Thousands Protest SB1070 in Phoenix Rally
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 31, 2010
Phoenix saw its biggest rally to date protesting SB 1070 and there are more days of action planned over the summer.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: immigration, Phoenix, rally, SB 1070
A Truck Becomes Memorial for Fallen Soldier
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: May 31, 2010
The father of a soldier killed in Iraq has turned his Nissan pick-up into a makeshift traveling memorial for his son.
Categories: Latino, Top Stories, Veterans, War & Conflict
Tags: Iraq, Memorial Day, veterans
Memorial Day: A Time to Commemorate Mother Nature
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: May 30, 2010
Let's remember all those who have died for America and also let's reflect upon the environmental ravages brought about by war.
Categories: Environment, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: environment, memorial day, veterans, war
Immigrant Integration in the Spotlight
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 29, 2010
Four organizations won the Migration Policy Institute’s E Pluribus Unum Prizes that acknowledge outstanding immigrant integration initiatives.
Categories: Economy, Education, Immigration, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video
Tags: economy, immigration, jobs, migration, rights
Conviction in Newark Schoolyard Murders
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: May 29, 2010
A grand jury of eight women and four men convicted Rodolfo Godinez, 26, on all 17 charges, including felony murder.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, War & Conflict
Tags: conviction, murders, newark, Rodolfo Godinez, school yard
Judge Set to Decide Key Issues in Mehserle Trial
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 29, 2010
June 1 may be the final pre-trial hearing for Johannes Mehserle -- ex-transit cop charged with the murder of Oscar Grant.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, War & Conflict
Tags: johannes mehserle, killed, los angeles, oscar grant, shooting, trial
Detroit Community Mourning after Police Kill Little Girl
Final Call, News Report, Posted: May 29, 2010
Hundreds of mourners lined up outside of Second Ebenezer Baptist Church May 22 to pay their respects to a little girl whose death has sparked outrage.
Categories: African American, Health, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: accident, cops, detroit, girl, raid, reality tv, shoot
Ex-Chicago Cop on Trial for Torturing Hundred's of Black Men
Washington Informer, News Report, Posted: May 29, 2010
Ex-police Lt. Jon Burge may have tortured of and obtained coerced confessions from more than 100 African American men over a 22-year career.
Categories: African American, Health, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Recession Forces Polish Elders to Seek Aid for First Time
New America Media/ Nowy Dziennik/ Feet in Two Worlds, News Feature, Posted: May 29, 2010
Many older immigrants in New York City’s Polish community have lived on modest incomes for years. The economic slowdown has exacerbated their situation.
Categories: Economy, Elders, European, Top Stories
Jobless Remain Hopeful, Latinos Hit Harder By Lack of Work
Vida en el Valle, News Report, Posted: May 29, 2010
California is reported to have the third highest unemployment rate in the country, but the Latino community continues to be hardest hit.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Latino
Tags: economy, Latino, unemployment
Pakistanis Should Make Anti-Americanism Unfashionable
Pakistan Link, Commentary, Posted: May 28, 2010
Faisal Shahzad, the would be Times Square bomber, comes out of the knee jerk anti-Americanism that's become part of mainstream culture in Pakistan writes one commentator.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: bomber, Faisal Shahzad, Pakistan, USA
No Safe Place for Party People
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Audio, Posted: May 28, 2010
This week on YO!Radio -- having fun has never been this dangerous. As young people head out for their Friday night fun at their friend's house party or local club, they do so fully aware of the potential drama that awaits them.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Controversy Over Cheonan Report in Korea
Sing Tao Daily, News Report, Posted: May 28, 2010
Tensions on the Korean peninsula intensified after South Korea published an investigative report indicating North Korea torpedoed South Korea’s warship Cheonan.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Tags: Cheonan, corvette, North Korea, Pyongyang, South Korea, warship
Obama's National Security Strategy Could Upend Immigration Debate
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: May 28, 2010
Immigration, if it figures at all in US security strategy, is usually a threat. But the just-released Obama security strategy changes that paradigm dramatically.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
New America Now: Don't Ask/Don't Tell, Beatrice and Virgil, Defamation
New America Media, Audio, Posted: May 28, 2010
A deal is reached to repeal the "don't ask/don't tell" policy, Yann Martel generates controversy with the subject of his new book, and Yoav Shamir's documentary examines anti-semitism.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, European, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: anti-semitism, don't ask, don't tell, holocaust, immigration customs enforcement, prison reform
Department of Justice to Challenge Arizona Law
Univision, News Report, Posted: May 28, 2010
The U.S. Department of Justice United States is ready to file a lawsuit against the Arizona law SB 1070.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: arizona lawsuit, arizonalaw, DOJ, Eric Holder, SB 1070, SB1070, sb1070
Gay and Undocumented - On the Frontlines of Arizona
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 28, 2010
Gay and undocumented sounds like a double whammy. But some of them are putting themselves on the line. Four gay students participated in a civil disobedience in Sen. McCain's office recently.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: DREAM act, gay, immigration, iran, McCain
Polish Elders Caught in Recession Struggle to Make Every Dollar Count
New America Media/Nowy Dziennik/Feet in Two Worlds, News Report, Posted: May 28, 2010
Many older immigrants in New York City’s Polish community have lived on modest incomes for years. The economic slowdown is forcing some of them to make tough choices.
Categories: Elders, European, Top Stories
A Multimedia Workshop for Journalists - Wednesday, June 16th 2010
New America Media, Event, Posted: May 27, 2010
A Multimedia Workshop for Journalists
Categories: Events
Tags: Multimedia, workshop
The Death of Josseline
New America Media, Audio, Posted: May 27, 2010
Margaret Regan is the author of a searing collection of true stories depicting the dangerous crossing of the Arizona desert in search of a better life.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Immigration, Latin America, Latino
Tags: border patrol, customs enforcement, drug trade, immigration, minutemen
Did an American Mine Sink South Korean Ship?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: May 27, 2010
South Korea claimed that a North Korean torpedo sank the corvette Cheonan on March 26, but it could've also been an American mine.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, Science & Technology, War & Conflict
Tags: cheonan, mine, north korea, seoul, south korea, torpedo, US, war
Russian Media Respond to Arizona’s Immigration Law
Panorama, News Report, Posted: May 27, 2010
While some ethnic media have voiced strong negative reactions to the passage of Arizona’s anti-immigrant law, the Russian-American media have a different viewpoint.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Multi-ethnic
Tags: AB 1070, arizona, ethnic media reaction, immigration
Latino Children's Social Skills Erode in Middle School
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: May 27, 2010
Latino children started kindergarten with strong social and classroom skills, but those skills eroded during the middle school years, recent research found.
