This Week on New America Now: Nuclear Disaster, Iranian New Year, and the New Jim Crow
 

This Week on New America Now: Nuclear Disaster, Iranian New Year, and the New Jim Crow

New America Media, Audio, Shirin Sadeghi, 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.

 

India Is Not Japan: Nuclear Reactors in Grave Danger

 

New America Media, News Analysis, Sandip Roy, Posted: Mar 17, 2011

India's nuclear reactors are under even greater threat than Japan's because of how disorganized and unprepared the country is for disaster.

 

Tohoku Quake & Tsunami Monitoring: "Full Metal Alchemy"

 

New America Media, News Analysis, Yoichi Shimatsu, Posted: Mar 17, 2011

Be careful who you donate your money to for Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief. Also, a guide on how the radiation could affect you.

 

Puncturing Japan's Steel Curtain: Dealing With Nuclear Disasters

 

New America Media, News Report, Yoichi Shimatsu, Posted: Mar 16, 2011

We should praise Japanese print and television news media who have hammered at and finally punctured the steel curtain of official secrecy.

42 Filipinos Missing in Japan

 

Inquier.net, News Report, Posted: Mar 16, 2011

The Philippine Embassy in Tokyo released the names of 42 Filipinos reported missing in Friday’s quake tragedy.

GOP Reopens Fight Over Nuclear Waste in Sacred Yucca Mountain

 

Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Mar 15, 2011

In 2010 the Department of Energy withdrew its application to pursue Yucca Mountain as a site for a nuclear waste dump, but Republicans have not abandoned the idea.

 

Japan’s Official Meltdown in Meaning: Tohoku Quake and Nuclear Monitoring

 

New America Media, News Analysis, Yoichi Shimatsu, Posted: Mar 15, 2011

Information about the government and corporate interests involved in the nuclear program in Japan is being censored at the very top.

Amid Rescue Efforts in Quake-hit Japan, Racist Comments are Rampant on the Web

 

Pacific Citizen, News Report, Posted: Mar 15, 2011

Amid Rescue Efforts in Quake-hit Japan, Racist Comments are Rampant on the Web.

Riverside Reaches Out to Sendai; George Takei sends Sympathy

 

Rafu Shimpo, News Report, Posted: Mar 14, 2011

Akemi Kikumura Yano, president and CEO of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, issued the following statement on Saturday:

Northern Japan Earthquake Relief Fund

 

AsianWeek, News Report, Posted: Mar 14, 2011

e know from our experience and relief efforts with the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake of 1995, that there will be more bad news to come as the recovery and rescue efforts continue.

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