New America Now: Can Race Ever Be on the Back Burner?
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jul 30, 2010
A look at how race effects the news, the justice system and the sitcoms we watch on television.
Categories: African American, Audio, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: arab israeli conflict, arab labor, Carmen Lineberger, Colorblind, earl ofari hutchinson, New America Now, Sayed Kashua, Tim Wise
Threats to San Francisco's Sanctuary Status
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jul 28, 2010
As San Francisco's sanctuary city status changes, Francisco Ugarte discusses the impact it will have on immigrants in the city.
Categories: Audio, Immigration, Law & Justice, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: dolores street community services, immigration, immigration law, sanctuary city
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jul 27, 2010
In "Presumed Guilty," Tonyo is convicted for a crime he didn't commit in Mexico.
Categories: Audio, Ethnicities, Latino, Law & Justice, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: documentary, justice system, mexico, trial
New America Now: Ethnic Voters Changing the Game in the Sanctuary City
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jul 23, 2010
The recent Field Poll shows that ethnic voters are gaining a voice in elections, but Secure Communities threatens to revoke San Francisco's sanctuary-city statute.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Audio, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Dolores Street Community Services, Field Poll, Mark DiCamillo, NOLA Beez, Philippines, POV, Presumed Guilty, S-Comm
Binational LGBT Couples Separated by Immigration Laws
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jul 21, 2010
Arizona is the center of the immigration debate, but binational LGBT couples around the country have been fighting immigration laws for years.
Categories: Audio, European, Immigration, Intersections, Law & Justice, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: binational, citizen, immigration, immigration laws, LGBT, LGBTQ, out of status, same sex marriage, under the radar
New America Now: Deporting "Pedro", LGBT Immigrants, Oscar Grant Verdict Fallout
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jul 16, 2010
A closer look at the media coverage of the protests in Oakland and how do binational LGBT couples work around immigration laws? Sometimes, they can't.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Asian, Audio, Ethnic Media in the News, Ethnicities, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, New America Now, Original NAM Content
Tags: deported, immigration, johannes mehserle, lgbt, oakland, oscar grant, protests, riots
A Road Strewn with Coffee and Tea
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jul 15, 2010
Filmmaker Jean Marie Offenbacher traveled to Syria and documented daily life on the "axis of evil."
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: coffee, daily life, documentary, middle east, syria, tea
Captive in Your Own Country
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jul 13, 2010
In the play Beijing, California takes place in 2050 and China has literally invaded the US and San Francisco is segregated into militarized zones.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Immigration, Law & Justice, New America Now, Original NAM Content
Tags: asian, asian americans, california, china, future, invasion, military, san francisco
New America Now: US Invaded by China? Is 98118 the Most Diverse Zip Code?
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jul 09, 2010
A discussion on the effect of the Federal Government suing Arizona for AB1070 and Richard Rodriguez talks to Sandip about America's past disasters.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Immigration, Latino, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, Axis of Evil, China, Duy Nguyen, Jean Marie Offenbacher, Richard Rodriguez, Syria
The Rise of South Asian-American Poets
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 07, 2010
Neela Banerjee and Pireeni Sundaralingam discuss Indivisible, a compilation of South Asian-American poetry.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, New America Now, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: book, Poetry, South Asian
The American Dream Meets Home Alone
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 06, 2010
Tze Chun discusses his film, Children of Invention, about a single Chinese-American mother who lures other immigrants into a pyramid scheme.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Immigration, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: American dream, Chinese-Americans, film, film. young directors, Filmmaker Magazine, immigrants, movie, pyramid schemes
Transforming the Asian-American Experience Through Film
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jul 05, 2010
Jennifer Phang, director Half-Life, takes the familiar story of an Asian-American family living in California and twists it into something new.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: asian american immigration, asian americans, asians, Film, film. young directors, immigrants, young directors
Music in Tehran's Underground
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jul 04, 2010
Singer and songwriter Arash Sobhani talks about his band Kiosk, which was founded in a basement in Tehran.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: banned, basement, Canada, Iran, music, underground bands, US
New America Now: Asian-American Films and Poetry
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jul 02, 2010
Two directors–Jennifer Phang and Tze Chun–talk about their films and the first anthology of South Asian-American poetry is published.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: America, Iran, movies, Northern California, poetry, pyramid schemes, South Asian, Tehran, underground bands, writing