New America Media: Photo Galleries

Can the Triquis Go Home?

New America Media, News Report, David Bacon, Posted: Jan 19, 2012

It looks similar to the U.S. Occupy protests, but rather than fighting to remain in their tents, Triqui families have been fighting for the right to go home.

Tear Gas and Stones Fly in Egypt's Tahrir Sq.

New America Media, Photo Essay, Shadi Rahimi, Posted: Nov 21, 2011

Bloody riots in Egypt’s Tahrir Square entered their third day Monday, a week ahead of the nation’s first parliamentary elections.

Dying for a Glass of Clean Water in CA’s San Joaquin Valley

New America Media, Photo Essay, david bacon, Posted: Aug 22, 2011

In the small town of Lanare, locals are fighting for access to clean drinking water, a problem in many poor, rural communities across the state.

Faces of Foreclosure: Repossessing the California Dream

New America Media, News Feature, various, Posted: Jul 21, 2011

After foreclosure, homeowners pick up the pieces and re-imagine the California dream of homeownership.

Mobile Tech in Classrooms Boost English Learners

New America Media, Photo Essay, Jacob Simas and Vivian Po, Posted: Jun 27, 2011

Use of mobile devices in a Hayward, Calif., classroom puts English language learners on the fast track.

Ethnic Media Convene to Discuss Northern Virginia Redistricting Plan

New America Media, Photo Essay, Anthony Advincula, Posted: Jun 06, 2011

Ethnic media gathered in D.C. to discuss a Virginia redistricting plan that would weaken the political power of ethnic communities, despite their growing numbers.

Border Communities Are Ground Zero for Hunger

New America Media, Photo Essay, David Bacon, Posted: Apr 18, 2011

Food is hard to come by in the borderlands of southeast San Diego County, for residents as well as those just passing through.

Dental Care Crisis Draws Thousands to Free Medical Clinic

New America Media, News Report, Viji Sundaram, Posted: Apr 12, 2011

The Oakland Coliseum has been jammed with low-income patients seeking free dental and medical care—exposing the richest state’s Third World status.

Juggling for Life—Circus Performers Face the Violence of Juarez

New America Media, News Report, Story by José Luis Sierra, photos by Carolina Campos Meza, Posted: Feb 16, 2011

On the street corners of Ciudad Juarez, fire-eaters swallow their fears and clowns laugh off death through their tears.

How the P'urhépechas Came to the Coachella Valley

New America Media, Photo Essay, david bacon, Posted: Jan 12, 2011

Sitting on an Indian reservation in the southern California desert, the Duros trailer camp is now home to a large number of indigenous Mexican migrants, the P'urhépecha people.

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