Categories: Education, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Youth Culture
Tags: education, immigrants, kindergarten, latino, psychology, youth
Oil Spill is Not Obama's Katrina
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: May 26, 2010
The GOP’s political attack plan is crude: Compare the Gulf spill to Bush’s Katrina bumble, liken Obama to Bush. But the oil spill is a different mess than Katrina.
Categories: African American, Environment, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bp, gop, gulf oil spill, katrina, obama, republican
Promoting Health By Any ‘Greens’ Necessary
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: May 26, 2010
Tracye McQuirter, a author, vegan and chef, says Black Americans must transcend the dishes of their ancestors and develop plant-based diets.
Categories: African American, Health, Top Stories
Three Indian Americans Shortlisted for Next Solicitor General
India Abroad, News Report, Posted: May 26, 2010
Three of the top five candidates to succeed Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan as Solicitor General are Indian American, a first for the community.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice, South Asian
Young Directors Make Big Splash at SF Film Festival
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: May 26, 2010
The short films, all by young directors, ranged from comedy to drama, bringing a very diversifying the selections at this year's festival.
Categories: Intersections, Latino, Original NAM Content, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: debute, film. young directors, san francisco, sfff, short
Comcast Under Fire Over Black Media Ownership
NNPA, News Report, Posted: May 26, 2010
A group advocating Black media ownership and a former FCC chairman are spearheading a crusade against cable giant Comcast.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Front Page, Intersections, Media
Launch of SEA BEEZ Hive for Hyperlocal News, Seattle, WA. - Wednesday, May 26th 2010
New America Media, Event, Posted: May 26, 2010
On behalf of New America Media, please join Seattle's ethnic media community partners in celebrating the launch of Sea Beez, the first-ever capacity-building program of its kind for local ethnic media and community forums.
Categories: Events
Tags: Seattle Beez
Which One Deserves to Die?
New America Media, Audio, Posted: May 26, 2010
One in ten Asian Americans are infected with Hepatitis B. And that's a gateway disease to liver cancer. Dr. Stuart Fong of San Francisco's Chinese Hospital explains how he's working with Asian Americans to make San Francisco a Hep-B free city.
Categories: Asian, Audio, Health, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: asian american immigration, city awareness, health campaign
L.A. Chinatown Senior Center to Close
China Press, News Report, Posted: May 26, 2010
A senior center in Los Angeles that has been serving community members for more than a century will close its doors at the end of June due to lack of funds.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: health services, immigrants, recession, social service cuts
Miami Police Investigate Anti-immigrant Sign
Univision.com, News Report, Posted: May 26, 2010
A neon sign flashing an anti-immigrant message in Florida is the latest example of the anti-immigrant wave rolling across the country.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Tags: anti-immigrant, Arizona, hate, immigration, reform
Holding Banks Responsible By Community Organizing
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 26, 2010
Advocates are asking customers to divest their money from banks that won't cease predatory lending practices and renegotiate mortgages.
Categories: Economy, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: banks, economy, foreclosures, protest
Dead Man Posting -- RIP Jerrod
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: May 25, 2010
While walking home a young man witnessed the scene of a murder, only to find out later -- through Facebook -- that he knew the victim.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Bokator: Revival of An Ancient Cambodian Martial Art
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 25, 2010
Master San Kim Sean survived the Killing Fields and returned to Cambodia from the U.S. to revive Cambodia's ancient martial art.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: cambodian, khmer rouge, killing fields, martial art
Filipina Wins Award from Calif. Legislative Caucus
GMANews.TV, News Report, Posted: May 25, 2010
A California-based Filipino woman has won a civil rights award from the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) Legislative Caucus.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: asian pacific islander, city awareness, civil rights, human rights
FEMA Trailers: Environmental Time Bombs?
Final Call, News Report, Posted: May 25, 2010
FEMA has sold 100,000 travel trailers used during hurricane recovery efforts despite concerns of excessive formaldehyde levels.
Categories: African American, Environment, Front Page, Health, Intersections, Science & Technology
Tags: FEMA, formaldehyde, katrina, louisiana, toxic, trailers
Mexico’s Other Disappeared -- 31 Migrants Go Missing
Frontera NorteSur, News Report, Posted: May 25, 2010
While everyone in Mexico is talking about the disappearance of Diego Fernandez, 31 migrants have gone missing.
Categories: Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: diego fernandez, disappeared, mexico, missing migrants
Day Laborers Posing Threats in NY?
World Journal, News Report, Posted: May 25, 2010
The rape and murder of a female Chinese foreign student by a drunk Mexican day laborer last week heightens inter-ethnic tensions.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic
Tags: Chinese, day laborers, joblessness, latino, Mexican, racial tension, recession, unemployment, violence
Could California’s Climate Law Send You a Check in the Mail?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: May 25, 2010
California's landmark climate change law could generate billions in revenues by 2020. But will that money go to the public or to industry?
Categories: Economy, Environment, Multi-ethnic, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: AB 32, california, climate change, economy
A Village Called Versailles
New America Media, Audio, Posted: May 25, 2010
After rebuilding their community in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Versailles is threatened by a planned toxic landfill
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Elders, Environment, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: activists, community rebuilding, environmental disaster
A Look at the Issues in the Johannes Mehserle Trial
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: May 24, 2010
The May 7 hearing for Johannes Mehserle, the former transit cop who killed Oscar Grant on New Year’s Day of 2009, settled several key issues.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: bart, johannes mehserle, los angeles, new years day, oscar grant, trial
India Stocking up on Drones
Siliconeer, News Report, Posted: May 24, 2010
There has been a silent accretion by India of a fleet of reconnaissance and `killer’ Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), specifically aimed at neutralizing threats from Pakistan, and possibly China in future.
Categories: Economy, International Affairs, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: drones, india, Maoist UAV, pakistan
Toxic Dust Endangers San Francisco Neighborhood
San Francisco Bay View, News Report, Posted: May 24, 2010
San Francisco's Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood has been found to be in the 70th and 80th percentile for toxic air contaminants and criteria pollutants.
Categories: African American, Asian, Environment, Health, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: air, bayview, dust, san francisco, toxic
Drug Bust or Racist Revenge in Louisiana?
Louisiana Weekly, News Report, Posted: May 24, 2010
Sheriff Franklin of Jena La. said drug dealers and users should quit, move, or spend the rest of their lives in prison.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice
Protesters Charge BP with Greed and Negligence
Final Call, News Report, Posted: May 24, 2010
Activist in 20 cities including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia held demonstrations outside of BP offices.
