Farm Worker Communities Drinking Contaminated Water in Riverside
La Opinion" class="url org fn">La Opinion, News Report, Posted: Feb 28, 2010
Dangerously high amounts of arsenic have been found in dozens of tanks that provide drinking water to farm workers in Riverside County, according to a report by Spanish-language daily La
Opinion.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Marrying into the Tribe
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 28, 2010
A white woman who fell in love with a Hupa man moved onto the reservation and has lived as an honorary member of the American Indian tribe ever since.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Indigenous, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: American indian reservation, Hoopa Tribe, Hupa tribe, rez
Mexican Hands Make Oscar Statue
Hoy, News Report, Posted: Feb 28, 2010
Mexican Hands Make Oscar Statue
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: chicago, guerrero, immigrants, mexican labor, michoacan, oscar statue
Stimulus Can't Slow Black Foreclosures
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Feb 28, 2010
Equity rich but cash poor black households hardest hit by the crippling subprime lending scheme have benefited less than predatory financial institutions from stimulus dollars meant to help them recover, say fair lending advocates and loan modification analysts.
Categories: African American, Original NAM Content, Stimulus Watch
Tags: arra, foreclosures, stimulus
New Anti-Immigrant Law Focuses on Schools
La Voz, News Report, Posted: Feb 28, 2010
New Anti-Immigrant Law Focuses on Schools
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: Arizona, education, immigration, public schools
Tamaulipas Residents in the Cross Fire
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Feb 28, 2010
Tamaulipas Residents in the Cross Fire
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Law & Justice, Media
Tags: ak47, cartel, los zetas, mexico, tamaulipas
Carson Articulates Obama Policy on Africa
MShale.com, News Report, Posted: Feb 28, 2010
Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson, met with reporters February 24 and answered questions on a wide array of issues: Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Cote d’Ivoire, Somalia, and China’s operations in Africa, reports M'shale.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Politics & Governance
Tags: africa, china, ethiopia, johnnie carson, kenya, niger, obama, somalia
Finding Mates Made Easy for Muslims
In Focus News, News Report, Posted: Feb 28, 2010
Finding a spouse that meets your religious needs has never been easier since Marry Me Muslim launched in November 2009.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Middle Eastern, Religion
Tags: dating service, marriage, muslims, polygamy
Census Under Fire Over Ad Dollars
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 27, 2010
A congressional subcommittee wants to know if the Census Bureau’s multi-million dollar advertising campaign is reaching communities that can be the hardest to count.
Categories: African American, Asian, Latino, Original NAM Content
Battered Women's Advocates Fault NYPD on Visa Program
El Diario" class="url org fn">El Diario, News Report, Posted: Feb 27, 2010
NEW YORK--Domestic violence advocates denounced the failure of the New York Police Department to aid victims who are in the process of getting a “U” visa, according to a report from El Diario.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Law & Justice
No Country for Old Women?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 27, 2010
Two out of three older women in India are dependent on others for food, clothing and shelter. Almost half have no property in their own name. NAM's Sandip Roy reports the “feminization” of ageing in India has become the buzzword in gerontological circles.
Categories: Elders, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: elders, India, senior citizen, women
Indian-American Writer Named to President's Committee on Arts
India Post, News Report, Posted: Feb 27, 2010
Indian-American Writer Named to President's Committee on Arts
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Ethnic Media Headlines, South Asian
Navajo Snowfall Emergency Operation Center Demobilized
Navajo-Hopi Advisor, News Report, Posted: Feb 27, 2010
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Indigenous
Tags: navajo reservation, snow storms
Census Reaches Out to American Indians, But Gaps Remain
New America Media, Video, Posted: Feb 27, 2010
The Census Bureau has poured an unprecedented amount of money and time into reaching out to American Indians, but some Native Americans say the national ad campaign targeting their communities is too generic.
Categories: Audio, Indigenous, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Video
Tags: ads, american indians, census, native americans
Farm Worker Communities Drinking Contaminated Water in Riverside
La Opinion" class="url org fn">La Opinion, News Report, Posted: Feb 26, 2010
Dangerous amounts of arsenic in water
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Ghetto Themed Frat Party Sparks Outrage
Youth Outlook, Audio, Posted: Feb 26, 2010
This week on YO!Radio -- citizen journalism trumps j-school, girl gets arrested for doodling and a San Diego frat party mocks Black History Month
Categories: Audio, Original NAM Content, Video, Youth Culture
Census Under Fire Over Ad Dollars
Alexandra Moe, News Report, Posted: Feb 26, 2010
A congressional subcommittee wants to know if the Census Bureau’s multi-million dollar advertising campaign is reaching communities that can be the hardest to count.
Categories: African American, Asian, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Gay Rights in China on Long March to Respect
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Feb 26, 2010
China's first beauty pageant for gay men was called off an hour before opening in January. But attitudes are changing slowly about homosexuality. And some of the inspiration comes from older gay activists like 72-year-old Ba Li.
Categories: Asian, Elders, Ethnic Media Network, Gender & Sexuality
Tags: china, gay rights
New America Now: Sinaloa Violence, Early NAACP Activism, Paula West
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Feb 26, 2010
Manuel Ortiz talks about the escalating drug violence in Sinaloa, Mexico, Patricia Sullivan writes about the early days ofthe NAACP in Lift Every Voice, and Paula West names several of her favorite jazz musicians.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content
Tags: ICE investigation informants, LBGT vietnamese new year parade, patricia sullivan lift every voice, paula west jazz rrazz room
Ghetto Themed Frat Party Sparks Outrage
Youth Outlook, Video, Posted: Feb 26, 2010
This week on YO!Radio -- citizen journalism trumps j-school, girl gets arrested for doodling and a San Diego frat party mocks Black History Month
Categories: Audio, Original NAM Content, Video, Youth Culture
Arizona Joins National Call for ‘Dignity, Not Detention’
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 26, 2010
Local human rights groups protested outside of the Phoenix offices of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Thursday as part of a national action against immigrant detention.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content
Pacquiao’s Political Endorsement a Kiss of Death?
Philippine News" target="blank">Philippine News" class="url org fn">Phillipine News, News Report, Posted: Feb 25, 2010
Manny Pacquiao hopes to add star power in the campaign sorties of the Philippines’ Nacionalista Party (NP) presidential candidate Sen. Manny Villar. The seven-time world division champion is trying to turn his popularity into votes for the self-made billionaire–turned-politician in the May presidential election.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Latinos Still Divided Over Census
El Mensajero" class="url org fn">El Diario, News Report, Posted: Feb 25, 2010
On the streets of San Francisco’s Mission District, and in other Latino neighborhoods across the country, the Census 2010 questionnaire still evokes suspicion and uncertainty.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Latino, Politics & Governance
Hispanic Job Rate Shows Signs of Recovery
Mi Gente" class="url org fn">Mi Gente, News Report, Posted: Feb 25, 2010
The White House affirmed that there are signs of improvement in the job market, including among jobs for low-skilled workers, many of whom are Latino.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Indigent Health Care Program Battered by Recession
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 25, 2010
California’s county health care programs for the poor face growing demand from the newly unemployed and uninsured. At the same time, funding for services is evaporating in the economic downturn, raising alarms from public health officials and providers.
