Toward African Freedom in Libya and Beyond
San Francisco Bayview, News Report, Posted: Mar 30, 2011
The French, the Americans and the British could not reach an agreement with the African Union to bomb Libya because the political intelligence of African leaders has grown.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: africa, france, intervention, libya, qaddafi. obama, sarkozy, united states
Violence in Ivory Coast Strikes Fear Among Liberians Here
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 26, 2011
The U.S. grants TPS to Liberians who are already here but that status is running out in September as crisis looms in Liberia.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: ivory coast, liberia, refugees, tps
This Week on New America Now
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Mar 25, 2011
Libyan diaspora's helping hand, Asian & Hispanic numbers in US Census surprise, India's Census, Wal-Mart class-action, Iran Film Series, Arabs Gone Wild
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: arab, arab american, arabs gone wild, asian, bias, censorship, census, class action, cobb's comedy club, comedy, equal, female, film, gender, hamid naficy, hispanic, humanitarian, india, iran, jafar panahi, libya, maysoon zayid, pay, unequal, wal-mart, women, world medical camp, world medical camp libya, yerba buena center for the arts
Libyan Diaspora Assists in Humanitarian Disaster Back Home
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Mar 25, 2011
Libya's diaspora community is making a remarkable difference in getting help and supplies to the humanitarian disaster in their homeland.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: baby milk, disaster, humanitarian, libya, libyan, medical, necessities, supplies, world medical camp libya, yeast
Many Filipinos Won’t Leave Libya for Their Jobs
Philippine Daily Inquirer, News Report, Posted: Mar 25, 2011
Thousands of Filipinos have ignored the Philippine government’s last call to return home, preferring to stay in Libya rather than face a bleak future in their home country.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Al Jazeera Chief Lauds New Media
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 21, 2011
The Chief of Al Jazeera television spoke at a panel for the United Nations Human Rights Council about the effectiveness of new media in reporting.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: al jazeera, ali hassan al jaber, benghazi, cameraman, chief, egypt, internet, journalism, journalist, libya, new media, souag, tunisia
Attack on Libya: Why Odyssey Dawn Is Doomed
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 20, 2011
The first engagement in a "limited action", as described by President Barack Obama, is not being fully revealed in its embarrassing details.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: al qaeda, barbary, barbary war, dawn, gaddafi, gaddhafi, greek, homer, libya, moamar, muammar, obama, odyssey, qaddafi, qaddhafi, qatar, stephen decatur, tripolitan, tunisia, united states
United States's First-Ever Universal Period Review by the UN
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 18, 2011
For the first time ever, the United States's own human rights record will be reviewed by the United Nations Human Rights Council.
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Tags: human rights, human rights council, iran, troika, united nations, united states, universal period review
This Week on New America Now: Nuclear Disaster, Iranian New Year, and the New Jim Crow
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Mar 18, 2011
New America Now covers the nuclear disaster in Japan and its radiation fall-out, Iranian New Year, the new Jim Crow, and a new film about Indian surrogacy.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: california, disaster, india, iran, iranian, jim crow, made in india, michael lukas, michelle alexander, new year, norooz, noruz, nowrooz, nowruz, nuclear, oracle of stamboul, radiation, rebecca haimowitz, vaishali sinha, yoichi shimatsu
The Black African Soldiers Who Fight for Libya—and the U.S.
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 11, 2011
Who are those mysterious black soldiers fighting on Gadhafi's behalf? They are U.S.-trained commandos whose first mission was to battle Al Qaeda in the Sahara.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: alQaeda, Libya, MuammarGadhafi, OsamabinLaden, Sahara, specialforces, Tuaregs, U.S.military
Lawmakers Accuse GOP of Inciting Tension Between Blacks, Immigrants
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Mar 08, 2011
Black lawmakers are pushing back over a Republican's contention that a surge in the number of illegal immigrants is hurting low-skilled workers most.
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Tags: blacks, congress, hearings, immigrants, low-skilled, racial, tension, workers
Mideast Revolutions and 9-11 Intrigues Created in Qatar
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 01, 2011
On the surface, Qatar is the pro-Western host of the U.S. Central Command but it is also underhandedly backing an Islamist takeover of North Africa.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: abdullah bin khalid al-thani, afghanistan, al jazeera, al qaeda, al-muqtaliya, bosnia, central command, clinton foundation, david shayler, egypt, federation of american scientists, gaddafi, gadhafi, george clooney, hamad bin jassim bin jabr al-thani, iraq, islamic, islamist, khalid shaikh mohammed, libyan islamic fighting group, matt damon, mohammed ali dahham mansoori, muammar qadhafi, muslim, Muslim Brotherhood, qaddafi, qatar, royal family, soviet, state department, syriana, tunisia, white house, world trade center, yusuf al-qaradawi