La Opinión Reaches Out to Young Latinos in LA’s Boyle Heights
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 28, 2011
L.A.’s Boyle Heights neighborhood doesn’t get much coverage—or respect. But a new bilingual publication edited by youth will help change that.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: annenbergschoolofjournalism, boyleheights, laopinión, latinomedia, losangeles, usc, youthjournalists
From WikiLeaks to SB 1070—The Rise of the New Global Hacktivists
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 28, 2011
In just a few months, as one expert puts it, the hacktivist group Anonymous "has gone from the background of hacker culture to the forefront of global politics.”
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: Anonymous, Blackblocmovement, BradleyManning, cyberattack, hacker, hacktivism, hacktivists, JulianAssange, LulzSec, Sony, WikiLeaks, WTO
Clean Water in Schools Crucial to Coachella Valley Students
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 27, 2011
For many children living in the Eastern Coachella Valley Calif., food and water provided at school is often their primary source of nutrition.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: cleandrinkingwater, coachella, coachellaunincorporated
Mobile Tech in Classrooms Boost English Learners
New America Media, Photo Essay, Posted: Jun 27, 2011
Use of mobile devices in a Hayward, Calif., classroom puts English language learners on the fast track.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: bilingualeducation, classroomtechnology, digitaldivide, Englishlanguagelearners, Hayward, mobiledevices, students, tyrrellelementary
Cross Country Team Loses Coach to Deportation
Prensa Hispana, News Report, Posted: Jun 25, 2011
South Mountain High School cross country coach Miguel Aparicio was deported to Mexico after spending 20 years in the U.S.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: coach, deportation, deportedcoach, ICE, icememo, noncriminals
NAM Radio: Wal-Mart, Hacker/Gamers, Dragon Tattoo Lady, Congo's Viva Riva
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 24, 2011
New Show: Supreme Court dismisses Wal-Mart sex discrimination case, hackers & gamers, the woman behind the dragon tattoo, Congo's new film noir.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: arcelia hurtado, biography, case, congo, congolese, discrimination, djo munga, dragon, equal rights advocates, eva gabrielsson, film, film noir, gamer, gaming, gender, girl with the dragon tattoo, hack, hacker, hacking, interview, lawsuit, memoir, men who hate women, playstation, pulp fiction, san francisco, sex, sexism, shirin sadeghi, stieg larsson, tattoo, there are things i want you to know about stieg larsson and me, viva riva, wal-mart
Alarming Facts on Academic Experience for Young Men of Color
The Washington Informer, News Report, Posted: Jun 22, 2011
Nearly half of young men of color -- ages 15 to 24 – who graduate from high school will end up unemployed, incarcerated or dead.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: dead, graduates, high school, incarcerated, men of color, unemployed
The Hack Heard Around the World
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 21, 2011
The recent hacker attack on the Sony PlayStation Network has spurred a hacker free-for-all.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: Anonymous, cyber, hacker attack, hacktivist, Lulz Security, Sony PlayStation Network
Fans Say Anime Brings a Deeper Appreciation for Japan
Pacific Citizen, News Report, Posted: Jun 21, 2011
Cosplay, or costume play, is perhaps what most people outside of the anime community associate most with the fans of the Japanese anime and manga. At anime conventions like Fanime Con and Anime Los Angeles fans don their favorite costumes in homage to anime characters like Sailor Moon or Simon from Gurren Lagann.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Kreayshawn and White Girl Mob Take Over the Net, Radio
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jun 18, 2011
East Oakland's own Kreayshawn and her White Girl Mob crew have combined multi-media and rap to break into the music world big time.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: hip hop, kreayshawn, Lil Deb, oakland, radio, tumblr, white girl mob, you tube
My Addiction to Social Networking
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Jun 16, 2011
I tried shutting down my Facebook, but it wasn't long before Facebook won again.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: addict, addicted, addiction, facebook, media, myspace, social, social media, social network, social networking, tumblr, twitter
A Social Media Riot Made for TV
The Tyee, First Person, Posted: Jun 16, 2011
This wasn't '94. Last night's riot in Vancouver was weirder, more violent, driven by a lust for digital attention.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: socialmediariots, thetyee, vancouverriots
Slain LA Rapper's Family Questions His Friends' Actions
Los Angeles Sentinel, News Report, Posted: Jun 16, 2011
The family of Montae’ Talbert, better known as M-Bone, one-fourth of the rap group Cali Swag District, is speaking out and seeking answers as to why the popular 22-year-old was shot and killed on May 15.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: Cali Swag, family, investigation, murder
Study Shows Black Children Consuming More Media; Mobile Tech Contributes
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Jun 15, 2011
As if black parents didn’t have enough to worry about, a new study finds that in some areas, black children are consuming more media than any other racial group.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: consumption, media, technology, youth
Reflections on Education: What I Learned From My Favorite Teacher
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Jun 15, 2011
One former San Francisco high school student recalls his favorite teacher, and reflects on the qualities that made him so effective.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: education, favorite, favorite teacher, group learning, high school, leon sultan, method, sfusd, teachers, teaching
NAACP Got It Right in Charter School Debate
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 14, 2011
No matter how well charters perform, the bitter reality is that public schools will always be the school of first and only choice for the vast majority of black and Latino students.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: BenjaminJealous, charterschools, NAACP, publiceducation, publicschools, teachersunions