Categories: Health, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: california, health care, indigent, recession
Blowing off Tea Baggers as Racist Misses the Point
New America Now, Commentary, Posted: Feb 25, 2010
Dismissing the tea party protesters as racist misses the point -- why they’ve roared on the scene seemingly from nowhere and caught the attention of the public.
Categories: African American, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Gay Community Seeking Justice in Murder Trial
El Diario/La Prensa" class="url org fn">El Diario, News Report, Posted: Feb 25, 2010
Some members of the gay community in Puerto Rico have expressed satisfaction that their legal system moved quickly to set a trial date in the killing of gay youth.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Travesty -- Mineo Case: A ‘Disturbingly Predicable Ou’tcome
New York Amsterdam News" class="url org fn">Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Feb 25, 2010
Officers Richard Kern, Andrew Morales and Alex Cruz walked away as free men from a Brooklyn courthouse after a jury claimed they “weighed all the evidence and found reasonable doubt,” despite forensic evidence, witness testimony and even testimony from another officer.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Network
Oxfam Accused of Infiltrating China
Sing Tao Daily" class="url org fn">Sing Tao USA, News Report, Posted: Feb 25, 2010
The Chinese Education Ministry is accusing the Hong Kong branch of Oxfam of infiltrating China with a hidden agenda.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, Politics & Governance
Girls Missing from 'Girls in Tech' Conference
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia" class="url org fn">Youth Outlook, Video, Posted: Feb 25, 2010
There were very few young people at the "Girls in Tech" Catalyst Conference in San Francisco.
Categories: Audio, Original NAM Content, Video, Youth Culture
Young Writers Claim the Block at MoAD
Youth Outlook, Video, Posted: Feb 25, 2010
YO! headed over to an event sponsored by Writers Corps at the The Museum of the African Diaspora where students from Ida B. Wells and Downtown High School in San Francisco shared their creative writing that connected their city to their art.
Categories: Audio, Original NAM Content, Video, Youth Culture
Black Leaders Finally Meet With Obama on Jobs
BlackPressUSA.com" class="url org fn">Black Press USA, News Report, Posted: Feb 25, 2010
Civil rights leaders met with President Barack Obama last week to discuss the president's jobs strategy and to voice their concerns about the disproportionate effect of the jobs crisis on the African-American community.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Network
Will Magic Johnson Buy Ebony, Jet Magazines?
LA Sentinel, News Report, Posted: Feb 25, 2010
There is much speculation in the news that retired NBA star and businessman extraordinaire, Earvin "Magic" Johnson is negotiating to purchase Johnson Publishing Company, the parent company of Ebony and Jet magazines
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media in the News, Stimulus Watch
Tags: Ebony Magazine, Magic Johson
Filipino General Leads UN Peace Force in Golan Heights
Inquirer.Net" class="url org fn">Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Feb 24, 2010
MANILA—A Filipino three-star general has assumed command of the 1,050-strong United Nations Peacekeeping Force in the Golan Heights, following the approval of his appointment by the UN Security Council.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Stimulus Watch
New Bill May Save Undocumented Students From Deportation
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 24, 2010
The DREAM Act (Development, Relief and Education of Alien Minors) would give undocumented minors a chance to enlist in the military or go to school in the U.S., thus preparing a way for them to become citizens.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Youth Culture
Community Protests Evisceration of General Assistance
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 24, 2010
Record numbers of Californians are turning to General Assistance just to survive. And yet, in a cruel irony the same recession that's causing the GA rolls to surge is also leading to record deficits in local government.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Stimulus Watch, Top Stories
Tags: general assistance, poverty, recession
Last Chance for California College Grant
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 24, 2010
California students have less than a week left to send in their applications for the Cal Grant, the state’s most generous – and most accessible – financial aid program.
Categories: Education, Original NAM Content
Tags: cal grant, california, educaiton, fafsa, financial aid
Will Obama Pardon Jack Johnson?
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Feb 24, 2010
Earl Ofari Hutchinson explains why President Obama won't pardon legendary boxer Jack Johnson.
Categories: African American, Audio, Ethnic Media Network, Video
Malaysian Officer Resigns Over Racist Remarks
Yazhou Zhoukan" class="url org fn">Yazhou Zhoukan, News Report, Posted: Feb 23, 2010
MALAYSIA—Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, South Asian
Beneath the Lion's Gaze
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Feb 23, 2010
Love, loyalty, friendship and betrayal during the Ethiopian Civil War are depicted in Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Photo Galleries, Video
Tags: emperor haile selassie, ethiopian civil war, Maaza Mengiste beneath the lions's gaze
Mexico's Former President Advocates Legalizing Drugs
Hispanic Business" class="url org fn">Hispanic Business, News Report, Posted: Feb 23, 2010
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Climate Migration in Latin America: A Future ‘Flood of Refugees’ to the North?
Council on Hemispheric Affairs, News Analysis, Posted: Feb 23, 2010
The effects of climate change, from drought and sea level rise to more frequent natural disasters, could force future waves of Latin Americans to migrate North.
Categories: Environment, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: Latin America, migration, refugees
Churches Ease Immigrant Fears in Wake of New Arizona Law
New America Now, News Report, Posted: Feb 23, 2010
A new Arizona law that requires state employees to report undocumented immigrants to ICE may be scaring parents away from applying for health insurance and public benefits for their U.S.-born children.
Categories: Health, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arizona ICE, arizona immigration law, churches, health care arizona, immigrants arizona, public benefits immigrants
Some Asian Ethnic Groups' Students Do Better Than Others
New America Media, Video, Posted: Feb 23, 2010
A new report from the think tank Education Trust-West reveals alarming disparities in academic achievement among different Asian ethnic groups in California.
Categories: Asian, Education, Original NAM Content
Viet Woman Faces Death for Double Murder
Bolsavik.com, News Report, Posted: Feb 23, 2010
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice
Tags: homicide, orange county, vietnamese american
A Briefing on What’s at Stake for Immigrant Communities and Communities of Color - Tuesday, March 2
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 22, 2010
What is net neutrality? What is broadband access and adoption? Why should your audiences care about these issues?
Here are three reasons why:
• Do they make international phone calls using the Internet?
• Do they purchase consumer goods online?
• Do they search for information, jobs or register for schools online?
Internet policy questions may seem too removed from the daily lives of ordinary citizens; yet fierce battles over who controls the Internet are being waged around the country, the outcomes of which will affect our quality of living for decades to come.
As the business of conducting our lives is increasingly done online, keeping the Internet open and accessible has become a critical concern among policy and law makers, community and media advocates, new media producers, artists and others. Massive efforts by telecommunications companies to impose a restrictive pay-for-play business model that would result in discriminatory access to the Internet have gone virtually unreported outside of the trade media.
A Briefing on H1N1 and Vaccination-Atlanta, GA - Thursday, March 4
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 22, 2010
Are Americans right to think the H1N1 crisis is over?
