"It's A Wonderful Occupation": Occupy Resolutions for 2012
Silicon Valley De-Bug, Video, Posted: Dec 31, 2011
In San Jose, California, Occupy protesters were asked: What is your resolution for Occupy in 2012?
Categories: Front Page, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Video, Youth Culture
Soda is Like Crack
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Dec 31, 2011
In Richmond, Calif., consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks like soda presents as much of a threat to community health as illegal narcotics.
Categories: African American, Health, Latino, Original NAM Content, Richmond Pulse, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: obesity, richmond, sodatax, sugarsweetenedbeverages
By Nature, Youth Need Second Chances, Not Incarceration
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Dec 31, 2011
Imprisonment as punishment for youth makes zero sense, when considering the way their brains develop.
Categories: Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: juvenilejustice, youthjustice
Coming Out Twice
New America Media / Salon.com, First Person, Posted: Dec 30, 2011
A young Cambodian from Long Beach finds solace in his father, who accepts him as gay.
Categories: Asian, Collaborative Reporting, Gender & Sexuality, Original NAM Content, Profiles, South Asian, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Dying to Live a Lie: How Symbol Replaced Substance in the Black Community
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Dec 30, 2011
Violence caused by the re-release of Air Jordan sneakers shows how far society has fallen under the spell of hollow status symbols.
Categories: African American, Economy, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: airjordan, jordans, jordanshoes, michaeljordan, nike, shoethieves
It's Easier to Be Gay Than Undocumented
New America Media / Salon.com, First Person, Posted: Dec 29, 2011
For one young man from the Bay Area, there is less comfort in being undocumented than there is in being gay.
Categories: Collaborative Reporting, Gender & Sexuality, Latino, Original NAM Content, Profiles, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Fearing Rejection, Gay Latino Teen Found Acceptance
New America Media / Salon.com, First Person, Posted: Dec 28, 2011
Growing up gay in a Catholic, Latino household in rural California, Andrés just assumed his father would reject him. He was wrong.
Categories: Collaborative Reporting, Gender & Sexuality, Latino, Profiles, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Coming Out: How I Lost Myself at Church and Found Myself in a Jail Cell
New America Media / Salon.com, First Person, Posted: Dec 27, 2011
For a young Samoan from San Jose, coming to terms with her homosexuality was complicated by culture, family and religion.
Categories: Asian, Collaborative Reporting, Gender & Sexuality, Indigenous, Original NAM Content, Profiles, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: churchoflatterdaysaints, comingout, gay, lesbian, LGBT, mormonchurch, oceania, oneloveoceania
Will Young Voters Steal the Show in 2012? Maybe, If Lawmakers Listen
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Dec 26, 2011
Before the 99 percent captured the world’s attention, another number helped energize an often overlooked part America’s electorate: 58 percent
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: 2012, 99%, democrats, election, obama, republicans, social media, top, vote, youth
Mom Finally Became Ally for Gay Daughter
New America Media / Salon.com, First Person, Posted: Dec 26, 2011
After years of dancing awkwardly around the issue of homosexuality, a mother becomes an ally to her gay daughter.
Categories: African American, Collaborative Reporting, Gender & Sexuality, Original NAM Content, Profiles, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: bisexual, coming out, gay, lesbian, LGBT
Blistering Barnacles: The Lost Adventure of Tintin
Firstpost.com, Commentary, Posted: Dec 25, 2011
Charles de Gaulle famously said, “My only international rival is Tintin.” Now Hergé’s Tintin will have his own rival — Spielberg’s Tintin.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Featured Columnists, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: 3d, belgium, childhood, colonial, entertainment, france, global, herge, india, movie, spielberg, tintin
Teachers Struggle to Feed Hungry Students in Order to Teach
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 23, 2011
We do what we can because we realize that even with the economic uncertainty we cannot afford to see our students fail.
Categories: Economy, Education, Growing Up Poor in the Bay Area, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture, food
Tags: california, classroom, education, educators, food, hunger, meals, nutrition, poverty, students, teachers
An Epidemic of Expulsions
iWatch News, News Feature, Posted: Dec 13, 2011
Kern County is at the leading edge of a contentious debate over where to draw the line in exacting school discipline, after the Central Valley's school districts are suspending and expelling students for a broad range of indiscretions. This piece first ran on iWatch News, a project of The Center for Public Integrity.
Categories: African American, Education, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: bullied, discipline, expulsions, parents, safety, school, teachers
After Multiple Suspensions, Fresno Student Hit Rock Bottom
New America Media, Video, Posted: Dec 13, 2011
A Fresno student shoulders the blame for her suspensions, but believes the schools could have done more to support her.
Categories: Collaborative Reporting, Education, Original NAM Content, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: expulsions, fresno, fresnounifiedschooldistrict, schooldiscipline, suspensions, zerotolerance
Street Singer is A Warm Light in The Shadow Economy
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Dec 13, 2011
The money she pulls in varies from day to day, but the 24-year-old street musician derives her joy from being able to connect with the community.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: improvised, locals, street musician, underground economy, violin, young
Children’s “Wish for the Holidays” - Keep Our Families Together
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 12, 2011
Over 5,000 children nationwide sent letters to Congress last week calling for more humane deportations than current policies harming children and their families.
Categories: Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: alfranken, congress, deportation, herbertkohl, immigration, youthculture
Latino LGBT Youth Coming Out At Their Own Pace
South Kern Sol , News Feature, Posted: Dec 11, 2011
Latino LGBT youth speak of rejection by their family and classmates, but an expert advises they be patient and build a circle of those they can trust over time.
Categories: Education, Latino, Profiles, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: bullying, coming out, gay, latinos, lesbian, lgbt, youthculture
Young and Old Protest in DC for Jobs, Unemployment Benefits
Investigative Reporting Workshop , News Report, Posted: Dec 10, 2011
Young and old protested Thursday on the Mall in Washington calling on Congress to extend the payroll tax holiday and unemployment benefits.
Categories: Economy, Education, Elders, Intersections, Occupy Protests, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: congress, education, elders, jobs, occupyprotests, payrolltax, unemployment, whitehouse, youth
Geography of the San Francisco Bay Area’s Dope Game
Richmond Pulse, News Report, Posted: Dec 09, 2011
San Francisco Bay Area youth and police map out the region’s drug preferences – and link the results to health risks and violence.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Richmond Pulse, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: bayarea, crime, drugabuse, richmondcalifornia, sanfrancisco, violence, youth