Stories by Issue
New America Media, Commentary, Spike Dolomite Ward , Posted: Nov 10, 2012
LOS ANGELES–Now that President Obama has won re-election, those with pre-existing conditions like myself won’t have to worry about losing our Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, young adults won’t have to worry about being kicked off their parents’ health insurance, and parents with chronically sick children won’t have to lose any more sleep worrying about what will become of their babies...
By Andrew Lam, New America Media
News Report by Jacob Simas / NAM Youth Wire reporters
Two months into a new school year that saw stricter federal nutrition guidelines go into effect for school meals, youth reporters from New America Media fanned out in high schools across California to interview their peers and check out the view from the lunch line...
The Food Studies program at The New School in New York City draws on a range of disciplines to explore the connections between food and the environment, politics, history, and culture...
By Mark Westbrook
Not a pity-inducing documentary, not a love for animals, not for chakras, chi, or chicks (see disclaimer at bottom)...
New America Media, News Report, Viji Sundaram, Posted: Oct 10, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO – Exposure to pesticides is one key reason why children today are more likely to have a wide range of such diseases and disorders as cancer, autism, birth defects and asthma than children of a generation ago, according a study released yesterday...
New America Media, News Report, Erin Marcus, Posted: Oct 12, 2012
MIAMI — Marc Henderson, a 63-year-old African-American airport executive here, isn’t afraid to ask his physician to do a blood test for Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA), a screening test for prostate cancer...
LONG BEACH — The new city health officer has been named by the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services, city officials announced Friday...
By Liz Gonzalez, New America Media
Picture this: Stylish, athletic and beautiful people are dancing in the street to hip-hop beats...
New America Media , News Feature, James Ridgeway, Posted: Sep 26, 2012
Photo: The image above is part of a photo essay by documentary photographer Tim Gruber taken at the Kentucky State Reformatory and published by Mother Jones along with a longer version of the following article...
A forum on parent participation in schools, academic success and, positive school environments.
The Building Healthy Communities: Long Beach Schools Work Group will be hosting a forum on schools in Long Beach where we want to hear from parents and youth and their experience: involved in the schools, academic opportunities and the school environment...
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