Summer Brings Heat Wave of Violence to NY
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Jun 28, 2010
A series of shootings citywide has intensified public concern in this, the first week of summer, as the days heat up in more ways than one.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, War & Conflict
The Mehserle Trial Through the Eyes of Young Oakland
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jun 26, 2010
As the Johannes Mehserle murder trial for the death of Oscar Grant continues in LA, young Oakland is watching.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, News, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: Alameda County, all white jury, Johannes Mehserle, los angeles, oscar grant, police brutality, protest, rally, trial, verdict
Trillion Dollar Dreams: What Military Spending Could Buy
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jun 21, 2010
The United States recently reached the $1 trillion mark in the costs of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Science & Technology, Veterans, War & Conflict
Tags: afghanistan, cost, iraq, one trillion, united states, war
Regime Change in Iran: The Fantasy That Will Not Die
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 18, 2010
Commentator William O. Beeman says the United States cannot topple Iran the same way it overthrew the Soviet Union.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: cost war, iran, islam, soviet union
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
Eight Reasons the Taliban Are Winning
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 17, 2010
President Obama would like to declare victory in Afghanistan, but most Arab commentators believe America is losing.
Categories: Front Page, Middle Eastern, War & Conflict
Tags: afghanistan, eye on the arab media, military, terrorism, war
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
Flotilla Signals Turkey’s Change of Heart
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 08, 2010
Israel's strongest Muslim ally is Turkey. Turkey has the second largest army in NATO. But is the Gaza flotilla a sign that Turkey is looking elsewhere for friends?
Categories: Featured Columnists, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: flotilla, iran, islam, israel, middle east, nuclear reactor, Turkey
Anniversary of Sikh Massacre Presents Challenge for Father
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 05, 2010
It's difficult to figure out how to tell your children about one of the most traumatic periods of recent Sikh history.
Categories: Immigration, International Affairs, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: 1984, golden temple, india, indian parents, massacre, punjab, punjabi, sikh
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
World Wide Demonstrations Follow Israeli Assault on Flotilla
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Jun 03, 2010
More than 10,000 people in Istanbul Turkey marched on the Israeli consulate, waving banners and shouting “Killer Israel.”
Categories: African, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Religion, War & Conflict
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
Lesson for SF -- S. Philly School Recovers from Racial Violence
Philadelphia Tribune, News Report, Posted: Jun 02, 2010
The wounds opened by Black vs Asian violence at South Philadelphia High School last winter have begun to heal.
Categories: African American, Asian, Front Page, Intersections, War & Conflict