How did our media do in informing city residents about swine flu?
What can we learn from H1N1 to improve our coverage in the future?
Meet with local public health professionals who want to work with ethnic media to expand to expand reporting on influenza, particularly H1N1. New America Media looks forward to meeting with you and growing your network.
A Briefing on H1N1 and Vaccination-Pueblo, CO - Wednesday, March 10
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 22, 2010
Are Americans right to think the H1N1 crisis is over?
How did our media do in informing city residents about swine flu?
What can we learn from H1N1 to improve our coverage in the future?
Meet with local public health professionals who want to work with ethnic media to expand to expand reporting on influenza, particularly H1N1. New America Media looks forward to meeting with you and growing your network.
A Briefing on H1N1 and Vaccination-East Chicago, IN - Thursday, March 11
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 22, 2010
Are Americans right to think the H1N1 crisis is over?
How did our media do in informing city residents about swine flu?
What can we learn from H1N1 to improve our coverage in the future?
Meet with local public health professionals who want to work with ethnic media to expand to expand reporting on influenza, particularly H1N1. New America Media looks forward to meeting with you and growing your network.
Briefing on H1N1 and Vaccination-McAllen, TX - Tuesday, March 16
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 22, 2010
Are Americans right to think the H1N1 crisis is over?
How did our media do in informing city residents about swine flu?
What can we learn from H1N1 to improve our coverage in the future?
Meet with local public health professionals who want to work with ethnic media to expand to expand reporting on influenza, particularly H1N1. New America Media looks forward to meeting with you and growing your network.
Roundtable discussion with the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health-Los Angeles, CA - Thursday, March 18
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 22, 2010
Kidsdata.org (www.kidsdata.org) offers a wealth of local information on kids’ health and well being, on topics ranging from fitness scores to poverty rates to demographic trends. Find out how you can navigate these data and how they can help you cover issues affecting children in your community.
Categories: Events
Winning the Afghanistan War in Pakistan
Mosaic Intelligence Report, Video, Posted: Feb 22, 2010
Why did Pakistani newspapers and televisions downplay the recent successes against Al-Qaeda and Taliban, being touted as evidence of successful U.S.-Pakistani cooperation?
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, South Asian
Shoveling for Immigration Reform
El Tiempo Latino, News Report, Posted: Feb 22, 2010
Shoveling for Immigration Reform
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Participating in the Census Is Like Voting For Yourself
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 22, 2010
I remember when the Census form came to my house 10 years ago. I was 14. The Y2K scare was more popular in my house than any survey could ever be. It was just another survey to be thrown out.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: census, convicted felons, samoans, youth undercount
Immigration Reform Advocates Losing Patience with Obama
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 22, 2010
President Obama promised sweeping changes to the immigration system before taking office and raised immigrants’ hopes. But instead of delivering, the administration has maintained the status quo: high-handed enforcement tactics that separate families and funnel immigrants into substandard immigration courts and detention centers.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: border, circularity, complimentarity, immigration debate, politics, reform, rights
Facebook Critics’ Profiles Restored After Press Uproar
Venture Beat, News Report, Posted: Feb 22, 2010
After an uproar in Latin American media, three Argentines involved in a book that portrays the social network in a cynical and satirical light had their Facebook profiles restored today.
Categories: Latino, Media, Youth Culture
In Redistricting, Diversity Isn't Everything
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Feb 22, 2010
Editors of La Opinión argue that it would be a mistake to think that only a Latino can protect the rights of minority communities.
Categories: Latino, Politics & Governance
Cutting for Stone in Ethiopia
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Feb 22, 2010
Bestselling author Dr. Abraham Verghese tries his hand at fiction in Cutting for Stone, a novel about the power of medicine to heal even when it can not cure. Cutting for Stone explores how medicine affects both doctor and patient.
Categories: African, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Health, Original NAM Content, Video
Roundtable discussion with the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health - Tuesday, Feb 23
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 22, 2010
Kidsdata.org (www.kidsdata.org) offers a wealth of local information on kids’ health and well being, on topics ranging from fitness scores to poverty rates to demographic trends. Find out how you can navigate these data and how they can help you cover issues affecting children in your community.
2010 Ethnic Elders Newsbeat Fellowship - Fri-Sat Feb. 26-27
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 22, 2010
New America Media's 2010 Ethnic Elders Newsbeat Fellowship, sponsored by The Atlantic Philanthropies, is supporting ethnic media journalists to research and write a major article or series on various aspects of how today's aging demographics in America are affecting ethnic elders, as well as their families and communities. Each story or series will be published or broadcast in the fellows’ respective ethnic media outlets, and selected stories will be published on NAM’s website.
In addition, NAM Ethnic Elders Fellows will participate in a two-day workshop hosted by the University of California in Washington, D.C., Feb. 26-27, where they will meet leading experts and advocates in aging and veteran reporters on the generations beat.
Categories: Fellowships
Salvation Army Scoops Up Foreclosed Home Contents
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Feb 21, 2010
Salvation Army Scoops Up Foreclosed Home Contents
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Fighting the War at Home
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 21, 2010
A soldier returns safely after surviving sniper fire and roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan. But the hypervigilance and suppressed emotions that kept him alive have taken a heavy toll. Jeremy P. wrote of his experiences for the Veterans Workshop, a New America Media writing project for military veterans.
Categories: Health, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: Iraq war veterans, post traumatic stress, PTSD, readjustment, traumatic brain injury
U.S. Chinese Media Call Obama-Dalai Lama Meeting Routine
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Feb 20, 2010
While the mainstream media are focusing their coverage on how the Chinese government reacted vigorously to the February 18 meeting between President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama, Chinese media in the United States are more interested in what the meeting means to Obama and what he got from it.
Categories: Asian, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Being counted in the 2010 Census
Sampan.org, News Report, Posted: Feb 20, 2010
The census is a monumental task mandated by the US Constitution: “counting everyone wherever they may be.” But how does a nation as vast and diverse as America go about counting 300 million people? By deploying an army of people and large sums of money in a collaborative media and outreach effort.
Categories: Asian, Politics & Governance
For Ethnic Communities, a Year of Stimulus Not Enough
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 20, 2010
A year after the federal stimulus program took effect, many Americans are still hurting, and the benefits of the recovery program have not been distributed to the most needy communities.
Categories: African American, Latino, Original NAM Content, Stimulus Watch, Top Stories
Tags: african americans, BART, civil rights, ethnic minorities, obama, recession, stimulus
Latina NY Post Editor Alleges Racism, Sexism
El Tiempo Latino, News Report, Posted: Feb 20, 2010
Latina NY Post Editor Alleges Racism, Sexism
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Media, Politics & Governance
Tags: discrimination, new york post, puerto rico
Hindu Groups Demand Recall of Monkey God Plush Toy
India Post , News Report, Posted: Feb 20, 2010
Hindu Groups Demand Recall of Monkey God Plush Toy
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Stimulus Throws a Lifeline to Afrocentric School
New America Media/Final Call, News Report, Posted: Feb 20, 2010
The Imhotep Institute Charter School (IICS) is thriving with new technology and increased cultural activities, thanks to stimulus funds it received from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
Categories: African American, Education, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Stimulus Watch
Tags: charter school, Imhotep, laptops, obama, philadelphia, stimulus
El Diario/La Prensa Calls for Investigation into ICE
El Diario/La Prensa, Editorial, Posted: Feb 20, 2010
A family of undocumented immigrants from Argentina who became informants for ICE is now reportedly being threatened with deportation.
