Little Bee: The Story of a Refugee
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 30, 2010
Two women find they need each other in ways neither could have foreseen. Little Bee was short-listed for the 2008 Costa Award for best novel, and it is a New York Times bestseller.
Categories: Audio, Immigration, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Britain, citizenship, England, Immigration, Nigeria
Mexico to Offer Health Insurance to Undocumented in U.S.
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jun 30, 2010
The Mexican government is extending health coverage services to the immigrant community in the United States starting in July.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Health, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: coverage, health, insurance, mexican, reform, seguro popular
Supreme Court to Review Arizona Employer Sanctions Law
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 30, 2010
For the first time, the highest tribunal in the country agreed to address the constitutionality of a state bill that tackles immigration issues.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: arizonalaw, employersanctions, sb1070, supremecourt
Despite Wins, Doubts Mount About Brazil's 'Beautiful' Soccer Tradition
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 30, 2010
Brazil is known for its eye-pleasing brand of soccer, but critics at home and abroad say its team has gotten ugly in this World Cup.
Categories: Latino, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: argentina, brazil, dunga, futbol, futbol arte, maradona, soccer, World Cup, worldcup
Tears Flow as the Defense Rests in Mehserle Trial
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 30, 2010
The mother of shooting victim Oscar Grant weeps as a pathologist describes the path of a police bullet.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content
Visualizing Movement -- Pocho One Photography
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jun 30, 2010
Pocho 1 -- a world renowned photographer and graphic artist -- has continued the organizing and visual tradition of his elders.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Multimedia, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: art, chicano, movement, photography, pocho 1
The Border from Both Sides
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 30, 2010
Mary Ambrose talks to David Danelo, a former Marine who recently wrote The Border: Exploring the US-Mexico Divide.
Categories: Audio, Immigration, Latino, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Florida to Debate Anti-Immigrant Law
Univision.com, News Report, Posted: Jun 30, 2010
Various Florida Republicans are drawing up a plan to curb illegal immigration, a proposal very similar to Arizona’s controversial SB 1070 law.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration
Tags: Florida, illegal immigration, Republicans, SB 1070, similar
President Calderón Sees Narcos behind Crime
Univision.com and Agencies, News Report, Posted: Jun 30, 2010
President Felipe Calderón accused "organized crime" in the murder of Rodolfo Torre Cantú, gubernatorial candidate of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) in the state of Tamaulipas, Univision and Agencies reports.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Tags: candidate, gubernatorial, Mexico, PRI, Rudolfo Torre Cantu
Perfect Storm May Be Brewing for Social Security, Medicare Cuts
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jun 30, 2010
Progressives worry that Washington’s debt-cutting fever will make Social Security and Medicare vulnerable to cuts that will hit ethnic elders and other vulnerable groups.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Front Page, Health
Tags: medicare, social security
The Front lines of the Green Jobs Movement: Street Recyclers
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jun 29, 2010
Working on the front lines of the green job movement are young and old street recyclers, some are doing it for a living others are making a little extra cash.
Categories: African American, Multimedia, Video
Tags: bottles, cans, green, jobs, recyclers, working, young old
Lawyers Clash Over ‘Taser Confusion’ in Mehserle Trial
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 29, 2010
Witnesses for Johannes Mehserle tried to establish that he pulled the wrong weapon before killing Oscar Grant. The defense calls its last witness today.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice
Tags: BART, Mehserle, meserhle, oscargrant
Russian Spy Accusations Rock New York Latino Media
QueensLatino.com, News Report, Posted: Jun 29, 2010
Vicky Pelaez, longtime columnist for El Diario/La Prensa, has been charged with passing information to Russia for pay. Her family and friends cry foul.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, Latino, Media, Top Stories
Tags: el diario la prensa, fbi, justice, russian, spy, vicky palaez
Students Tax Themselves to Make Campuses Greener
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 29, 2010
The willingness of students to tax themselves to fund green projects underscores the importance of environmental issues to this generation.
Categories: Environment, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: environment, green projects, students
Trips Abroad Risky for Ailing Fidel Castro
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 29, 2010
Haunted by Pinochet's fate when he went to the UK for medical treatment, Castro must beware a legal minefield that complicates his last days.
