News Categories
All Stories
Pacific News Service dba New America Media Announces Closure of Organization
New America Media, Press Release, Posted: Nov 01, 2017
The board of directors and staff announced today that the two entities will cease operations by November 30, 2017.
-
Pacific News Service dba New America Media Announces Cl…
Pacific News Service dba New America Media Announces Closure of Organizatio…
New America Media, Press Release, Posted: Nov 01, 2017
The board of directors and staff announced today that the two entities will cease operations by November 30, 2017.
-
Ageism Is Everywhere — Here's What We Can Do Abou…
Ageism Is Everywhere — Here's What We Can Do About It
Minneapolis Star Tribune/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 31, 2017
Casual age bias is so pervasive that most of us don't even realize we're doing it. The first step to fighting it, experts say, is to simply be aware of it.
-
New Push Urges Immigrants to File for Citizenship in Il…
New Push Urges Immigrants to File for Citizenship in Illinois
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 30, 2017
A coalition of immigrant rights groups have joined a campaign urging permanent residents to apply for citizenship after Illinois restored funding for immigratio…
-
Democratic Lawmakers Push DHS to Withhold Dreamer Info…
Democratic Lawmakers Push DHS to Withhold Dreamer Info From ICE
La Opinion, News Report, Posted: Oct 25, 2017
In a letter to interim DHS Secretary Elaine Duke, a group of 39 Democratic lawmakers urged the department not to use the personal data of Dreamers to deport the…
-
Did the FBI Just Declare War on Black People?
Did the FBI Just Declare War on Black People?
Black Voice News, Op-ed, Posted: Oct 24, 2017
Despite no evidence of an organized "movement," the FBI has described Black people who have rallied for equality and criminal justice reform as "Black Identity …
-
Can Technology Predict Falls in Older Adults?
Can Technology Predict Falls in Older Adults?
Next Avenue/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 23, 2017
Fascinating new research--from home sensors to virtual reality--sheds light on how to prevent deadly falls in older people.
-
A Prominent Political Leader is Murdered in Mexico
A Prominent Political Leader is Murdered in Mexico
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 17, 2017
Authorities confirmed Sunday the death of Ranferi Hernandez Acevedo, a founder of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) as well as an ex-state legislator…
-
Puerto Rican Imams Step Up for Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican Imams Step Up for Puerto Rico
The Muslim Link, News Report, Posted: Oct 16, 2017
Puerto Rican imams living in the United States are banding together to bring aid to the island as it struggles to rebuild in the wake of hurricane Maria.
-
Financial Circumstances Have People Over 50 Working Lon…
Financial Circumstances Have People Over 50 Working Longer
Washington Informer, Profile, Posted: Oct 14, 2017
Despite a Harvard MBA, after turning 50—and the recession--black entrepreneur Elizabeth White struggled to keep up appearances to get business.
-
Stacey Abrams Wants to be America’s First Black F…
Stacey Abrams Wants to be America’s First Black Female Governor
Washington Informer, News Report, Posted: Oct 13, 2017
Stacey Abrams, the Georgia House minority leader, says she's undaunted by the stranglehold the GOP has had on the governor's mansion for the past 15 years.
-
California Slaps Surcharge On ACA Plans As Trump Remain…
California Slaps Surcharge On ACA Plans As Trump Remains Coy On Subsidies
California Healthline, News Report, Posted: Oct 12, 2017
The Trump administration has yet to commit to paying a key set of consumer subsidies under the Affordable Care Act.
-
Major Push for Dream Act by 150 Dreamers
Major Push for Dream Act by 150 Dreamers
Vida en el Valle, News Report, Posted: Oct 11, 2017
Two decades ago, America Yareli Hernandez living in fear as an undocumented resident. Last week she rubbed shoulders with some of the nation's most powerful law…
Spreading the Word to Diverse Communities About PrEP
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 02, 2017
"We don't see Latinos, we don't see Blacks, we definitely don't see women and trans women as part of the imagery that's promoting PrEP.…
De Leon vs. Feinstein Should Be About the Issues
Vida en el Valle, Op-ed, Posted: Oct 24, 2017
The question isn't that Sen. Dianne Feinstein has been in office too long, is too old, or too ineffective. The question is: Should Demo…
As 2020 Census Approaches, Minority Groups Risk Undercount
Asian Journal, News Report, Posted: Oct 18, 2017
Lack of preparation and funding have already put the upcoming decennial 2020 Census at risk of an inaccurate count.