Categories: Immigration, Latino
Mexican Americans Most Active in U.S.
HealthDay News, News Report, Posted: Feb 20, 2010
Mexican Americans are the most likely to meet national health goals for physical activity, according to a new study that challenges previous research that found that whites tended to be the most physically active.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Health, Latino
India's Reply to Tiger Woods
Siliconeer, News Feature, Posted: Feb 19, 2010
When it comes to sexcapades, India has its own answer to Tiger Woods but the Tiger of India is a politician and he is 86.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, South Asian
Tags: India, sex scandal, Tiger Woods, Tiwari
Richmond Violence Goes to Church
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Audio, Posted: Feb 19, 2010
This week on YO!Radio -- our radio crew discusses the Church shooting that took place in Richmond.
Categories: Audio, Original NAM Content, Video, Youth Culture
BART Loses Fed Funds for Oakland Airport Tram
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 19, 2010
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) this week pulled $70 million in federal stimulus funds from Northern California’s Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system for failing to analyze how a planned connector to the Oakland International Airport would affect low-income and minority riders. Now, the funds will pump up public transit systems in the region.
Categories: African American, Asian, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Stimulus Watch, Top Stories
Tags: BART, civil rights Title VI, oakland airport, obama, public transportation, stimulus
Young, Black, Male, Single--and Homeless in San Jose
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 19, 2010
Being one of the millions of unemployed black men in the country--and now homeless--as his 25th birthday approaches makes it hard to celebrate. But the writer has found a creative core and optimism to propel him forward.
Categories: African American, Original NAM Content, Youth Culture
New America Now: Fake ICE Agent, Pardoning Jack Johnson, Beneath the Lion's Gaze
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Feb 19, 2010
Esther Gentile reports on a 2010 Census contest to raise awareness about the Hispanic community in the United States, Earl Ofari Hutchinson examines why President Obama won't pardon Jack Johnson, and Maaza Mengiste is the author of Beneath the Lion's Gaze, set during the Ethiopian Civil War.
Categories: African, African American, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Latino, Original NAM Content, Video
Tags: 2010 census contest latino, cutting for stone abraham verghese, ethiopia civil war, h1n1 korean bbq, maaza mengiste beneath the lion's tale, obama pardon jack johnson
Filipino-American Skater Wins Winter Olympics Bronze
GMANews.TV, News Report, Posted: Feb 18, 2010
Filipino-American Skater Wins Winter Olympics Bronze
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Ethnic Seniors Grapple with Depression--Alone
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Feb 18, 2010
Depression is a serious problem among ethnic elders who are often less likely than white seniors to get appropriate and effective treatment. Poverty, lack of insurance or access to treatment and the pervasive stigma of mental illness in many cultures are frequent barriers to help.
Categories: African American, Asian, Elders, Health, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: African American, asian, depression, elders, latino, mental illness
Invisible Among the Dispossessed: Internally Displaced Persons
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 18, 2010
While a refugee who fits the strict definition given by the Geneva Convention is, at least in principle, provided some legal protection, such as the right to food and shelter and the freedom to practice his religion, an internally displaced person is virtually invisible, his story never told, and his rights nonexistent.
Categories: Asian, Immigration, International Affairs, Original NAM Content
CIA Recruits Chinese During Lunar New Year
World Journal, News Report, Posted: Feb 18, 2010
CIA Recruits Chinese During Lunar New Year
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Stimulus Boost Health Clinics’ Budgets in Massachusetts
New America Media/Brazilian Journal, News Report, Posted: Feb 18, 2010
Roughly one of every eight dollars that the federal Health Resources and Services Administration committed to community clinics is bound for Massachusetts. Lowell Community Health Center was granted $9.35 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act).
Categories: Health, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Stimulus Watch
Tags: ARRA, brazilian, business, clinic, grant, health care, healthcare, job creation, massachusetts, minorities, stimulus, transportation projects
Free the Hikers Update
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 18, 2010
Free the Hikers Update
Categories: War & Conflict
Jailed Soldier Rapper Bids for U.S. Trial
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 17, 2010
Lawyers for U.S. Army specialist Marc Hall, whose incendiary rap song landed him in the brig, are demanding that his trial take place in the United States, not Iraq.
Categories: Original NAM Content, War & Conflict
Tags: court martial, fort stewart, iraq, marc hall, rapper
Family Visa Waits Long
Filipino Express, News Report, Posted: Feb 17, 2010
Family Visa Waits Long
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration
Filipinos Sent Home A Record $17 Billion in 2009
GMAnews.TV, News Report, Posted: Feb 17, 2010
Filipinos Sent Home A Record $17 Billion in 2009
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration
Marriage Equality Matters to Everyone
Chicosol.org, News Report, Posted: Feb 17, 2010
In 2010, hundreds of thousands of Americans are being treated as partial citizens. The very men and women we trust to fight our wars, protect our streets, teach our children and heal our sick can't get married.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Politics & Governance
Juarez Citizens Fed Up With Calderon
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Feb 17, 2010
Mexican President Calderon held one of the most contentious citizens meeting of his administration last week in defense of his strategy against his war on drugs. The results remain to be seen, but most of the people present concluded that his war on drugs has resulted in more of the same; that it is a failure.
Categories: Latino, Original NAM Content
Minn. Stimulus Dollars Bypass Black Businesses
New America Media/Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, News Report, Posted: Feb 17, 2010
While Minnesota received almost $600 million in federal stimulus funds for transportation projects, not one project has been awarded to an African-American-owned company, reinforcing existing inequities instead of opening new opportunities, according to community advocates and business leaders.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Stimulus Watch, Top Stories
Tags: ARRA, black minorit business, job creation, Minnesota, stimulus, transportation projects
ICE Searched LA Hotels for Fake Chinese Passports
China Press, News Report, Posted: Feb 16, 2010
ICE Searched LA Hotels for Fake Chinese Passports
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration
Beijing Has Changed, Washington Has Not
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 16, 2010
President Obama's refusal to cancel his meeting with the Dalai Lama despite China's demand to do so is the latest of many geopolitical activities that suggests that Obama is playing his China cards the way his predecessors did. But should he?
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, Original NAM Content
Tags: arms sales, black hawks, china, obama, protest, relations, submarines, taiwan, US
Eye on Arab Media: Middle East Christians Face Uncertain Future
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 16, 2010
Christians in the Arab world who played an important role in developing pan-Arab movements in the 1950s and enriched its culture have serious concerns about their future in the Middle East. Iraqi Christians are fleeing persecution, while Egyptian Copts face discrimination.
