Hair Braider Sues for Right to Work Without a License
Black America Web.com, News Report, Posted: Apr 30, 2011
Growing up in Sierra Leone,Jestina Clayton leaned to braid corn rows in her mother’s hair at the age of five. Now she's suing for the right to braid hair for a living.
Categories: African, African American, Economy, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Law & Justice
Is Nigeria Heading Toward a Second Civil War?
The Root, News Report, Posted: Apr 30, 2011
In the wake of presidential elections, riots have broken out and thousands have been displaced. Is Goodluck Jonathan, the winner, fanning the flames of war?
Categories: African, Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Biafra, GoodluckJonathan, Nigeria
NAM Radio: Luis Gutierrez, Raul Ramos, Abu Ghraib, Blitz the Ambassador
New America Media, Audio, 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.
Categories: African, African American, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: abu ghraib, abuse, accra city blues, afghanistan, america libre, anniversary, blitz the ambassador, chicago, congress, congressman, detainee, detention, dream, dream act, ghana, hip hop, hispanic, house divided, illegal, illinois, immigrant, immigration, iraq, joshua phillips, latino, luis gutierrez, National Campaign for American Children and Families Tour, native sun, obama, political, public enemy, rap, raul ramos y sanchez, representative, samuel bazawule, seventh anniversary, soldier, torture, tour, undocumented
Gadhafi Exploits Libya’s East-West Divide
New America Media, Video, Posted: Apr 28, 2011
Gadhafi inflames tensions between the East and West, promoting the perception that the conflict is a civil war.
Categories: African, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video, War & Conflict
Tags: benghazi, east west, gaddafi, libya, misrata, moammar gadhafi, nato, tripoli, united states
NAM Radio: Filipino Comedy, Overseas Chinese, Liberian Civil War
New America Media, Audio, 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.
Categories: African, African American, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Chinese, Immigration, International Affairs, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: africanamericans, ai weiwei, beijing, bird's nest, china, chinese, comedian, comedy, craig williams, far easter 6, filipino, gold, liberia, lost boy, mae ngai, olympian, olympics, overseas, rex navarrete
A New President, More Uncertainty for Haiti?
The Final Call, News Report, Posted: Apr 21, 2011
Haiti's electoral commission has announced its new president-elect—flamboyant musician and performer Michel Martelly.
Categories: African, Front Page, Politics & Governance
Tags: Haiti, president, president elect., runoff
The African Union And Sarkozy's War In Libya
Black Star News, News Analysis, Posted: Apr 18, 2011
This is the moment for president Barack Obama to be an international statesman and support a negotiated settlement of Libya's civil war.
Categories: African, Front Page, International Affairs, Politics & Governance
Tags: African Union, libya, Sarkozy, war
Arab Rappers in Solidarity With Uprisings in Middle East & North Africa
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 16, 2011
Many prominent Arab hip-hop artists, inspired by uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa, have released music in solidarity with protesters in the region.
Categories: African, African American, Arts & Entertainment, Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Intersections, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: arab, arabian, arabian knightz, berkeley, cairo, canada, el general, excentrik, fredwreck, gadhafi, ghaddafi, hip hop, iraq, libya, logic, london, lowkey, middle east, mish b3eed, naima shalhoub, narcicyst, north africa, oakland, omar offendum, palestine, rais le bled, rap, raptivism, shadia mansour, solidarity, syria, tounes bladna, tunisia, united states
Speculators Drive Pain at the Gas Pump
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 14, 2011
The real reason why oil and gas prices jumped during most of the 30-month period when there was no turmoil in the Middle East & demand for oil and gas was low.
Categories: African, Economy, Environment, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Middle Eastern, Science & Technology, Stimulus Watch, Top Stories
Tags: barrels, cftc, commission, crude, department, derivatives, dodd-frank, exchange, federal trade commission, futures, gas, goldman sachs, ice, justice, nymex, obama, oil, opec, price, regulation, rise, sec, securities, speculating, speculation, speculator, trading
The Hypocrisy of Military Intervention for So-Called 'Humanitarian Assistance'
Final Call, News Feature, Posted: Apr 12, 2011
The fast moving media discussion concerning the invasion of the North African country of Libya, appears more geared toward just satisfying the appetite of John Q Public, than it has to do with providing anything having to do with reality.
Categories: African, Front Page
Tags: Libya, military, North Africa, U.S.
NAM Radio: Maxine Hong Kingston, Youth Incarceration, Koran Burning
New America Media, Audio, 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.
Categories: African, African American, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Chinese, Economy, Elders, Eye on Egypt , Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Science & Technology, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: anime, burning, cyntoia, cyntoia's story, dan birman, earthquake, florida, i love a broad margin to my life, imprisonment, incarceration, japan, juvenile, koran, maxine hong kingston, pastor, prison, race relations, richard rodriguez, small business, tsunami, youth
Aristide Returns as Haiti Seeks a New Course
The Final Call , News Report, Posted: Apr 07, 2011
In defiance of Washington, Jean-Bertrand Aristide has returned to Haiti for the first time since being overthrown seven years ago in a U.S.-backed coup.
Categories: African, Caribbean, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, International Affairs, Politics & Governance, War & Conflict
Tags: Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Astride, politics