Categories: Elders, Health, International Affairs, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Cuba, FIdel Castro, Pinochet
Five Slaps for Funk Season -- Pandemonium's Soundtrack
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Commentary, Posted: Jun 29, 2010
When Summer time hits Oakland you know it's the Funk Season. It's the season when the weather and the block starts to get hot.
Categories: African American, Top Stories
The Next Battle - Push to Deny Citizenship to Arizona Children
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jun 28, 2010
Russell Pearce has another objective: taking away citizenship from the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: 14thamendment, arizona, arizonaimmigration, arizonalaw
Korea Needs a Return to Sunshine Policy
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jun 28, 2010
As tensions ratchet up between North and South Korea, a former South Korean candidate urges a return to the Sunshine policy.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, International Affairs, Original NAM Content
Tags: North Korea, South Korea, sunshine policy
Detroit Demands Foreclosure Freeze
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 28, 2010
Detroit feels like a desolate city in the wake of the foreclosure crisis. But a state senator has plans for a reprieve.
Categories: Economy, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Detroit, foreclosure, US Social forum
The Redemption of Chris Brown
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 28, 2010
A young man we refused to forgive, performing a tribute to a dead man that we all refused to hold accountable, redeemed himself last night.
Categories: Top Stories
U.S. and Israel Say No to Investigation Into Gaza Flotilla Attack
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jun 28, 2010
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon continues to insist that there be an international investigation into the Israeli flotilla attack.
Categories: Front Page
Tags: attack. flotilla, gaza, israel, un, us
Summer Brings Heat Wave of Violence to NY
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Jun 28, 2010
A series of shootings citywide has intensified public concern in this, the first week of summer, as the days heat up in more ways than one.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, War & Conflict
World Cup: Welcome to Fútbol, Middle America
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 28, 2010
The United States might have lost the US-Ghana game but one thing is clear - Middle America is getting seduced by the game the rest of the world calls football.
Categories: Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories
Lousiana Blacks Fear Never Recovering From Oil Spill
Louisiana Weekly, News Report, Posted: Jun 28, 2010
From the bayous of southern Louisiana to the city of New Orleans, many fear the oil spill disaster could mean environmental and cultural extinction.
Categories: Top Stories
Tags: black, culture, extinction, louisiana, new orleans, oil, spill
No Revenge for Americans as Ghana Escapes, 2-1
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Jun 28, 2010
In the end, Ghana reached its goal, surviving with a 2-1 win to eliminate the United States from World Cup play.
Categories: African, African American, Arts & Entertainment, Front Page, Indigenous, Multi-ethnic, Sports
Tags: fifa, ghana, united states. 2006, world cup
Immigration in a Historical Perspective
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 28, 2010
America always likes to describe itself as a nation of immigrants. But throughout its history, it has also struggled to keep immigrants out through a patchwork of laws.
Categories: Audio, Immigration, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Border, History, Immigration, Mexico, SB 1070
"Arnieville" Tent City Protests Home Care Cuts
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jun 27, 2010
“Arnieville”—Berkeley’s tent city named for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger—includes low-income people, who might lose care they need to stay at home.
Categories: Economy, Health, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: Arnieville, budget, california, home health care services, Schwarzenegger
Native American Traditions Return to Heal Diabetes
New America Media / News from Indian Country, News Report, Posted: Jun 27, 2010
Health activists in Indian Country are combating diabetes with surprising weapons—traditional foods and more active lifestyles.
Categories: Elders, Ethnic Media Network, Health, Indigenous, Top Stories
Tags: american indian, diabetes
Mexican Immigrants Victims of Fraud
La Prensa San Diego, News Report, Posted: Jun 26, 2010
Two people were arrested and face 16 charges against them, after a year-long investigation by Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, found them involved in a series of frauds against the undocumented community.
Categories: Ethnicities, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: ICE, immigration, Latino, Mexico, undocumented
Michigan's Arizona-like Immigration Bill Debated
The Arab American News, News Report, Posted: Jun 26, 2010
A newly proposed immigration bill in Michigan modeled after Arizona's SB 1070 is causing concern and controversy.
