Little Bee: The Story of a Refugee
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 30, 2010
Two women find they need each other in ways neither could have foreseen. Little Bee was short-listed for the 2008 Costa Award for best novel, and it is a New York Times bestseller.
Categories: Audio, Immigration, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Britain, citizenship, England, Immigration, Nigeria
The Border from Both Sides
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 30, 2010
Mary Ambrose talks to David Danelo, a former Marine who recently wrote The Border: Exploring the US-Mexico Divide.
Categories: Audio, Immigration, Latino, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Immigration in a Historical Perspective
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 28, 2010
America always likes to describe itself as a nation of immigrants. But throughout its history, it has also struggled to keep immigrants out through a patchwork of laws.
Categories: Audio, Immigration, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Border, History, Immigration, Mexico, SB 1070
New America Now: Immigration Special
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 25, 2010
A historical view of immigration, a vet's take on the border and a woman trapped in refugee limbo.
Categories: African, Audio, European, Immigration, Latino, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: border, britain, immigration, mexico, nigeria, refugee, SB 1070, united states, US
New America Now: Mehserle Trial, Gulf Spill Fallout, Sun Behind the Clouds
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 18, 2010
Thandisizwe Chimurenga provides an update on the Johannes Mehserle murder trial, David Hobbs shares stories of Gulf Coast families struggling due to the spill.
Categories: African, African American, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Economy, Environment, Immigration, Latino, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: environmental contamination, freedom, gulf coast, immigration, oppression, police violence, world cup
Visions of Peace and Justice
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 17, 2010
Famed muralist Juana Alicia is the vision behind a mural in West Berkeley portraying key movements in the history of social justice
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: gay rights, immigration rights, social justice, street art, women's movement
Immigration Ground Zero At 9500 Liberty
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 16, 2010
Long before Arizona, Prince William County in Virginia became ground zero for the immigration movement. Filmmakers Eric Byler and Annabel Park had a front seat to the drama in their new documentary film, 9500 Liberty
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Immigration, Latino, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: arizona immigration, illegal immigrants, immigration rights
Where is Iran's Opposition Movement Now?
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 15, 2010
A year after the controversial elections in Iran, what is the status of the opposition movement? Mahnaz Afkahmi is founder and president of Women's Learning Partnership, and executive director of the Foundation for Iranian Studies
Categories: Audio, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
New America Now: One Year After Neda, 9500 Liberty, True Colors
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 11, 2010
Mahnaz Afkahmi examines the status of the Iranian opposition movement, 9500 Liberty is a new documentary about ground zero for immigration reform, and Juana Alicia is the visionary behind a new mural in West Berkeley
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Immigration, Latino, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: arizona immigration, immigration reform, iran, protest, social justice, women's movement
Islamic Radicalism in the Rear-View Mirror
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 10, 2010
Laura Poitras tracks the intersecting lives of Abu Jandal, bodyguard for Osama Bin Laden, and Salim Hamdan, Bin Laden's driver, in her new doumentary, The Oath
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: al-qaeda, islamic radicalism, jihad
Following the Electronic Waste Trail
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 08, 2010
Sunita Sohrabji traveled to India to follow the electronic waste trail of discarded electronic equipment. She reported on what she found for India West.
Categories: Audio, Economy, Environment, New America Now, Science & Technology, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: e-waste, environment, environmental contamination, india
New America Now: Flotilla Attack, The Oath, Electronic Waste
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 04, 2010
Sunita Sohrabji followed the electronic waste trail to India, Jamal Dajani examines the recent Israeli attacks, and Laura Poitras discusses her film The Oath
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Environment, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: arab israeli conflict, electronic waste, gulf oil spill, islam, japanese opera, jihad
A Lesbian Lieutenant in Don't Ask Don't Tell Limbo
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 03, 2010
Robin Chaurasiya got her discharge papers from the military this year after having served in the Air Force since 2006
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, New America Now, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Beatrice and Virgil
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 03, 2010
Yann Martel shot to worldwide fame with his book Life of Pie, even gaining a fan in President Obama. His new novel tackles the subject of the Holocaust.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, European, New America Now, Original NAM Content