New Violence in a New Year

YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, , Donny Lumpkins & YO!Radio Crew Jan 09, 2010

This week on YO!Radio -- boy gets hit by stray bullet on New Years, holiday gunfire results in tragety, and one basketball player gets suspended for packing heat in the locker room.

Schwarzenegger's Last Dance with California

New America Media, , Richard Rodriguez and Sandip Roy Jan 09, 2010

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger gave his last State of the State speech. But is the Hollywood hero riding off into the sunset or California's sunset? Essayist and author Richard Rodriguez discusses Schwarzenegger and the state of the Californian dream.

New America Now: The Weight of Heaven and The Thing Around Your Neck

New America Now, , Jan 08, 2010

Edward Alden discusses the new Obama immigration policy and his new book, The Closing of the American Border, Thrity Umrigar is the author of The Weight of Heaven, and Chimamanda Ngozi examines what it means to be Nigerian in America in The Thing Around Your Neck.

New Study Shows Impact of Immigrant Labor

New America Now, , Odette Keeley Jan 08, 2010

This week on "Stories from the Ethnic Media": Immigrants are critical to the country's economic recovery.

No Flying Cars Yet … in 2010

YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Commentary , Various Authors 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.

Save the Jewish Deli

New America Media, Interview , Mary Ambrose Dec 27, 2009

More and more varieties of ethnic restaurants seem to be opening up everywhere. Yet in this expanding landscape the one ethnic restaurant that seems to be shrinking is the Jewish deli.

2009: The Good, the Bad and the Merlot

YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, , Donny Lumpkins & YO!Radio Crew Dec 25, 2009

This week on YO!Radio -- we're taking a look back on 2009. Who came out on top, and who flopped.

San Francisco Creates Alternative Payday Loan Program

YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia , , Valerie Klinker and Vanessa Vega Dec 23, 2009

Unable to regulate high-interest payday loans, the city of San Francisco did the next best thing: It created its own short-term loan program.

Holiday Heartbreak

YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, , Donny Lumpkins & YO!Radio Crew Dec 18, 2009

The holidays can be hard for some, especially young people with broken hearts.