Categories: Immigration, Intersections, Middle Eastern, Top Stories
Tags: immigration law, Michigan
The Mehserle Trial Through the Eyes of Young Oakland
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jun 26, 2010
As the Johannes Mehserle murder trial for the death of Oscar Grant continues in LA, young Oakland is watching.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, News, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: Alameda County, all white jury, Johannes Mehserle, los angeles, oscar grant, police brutality, protest, rally, trial, verdict
Keeping Good Hearts at Bad River
News from Indian Country / New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 26, 2010
The second story in a series of three explores how a Heart Watch program is trying reduce risk of cardiovascular disease among American Indians.
Categories: Elders, Health, Indigenous, Top Stories
Tags: AMerican Indian, diabetes, Native American
Slow Death at Bad River: Diabetes in Indian Country
News from Indian Country / New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 25, 2010
Diabetes is epidemic on American Indian reservations, such as Wisconsin’s Bad River, but the community has started to change things.
Categories: Elders, Health, Indigenous, Top Stories
Tags: american, diabetes, health, indians, reservations
Remembering Michael Jackson
L.A. Watts Times, News Report, Posted: Jun 25, 2010
Michael Jackson, the King of Pop to many, died on June 25, 2009 — a year ago this week. His death stunned the world.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Media, Top Stories
Tags: anniversary, death, michael jackson, one, year
Mehserle Takes The Stand in Grant Murder Trial
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 25, 2010
Day 10 of the People v. Mehserle trial (June 24) ended with the defendant, Johannes Mehserle taking the stand.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: bart, johannes mehserle, oscar. grant, stand, trial
Washington Informer Receives Top Honors
Washington Informer, News Report, Posted: Jun 25, 2010
The Washington Informer received the General Excellence First Place Award from NNPA.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines, Media
Tags: blackmedia, nnpa, washingtoninformer
SCHOOL MATTERS: Health Care Professions Need More Diversity
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 25, 2010
California’s healthcare sector needs more minority students to ensure the wellness of the aging and diversifying state population.
Categories: Front Page, Health, Multi-ethnic
Tags: california schools, diversity, health care
New America Now: Immigration Special
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 25, 2010
A historical view of immigration, a vet's take on the border and a woman trapped in refugee limbo.
Categories: African, Audio, European, Immigration, Latino, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: border, britain, immigration, mexico, nigeria, refugee, SB 1070, united states, US
Racists Attack Filipino Family in N. Ireland
GMANews.TV , News Report, Posted: Jun 25, 2010
A Filipino family in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has expressed fears for their safety after racist attacks in their Whiteabbey town on Tuesday left a part of their house and a Filipino neighbor’s car scorched.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Sexual Abuse of Immigration Detainees Underscores Need for Oversight
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 24, 2010
Immigrants detained by Homeland Security have been sexually abused by prison officers, raising a call for national standards.
Categories: Immigration, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: immigration, sexual abuse
Candidates Alvin Greene, Kesha Rogers - Democrats Who Terrify Democrats
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 24, 2010
Primary wins by South Carolina’s Alvin Greene and Texas candidate Kesha Rogers – a follower of conspiracy guru Lyndon LaRouche – has stunned the Democratic Party.
Categories: African American, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: Alvin Greene, Democrats, election, Kesha Rogers, Lyndon LaRouche
The Last Airbender's Jackson Rathbone at Six Flags
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jun 24, 2010
In front of the release of The Last Airbender Jackson Rathbone, star from the hit movie Twilight, made an appearance in Vallejo Calif.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Front Page, Original NAM Content, Youth Culture
Tags: entertainment, jackson rathbone, movie, nicola peltz, the last airbender
Changing Demographics Strain Refugee Services
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 24, 2010
A support system that was once meant for refugees from Vietnam and Soviet bloc countries is struggling to cope with refugees from all over the world.
Categories: African, Immigration, International Affairs, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: asylum, illinois, immigration, refugee
U.S., Mexico and China Talk Trade
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jun 23, 2010
The United States, Mexico, and China have begun to form a "golden triangle" in trade, reports La Opinión.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Intersections, Latino
Fremont, Nebraska -- The Wrong Path
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Jun 23, 2010
An editorial in La Opinión argues that local anti-immigrant ordinances like the one approved in Fremont, Neb. only create more resentment.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, fremont, immigrationlaw, nebraska, sb1070
BP's Closed Door
NOLA Beez , Commentary, Posted: Jun 23, 2010
In advocating for Vietnamese American fishermen on the Gulf Coast, NOLA Beez editorial staff was threatened with arrest by BP. And that was just the beginning...