Categories: African American, Environment, Intersections, Top Stories
Tags: aclu, bp, government, gulf, oil, protestors, spill
Caught Between Two Worlds
New America Media, Audio, Posted: May 24, 2010
Just as Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi was about to leave Iran after reporting there for BBC, NPR, and other news outlets, she was awoken by security officials who said they wanted to interrogate her. This began a nightmarish descent into the Iranian prison system chronicled in Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: iran, iranian prison, justice, law, protest
Former Detroit Mayor Tells His Story to the Black Press
Los Angeles Sentinel, News Report, Posted: May 24, 2010
Kwame Kilpatrick has faced a storm of controversies including a civil lawsuit, perjury and obstruction of justice charges that led to his ouster.
Categories: African American, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: black press, detroit, kwame kilpatrick, mayor, ouster
Chinese Youth React to Cleaver Attacks
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 23, 2010
NAM asked students and young people in different parts of China to analyze the motives behind a string of murders of young women.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, Top Stories
What We Are Losing With Less Border Trips
La Prensa San Diego, News Report, Posted: May 23, 2010
All UC students have been pulled from exchange programs in several Mexican cities and sent back to the United States.
Categories: Education, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: border politics
Forensics: The Value of Words
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: May 23, 2010
The Logan High School Forensics team stepped inside of Street Soldiers studio to talk about the dynamics of debating.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Latino, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: Forensics, speech, street soldiers, words
Country Driving Through China
New America Media, Audio, Posted: May 23, 2010
In the summer of 2001 Peter Hessler traveled by car for 7000 miles along the Great Wall of China. He is the author of Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology
Tags: automobile, foreign correspondents, innovation, technology
Burning Mexican Flag May Light a Larger Fire
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: May 22, 2010
On Cinco de Mayo this year, several white students at Vintage High School in Napa Ca. burned a Mexican flag.
Categories: Education, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: cinco de mayo, flag burning, mexico, napa, racial tensions, vintage high school
Will Race Trip Up Rand Paul Too?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 22, 2010
Kentucky GOP Senate candidate Rand Paul must learn that when you pop off on the thorny issue of race there’s always a consequence.
Categories: African American, Front Page
Tags: civil rights act, race, race relations, ron paul
Immigrants Account for Majority of TB cases in U.S.
Little India, News Report, Posted: May 22, 2010
Indians have the third highest incidence of tuberculosis in the United States among all foreign born groups.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Health, Latino, South Asian
Californians Say Don't Cut Our Schools
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 21, 2010
A majority of Californians think their public schools are underfunded and that K-12 should be protected from spending cuts, according to a recent survey.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Latino, Original NAM Content
Tags: achievement gap, african american, budget cuts, california public schools, teacher layoffs
Group Sex Can Get You Jailed in China
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: May 21, 2010
A professor was sentenced to jail time for organizing group sex parties in China, sparking a debate over the law.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Law & Justice
Tags: china sex parties, chinese sex law, group sex, illegal sex china
Sounds of Life from the Back of the Bus
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Audio, Posted: May 21, 2010
This week on YO!Radio we get on the bus — literally — to talk to folks about their experiences on public transportation.
Categories: African American, Asian, Front Page, Original NAM Content, Youth Culture
Tags: Bus, drivers, kids, public, ride, transportation, violence
In the Land of Plenty, Young People Go Hungry
The kNOw Youth Media, News Report, Posted: May 21, 2010
One in four California students lives in poverty, with hunger a daily fact of their lives.
Categories: Economy, Education, Front Page, Health, Original NAM Content, Youth Culture
Tags: central valley, ebt, food stamps, hamburger helper, hunger, poverty
Gay Officer in Limbo after Discharge from Air Force
India-West, News Report, Posted: May 21, 2010
Lt. Robin Chaurasiya, an openly gay officer in the U.S. Air Force, received discharged papers from the military last month after she came out to her commanding officer. But because she hasn't got an official "date of separation," she must continue to serve, violating the country's laws that ban openly gay people from serving in the U.S. military.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Law & Justice, South Asian, War & Conflict
New America Now: The Death of Josseline
New America Media, Audio, Posted: May 21, 2010
Margaret Regan talks about her book The Death of Josseline, Mai der Vang and Anthony Advincula join Ethnic Media Watch.
Categories: Asian, Audio, Environment, Health, Immigration, Latino, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: asian americans, border security, community rebuilding, environmental disaster, health care, hurricane katrina, illegal immigrants, pacific islanders
Avoiding Census Fraud, Scams
Fil-Am Star.net, News Report, Posted: May 21, 2010
As census workers knock on doors in Northern California from households that did not mail back the form, Census officials are reminding people how to avoid fraud and scams.
Categories: Front Page
Tags: confidentiality, Fraud, Legitimate census workers, safeguard, Scams
Recovery Centers Open for Businesses Affected by Oil Spill
Louisiana Weekly, News Report, Posted: May 21, 2010
The U.S. Small Business Admin istration has opened Business Recovery Centers in six southeastern Louisiana parishes affected by the Deepwater BP Oil Spill .
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Environment, Indigenous, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Graduates Are All Dressed Up With No Place to Go
NNPA, News Report, Posted: May 21, 2010
The good news is that the economy produced 290,000 jobs last month. The bad news is that the unemployment rate for African-Americans is an unacceptable 16.5 percent.
Categories: African American, Economy, Education, Intersections, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Latino Influence Changing California's Inland Empire
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: May 21, 2010
California's Inland Empire had the largest increase in Latino population of any metro region in the nation during the last decade.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Immigration, Intersections, Latin America, Latino
Tags: California, demographics, Immigration, latinos
Filipino People Heroes of Philippine Elections
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: May 21, 2010
Foreign observers of the May 10 Philippine presidential elections report irregularities, fraud and technical glitches but many of them hail Filipinos as the real heroes of this exercise.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: (Comelec), automated elections, glitches, intimidation, irregularities, vote buying
Dallas City Council Divided Over Arizona Boycott
Al Dia, News Report, Posted: May 20, 2010
Two Latino council members want the Dallas City Council to condemn the Arizona Senate Bill 1070.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Arizona Filipino Americans Dispute Immigration Law's Boon
FilAmStar, News Report, Posted: May 20, 2010
Some Filipinos in Arizona fear that SB 1070 will result in racial profiling by police officers that may include them.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Asian, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration
Reggae Stars Denied Visas to U.S.
Carib Press, News Report, Posted: May 20, 2010
The island nation is abuzz with reports that the U.S. has cancelled visas for a number of top entertainers.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Caribbean, Immigration, Top Stories
Tags: jamaica drug lord, jamaica raggae, raggae, raggae singers
Calderón: Arizona Law Is a 'Terrible Idea'
Univision, News Report, Posted: May 20, 2010
Mexican President Felipe Calderón said SB 1070 "introduces a terrible idea -- racial profiling as the basis of law enforcement."
