Wherever There's a Fight

New America Now, , Sandip Roy, Nov 09, 2009

Stan Yogi discusses his novel, Wherever There's A Fight: How runaway Slaves, Suffragists, Immigrants, Strikers, and Poets Shaped Civil Liberties in California.

San Jose Beating, California Civil Liberties, and Armenian Folk Music

New America Now, , Nov 06, 2009

Raj Jayadev discusses the San Jose Police beating, Stan Yogi is co-author of a new book about the history of civil liberties in California, and Hasmik Hartyunyan is an Armenian folk singer.

California Weighs Maine Vote on Gay Marriage

New America Media, News Report, Sandip Roy, Nov 04, 2009

Now that Maine voters have struck down same sex marriage, activists in California are wondering what lessons to take back home. Activists here were split over whether to take on same sex marriage again in 2010 or 2012. Maine, for many, was the dress rehearsal.

ACLU Report Says Guidelines Needed for Police in Schools

San Francisco Bayview, News Report, Will Matthews, Nov 03, 2009

Allowing police officers to patrol school campuses without specific guidelines outlining their roles and responsibilities can create a harmful environment, according to a study by the American Civil Liberties Union.

Funeral Held for Slain Mosque Leader, Questions Remain

Final Call, News Report, Ashahed M. Muhammad, Nov 03, 2009

Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah the 53-year old leader of Masjid Al-Haqq was gunned down by FBI agents on October 28 after a raid on a warehouse just outside of Detroit.

Bernice King Should Publicly Renounce Her Anti-Gay Bigotry

New America Media, Commentary, Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Nov 03, 2009

Civil rights was the issue of the day for Martin Luther King, Jr. Now, it's gay rights. As Bernice King carries on her father's legacy and work, she must renounce her anti-gay bigotry.

Gay Community Hopes For Accuracy in Census 2010

New America Media, News Report, Erik Fowle, Oct 30, 2009

For the LGBT community, the 2010 Census will be a big leap forward. When gay couples record themselves as being married, or as unmarried partners to persons of the same sex, their original answers will finally be retained.

San Jose Police Beating Stirs Distrust and Resentment

New America Media, Commentary, Raj Jayadev, Oct 29, 2009

The Phuong Ho video has elicited such outrage in San Jose, Ca., because it comes on the heels of a sequence of various public revelations of police abuse, and a matching series of failures by city leadership to respond to the demands for transparency and accountability that have spanned ethnic communities.

California Sikh Dagger Bill Vetoed by Schwarzenegger

India West, News Report, Sunita Sohrabji, Oct 23, 2009

Sikhs traditionally carry a kirpan or a small ceremonial dagger which has led to harassment by law enforcement say some. Now a bill to provide law enforcement training about kirpans has been vetoed by Arnold Schwarzenegger.