Categories: Asian, Environment, Top Stories
Racial Attacks Rise in America's Post Racial Era
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jun 23, 2010
According to a FBI Hate Crimes report of 7,783 hate crime incidents in 2008, 72.6 percent were motivated by anti-Black bias.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Multi-ethnic
States Replicate Arizona Law
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jun 23, 2010
Numerous "copycat" states and cities are looking to follow Arizona's lead, including Fremont, Nebraska.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: arizona, arizonalaw, copycat, fremont, fremontnebraska, sb1070
Jobs Still on Hold as Teens Leave School for the Summer
NNPA, News Report, Posted: Jun 23, 2010
The House passed a jobs bill that includes funding for high school but, the Senate has yet to vote on the final measure.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Youth Culture
Nikki Haley - Is She Sikh Enough?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 23, 2010
Nikki Haley, the Republican nominee for governor of South Carolina, is a Sikh who converted to Christianity.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: bobbyjindal, indianpoliticians, Nikki Haley, nikkihaley, sikh
Local Voices Seek National Platform at US Social Forum
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 23, 2010
The US Social Forum is hoping to build a momentum of hope despite the bleak economy, attacks on immigrant rights in Arizona and high unemployment.
Categories: Immigration, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Detroit, Social Forum
Bhopal Gas Leak Verdict Sparks Anger
India West, News Report, Posted: Jun 23, 2010
More than 20 years after a gas leak killed thousands in Bhopal, an Indian court handed down verdicts against former executives of Union Carbide India Ltd, the factory where the leak happened.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, South Asian
Tags: bhopal, factory, gas leak, industrial disaster, union carbide
ICE's New Image -- Is It for Real?
Rumbo and La Opinion, News Report, Posted: Jun 23, 2010
ICE shifting priorities to focus on counterterrorism, improved border security, and enforcement of immigration laws, as well as promising better detention center conditions.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Tags: border security, counterrorism, detension centers, ICE, immigration laws
Medicare Starts Filling ‘Donut Hole” With $250 Checks
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 23, 2010
Thanks to the new health care reform legislation signed into law by President Barack Obama, the Medicare “donut hole” is getting a lot smaller.
Categories: Elders, Health, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: donut hole, health care, medicare, obamacare
Ariz. Law Could Spur More Latino Voters in November
La Voz, News Report, Posted: Jun 23, 2010
Anger over Arizona’s immigration law could draw a record level of Latino voters to the polls in November.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Tags: immigration law, Latino voter, November election, SB 1070
Hard Line Wins in Colombia
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jun 22, 2010
Former defense minister of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos was elected president last Sunday with a majority of the votes, replacing President Alvaro Uribe.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Tags: alvaro uribe, colombia, election, juan manuel santos
Utility Giants Face Criticism on Minority Contracts
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 22, 2010
A new report says that while California's utility companies are spending millions doing business with minority contractors, some big players are lagging behind.
Categories: African American, Economy, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: greenlining, minority contractors, PG&E, utilities
Can President Obama Really Break Our Oil Addiction?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 22, 2010
Commentator Earl Ofari Hutchinson argues President Obama may talk tough about big oil, but his actions are much more modest.
Categories: African American, Environment, Top Stories
Tags: big oil, bp, earl ofari hutchinson, gulf oil spill, solar energy
BP Oil Disaster Threatens Mississippi Delta Goods and Services
NOLA Beez, News Report, Posted: Jun 21, 2010
The first study of the Mississippi River Delta as a capital asset concludes restoring wetlands would produce $62 billion in annual benefits.
Categories: Environment, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: Assessment, Billion dollars, First study, Gulf Spill, Louisiana, Mississippi River, Wetlands
Prosecution in Grant Case Rests
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 21, 2010
The prosecution in People of the State of California v. Johannes Mehserle rested its case on Monday afternoon.