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latin America, Latino
Tags: calderon, calderon arizona, calderon speech, calderon washington, felipe calderon, mexican president
Thai Civil War Can't Be Won with Bullets and Tear Gas
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: May 20, 2010
It’s far easier to gun down peasants armed with bamboo spears, than it is to win the hearts and minds of the majority of the country.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: bangkok, civil war, red shirts, thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, yellow shirts
Children Under 13 Will No Longer Be Detained in Santa Clara
El Observador, News Report, Posted: May 20, 2010
Beginning July 1, children aged 12 years and younger in Santa Clara County will no longer be subjected to detention at juvenile hall, reports El Observador.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice
Chief Editor Published Vaccine Scandals in China Removed
Yazhou Zhoukan, News Report, Posted: May 20, 2010
Suspicions point to the likelihood that Bao Yueyang, chief editor and publisher of China Economic Times, was removed from his job for publishing an investigative report on the problems of vaccines in Shanxi Province,
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Arab-American Media Cheer Miss USA Rima Fakih
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 20, 2010
Rima Fakih’s coronation as the first Muslim and second Arab American to win the Miss USA beauty pageant could reduce stereotypes against Arabs.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Middle Eastern, Top Stories
Tags: arab, arab american media, beauty pageant, muslim, Rima Fakih
Viet student DREAM Act activist remembered at UCLA memorial
Bolsavik.com, News Report, Posted: May 19, 2010
A Vietnamese student and her friend, both DREAM Act activists who died in a car accident, were remembered by their UCLA faculty and fellow students.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration
Chinese Find Pak Better Ally than India
Rediff.com, News Report, Posted: May 19, 2010
A new study shows the majority of Indians regard China as a friend and partner, On the other hand, most Chinese view Pakistan as a better partner than India,
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance, South Asian
Asian American Groups Join Lawsuit Against SB 1070
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: May 19, 2010
The civil rights groups argue the Arizona law is the latest in a long string of discriminatory laws against AAPI going back more than 125 years.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Asian, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, South Asian
Immigrant Students Arrested at Sen. McCain's Office
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 19, 2010
Sen. John McCain's Arizona office was the site Monday night of a civil disobedience protest as undocumented students risked arrest and deportation calling for passage of the Dream Act.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: arizona sb 1070, civil disobedience, john mccain, undocumented immigrants
Time to Ease Tensions -- Asian Youth Respond to Attacks
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: May 18, 2010
On May 17th, two assailants pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the fatal assault of Tian Sheng Yu in Oakland last month.
Categories: African American, Asian, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: african american, asian, Dominic Davis, Lavonte Drummer, oakland, violence, youth
FEMA - Black Officials Partner After Katrina
NNPA, News Report, Posted: May 18, 2010
In an effort to reduce future disastrous responses from FEMA -- the Black Leadership Forum, hosted a FEMA/Black Leadership Summit.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections
Tags: black, community, fema, forum. washington d.c., katrina
A Muslim Hero Hidden by Media Bias
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: May 18, 2010
Alioune Niass was first to alert police to the Times Square car bomb, but he was ignored in the media coverage. The Arab and Muslim media believe it is because he is Muslim.
Categories: Immigration, Media, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: anderson cooper, arab, bill maher, duane jackson, lance orton, muslim, times square bomb
Univision Immigration Debate Gets Mixed Reactions
Univision.com, News Report, Posted: May 18, 2010
Activists are warning that SB 1070, the anti-immigrant Arizona law, is distracting the immigrant community from comprehensive immigration reform.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
D.C. Police Baffled by Series of Shootings
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: May 18, 2010
The recent spate of shootings east of the Anacostia River has left police scrambling for answers
Categories: African American, Front Page, Health, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: police, shootings, violence, washington d.c., young people
Prop 21 Fight Changed Their Lives
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 18, 2010
Editor's Note: In 2000, California voters passed Proposition 21, a law that allows more youth to be prosecuted as adults and increased penalties for juveniles in the criminal justice system. It also increased the state budget for juvenile justice system by some $300 million annually.
Ten years later, several young people who were involved in political organizing to oppose Prop. 21 reflected on that time and how it affected them. They told their stories to Ann Bassette, a senior producer for YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia.
Categories: Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: california, juvenile justice, life without parole, proposition 21
Race Stereotypes Alive and Well
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 18, 2010
A new CNN-funded study duplicated a famed 1947 one in which black children, given a choice of black or white dolls, chose the white, blond dolls. The results were the same. Obama's election aside, surveys have found that many whites still cling to ancient anti-black stereotypes.
Categories: African American, Top Stories
Tags: cnn, kenneth clark, obama, racial stereotypes
Killing Children - An Act of War Against China’s Collective Future
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: May 17, 2010
Even during the most violent periods of China’s communist revolution, nothing compares with the recent mass killings of children.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: china violence, killing children
Cutting CalWORKS, Schwarzenegger Channels Pete Wilson
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 17, 2010
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's elimination of California’s welfare-to-work program will affect 1 million children.
Categories: Economy, Front Page
Tags: budget cuts, calworks, schwarzenegger, welfare
An America for Whites Only?
Final Call, News Report, Posted: May 17, 2010
Many anti-racist activist are looking at Arizona's newly passed anti-immigration law as the just the beginning of a assault on human rights in America.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Immigration, Indigenous, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: activists, arizona, immigration, laws, racist
Black Politicians Weigh in on Arizona Boycott
PhxSoul.com, News Report, Posted: May 17, 2010
Three African-American elected officials expressed mixed views on the growing movement for an Arizona boycott.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Front Page, Immigration, Intersections
Tags: african american immigration, black immigration, black leaders immigration, blacks immigration
Arab American Crowned Miss USA
The Arab American News, News Report, Posted: May 17, 2010
24-year-old Rima Fakih of Dearborn, Michigan is the first Arab-American to be crowned Miss USA.
Categories: Middle Eastern, Top Stories
Pakistani Americans Ponder Times Square Bombing Fallout
Chowk, Commentary, Posted: May 17, 2010
Pakistani Americans were quick to condemn the would-be Times Square bomber. But the community is angry and alarmed.
Categories: Front Page, South Asian, War & Conflict
Tags: bombing, Faisal Shahzad, New York, Pakistan, Times Square
ICE Program Expands in California
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: May 17, 2010
This week Riverside County jails began investigating the legal status of their prisoners in order to expedite the deportation of undocumented convicts, reports La Opinión.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: 287g, ICE, immigration ca, riverside, securecommunities
AP-Univision Poll: Americans Split on Immigration
Univision, News Report, Posted: May 17, 2010
Sixty-seven percent of Latinos oppose the Arizona law, compared to 20 percent of non-Latinos, according to a Univision-Associated Press poll.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: ap-univision, immigration poll, univision, univision poll
Arizona's Ban on Ethnic Studies Worries More Than Latinos
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 17, 2010
Asian American and Native American studies teachers are concerned about the ripple effects of the new law.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Education, Front Page, Immigration, Latino
War on Indigenous in Arizona
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 17, 2010
A Mexican American studies professor writes that the mood in Arizona is not anti-immigrant; it is anti-Mexican.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: arizona ethnic studies ban, arizona immigration, arizona immigration law, arizonalaw
Drake Rocks The Warfield
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Commentary, Posted: May 16, 2010
San Francisco hosted the biggest concert of the year with none other than Young Money’s sexiest artist, Drake.
