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New America Now: Trust in Education, Cuban Biodiversity, Doll Diplomacy
New America Now,  , Apr 23, 2010
This week on New America Now: Odette Keeley with headlines from New America Media, Valeria Fernandez and Stan Washington on Ethnic Media Watch, Budd Mackenzie talks about girls education in Afghanistan, Cuban scientist Umberto Rios looks at Cuban agriculture, and Curators Melissa Rinne and Alan Pate tell the story of "doll diplomacy" between the US and Japan.
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The Dangerous Business of Blogging
New America Now, , Sandip Roy, Apr 21, 2010
Stephen Franklin is the ethnic news director for the Community Media Workshop in Chicago. He's also a long time journalist who has spent a long time in the Middle East. He talks about the dangers faced by Arab bloggers.
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Now, Obama Can Pick a Justice with a Heart
New America Media, Commentary, Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Apr 13, 2010
Obama has the chance of a president’s lifetime to follow his heart and pick the kind of Supreme Court justice who will protect the rights of the powerless, minorities and women.
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Immigration Reform Activists Keep the Pressure On
New America Media, News report, Elena Shore, Apr 08, 2010
Congress just passed a huge overhaul of the nation’s health care system; Republicans and Democrats in Congress seem more divided than ever; the country is still in a recession but immigration reform advocates said they intend to keep up the pressure on legislators to enact immigration reform in 2010.
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Dan Choi: Repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Now
New America Media, Q&A, Aaron Glantz, Apr 08, 2010
President Obama promised to end the "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy, which forbids gays and lesbians from serving openly in the Armed Forces, but for Lt. Dan Choi, an openly gay New York National Guardsman, that's not good enough.
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Will Immigration Reform Impact the US Labor Market?
New America Media, Q&A, Sandip Roy, Apr 07, 2010
What will be the economic impact of legalization of the undocumented? That’s become the billion-dollar question in a shaky economy. A new study from the Public Policy Institute of California looks back at immigrants who achieved legal status in 2003 to see what effect legalization had on their wages and earnings and finds results that bust some popular beliefs on both sides of the debate.
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New America Now: Stormy Weather, I Got Thunder, Paula West
New America Now, , Apr 02, 2010
This week on New America Now - A special on black entertainers: James Gavin talks about his book Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne, Lashonda Barnett looks at black women songwriters and their craft in I Got Thunder, and local singer Paula West reveals some of her favorite jazz musicians.
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