Categories: Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: baath, christians, copts, egypt, iraq, lebanon, middle east, pan-arab, syria
Incautación de autos en puntos de control de DUI es rentable para ciudades, aunque plantea dudas legales
California Watch, News Report, Posted: Feb 15, 2010
Incautación de autos en puntos de control de DUI es rentable para ciudades, aunque plantea dudas legales
Categories: Latino
California DUI Checkpoints Snag More Unlicensed Drivers than Drunk Ones
California Watch, News Feature, Posted: Feb 15, 2010
Sobriety checkpoints were meant to catch drunken drivers. But an analysis of data from every checkpoint receiving state funding in the last two years shows that they are far more likely to seize cars from unlicensed motorists.
Categories: Immigration, Original NAM Content
Arizona Sheriff Arpaio to Unleash 800 Deputies on Undocumented Immigrants
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 15, 2010
Maricopa County's Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced that he plans to train over 800 deputies to arrest undocumented migrants, sparking a debate about whether "America's Toughest Sheriff" is breaking the law. Arpaio has enlisted a controversial law professor for legal cover.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, immigration, Joe Arpaio, Kris Kobach
Conyers Calls for USAID Chief Shah’s Demotion
India West, News Report, Posted: Feb 15, 2010
After USAID head Rajiv Shah met with the Congressional Black Caucus to discuss Haiti without any African-American staff, Rep. John Conyers called for his demotion.
Categories: African American, Politics & Governance, South Asian
The Human Face of the Stimulus
RUMBO/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 15, 2010
Some saved their jobs in cultural organizations, others received larger scholarships for studying art thanks to funds from the economic Recovery Act.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Latino, Original NAM Content, Stimulus Watch
The Contradictions of ‘Love in India’
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 14, 2010
India regularly sees protests on Valentine's Day targeting couples and stores selling cards and candy. On the other hand, its history and culture is erotically charged. Filmmaker Kaushik Mukherjee tries to figure out this disconnect in a new documentary.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Original NAM Content, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: India, Love in India, sex, sexuality, Valentine
Art in Times of Crisis
RUMBO/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 14, 2010
Though the economic stimulus to the cultural sector in Texas was scant, for its beneficiaries the funds received were a blessing.
Categories: Latino, Original NAM Content, Stimulus Watch
Victims of Mexico's Drug War Getting Younger
Frontera NorteSur, News Report, Posted: Feb 14, 2010
The majority of the estimated 15,000 to 17,000 people slain in drug-related violence in Mexico since late 2006 were young men.
Categories: Latino, Youth Culture
Philippine Top Cop Accused of Covering Up Maguindanao Massacre
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Feb 13, 2010
A top Philippine military official takes the witness stand disclosing the involvement of a senior police commander in the cover-up of the slaying of 57 Filipinos including journalists and women last September.
Categories: Asian, Law & Justice
What Does Valentine's Day Mean to You?
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Feb 13, 2010
YO! asked young men at San Francisco State College about what the Hallmark holiday means to them. Also, YO! contributors Walter Lopez and Angelica Arreola share their Valentine's Day plans.
Categories: Audio, Original NAM Content, Video, Youth Culture
Haitian Diaspora Ready to Help
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 13, 2010
Haitian Americans tell the New York media that long after the aid workers and news cameras leave, they will still be there to help their country rebuild.
Categories: African American, Latino, Original NAM Content
Doctor: Haiti Lacks Critical Health Infrastructure
New America Media, Interview, Posted: Feb 13, 2010
An American doctor who has carried out relief work in Haiti for two decades discusses the barriers to providing medical care after the earthquake.
Categories: African American, Health, Latino, Original NAM Content
Tags: earthquake, haiti, relief
Stimulus Leaves Out Latino Arts Organizations
RUMBO/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 13, 2010
President Barack Obama's stimulus package allocated $50 million for the country's cultural section, but only tens of thousands have gone to Latino organizations.
Categories: Latino, Original NAM Content, Stimulus Watch, Top Stories
Success After Gangs
Vida en el Valle, News Report, Posted: Feb 13, 2010
Alejandro López is one of many who joined the Conservation Corps' California Gang Reduction and Intervention Program in 2007, and is also one one of six corpsmembers nationwide to receive The Corps Network's Corpsmember of the Year Award, a prestigious honor recognizing at-risk youth and young adults who have dramatically turned their lives around.
Categories: Education, Latino, Youth Culture
Getting Drunk with Dad
YO! Youth Outlook, Audio, Posted: Feb 12, 2010
This week on YO! Radio--Drinking at home with the folks still isn't a good thing, love transcends age in cougar convention, and half of U.S. teens want political power.
Categories: Audio, Original NAM Content, Video, Youth Culture
Immigration Reform: Litmus Test in 2010 Elections
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 12, 2010
The Latino vote can decide at least 40 U.S. electoral races in the upcoming 2010 mid-term elections. But if anti-immigrant or anti-Latino rhetoric becomes part of any candidate’s platform, would Latino voters sit out the election?
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: 2010 midterm, America's Voice, immigration reform, Latino vote, Obama
New America Now: Crisis in Bushwick, A Sea of Poppies, Journey to Palestine
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Feb 12, 2010
Esther Sanchis looks at the effects of the mortgage meltdown on the Bushwick neighborhood in Brooklyn, A Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh is about the Indian Opium trade in the 19th century, and Corner Store chronicles the story of one corner store owner and his efforts to reunite with his family in Palestine and bring them to America.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Immigration, Media, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Video
Court-Martial in Middle East for Angry Rapper-Soldier
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 12, 2010
A U.S. Army Specialist wrote an angry rap to protest being kept past his enlistment commitment by the Defense Department. Now he faces court martial in the Middle East where his unit is based.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Original NAM Content, War & Conflict
Tags: court martial, Marc Hall, rapper, stop loss
EPA Exec Meets with Worried Parents in Kettleman City
Vida en el Valle, News Report, Posted: Feb 12, 2010
In an unprecedented show of support for the residents of the rural farmworker community, EPA regional head traveled to Kettleman City to meet mothers whose babies were born with birth defects.
Categories: Environment, Health
Sans Trade Pact, Thousands of Taiwan Jobs for Filipinos Could Be Lost
GMAnews.TV, News Report, Posted: Feb 12, 2010
Sans Trade Pact, Thousands of Taiwan Jobs for Filipinos Could Be Lost
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Sinaloa: Living Under the Law of the Narco Lords
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Feb 12, 2010
Sinaloa, in northern México, is “the cradle of drug trafficking” and one of the most violent and dangerous places in Mexico. On average, eight to 11 people are executed daily in its capital city, Culiacán, as a direct consequence of violence linked to drug-trafficking, government corruption and impunity. For Mexicans, drastic change is the only real solution.