Categories: Front Page, Youth Culture
Tags: drake, hip hop, lil' Wayne, show
Using Spanish to Build English Skills
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 16, 2010
Dual language programs that teach preschoolers in English and Spanish narrow the achievement gap.
Categories: Education, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: achievement gap, dual language, english language learners, san jose, spanish
Filipinos' Hopes Ride on Another Aquino
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: May 16, 2010
As president-elect, Benigno Aquino Aquino has a mandate to launch sweeping changes, from cleaning up the tax system to rooting out graft and corruption.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
AG Eric Holder Gets Briefed on Oakland Gang Violence
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 15, 2010
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder came to Oakland this week and heard about the ways the city is trying to tackle gang violence.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, Youth Culture
Tags: attorney general, Eric Holder, gang violence, Oakland
Farm Workers Flock to Illinois for Growing Season
La Raza, News Report, Posted: May 15, 2010
An estimated 35,000 to 38,000 new farm workers migrate to Illinois every year.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: farmworkers, field workers, illinois farmworkers, migrant workers
Report: Cuts to Home Care for Elderly Will Cost State More
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 15, 2010
Gov. Schwarzenegger's plan to cut home care for elderly and disabled people would cost the state $3 billion a year for nursing home care.
Categories: Elders, Top Stories
Tags: budget cuts, elderly, home care services, nursing homes, schwarzenegger
Ethnic Media Join Forces Against SB 1070
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 14, 2010
Ethnic media and immigrant rights groups discussed how to work together to cover the effects of SB 1070.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Events, Intersections, Latino, Video
Tags: arizona immigration lawm phoenix meeting, arizonalaw, NAM event, sb 1070, sb1070
SF Police Chief Responds to Black-Asian Violence
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 14, 2010
The San Francisco police chief held a meeting this week with residents of the Bayview District on the issue of black-Asian violence.
Tags: black asian violence, gascon, sf black asian violence, sf police chief, sfpd
New America Now: Between Two Worlds
New America Now, News Report, Posted: May 14, 2010
Roxana Saberi talks about her experience in an Iranian prison, Peter Hessler goes Country Driving in China.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Environment, Front Page, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, South Asian
Tags: car, china, consulate, earthquake, economy, human rights, indian, iran, prison, technology
Indian Americans Have Mixed Reactions to Arizona Law
India West, News Report, Posted: May 14, 2010
Some Indian Americans in Arizona are welcoming SB 1070 even if it means they might be singled out and asked for papers. Others are worried about it.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, immigration rights, Indian American, SB 1070
Golden Years Grow Dark for Isolated Elders
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 14, 2010
The number of ethnic elders facing isolation and social exclusion is growing, and one in four over all lives alone. Many suffer from depression.
Categories: Asian, Elders, Health, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: aging, depression, elderly, elders, isolation, mental illness, pew study
Filipinos, Indians Dominate Emirates Nursing Force
GMANews.TV, News Report, Posted: May 14, 2010
A United Arab Emirates study highlights the need for more men to become nurses.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: Filipinos, foreign workers, Indians, nurses, nursing, United Arab Emirates
A Doctor's Word: Renters' Rights to Healthy Homes
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 14, 2010
Tenants with chronic health problems have rights when it comes to safe and healthy conditions in their apartments.
Categories: Environment, Front Page, Health
Tags: asthma, hud, section 8, tenants rights
Black People: Stand Up and Condemn Arizona’s Immigration Policy
L.A. Watts Times, Commentary, Posted: May 13, 2010
African Americans and the immigrant rights movement share blame for the divide between them. They should also share a common concern.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Immigration, Intersections, Top Stories
Tags: african american immigration, black civil rights immigration, black immigration, black leaders immigration, blacks immigration
Arizona Bans Ethnic Studies
La Opinion, Commentary, Posted: May 13, 2010
An editorial in La Opinión argues that the same shortsightedness that was applied to SB 1070 is now moving into the classroom.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: Arizona, ethnic studies, Gov. Jan Brewer, HB 2281, immigration, SB 1710
Urban Natives Say Arizona Law Will Target Them
Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: May 13, 2010
Some Native Americans are worried about being targeted under Arizona's controversial new immigration law.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Indigenous, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: Arizona, immigration, mexicans, navajo, racial profiling, sb1070
All Politics Is Family in Philippines
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: May 13, 2010
In the Philippines' first election by automated ballot, one old practice persists -- the oligarchy that remains in power.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, International Affairs, Politics & Governance
Tags: aquino, Arroyo, philippine election, philippines
Peru New Model for Drug Strategy
Washington Hispanic, News Report, Posted: May 13, 2010
Last week, the Organization of American States (OAS) adopted a new strategy to combat drug production and use, identifying Peru as a model for the hemisphere.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Tags: Barack Obama, coca, cocaine, Latin America, peru, war on drugs
Life and Death on the Arizona Border
New America Media, Interview, Posted: May 13, 2010
Margaret Regan, author of “The Death of Josseline: Immigration Stories from the Arizona-Mexico Borderlands,”covered immigration for over a decade.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Economy, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arizona new law, border security, immigration, mexicans, ranchers, sb 1070, undocumented
Many Blacks Split with Leadership on Immigration
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 13, 2010
There is a quiet disconnect between civil rights leaders' support for immigration reform and the unease that many blacks feel toward illegal immigration.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Immigration, Intersections, Top Stories
Tags: black civil rights immigration, black leaders immigration, blacks immigration, immigration blacks
Los Angeles Boycotts Arizona
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: May 12, 2010
The city of Los Angeles agreed yesterday to declare a boycott against the state of Arizona, reports La Opinión.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Tags: arizona boycott, arizona law, boycott arizona, la boycott, la opinion boycott
An Uneasy Black-Brown Solidarity On May Day
Black Voice News, Commentary, Posted: May 12, 2010
As far as the eye can see – protesters hundreds of them marching carrying American flags on the way to San Bernardino City Hall.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Latino
Tags: immigration, latino, May Day
Secret NYPD Tapes Document Routine Police Racism
Black Agenda Report, News Report, Posted: May 12, 2010
The New York City police force systematically withholds protective services from minority victims of crime, while harassing scores of citizens.
