed in the Rhode Island House of Representatives.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Immigration, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, immigration, law, residents, rhode island