Rico tha Kidd: Music is My Motivation

YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Marina Saenz and Kalei Meyers, Posted: Nov 30, 2010

YO! caught up with Rico tha Kidd  where we talked to him about hearing his music on the radio for the first, his motivation behind his music, and legit ways to make money.


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What's in Store for Pakistan? A Conversation with Fatima Bhutto

New America Media, Audio, Sandip Roy, Posted: Nov 28, 2010

Fatima Bhutto speaks about her life as a young woman born into one of Pakistan's most famous political families and where she sees Pakistan heading.


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Become All You Can Be—and a Citizen

New America Now, Audio, Sandip Roy, Posted: Nov 27, 2010

A documentary about immigrants who have found a fast track towards citizenship: enlisting in the U.S. military.


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The Trauma of Guantanamo Bay, in a Play

New America Now, Audio, Sandip Roy, Posted: Nov 25, 2010

Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig creates a world after Guantanamo Bay has been closed, but where those who participated still deal with the underlying trauma.


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Feast of Words: Andrew Lam on "East Eats West"

New America Media, Video, Words: Andrew Lam; Video: Odette Keeley & Valerie Klinker, Posted: Nov 24, 2010

East and West are meeting and mating in ways Kipling could not have imagined, especially in California.


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Searching for Truth—and Not Necessarily Finding It

New America Now, Audio, Sandip Roy, Posted: Nov 23, 2010

Three young journalists stay under the radar in Sri Lanka to film what no reporter has been able to document before.


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Hollywood and Bollywood Join Hands

India West, News Report, Parimal M. Rohit, Posted: Nov 23, 2010

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa joined Indian and American film producers as they signed a historic MOU between the world's biggest film industries.


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Two Years and 56,000 Kilometers of Pictures

New America Now, Audio, Sandip Roy, Posted: Nov 22, 2010

Tom Carter is thought to be the only foreigner in history to travel to all 33 of China's provinces.


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Islam and American History: What You Didn't Know

New America Now, Audio, Sandip Roy, Posted: Nov 21, 2010

Jonathan Curiel brings to light things we might not have considered when thinking about US history and Islam's effects on it.


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Harry Potter Is a DREAM Act Kid

New America Media, Commentary, Sandip Roy, Posted: Nov 19, 2010

When it comes to immigration, there is no shortage of Dark Lords. Voldemort’s American soul is split into thousands of horcruxes, hidden in every corner of the country.


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New America Now: Election Upsets Don't Mess With Thanksgiving

New America Now, Audio, Sandip Roy, Posted: Nov 19, 2010

This weeks show explains how a candidate in second, or even third place in an election can come out victorious due to rank choice voting. Also, Madhur Jaffrey shares insights into cooking and her latest film.


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Aasif Mandvi Is Today's Special

India Currents, Question & Answer, Sandip Roy, Posted: Nov 19, 2010

The Daily Show's Aasif Mandvi has a new film out, but the real star of "Today's Special" is Indian food.


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Harry Potter Makes Me Wish I Was Just Like Him (Again)

New America Media, Commentary, Eming Piansay, Posted: Nov 19, 2010

A fan who grew up reading the Harry Potter books finds the latest (and next-to-last) movie bittersweet—but satisfying.


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Brandy vs. Bristol and the Judges vs. the People

New America Media, Commentary, Alexandra Moe, Posted: Nov 18, 2010

"Hate on me," Sarah Palin's daughter taunts, and the "Dancing With the Stars" judges do—which, paradoxically, may be why the audience loves her.


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A Woman's Journey to Islam

New America Now, Audio, Sandip Roy, Posted: Nov 17, 2010

Discover one woman's journey across the globe and across religions.


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As Harry Potter Era Draws to a Close, Quidditch Keeps the Magic Alive

New America Media, News Feature, Kathryn Roethel, Posted: Nov 16, 2010

As the next-to-last Potter movie opens in theaters this week, college kids from NY(above) to Calif. take to the fields with a Muggle version of wizarding 's favorite sport.


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Uganda’s President Releases Rap Song and Video

Washington Afro, Video, Staff Report, Posted: Nov 15, 2010

Yoweri Museveni is now a rap sensation the 65-year-old recently released a rap video that has taken the East African nation by storm.


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Cam-troversy in Alabama: Did QB Sensation Play for Pay?

Washington Informer, News Report, Eric D Graham, Posted: Nov 15, 2010

There is a new controversy brewing in college football, involving Auburn University's sensational quarterback Cam Newton.


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Blackface on Broadway

Amsterdam News, News Report, Nayaba Arinde , Posted: Nov 12, 2010

A group of vociferous and animated folk gathered outside the Lyceum Theater on Broadway to protest “The Scottsboro Boys.”


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New America Now: New Wave of Republicans and Obama's Travels

New America Media, Audio, Sandip Roy, Posted: Nov 12, 2010

A little bit of everything, from a play about the traumas of Guantanamo to a discussion of how the new crop of Republicans will fare in Congress.


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Films For Colored Girls: Movies Every Sister Should See

Black America Web, News Feature, Karen Good, Posted: Nov 10, 2010

The release of Tyler Perry’s film "For Colored Girls" has reinvigorated discussion about black women in film


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New America Now: Elections and the Truth About People

New America Media, Audio, Sandip Roy, Posted: Nov 05, 2010

A discussion on the midterm elections this week, plus a look at a documentary about the aftermath of war and photographic documents of China's people.


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