Categories: African American, Top Stories
Vietnamese Student Sues San Jose Police for Excessive Force
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: May 12, 2010
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: police violence, san jose, taser, vietnamese
Yalamanchili Upsets Krikorian in Ohio Congress Primary
India-West, News Report, Posted: May 12, 2010
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance, South Asian
Tags: democratic, nomination, ohio, wins, yalamanchili
Deadly Violence, Technical Bugs Mar Vote
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: May 12, 2010
Ten people died as a result of the technical issues with the vote counting machines.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Politics & Governance
Tags: death, Violence, votes technical
Down & Out in California's Fields -- Farm Workers Lose Jobs, Homes and Hope
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 12, 2010
Scattered groups of farm workers, unemployed and desperate, are emerging from a long cold winter spent living outdoors.
Categories: Economy, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories, Video
Tags: agriculture, california, homelessness, immigration, labor, undocumented, workers
Philanthropist Takes on Racial Wounds
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 12, 2010
When she was eight years old, Gail Christopher took a train from Cleveland to Alabama. It was an adventure that left an indelible memory of trauma on her.
Tags: america healing, anti-racism grant, kellogg foundation, kellogg grants, kellogg racism, wk kellogg
Quick Vote Count Stuns Filipinos
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: May 11, 2010
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: Benigno Aquino, elections, shell-shocked candidates, winner
Immigrant Crime Wave a Myth
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: May 11, 2010
The main argument behind Arizona’s new law, SB 1070, is that the state’s presumed crime wave is linked to undocumented immigrants.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Stormy Weather for Lena Horne
New America Media, Audio, Posted: May 11, 2010
Author James Gavin talks about his book Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne. Though Lena Horne was a groundbreaking African American film and musical star, she paid a huge personal price in a life marked by triumph and tragedy.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, New America Now, Original NAM Content
In Fight Against Racism, Money Talks
Kellogg Foundation, Commentary, Posted: May 11, 2010
The day after the nation elected its first African-American president, the invisible barriers created by structural racism still haunted our society: Latino workers tended crops for low wages in California, Native Americans awoke jobless on reservations and African-American mothers-to-be worried about losing their babies.
Categories: Front Page, Original NAM Content
Tags: America Healing, America Healing initiative, kellogg foundation, racism
Taiwan's Unlikely Hero: Vegetable Seller of Taitung
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: May 11, 2010
61-year-old Chen Shu-chu was selected as one of the “heroes” in this year’s TIME magazine’s annual 100 Most Influential People in the World.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: 100 influential people, buddhist, chen shu-chu, seller, taiwanese taitung, time magazine, vegetable
Our Education Needs Are California's Needs
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 11, 2010
Students of color and immigrant students make up 70% of California’s schools and the majority of high school drop outs.
Categories: African American, Asian, Education, Front Page, Indigenous, Latino, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Youth Culture
Tags: budget crisis, california, children, class size, education, school, segregation, students, youth
Obama's Nuclear Energy Proposal Sparks Debate Among Black Environmentalists
BlackPressUSA, News Report, Posted: May 11, 2010
Dr. Robert Bullard sees the red flags waving when it comes to the nuclear reactors President Obama has pledged government aid to construct in the town of Shell Bluff which is located in Burke County, Ga.
Categories: African American, Environment, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page
Tags: African American, Burke County, government, nuclear, President Obama
Urban Violence Brings Renewed Calls for National Guard Deployment
Final Call, News Report, Posted: May 11, 2010
The idea of coordinated military action to counteract gang related violent crime is not a new idea, however, it appears to be gaining traction among some lawmakers as the number of those killed in many cities across America continues to rise.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Kagan’s Affirmative Action Achilles' Heel
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 10, 2010
The nomination of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court could put the issue of affirmative action back in the national spotlight. During Kagan's tenure as dean of Harvard University Law School, 23 of the 29 new hires were white men.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: elena kagan, kagan diversity, kagan harvard, kagan harvard law, kagan supreme court
African Americans Raise Voices Against Arizona Law
Phxsoul, News Report, Posted: May 10, 2010
Response to the new legislation, including a march on the state Capitol on Wednesday, has made one thing evident for Valley Hispanics opposing the law—they do not stand alone.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Intersections, Latino
Tags: arixona immigration law, Arizona, arizona al sharpton, arizona black, SB 1070, sb1070
California's Kids Falling Deeper into Poverty, Homelessness
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 10, 2010
Poverty from recession and home foreclosures is engulfing an ever-wider population of California's children, with analysts predicting that 27 percent of all kids will soon be living in families with incomes at the poverty level.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: children poverty homelessness california schwarzenneger calworks, safety net recession foreclosure
I'll Always Love My Momma
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: May 09, 2010
My mom is the closest person to me. She's what I think of when I hear the word: love. She's been everything to me since before my first memory. She knows what it takes to be a mother.
Categories: African American, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: family, mother, mother's day, son
Counting SRO Residents in SF Chinatown Tests Census
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 09, 2010
For the U.S. Census, San Francisco’s Chinatown has been one of the most under-counted areas in the city because of the large number of single-room-occupancy hotels (SROs). But this year, with outreach efforts by the city, community organizations, ethnic media and schools, Chinatown has a relatively high census participation rate. NAM staff reporter/videographer Vivian Po looks at the challenges.
Categories: Asian, Immigration, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: chinatown tests census, san francisco, single room occupancy
Call for Partnership between Chinese and Arabic Media
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: May 09, 2010
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Middle Eastern
Tags: arab, chinese, news media
Seniors Need Second Stimulus, Says Group
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: May 09, 2010
Seniors are an overlooked in President Obama's stimulus package, even though they are staying in the workforce longer than in years past.