Categories: Front Page
Tags: bart, oscar grant, prosecution, shooting, trial, witnesses
For Chinese, Online Gambling Adds More Thrill to World Cup
China Press, News Report, Posted: Jun 21, 2010
Chinese Americans are actively participating in the 2010 World Cup through online gambling.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: betting, chinese, online gambling, soccer, world cup
Schools No Longer Safe in Arizona
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 21, 2010
Teachers fear that school resource officers could enforce the state’s new immigration law SB 1070 in the public schools.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Education, Front Page, Immigration, Latino
Tags: arizonalaw, arizonasb1070, arizonaschools, sb1070, schoolimmigration, schoolpolice
World Cup Goal Shakes Core American Belief
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 21, 2010
Since the nullification of the third U.S. goal against Slovenia last week, Americans are figuring out that soccer won't follow their can-do script.
Categories: International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories
Latest New Orleans Police Indictments Rock City
Louisiana Weekly, News Report, Posted: Jun 21, 2010
A federal grand jury returned an 11-count federal indictment charging three current and two former NOPD) officers.
Categories: Top Stories
Tags: indictments, katrina, new orleans, police, shootings
Gulf Residents Protest, Brace Themselves for Affects of Oil Spill
NNPA, News Report, Posted: Jun 21, 2010
People around the country – especially costal states - are forced to remember the oilrig explosion as they brace themselves for its aftermath.
Categories: African American, Top Stories
Trillion Dollar Dreams: What Military Spending Could Buy
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jun 21, 2010
The United States recently reached the $1 trillion mark in the costs of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Science & Technology, Veterans, War & Conflict
Tags: afghanistan, cost, iraq, one trillion, united states, war
Key Testimony from ex-BART Officers in Grant Murder Trial
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 21, 2010
Testimony in the trial of a former Bay Area Rapid Transit officer concluded Friday with appearances by Marysol Domenici and Anthony Pirone.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: anthony pirone, marysol domenici, murder, oscar grant, testimony, trial
Chinese Auto Tycoon to Bring U.S. Luxury Cars to China
China Press, News Report, Posted: Jun 20, 2010
The Chinese owner of Stutz Motor Co. plans to bring the American classic luxury cars to China.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media in the News
Tags: automobiles, cars, China, stutz
Bay Area Filipinos Push for New Dewey Monument
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jun 20, 2010
Bay Area Filipinos continue a month-long celebration of Philippine Independence Day this June, through an historical, and a culinary salute.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, Top Stories, Video
Tags: dewey monument, independence, philippine election, Phillippines
Prom -- Media Invention or Best Night Ever?
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, First Person, Posted: Jun 20, 2010
Graduating high school students reflect on how they chose to spend their prom night and whether it lived up to the hype.
Categories: Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: highschool, prom, promnight
Mexico Moves on BP
Frontera NorteSur, News Report, Posted: Jun 19, 2010
The governor of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, which borders Texas, is looking at suing BP for damages from the oil spill.
Categories: Environment, Front Page, Latin America, Latino
Tags: BP, bp, BP oil gusher, bpmexico, mexicoborder, oilspill, oilspillmexico
Filipino WWII Vet Hid Under Woman's Skirt to Escape
GMANews.TV , News Report, Posted: Jun 19, 2010
A Filipino war veteran has told a United States court that he escaped the Bataan Death March more than six decades ago by crawling under the wide skirt of an elderly woman.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Veterans
Tags: Bataan death march, escaped, skirt., vegetable, war veteran
Graduation Day at Nation's First Charter School Behind Bars
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 19, 2010
The nation's first charter school for adults inside a county jail graduated 110 students this year.
Categories: African American, Asian, Education, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: books not bars, charter school, education, jail, san francisco
South Koreans in Georgia Cheer Despite World Cup Loss
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 19, 2010
Members of Georgia's South Korean community traveled for miles to cheer for their homeland team in a suburban auditorium.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: doraville, georgia, koreans, north korea, soccer, south korea, sports, world cup
First Father's Day
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Audio, Posted: Jun 18, 2010
Father’s Day is one of those holidays that you don’t know it is near until you find yourself ransacking Walgreens for anything with World’s Best Dad on it. This week at YO! we wanted to know what young and new fathers to be do on Father's day.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: dad, family, father, father's day, son
Meg Whitman Debuts Ads en Español
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jun 18, 2010
Republican Meg Whitman has changed her tune to appeal to Latino voters in the race for governor of California.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: arizona, arizonasb1070, californiagovernor, jerrybrown, megwhitman, nasty, stevepoizner
Arizona Governor Clashes with Obama Administration
La Opinion, News Report, Posted: Jun 18, 2010
New friction between Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and the Obama administration surfaced after Ecuadorian media posted an interview where Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the administration’s intention to file a lawsuit against the Arizona law, SB 1070.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Law & Justice
Tags: Hillary Clinton, lawsuit, Obama administration, SB 1070
The End of China's Cheap Labor Era
China Press, Editorial, Posted: Jun 18, 2010
Big wage increases at Foxconn Technology and Honda automotive factories could mean the end of cheap labor in China.
