Dying to See the Doctor - Young People and Health Reform
Silicon Valley DeBug/New America Media, First Person, Posted: Jun 29, 2012
Silicon Valley DeBug asked young people in San Jose what their worst health-related experience has been and whether they were able to receive care.
Categories: Health, Health Care Reform, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: healthcarelaw, healthcarereformdecision, healthcareyouth
Joel Diaz -- Training Champions in Coachella
New America Media/ Coachella Unincorporated, Profile, Posted: Jun 25, 2012
After leading Timothy Bradley to the WBO welterweight championship, trainer Joel Diaz has now returned to training youth in Coachella.
Categories: Front Page, Latino, Original NAM Content, Sports, Youth Culture
Tags: JoelDiaz, MannyPacquiao, TimothyBradley
Potential School Sports Cuts Would Hit Students on Many Levels
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 25, 2012
Threatened school cuts due to state budget crunches could boot out school sports—affecting grades, smoking rates, obesity levels and racial health disparities.
Categories: African American, Education, Health, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Sports, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: californiaeducationcuts, childhoodobesityandsports, physicaleducationcuts, schoolsportsbudgetcuts
Screaming Queens and Queer Teens at First Pride Youth-Elders Brunch
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 24, 2012
Shared history and struggle were the fare at San Francisco’s First Youth First Annual Youth and Elders Brunch, kicking off the Trans March and Pride weekend.
Categories: Elders, Gender & Sexuality, Intersections, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: comptonscafeteriariot, gaypride2012, lgbtelders, lgbtyouthandelders, pridesanfrancisco2012, screamingqueensdocumentary, stonewallriots, transmarch
Zimmerman Acquits Himself—Yet Again--of Trayvon’s Murder
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 22, 2012
George Zimmerman again says Trayvon Martin viciously attacked him, but the facts say otherwise. Will a Florida jury agree with his self-acquittal for murder?
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: blackyouthimage, georgezimmermandefense, mediaontrayvon, trayvonmartincase, zimmermanprosecution
LGBT Foster Care Bill Headed to Senate Committee
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 21, 2012
When Jamie Lee Evan was 5 years old, her foster parents at a group home in Los Angeles taunted a young boy who they believed was gay.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Living, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: abuse, advocates, ammiano, bill, california, casa, court, foster care, gay, youth
Violence Prevention Effort Wins Praise & Sparks Controversy in Richmond
New America Media/Richmond Pulse, News Report, Posted: Jun 18, 2012
During the past six years in Richmond, nearly 1,000 shootings have resulted in the deaths of 208 young men -- an average of 35 per year.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Living, Richmond Pulse, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: death, drive, drugs, gun, hate, joblessness, neighbor, richmond, shooting, violence, youth
Obama Gives Hope to Arizona Youth
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 15, 2012
Young people vow to continue pressuring the federal government and Congress for a broader change in U.S. immigration policy.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Election 2012, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: arizonadreamers, azdreamers, obamadeportation, obamaDREAMers, obamaimmigrationyouth
Chinese Teen, 14, is Youngest Player to Join Golf US Open
New Tang Dynasty, News Report, Posted: Jun 13, 2012
14-year-old Chinese golfer Andy Zhang is the youngest player to compete in the US Open.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, Sports, Youth Culture
Tags: aljazeerachina, chinese, golf, guangzhou, open, player, san francisco, teenager, US, youngest
American Children Born to Immigrant Parents Trailing Behind, New Study Finds
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 13, 2012
American children with immigrant parents are more likely to live in poverty, lack health insurance benefits, and less likely to graduate from high school.
Categories: Economy, Education, Immigration, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: children, education, foreign, health, immigrant, insurance, opportunity, school, study
Youth Votes Will Drop Significantly in 2012 Election
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 12, 2012
First time voters are not as enthusiastic in the 2012 election as their counterparts were in 2008.
Categories: Election 2012, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: 2008, 2012, election, enthusiasts, obama, voters, youth
Youth Poets Launch Social Justice Campaign Against Diabetes
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 11, 2012
Amidst rising rates of diabetes in teenagers, youth are leading a new campaign to combat the social and environmental factors that created the epidemic.
Categories: African American, Environment, Health, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: diabetes in teenagers, environmental factors, epidemic, launch online campaign, social, UCSF, youth poets