Categories: African American, Elders, Front Page, Original NAM Content, Stimulus Watch
Tags: seniors, stimulus, unemployment
L.A. Civil Disobedience Ends in Arrests
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: May 09, 2010
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: arrests, civil disobedience, protest SB 1070
West Coast Nikkei Eldercare: Planning for New and More Diverse Systems of Care
Discover Nikkei, News Report, Posted: May 09, 2010
Watching my mother and her friends approach decisions about retirement living and beyond, I realized that the all-Japanese environment once mandatory for non-English speaking Issei has become only one of several options for the Nisei and older Sansei generations.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page
Tags: eldercare, issei, retirement living, seniors
Immigrant, LGBT Leaders Blast Verdict in Hate Crime Case
El Diario/La Prensa, News Report, Posted: May 08, 2010
Immigrant and LGBT rights leaders were disappointed that Hakim Scott was acquitted of a hate crime and murder Thursday in the fatal beating of Ecuadoran immigrant Jose Sucuzhañay.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: immgrant, Lesbian Gay Bi Transsexual, rights
Poll: Arizona Latinos Oppose New Law
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: May 08, 2010
A survey of Latino voters in Arizona conducted by Latino Decisions, in collaboration with Arizona State University, found that 70 percent expressed "strong" opposition and another 11 percent said they had "some opposition" to SB 1070.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Tags: arizona new law, latinos, poll
Philippine Elections to Go Forward, Despite Computer Glitch
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 08, 2010
Regina Reyes of ABS-CBN International-The Filipino Channel explains why Filipino American voters don't want this Monday's presidential elections in the Philippines postponed -- despite technical malfunctions with the country's computerized voting machines.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Video
Tags: computerized voting machines, election, Filipino Americans, Filipino overseas absentee voters, Filipinos, Manny Villar, Noynoy Aquino, Philippine presidential elections, Philippines, Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Groups Rally to Save Domestic Violence Services
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 08, 2010
In San Francisco, Mayor Gavin Newsom’s budget includes a 25 percent cut to domestic violence prevention organizations. Advocates say the cuts, which total approximately $650,000, would be devastating.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content
Tags: budget cuts, domestic violence, gavin newsom, san francisco
NJ’s Asian Americans Live Well, Study Finds
World Journal, News Report, Posted: May 08, 2010
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Health, Immigration
Tags: Asians, income, new jersey
Filipino Expat Workers Younger, Better Educated than Homeland's Workers
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: May 08, 2010
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration
New America Now: Island Beneath the Sea
New America Now, Audio, Posted: May 07, 2010
This week on New America Now: Author Isabel Allende discusses her latest novel, Island Beneath the Sea. Her first novel in four years is an addictive stew of race, sex, magic, and realism set in eighteenth century Haiti.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Indigenous, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Religion
Interior Dep't Recommends US Citizenship for Foreign Workers in Marianas
GMANews.TV, News Report, Posted: May 07, 2010
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: CNMI, Filipino, foreign workers, Marianas, Philippines
Can I get a Witness? Church Shooting Redux
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Audio, Posted: May 07, 2010
This week on YO!Radio -- YO! returns to Richmond Ca. New Gesthsemane Church of God and Christ as community members recount the day young members of their church were targeted by gunman.
Categories: African American, Audio, Youth Culture
I Was Not a Victim of Age Discrimination at Work (Not)
The Unsilent Generation, Commentary, Posted: May 07, 2010
When I was fired by the new owners of the Village Voice in 2006, after working there for 30 years, it had nothing to do with age discrimination. At least, that’s what the official documents say.
Categories: Elders, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: age discrimination, u.s. supreme court, village voice, workplace
Bill Would Ease Path of Community College Transfers
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 07, 2010
California community college students who find themselves set back by increased fees, limited class availability, and variance in transfer requirements could soon get help from Sacramento.
Categories: Education, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: california, community college, csu, rupa dev
Asian Americans Join Fight Against Arizona Law
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 07, 2010
Asian-American civil rights groups are gearing up to challenge Arizona’s new anti-immigration law, joining Latino and civil liberties organizations that oppose it.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Asian, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, South Asian
Tags: Arizona, asian americans civil rights, immigration, sb1070
Conservationist Wins Goldman Prize for Protecting Polish Valley
New America Now, Audio, Posted: May 06, 2010
Conservationist and Goldman Prize Winner Małgorzata Górska led the fight to stop a controversial highway project and ultimately helped protect Poland's Rospuda Valley, one of the last true wilderness areas in Europe.
Categories: Audio, Environment, European, Original NAM Content
Tags: Goldman Prize, Małgorzata Górska, Poland, Rospuda Valley
Apartheid Hits Arizona
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 06, 2010
Columnist Roberto Rodriguez argues apartheid in today's Arizona is in some ways more complete and brutal than it was in South Africa.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Indigenous, Latino, Original NAM Content
Tags: Arizona, arizona governor, arizona immigrants, arizona immigration law, arizona law, jan brewer, sb1070
Stimulus Funds Bypass Communities With Dirty Water
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 06, 2010
A New America Media investigation reveals that federal stimulus funds designed to clean up California's drinking water have bypassed most communities whose water is too toxic to drink.
Categories: Environment, Latino, Original NAM Content, Stimulus Watch, Top Stories
Tags: clean water, stimulus environment
Chinese Newspaper Profiles Black-Chinese Family
Sing Tao, News Report, Posted: May 06, 2010
82-year-old Li Zhengzhu is enjoying her family life with her three African-American sons-in-law and one African-American daughter-in-law, reports the Sing Tao Daily.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
San Francisco's 'Black on Chinese Violence Goes Back Decades
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 06, 2010
For more than 25 years, African-American and Asian-American elected and appointed officials have failed to address the growing racial tensions in southeast San Francisco, writes NAM commentator and area resident Hubert Yee.
Categories: African American, Asian, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content
In Arizona, Al Sharpton Urges Civil Disobedience
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 06, 2010
Black civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton led a prayer vigil in Phoenix on Wednesday calling for mass civil disobedience against the state’s new anti-immigration law.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: Al Sharpton, Arizona, civil disobedience, immigration, sb1070
New Book Looks at Icelandic Immigrant Community
New America Now, Audio, Posted: May 05, 2010
A young woman obsessed with uncovering a family secret is drawn into the strange and magical landscape, language, and history of Iceland. Christina Sunley is the author of The Tricking of Freya.
Categories: Audio, European, Original NAM Content
San Francisco Rallies Against Racial Violence
Yo! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: May 05, 2010
Dozens of Asian Americans and a handful of African Americans held a rally against violence in front of San Francisco City Hall Tuesday. Signs read "Asians are not punching bags" and "stop racial violence."
Categories: African American, Asian, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: attacks on chinese, bayview, black asian violence, black latino violence, hunters point, muni violence, sf black asian violence
Vietnamese Fishermen in Louisiana Excited About BP Jobs
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: May 05, 2010
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: BP, fishermen, Gulf Coast, Louisiana, oil spill, Vietnamese
Latino Celebrities Speak Out Against Arizona Law
El Comercio, News Report, Posted: May 05, 2010
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: arizona law, immigrants, latino artists, oppose
Asian Americans Going 'Green'
Pacific Citizen, News Feature, Posted: May 05, 2010
Environmentalists say although Asian Americans are not perceived to be at the forefront of the green movement, many identify as environmentalists.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Network
Tags: Asian American, baggu, bags, environmental, environmentalists, green, movement
Is Iran a Nuclear Danger? Don’t Believe It!
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: May 05, 2010
In advance of this week’s UN Security Council Meeting on Nuclear Non-proliferation, Sec. of State Hillary Clinton seemed be gearing up for a fight, declaring on “Meet The Press” that Iran violates the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. But Clinton is mistaken. There is no proof whatever that Iran is engaged in nuclear weapons production.