Categories: Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Arab American Pharmacies Struggle to Stay Open
Aramica Newspaper, News Report, Posted: Feb 12, 2010
Arab American Pharmacies Struggle to Stay Open
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Middle Eastern
Sinaloa, violencia y miedo por el narco
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Feb 12, 2010
Sinaloa, violencia y miedo por el narco
Categories: Latino
Census: Asian Undercount Would Mean Billions of Dollars Lost for California
New America Media, Video, Posted: Feb 12, 2010
California lost an estimated $2 billion in federal funding over the last decade due to the undercount of Asians and Pacific Islanders during the 2000 Census. Advocates who serve the Southeast Asian community in Northern California gathered in Oakland to make sure their communities are counted in the 2010 Census.
Categories: Asian, Audio, Original NAM Content, Video
Tags: asian, asian-american, census
Charlotte, NC School Employee Fired for Speaking Spanish
Mi Gente, News Report, Posted: Feb 12, 2010
Charlotte, NC School Employee Fired for Speaking Spanish
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Miami Immigrants Get Tax Help
El Nuevo Herald, News Report, Posted: Feb 12, 2010
Miami Immigrants Get Tax Help
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
School Matters: 7,000 Head Start Spots At Risk
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 12, 2010
President Obama's stimulus package helped allowed 7,000 more California children to attend Head Start. With the stimulus funds spent, those Head Start slots could be eliminated
Categories: Education, Original NAM Content, Stimulus Watch
Tags: budget cuts, california, head start, obama, preschool, stimulus
Dat Nguyen Leaves Cowboys
Nguoi-viet.com, News Report, Posted: Feb 11, 2010
Dat Nguyen Leaves Cowboys
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Georgia Parents Allege Racism at School
Mundo Hispanico, News Report, Posted: Feb 11, 2010
Georgia Parents Allege Racism at School
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Pacquiao Fails to KO Electoral Opponent
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Feb 11, 2010
Pacquiao Fails to KO Electoral Opponent
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Youth Jobs Hit Hard by Recession
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Feb 11, 2010
Across the country, youth unemployment rates have risen at a staggering pace. Nationally, 26 percent of teens aged 16-19 are unemployed, and the rates are much higher for blacks and Latinos.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Stimulus Watch, Top Stories, Youth Culture
$1 Million in Storm Aid Headed to Navajo Chapters
Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: Feb 11, 2010
$1 Million in Storm Aid Headed to Navajo Chapters
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Indigenous
Brooklyn Asks: Where Did the Stimulus Funds Go?
El Diario/La Prensa/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 11, 2010
Residents of Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood say President Obama's $787 billion stimulus package has done little to slow an epidemic of foreclosures in their community.
Categories: Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Stimulus Watch
Tags: arra, bushwick, foreclosure, stimulus
Mặt Biển Dâng Cao và Khí Hậu Khắc Nghiệt - Cộng Đồng Bị Nguy Cơ Muốn Nước Mỹ Hành Động Ngay
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Feb 10, 2010
Mặt Biển Dâng Cao và Khí Hậu Khắc Nghiệt - Cộng Đồng Bị Nguy Cơ Muốn Nước Mỹ Hành Động Ngay
Categories: Environment
Ten Clan Members Implicated in Philippines Massacre Are Running for Office
GMAnewsTV/Mindanews , News Report, Posted: Feb 10, 2010
Ten Clan Members Implicated in Philippines Massacre Are Running for Office
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Obama Comes to Bushwick, but the Vultures Arrive Sooner
El Diario/La Prensa/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 10, 2010
In Bushwick, a Brooklyn neighborhood where foreclosures became an epidemic, opportunists are making a killing. Many offer struggling homeowners help from President Obama’s mortgage rescue plans in exchange for thousands of dollars, and vanish once they receive the money.
Categories: Latino, Original NAM Content, Stimulus Watch
Tags: arra, foreclosure, obama, scam, stimulus
Green Jobs Promise Broken?
Equal Voice, News Analysis, Posted: Feb 10, 2010
Despite $500 million set aside to create “green jobs” for disadvantaged workers – including a program titled “Pathways Out of Poverty” – there is no method in place to monitor exactly where Recovery Act dollars have landed on the ground.
Categories: Stimulus Watch
Record Snowfalls Batter Indian Country
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 10, 2010
Reservations across the northern plains, specifically in South Dakota and Nebraska and in the Big Mountain region of Black Mesa in Arizona are fortifying themselves after enduring several weeks of snowstorms with little or no heat, water or food, and impassable roads.
Categories: Indigenous, Original NAM Content
Tags: aid, haiti, native american, natural disaster, storms, tribes
$10 Million Fine for Upscale Skid Row Scammers
LA Garments and Citizen, News Report, Posted: Feb 10, 2010
$10 Million Fine for Upscale Skid Row Scammers
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
海洋水位上漲和極端氣候：受影響的社區要求美國立刻行動
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Feb 10, 2010
海洋水位上漲和極端氣候：受影響的社區要求美國立刻行動
Categories: Environment
해수면 상승과 극심한 기후 변화: 피해 지역, 미 정부 즉각 대응 요구
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Feb 10, 2010
해수면 상승과 극심한 기후 변화: 피해 지역, 미 정부 즉각 대응 요구
Categories: Environment
Rising Seas and Extreme Weather: Communities in Harm’s Way Want U.S. to Act Now
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 10, 2010
For many ethnic Americans whose family members are at the frontlines of global warming back in their home countries, climate change is a life-and-death issue.
Categories: African, African American, Asian, Environment, Indigenous, Latino, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content
Mares Crecientes y Tiempo Extremo: Las comunidades en peligro quieren que E.U.A. actúe ya
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Feb 10, 2010
Mares Crecientes y Tiempo Extremo: Las comunidades en peligro quieren que E.U.A. actúe ya
Categories: Environment
A Warning to Democrats and Republicans
El Diario/La Prensa, Editorial, Posted: Feb 09, 2010
Forty competitive races across the country could hinge on Latino voter turnout.
Categories: Latino, Politics & Governance
If Toyota Sneezes, Will Japan Still Get Pneumonia?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 09, 2010
Toyota's fall from grace is being viewed in Japan with a mixture of denial and consternation. But for the first time government and media are openly critical of the company that has become a symbol of modern Japan.
Categories: Asian, Original NAM Content
Tags: automobiles, Japan, Prius, Toyota, toyota recall, US
Bushwick Is Dying
El Diario/La Prensa/New America Media, Video, Posted: Feb 09, 2010
Ramona Ortiz is about to lose the home her parents own--where she grew up--in Bushwick, Brooklyn, because of a series of loans her father took out. The Ortiz family is part of an epidemic of foreclosures that is ending an era of Hispanic home ownership in Brooklyn.
Categories: Latino, Original NAM Content, Stimulus Watch, Top Stories
Tags: ARRA, brooklyn, bushwick, foreclosure, new york, stimulus
Fewer Filipino Nurses Sought Work in U.S. in '09
Inquirer, News Report, Posted: Feb 09, 2010
Fewer Filipino Nurses Sought Work in U.S. in '09
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Health, Immigration
Last Chance for Asians to Join Redistricting Commission
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 09, 2010
February 16 is the last day for applications to California’s new Citizens Redistricting Commission--a body that will have sweeping powers over the way state legislative and Board of Equalization district lines are drawn for the next 10 years.
