R.I.P. Dewey Tucker

Youth Outlook, Video, Kevin Weston, Posted: Feb 03, 2010

Dewey Tucker's death has left the music world at a loss. Driving to band rehearsal, the 24-year-old bassist was shot on I-80 and died.

 

Haitian Americans on the crisis in Haiti

 

New America Media, News Report, none, Posted: Feb 02, 2010

For the first time Haitian Americans are polled on their reactions to the political response to the earthquake in Haiti.

 

Women's Rights Under Fire in Texas and Arizona

 

New America Media, Audio, Odette Keeley, Posted: Jan 29, 2010

Undocumented pregnant women being held in detention centers have reason to worry; and, women in Texas are facing harsh obstacles in getting their license to practice eyebrow threading

 

New America Now: The Power of Women

 

New America Media, Audio, none, Posted: Jan 29, 2010

New America Now presents A Woman's Special featuring the only female Prime Minister of Peru, a rare example of a woman completing a Torah, and the reality of emerging roles for Muslim women today.

 

Cosmopolitan Obama Shuts World Out in State of the Union Address

 

New America Media, Video, Sandip Roy, Posted: Jan 29, 2010

Essayist Richard Rodriguez says America was capable of creating Obama. But the president's job is much harder - recreating America. In his first State of the Union address, the president tried to romance the Congress, but can he romance the country once more?

 

Teen Abortion Rates Spike

 

YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Audio, Donny Lumpkins & YO!Radio Crew, Posted: Jan 29, 2010

This week on YO!Radio -- youth chose good over green, teen abortions on the rise and a 16-year-old sails around the world while blogging.

 

Oscar Grant's Daughter Wins $1.5 Million Settlement

 

New America Media Yo! Youth Outlook, Video, Ann Bassette, Posted: Jan 29, 2010

BART shooting victim Oscar Grant's five-year-old daughter was awarded a $1.5 million settlement. John Burris, attorney for the Oscar Grant family, reacts to the settlement.

 

No Flying Cars Yet … in 2010

 

Yo! Youth Outlook, Commentary, Various Authors, Posted: Jan 01, 2010

Movies, books and television have fed into our wildest fantasies of the future, from flying cars to robots. We asked young people what they thought the year 2010 would be like when they were kids, and what they think now.

 

Berkeley HS Opens Green Academy

 

New America Media, Video, Min Lee, Posted: Oct 01, 2009

Berkeley High School and Pacific Gas and Electric Company have partnered to open a first-of-it's-kind small school dedicated to green technology.

 

Alameda County Census Office Open's Their Doors

 

New America Media, Video, Ann Bassette, Posted: Sep 29, 2009

Rep. Barbara Lee participated in the opening of the Census Office in her district -- her comments focused on the Hard-to-Count young black male.

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