Categories: Asian, Economy, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: cheap labor, china, foxconn, free trade, honda
Varela's Death Labeled a Hate Crime
La Voz, News Report, Posted: Jun 18, 2010
After numerous pleas from the family of a Phoenix resident who was murdered, authorities earlier this week agreed to treat it as a hate crime.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Tags: family pressure, hate crime, murder, Phoenix
Filipinos Wrestle with 'Language Monster' Jejemon
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Jun 18, 2010
The Philippines wrestles with an invasion of youth-speak from Internet social networks and mobile phone texting.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: jejemon, language, Philippines, tagalog, youth culture
Feds Eye African-American Performance Gap in L.A. Schools
LA Beez, News Report, Posted: Jun 18, 2010
Probe had already included look at services for English learners; community pressure led to expanded effort and plans to compare schools in black and white areas of the city.
Categories: African American, Top Stories
Tags: Achievement, African American, Allegation, Education, Inequity, Lawsuit
Indian Street Food Hits Bay Area
India Currents, News Feature, Posted: Jun 18, 2010
Indian street food is catching on in the Bay Area. From warehouses to taco trucks, Indian snack food is popping up everywhere to the delight of foodies.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, South Asian
Tags: chaat, food, Indian street food
Regime Change in Iran: The Fantasy That Will Not Die
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 18, 2010
Commentator William O. Beeman says the United States cannot topple Iran the same way it overthrew the Soviet Union.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: cost war, iran, islam, soviet union
New America Now: Mehserle Trial, Gulf Spill Fallout, Sun Behind the Clouds
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 18, 2010
Thandisizwe Chimurenga provides an update on the Johannes Mehserle murder trial, David Hobbs shares stories of Gulf Coast families struggling due to the spill.
Categories: African, African American, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Economy, Environment, Immigration, Latino, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: environmental contamination, freedom, gulf coast, immigration, oppression, police violence, world cup
From Manifest Destiny to Manifest Insanity
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 18, 2010
The critics are correct. Ethnic studies are a threat to the myth of America – in which genocide and land theft are mere footnotes.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Education, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: America, arizona, arizonaimmigration, arizonasb1070, ethnicstudies, indigenous, manifestdestiny, razastudies, whites
The Legend of the Tonite Show: DJ FRESH
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jun 18, 2010
YO!TV caught up with DJ Fresh who is now a veteran producer and DJ, who's name rings bells- just as his beats rattle trunks.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Original NAM Content, Video, Youth Culture
Small Man to Hero Man
NOLA Beez, News Report, Posted: Jun 17, 2010
A trip by NOLA Beez to the Gulf Coast sheds light on a group of Vietnamese fishermen and the land and water of south Louisiana.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Top Stories
Tags: BP, fishermen, food, oil. clean-up, Pollution, Vietnamese
Art vs. Arizona -- Dignidad Rebelde
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jun 17, 2010
The protest aesthetic utilized nationwide against Arizona's recently passed anti-immigration law was largely rendered by a small artists collective.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Immigration, Indigenous, Intersections, Latino, Media, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Arizona Ethnic Media Jointly Condemn SB 1070
New America Media, Press Release, Posted: Jun 17, 2010
Arizona ethnic media outlets published a joint editorial condemning the new immigration law SB 1070.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Asian, Ethnic Media Network, Ethnic Media in the News, Events, Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Media
Tags: arizonaimmigration, arizonalaw, arizonasb1070, sb1070
Visions of Peace and Justice
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 17, 2010
Famed muralist Juana Alicia is the vision behind a mural in West Berkeley portraying key movements in the history of social justice
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: gay rights, immigration rights, social justice, street art, women's movement
UC's Energy Efficiency Keeps the Lights On in Dark Times
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 17, 2010
Renewable energy accounts for one-fifth of UC’s energy (it was zero just six years ago) and has saved $15 million.