Categories: Original NAM Content
Tags: judy chu, redistricting
Israel: Occupation or Apartheid
Mosaic Intelligence Report, Video, Posted: Feb 08, 2010
The dreaded Apartheid word has once again made its way into Israeli media, not by a leftist "self-hating Jew", but by the Minister of Defense.
Categories: Audio, International Affairs, Video
ICE Targets Chinese Operated Coaches
World Journal, News Report, Posted: Feb 08, 2010
ICE Targets Chinese Operated Coaches
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Politics & Governance
Counting Migrants on Farms a Challenge to Census
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 08, 2010
In the 2000 census, farmworkers were undercounted in huge numbers, resulting in a loss of federal funding for the rural communities where they live and work. This time, the Census Bureau aims to do it better with the help of migrant advocates and smart planning.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Voices of Haitian Americans
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 08, 2010
Voices of Haitian Americans
Categories: Events
Stories of Hard-Won Citizenship
IExaminer, News Report, Posted: Feb 07, 2010
More people are seeking U.S. citizenship than ever. More than 744,000 people were naturalized last year while just over a century ago, fewer than 8,000 people had that privilege, according to the US federal Web site.
Categories: Asian, Immigration
Prospects for Immigration Reform Legislation
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 07, 2010
Continued high unemployment and slow job growth are likely to make some of the main goals of immigration reform even more controversial. But postponing reforms continues to hamper economic growth, writes the Migration Policy Institute senior fellow.
Categories: Immigration, Original NAM Content
Tags: chuck schumer, congress, immigration reform, lindsey graham, obama
Study: Immigration Crackdowns Hurt Children
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 07, 2010
There are 5.5 million children with undocumented parents in the United States, and when it comes to immigration enforcement, they pay a heavy price.
Categories: Immigration, Original NAM Content
Tags: detention, enforcement, ICE, immigration raids, workplace raids
Chaos and Fear in Ciudad Juarez After Massacre
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Feb 07, 2010
Chaos and Fear in Ciudad Juarez After Massacre
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
War on Drugs or War on Mexicans?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Feb 06, 2010
In the wake of the massacre of 16 youths at a birthday party in Ciudad Juarez, Mexican politicos pointed fingers at each other and stonewalled journalists while civilians all over the country reaffirmed their lack of confidence in their government at all levels
Categories: International Affairs, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Nightmare at a Bend in the Road
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 06, 2010
An ordinary road in Iraq presents a nightmarish trip for U.S. Marines who've already seen the horrors of war in this essay from the NAM veterans' writing project.
Categories: Original NAM Content
Arizona Religious Leaders Call for Immigration Reform
La Voz, News Report, Posted: Feb 06, 2010
Arizona Religious Leaders Call for Immigration Reform
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
India Tries to Show Global Citizenship in Haiti
The Telegraph, News Report, Posted: Feb 05, 2010
India Tries to Show Global Citizenship in Haiti
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, South Asian
Tags: earthquake, haiti, india, Shashi Tharoor
Asians Urged to Apply for Redistricting Commission
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 05, 2010
With only one week before California’s first Citizens Redistricting Commission ends its search for members, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are underrepresented in the applicant pool, say advocates.
Categories: Asian, Immigration, Original NAM Content, South Asian
Tags: asian pacific islander redistricting commission diversty immigrants
Why India Has an Advantage Over China
India Currents, Commentary, Posted: Feb 05, 2010
Democracy, English and age profile are just three of the reasons why India might have an advantage over China in the race to the top according to one commentator. But India has a lot of hurdles of its own.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, South Asian
DREAM Act for California Immigrant Students Gets Push
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 05, 2010
The DREAM Act would amend current federal immigration law and allow states to grant residency status to undocumented youth who have graduated from high school. In California, advocates are pushing for its passage.
Categories: Education, Immigration, Original NAM Content
Tags: dream act, gilbert cedillo, korea, uc berkeley, undocumented students
Fort Worth Police Refuse to Join 287(g) Program
La Estrella, News Report, Posted: Feb 05, 2010
Fort Worth Police Refuse to Join 287(g) Program
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Tags: 287(g), deportations, immigration, law enforcement
Mission Haiti - Fear, Misinformation Hinder Aid
Washington Informer, News Feature, Posted: Feb 05, 2010
Evangelist Mondrea D. Jacobs’ description of what she saw during her 9-day mission to Port-au- Prince, in Haiti, is unimaginable. One would have to see the devastation in order to believe how fragile life has become for thousands of Haitians.
Categories: African American, Religion
Grammys vs. Grannys
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Audio, Posted: Feb 05, 2010
This week on YO!Radio --three young women sit down with YO!Radio host Donny Lumpkins to discuss the ineffectiveness of abstinence-only education, this year's fantastical Grammy performances, and the pressure to be supermodel thin.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Youth Culture
Tea Party Dabbles in Immigration Politics
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 05, 2010
As the Tea Party movement holds its first national gathering in Nashville this weekend, immigration reform hovers as an issue the conservative, limited government group could adopt. So far, it is galvanizing opposition to the Obama administration's immigration reform agenda.
Categories: Immigration, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: english only, harold ford, immigration policy, sarah palin, tea party, tom tancredo
New America Now: Ethnic Media Watch, Native American Census, Formosa Betrayed
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Feb 05, 2010
Media monitors from across the country share the ethnic news stories that caught their attention, counting the Native American population in the 2010 Census is proving difficult, and Formosa Betrayed is a new film featuring the unique cultural perspective of Taiwan.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Environment, European, Indigenous, Latino, Video
California Budget Crisis Cuts Close to the Bone
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 04, 2010
Unless the federal government coughs up $6.9 billion dollars more for California, Governor Schwarzenneger will completely eliminate a host of social programs, including Healthy Families, the state sponsored health insurance for children; CalWORKS welfare program.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Politics & Governance
Tags: arnold swartzenegger, blind, budget, california, crisis, elderly, health
Filipino American Will Compete in Winter Olympics
Asian Journal, News Report, Posted: Feb 04, 2010
There will be a Filipino participating in the 21st Winter Olympics. No one (as of press time) will represent the Philippines in the upcoming Winter Olympics. But there is a Filipino American representing the United States.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: figure skating, filipino, winter olympics
Arms Sales Adds Complexity to US-China-Taiwan Triangle
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Feb 04, 2010
President Obama’s announcement to sell $6.4 billion of arms to Taiwan seems to have caught China by surprise. Some in Washington see Beijing’s reaction as a normal response when the U.S. raises the tension in the U.S.-China-Taiwan triangle while others are not so sure.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs
Tags: arms sales, black hawks, china, obama, protest, submarines, taiwan, US
Afghanistan Can't Afford A Future Without Women at the Table
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Feb 04, 2010
An Afghanistan without the participation of women in all sectors, regardless of liberal or radical leadership, would be, as it was in the late 1990’s, a country without heart, health or reason.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Gender & Sexuality
Tags: Afghanistan, brown, karzai, london, muslim, rights, symposium, taliban, women
Letters to Haiti
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Commentary, Posted: Feb 04, 2010
As Haiti begins the long road toward recovery, incarcerated youth from The Beat Within in Washington D.C wrote letters of encouragement and condolences to young people in Haiti.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Youth Culture
Is Our Poor Mother Earth Finally Fighting Back?
