http://news.newamericamedia.org news.newamericamedia.org en-us New California Media DW Alliance LLC http://www.dwalliance.com http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=bc024f9390fae1ddb470145d48f2323c&from=rss More people are seeking U.S. citizenship than ever. More than 744,000 people were naturalized last year while just over a century ago, fewer than 8,000 people had that privilege, according to the US federal Web site. Vivian Luu IExaminer 2010-02-07T00:18:00-08:00 News report http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=37f6f6f6316c7e2988a2c0e37efda7a7&from=rss 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. Ann Bassette Min Lee New America Media/ YO! Youth Outlook 2010-01-29T16:00:00-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=9bd7461651b896902ccd645f8d42da8f&from=rss 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. New America Now 2010-01-29T13:00:00-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=df4d42704b82f9ad3079603c87246cbc&from=rss 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 Odette Keeley New America Now 2010-01-29T13:00:00-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=9a9049eaa55f650aea95ca1a60480f56&from=rss World Journal 2010-01-27T02:15:00-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=5c481b7bdf262966cb9b08f1a53c59eb&from=rss An extensive field poll on the Obama presidency yields surprising results, Taylor and Bessie Rogers of StoryCorps discuss seeing Martin Luther King in Memphis, and Betty Kamath is returning to a home for the elderly in India. New America Now 2010-01-22T13:00:00-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=216d8967e819818ee13326b330adddf4&from=rss The earthquake in Haiti has potentially added another 1.5-2 million to the list of those displaced by environmental disasters, and many will no doubt seek asylum in other countries. Andrew Lam New America Media 2010-01-20T00:03:00-08:00 News Analysis http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=b37f16c3a7192bd32bc6b7b4fc444365&from=rss Some Arab-American and civil rights groups say the new airport screening regulations amount to "racial profiling" for citizens of 14 predominantly Muslim nations. Esther M. Gentile New America Media 2010-01-13T02:01:00-08:00 News Report http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=3298f02601e7449597e05df23b6e897f&from=rss The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently declared that police officers could be held liable for using a Taser without proper cause. But the decision stopped short of treating a Taser as a deadly weapon. Raj Jayadev and Aram James New America Media 2010-01-07T01:01:00-08:00 Commentary http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=38681bd31d782501896f9620680fd193&from=rss Many California state prisons are unaware that they can each create regulations to accommodate the religious wishes of their Sikh prisoners. Sunita Sohrabji India-West 2009-12-26T01:01:00-08:00 News Feature