The Fight to Protect Voting Rights Continues #StayWoke
Black Voice News, Op-ed, Posted: Oct 16, 2017
Without true voter protection, integrity and universal access, America's light on the hill dims.
Piece of Japanese American History Destroyed by California Wine Country Fire
AsAm News, News Report, Posted: Oct 12, 2017
The fire that has ripped through California's wine country and claimed over two dozen lives has destroyed an area made known worldwide …
Elders
Ageism Is Everywhere — Here's What We Can Do About It
Minneapolis Star Tribune/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 31, 2017
Can Technology Predict Falls in Older Adults?
Next Avenue/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 23, 2017
Senior Medicine: When ‘More’ Isn’t Better
Politico/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 16, 2017
Immigration
New Push Urges Immigrants to File for Citizenship in Illinois
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 30, 2017
Democratic Lawmakers Push DHS to Withhold Dreamer Info From ICE
La Opinion, News Report, Posted: Oct 25, 2017
Major Push for Dream Act by 150 Dreamers
Vida en el Valle, News Report, Posted: Oct 11, 2017
Ethnic Media Headlines
Asian American NFL Owners Speak Out…
The two Asian American owners of NFL franchises have voiced their opposition to …
Filipino American WWII Vets Present…
It’s been a long time coming.This morning, leaders of the U.S. House and S…
The Day 19 Chinese Were Massacred i…
A commemoration will be held tonight of the Chinese Massacre.Thanks to our Euroc…
Soldier’s Widow: Trump ‘…
The widow of a U.S. soldier killed this month in an ambush in Niger said Monday …
Senior Medicine: When ‘More&#…
As much as a fifth of United States medical care is unnecessary. This represents…
Jessica Sanchez Takes Knee During N…
Speaking in a soft tone, Filipina and Mexican American Jessica Sanchez took to F…
Officer Slain in N.O. East Wanted t…
The New Orleans Police Department lost one of its own during an early-morning sh…
Stockton, California’s Little…
STOCKTON, California – A vandal or vandals tore down window posters and pa…
Labor Union Files Complaint Against…
Local 100 of the United Labor Union that represents workers in Texas, Louisiana …
Asian American City Council Candida…
An undercurrent of racism has surfaced against an Asian American candidate runni…
-
Anti-Trump Billboard Unleashes Stream of Hate
-
Why I'm Protesting Betsy DeVos
-
Airbnb Campaigns to Increase Diversity on Its Plat…
-
‘We Are All Excludeds’ - Ethnic Media…
-
The City That Bears the Brunt of the National Terr…
-
Trump’s Imminent Withdrawal from the Iran De…
-
Teachers Report Weaker Bonds With Students of Colo…
-
‘Ending Ageism’ Author Tells Readers &…
-
Spying on Immigrants
-
5 Takeaways From Congress' Failure To Extend Fundi…
-
Hirabayashi, Yasui, Korematsu Families File Suprem…
-
Nielsen Study Reveals Growing Spending Power, Infl…
-
The Marijuana Industrial Complex Comes to Richmond
-
Diary of A Reluctant Dreamer: An Interview with Al…
-
Guatemalans Celebrate Beatification of First U.S.-…
-
Student Activist’s Grisly Killing Still Unso…
-
Ailing Seniors Are Fastest-Growing Group Using Med…
-
Beyond the Bay: 'Edge of Youth Culture' Shifting t…
-
DACA: Renew! Renew! Renew!
-
The Little Rock Nine Remembers
-
The Story Is Not Over: When the Native Press Is St…
-
Congress' Cold Shoulder Sends Shivers Through Comm…
-
GENOCIDE: The World Watches as Rohingya Muslims Ru…
-
Working the 24-Hour Shift, With No Time to Be a Te…
-
Trump is Trying to Change the Narrative on NFL Pro…