Navajo Observer, Commentary, Posted: Feb 03, 2010
With all the recent tragedies the world has encountered in recent years, it's been quite surprising to me that not one person - not even in Indian Country - has mentioned what I happen to believe is happening: our poor planet Earth is striking back.
Categories: Environment, Ethnic Media Network, Indigenous
Burma: Ethnic Women Expose Opium Fields in Junta Strongholds
IPS News, News Report, Posted: Feb 03, 2010
A report exposing the spreading opium fields in the north-eastern corner of the military-ruled Burma was produced by a team of ethnic women who risked their lives to document the heroin-filled world they inhabit.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, South Asian
Tags: burma, heroin, opium, Palaung, southeast asi
Filipinos Spend Big on Skin Whiteners
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Feb 03, 2010
Skin whitners
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Where Are All the Male Performers At?
Youth Outlook, Commentary, Posted: Feb 03, 2010
Female artists won big at the 52nd Annual Grammys. Two young men weighed in on why women are outperforming men in the music industry these days.
Categories: Youth Culture
Tags: Artists, Awards, Beyonce, Grammys, Male Artists, Performers
Year One of Obama Administration Shows Progress
L.A. Sentinel, News Analysis, Posted: Feb 03, 2010
It was exactly a year ago next week that Barack Obama was inaugurated as the country's 44th President--a historic occasion that many never thought they would see in their lifetime.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Network
R.I.P. Dewey Tucker
Youth Outlook, Video, Posted: Feb 03, 2010
Dewey Tucker's death has left the music world at a loss. Driving to band rehearsal, the 24-year-old bassist was shot on I-80 and died.
Categories: Video, Youth Culture
Tags: death, Dewey Tucker, music
Haitian-American Family Mourns Loss of Relatives
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Feb 03, 2010
The devastating 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti sent shockwaves around the world and poured in millions of dollars that has yet to get out of the bottleneck of bureaucracy
Categories: African
Tags: earthquake, family, Haiti
A Map of Home
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Feb 03, 2010
The 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait is humorously depicted through the eyes of an outspoken and independent teenage girl named Nidali. A Map of Home is a novel by Randa Jarrar.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio
Young People Weigh in on Legalizing Pot in SF
Youth Outlook, Commentary, Posted: Feb 03, 2010
San Francisco Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi proposed a June ballot measure that would "license, regulate, and tax the cultivation and sales of cannabis" - whether for medicinal or recreational use, pending board approval. Young people in San Francisco weigh in on the measure.
Categories: Health, Law & Justice, Youth Culture
Pregnancy-Related Deaths Rise in California
California Watch, News Report, Posted: Feb 03, 2010
The mortality rate of California women who die from causes directly related to pregnancy has nearly tripled in the past decade, prompting doctors to worry about the dangers of obesity in expectant mothers and about medical complications of cesarean sections.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Health, Politics & Governance
Tags: budget, california women, cesarean sections, deaths, health, maternal care, pregnancy, public health
Break the Chains of Haiti’s Debt
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 03, 2010
Today, Haiti owes $1 billion to the international community for loans. But instead of insisting on repayment, the IMF and other lenders must forgive Haiti's debts so it can rebuild its ravaged country.
Categories: Caribbean, Economy, Politics & Governance
Tags: debt forgiveness, haiti, imf, taiwan, venezuela, world bank
Sự Hư Hỏng Răng Trẻ Con Cắn Vào Thời Gian Theo Học Tại Trường
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 03, 2010
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Categories: South Asian
Filipina Is NASA's First Woman Mission Operations Manager
Asian Journal, News Report, Posted: Feb 03, 2010
She holds the distinction of being the first woman NASA Mission Operation Manager for a major flight project and currently manages the EOS monitoring of hurricanes and cyclones from outer space.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Network, Ethnic Media in the News, Ethnicities, Gender & Sexuality, Intersections, Science & Technology
Tags: climate, Filipina, first woman, NASA, space
Playing the Obama Bolshevik Card
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 02, 2010
Obama cringed in horror at the absurd notion that he is a Marxist. But tossing the damaging political label at him is more than just a calculated political ploy to smear and taint Obama. It taps into the deeply held belief that Obama can and will actually mug the rich.
Categories: African American, Politics & Governance
Tags: gop, health care reform, income gap, obama, socialism
Haitian Americans on the crisis in Haiti
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 02, 2010
For the first time Haitian Americans are polled on their reactions to the political response to the earthquake in Haiti.
Tags: earthquake, haiti, Haitian americans
Kettleman City Residents Sue Kings County
Vida En El Valle, News Report, Posted: Feb 02, 2010
Residents sue county supervisors for approving expansion of a landfill they believe is poisoning the community, and causing birth defects in newborns.
Categories: Environment, Ethnic Media Network, Latino
Kids' Dental Decay Takes a Bite out of School Attendance
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 02, 2010
Children's tooth decay is a "silent epidemic," a leading cause of school absenteeism, poor academic performance and behavior problems if left untreated, reports NAM health editor Viji Sundaram. February is children's dental health month.
Categories: Health
Tags: dental, health care, medical, packard
Vietnamese American Becomes New Deputy Police Chief of San Jose
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 02, 2010
San Jose Police Chief
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: diversity, law enforcement, San Jose police chief, Vietnamese American
Hispanic Vote Could Punish Democrats on Immigration Reform: Rep. Luis Gutierrez
Feet In Two Worlds, News Report, Posted: Feb 02, 2010
Luis Gutierrez, the main Congressional supporter of progressive immigration reform, is joining other advocates in expressing frustration with President Barack Obama's lack of action on immigration.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino
Tags: immigration, Luis Gutierrez, Obama
Filipinos Are the Mainstays of Los Angeles Cathedral, Says Archbishop
Asian Journal, News Report, Posted: Feb 02, 2010
Cardinal Roger Mahony
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Religion
Mixed Review for L.A. Gang Tours
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Feb 01, 2010
Former gang-members have teamed up with a non-profit outreach organization to offer a look at the inner city by conducting gang tours in South Central Los Angeles.
Categories: African American
A Day in the Life of Marcus Books
Post News Group, News Feature, Posted: Feb 01, 2010
It’s 10:00 a.m. on Friday, January 15th at the Oakland Marcus Book Store on Martin Luther King, Jr. Way. The owner, Dr. Raye Richardson is not in the store today, but the three generations of the Richardson family are all there and working.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Network
Tags: Marcus Book Store, Oakland
Afghan Summit Highlights Risky Paradoxes of War
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 01, 2010
NATO's hybrid plan for security in Afghanistan is rife with paradoxes. But it also has the reluctant support of various constituencies who are at odds with each other.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, London Summit, Taliban