Categories: International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Ahmadinejad, clinton, iran, nuclear enrichment, nuclear nonproliferation treaty, obama, united nations, uranium
Violence Up in LA Among Latino, Black Youth
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: May 04, 2010
Latinos in Los Angeles County are five times more likely to be victims than whites, and nearly twice as likely as African Americans, La Opinión reports.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Tags: African American, los angeles, violence
Pennsylvania Looks to Copy Arizona Law
Ponte al Día, News Report, Posted: May 04, 2010
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration
Tags: copy arizona law, immigrants, lawmakers, pennsylvania, unconstitutional
Can a Democrat Win Sen. McCain's Seat in Arizona?
Hispanic Business, News Report, Posted: May 04, 2010
If Hayworth, 51, succeeds in convincing the conservative base that 73-year-old McCain is too liberal, the state will have a far-right candidate on the ticket at a time when Arizona's immigration law has made it the butt of jokes on late-night television.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: Arizona, arizona republicans, az, az election, JD Hayworth, mccain election
Lawsuit Alleges Rwandan President Kagames Guilt in Rwanda Genocide and Congo War
San Francisco Bay View, News Report, Posted: May 04, 2010
On April 30, in Edmond, Oklahoma, a team of lawyers and process servers attempted to personally serve Rwandan President Paul Kagame with an eight count lawsuit, which includes racketeering to acquire and control the resources of eastern D.R. Congo.
Categories: African, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: D.R. Congo, laywers, Oklahoma, Rawanda
Fontana Councilwoman Applauds Arizona Crackdown
Black Voices News, News Report, Posted: May 04, 2010
On the heels of Arizona’s sweeping immigration law signed Friday by Republican Governor Jan Brewer, Fontana Councilwoman Acquanetta Warren, is sounding off calling the crackdown overdue.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration
Tags: Arizona, illegal, immigration
Apartheid, Arizona
New York Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: May 04, 2010
Despite protests from the Hispanic citizens of Arizona, which the Republican Party not long ago attempted to court, Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, signed into law SB 1070, which requires law enforcement officials to question the immigration status of individuals during everyday police encounters.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration
Tags: Arizona, illegal, immigration, protests
Vietnamese Nurse Missing, Feared Kidnapped
Bolsavik, News Report, Posted: May 04, 2010
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: Bichphuong, feared kidnapped, vietnamese nurse missing
Mayweather to Pacquiao: No Blood Tests, No Fight
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: May 04, 2010
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Wells Fargo Faulted for Record on Failed Mortgages
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 04, 2010
As Wells Fargo announced profits of $2.55 billion at its recent shareholder meeting in San Francisco, protesters outside were calling on the lending giant to start assisting homeowners struggling to pay their mortgages and stave off foreclosure.
Categories: African American, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: foreclosure, hamp, naacp, remodification, subprime, wells fargo
Prop 16: A PG&E Power Grab or Taxpayer Protection?
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: May 04, 2010
PG&E has spent $20 million pushing Proposition 16, which would stymie public power companies. The opposition has spent $31,000.
Categories: Environment, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: california business energy costs, pg&e, proposition 16, public utility
Nigerian Americans Want Goodluck to Deliver
Mshale, News Report, Posted: May 04, 2010
Nigerians in America have a message for Nigeria’s acting president: fix the electric power, end political corruption, get rid of the gigantic potholes in the roads, and distribute the money from oil revenues to the masses.
Categories: African, Ethnic Media Network
Tags: goodluck, jonathan, nigeria, obama, oil drilling
Arizona Dumped Racial Profiling Back on the Nation’s Table
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 04, 2010
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and the legislature legislature did something that civil rights leaders couldn’t do: they dumped profiling back on the nation’s table.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: Arizona, bush, civil liberties, immigration, jan brewer, obama, racial profiling, u.s. supreme court
Immigration Leaders' Arrests Spotlight May Day Protest
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 03, 2010
On May 1, immigrants rights supporters converged on Washington, D.C., to call for comprehensive immigration reform. Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez was among a dozen people arrested during the protest. Esther Gentile has this video report.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Video
Tags: immigration reform, luis gutierrez, may day protest, obama
Arizona’s Immigration Law Spurs Copycat Legislation
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 03, 2010
Arizona's new, tough immigration law has spawned copycat proposals in almost a dozen other states. But some otherwise conservative governors are urging caution.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, immigration
Black GOP Candidates Burdened by Weighty Millstones
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 03, 2010
The 32 black Republicans running for House seats in the fall comprise a historic high. Though they say there are running to win, but they have some of the weightiest millstones around their political necks that any candidates could have.
Categories: African American, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: black republicans, clinton, george bush, michael steele, obama
Obama in Ann Arbor
Annarbor.com, News Feature, Posted: May 02, 2010
The procession of about 1000 marchers stretched out over a mile, from South Industrial Blvd., snaking up the hill and across the bridge, over to the University of Michigan Stadium, where inside, President Barack Obama was to address the graduating class of 2010.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Latino
Tags: dressed in white shirts and carrying American flags. The procession of about 1000 marchers stretched out over a mile, from South Industrial Blvd., snaking up the hill and across the bridge, The marchers in support of immigration reform were easy to spot
The World at its End: When Funerals Get Shot Up
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Commentary, Posted: May 02, 2010
As bullets rang out at a funeral in East Oakland last Tuesday the author thought the world around him was coming to an end.
Categories: African American, Original NAM Content
Tags: church, crime, funeral shooting, gangs, oakland
The Cross She Must Bear - An Undocumented Filipina in New York
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 02, 2010
Categories: Asian, Immigration, Original NAM Content
Tags: illegal immigration reform and immigrant responsibility act, undocumented filipina
Activists Face Tough Choices on Immigrant Rights
National Institute for Latino Policy, Commentary, Posted: May 01, 2010
Immigrant rights activists overestimated the nation's concern with immigration reform, writes the commentator. But Arizona's passage of the most racist law in modern history gives activists a chance to return comprehensive immigration reform to the national stage.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino
Arizona Fires up May 1 Rally in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Garment and Citizen, Photo Essay, Posted: May 01, 2010
Immigration march in Los Angeles draws huge crowd as labor unions and advocacy groups join grassroots in calls for action at the federal level.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, immigration, Los Angeles, May Day
On May 1, It's Mayday for Arizona
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 01, 2010
May Day is being marked by immigrant marches across the country. Arizona has added a new urgency to the marches. Organizers in Arizona feel the rest of the country is just catching up to what they have been experiencing for years.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content
Tags: Arizona, immigration, MayDay
In Families Squeezed by Recession, Kids Show Effects
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 01, 2010
Delores Cisneros and her family now share their small home with her sister and niece, after unemployment forced them to double up. The overcrowded conditions are taking a toll on the children and changing their behaviors--something their preschool is trying to remedy.
Categories: Education, Gender & Sexuality, Latino, Original NAM Content, Video
Tags: children, education, homelessness, los angeles, preschool, recession