Oakland Protests Mehserle Release
New America Media, Photo Essay, Posted: Jun 14, 2011
Oakland residents and activists took to the streets to protest Johannes Mehserle's release and commemorate the death of Oscar Grant.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: johannes mehserle, oakland, oscar grant, protest, release
Community Hero Keeps the Peace in Richmond
Richmond Pulse, Video, Posted: Jun 14, 2011
Bay Area Peacekeepers seek to help save lives by bringing hope and change to those that society has discarded and that have been negatively impacted by gangs and neighborhood violence.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: Bay Area peacekeepers, gangs, Richmond, violence, youth
2011 Dictionary of Slang: Bay Area Edition
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 14, 2011
Do you think you know all the local slang? Think again. Here's a list of words commonly used in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: bay, dictionary, oakland, san francisco, slang, urban
How Cops Turn "Stop and Frisk" Into "Stop and Arrest"
The Root, News Report, Posted: Jun 13, 2011
Justice-reform advocates want young black and brown men to avoid being tricked by police into emptying their pockets—often leading to arrest for marijuana possession.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: IJJRA, marijuana, NewYorkpolice, NYPD, potarrests, stopandfrisk
"No One Can Do This Alone": How an Immigrant Family Beat Deportation
New America Media/Silicon Valley De-Bug, Video, Posted: Jun 12, 2011
Jeysson Minota, a permanent legal resident, spent four years in and out of detention over a vandalism charge.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: AlbertCobarrubiasJusticeProject, deportation, ICE, immigration, vandalism
Study: Stark Differences in Media Use Between Ethnic, White Youth
Hispanically Speaking News, News Report, Posted: Jun 10, 2011
Minority youth consume an average of 13 hours of media content a day—about 4-1/2 hours more than their white counterparts, according to a new Northwestern University report.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: computers, kaiserfamilyfoundation, media, Northwestern, tv, videogames
DREAM Ruling: High Court OKs In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students
Hispanically Speaking News, News Report, Posted: Jun 07, 2011
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a California law that allows undocumented immigrant students to attend state universities and pay in-state tuition rates.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: California, college tuition, DREAM, in-statetuition, SupremeCourt, undocumented
First Anti-Gang Violence Education Clinic in Harlem
New York Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Jun 07, 2011
The Anti-Gang Violence Education Clinic was organized by Assemblyman Keith L.T. Wright and his staff in Harlem, NY.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: anti-gang violence, education, Harlem
Prince George's County High School Makes NFL History
Black America Web, News Feature, Posted: Jun 03, 2011
Three Gwynn Park High School alumni are the first three players from the same high school slated to enter the NFL in the same year.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: AdrianMoten, GwinnHighSchool, NFL, PhilTaylor, RashadCarmichael
Good-bye, Gil—Reflections on a Lost Genius
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Jun 03, 2011
It was no secret to anyone who came across him in song or life that Gil Scott-Heron was two things: a genius and a junkie.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: GilScottHeron, junkie, rap, TheRevolutionWillNotBeTelevised
Controversial 'Emborícuate' Ad Canceled
El Diario/La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Jun 03, 2011
The controversial "Emborícuate" ad campaign was suspended Thursday in a joint decision by the National Puerto Rican Day Parade and Coors Light.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Colombian Singer by Day, Paid Assassin by Night
Hispanically Speaking News, News Report, Posted: Jun 03, 2011
With a successful career as a singer, and several YouTube hits, Colombian Carlos Valencia led a second life as a paid killer.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: assassin, CarlosValencia, Colombia, hitman, singer
Calif. 5th-Grader Wins Writing Contest on Immigration
Hispanically Speaking News, News Report, Posted: Jun 03, 2011
Maya Young Wong of Altadena, California, won the American Immigration Council's 14th Annual “Celebrate America” Creative Writing Contest for her poem entitled “My Grandfather Ben.”
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
True Confessions: How I Became a Poverty Pimp
Oakland Local, Commentary, Posted: Jun 02, 2011
Here's how one urban dictionary defines the term: “Any social worker, do-gooder, social service agency or faith-based organization who comes into a hood not their own and plays at being the savior to folks that don't need savin’.”
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: communitygardens, foodjustice, foundations, Oakland, philanthropy, urbanfarming, urbanpoor
Cervical Cancer—A Preventable Tragedy for Latinas
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 02, 2011
Pap smears can prevent most cervical cancer, but Latinas often avoid getting screened—and put themselves and their families at risk.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: California, californiamedicalassociation, cervicalcancer, healthcare, hpv, latinos, prevention
South Korea to Fund Language Class in Bay Area Public School
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 02, 2011
A Northern California high school may soon offer new language classes besides Spanish and Chinese: Korean—thanks to the South Korean government.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: california, chinese, education, highschool, korea
California Childcare Cuts Extend Family Homelessness
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 01, 2011
Budget cuts to childcare programs by California Gov. Jerry Brown and legislators would harm homeless children and keep their families on the street.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: budgetcuts, california, childcare, earlychildhooddevelopment, education, families, homelessyouth, jerrybrown