Categories: Economy, Education, Environment, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: budgetcuts, csu, education, energy, energyefficiency, green, uc, ucsf, universityofcalifornia
Chinese Workers Start Anti-sweatshop Petition
China Press, News Report, Posted: Jun 17, 2010
A Chinese workers' group has started a petition to ask city officials to step up enforcement of labor laws in local sweatshops,
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: chinese workers, labor laws, sweatshops
Campaign Challenges Ariz. Immigration Law
EFE, News Report, Posted: Jun 17, 2010
A national Hispanic advocacy group has launched a campaign to challenge Ariz.'s immigration law.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Tags: Arizona, immigration reform, SB 1070, undocumented immigrant
Eight Reasons the Taliban Are Winning
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 17, 2010
President Obama would like to declare victory in Afghanistan, but most Arab commentators believe America is losing.
Categories: Front Page, Middle Eastern, War & Conflict
Tags: afghanistan, eye on the arab media, military, terrorism, war
Mexican Police Raid Battered Women’s Shelters
Frontera NorteSur, News Report, Posted: Jun 17, 2010
Police attempted to raid a battered women's shelter directed by Mexican journalist and human rights advocate Lydia Cacho.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Gender & Sexuality, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: batteredwomen, lydiacacho, mexicanpolice, shelter, women'srights
Indians Now Third-largest Immigrant Group in U.S.
India-West, News Report, Posted: Jun 16, 2010
Indians have surpassed Chinese as the third-largest immigrant group in the United States, behind Mexicans and Filipinos.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, Immigration
Tags: indians
Haiti Recovery Inches Forward
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Jun 16, 2010
Aid workers and officials say the country is steadily eking out a recovery that some hope will make Haiti better than it was before the disaster.
Categories: African, African American, Caribbean, Front Page, International Affairs, Intersections
Ex-Chicago Cop Accused of Torture Should be Jailed says Activists
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jun 16, 2010
Grassroots community activists toiled for years to expose the Chicago Police Department's dirty little secret of torture and abuse.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice
Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown Go After Latino Votes
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jun 16, 2010
In order to appeal to Latino voters, Meg Whitman has to counter the Republican brand's anti-immigrant image.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: californiaelection, californiagovernor, californiaprimary, jerrybrown, latinovote, megwhitman
Raps From Panama to America with Los Rakas
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jun 16, 2010
The musical duo, Los Rakas, talks about their life from Panama to America and origin of their music.
Categories: African, African American, Arts & Entertainment, Caribbean, Intersections, Latino, Original NAM Content, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: african, los rakas, music, oakland, panama, rap, spanish
Soccer's Bad Boy Returns as Argentina's World Cup Coach
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 16, 2010
Soccer legend Diego Maradona is coaching Argentina in the World Cup. The team faces South Korea Thursday.
Categories: Latino, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: argentina, football, futbol, Maradona, soccer, worldcup
Immigration Ground Zero At 9500 Liberty
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 16, 2010
Long before Arizona, Prince William County in Virginia became ground zero for the immigration movement. Filmmakers Eric Byler and Annabel Park had a front seat to the drama in their new documentary film, 9500 Liberty
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Immigration, Latino, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: arizona immigration, illegal immigrants, immigration rights
Hispanic Population Grew in 2009
El Pregonero, News Report, Posted: Jun 16, 2010
The Hispanic community grew 3.1 % in 2009, totaling 48,4 million, which is 15.8 percent of the total U.S. population,making it the largest minority community in the country, according to the Census Office.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Tags: future, growing, hispanic community, majority, U.S. census
El Pregonero Wins 7 Awards at CPA Convention
El Pregonero, News Report, Posted: Jun 16, 2010
The Association of Catholic Press of the United States and Canada (CPA) recognized the serious and professional work of the Spanish newspaper. El Progonero.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Tags: awards, CPA, El Progonero
Blacks Join Meteoric Rise In Absentee Voting
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Jun 16, 2010
Increasing numbers of Black voters are taking to the mailbox instead of their local polling station.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Drug Possession is Not Grounds for Deportation
La Opinion, News Report, Posted: Jun 16, 2010
he U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that simple possession of drugs cannot be grounds for deportation of a permanent resident or a person awaiting political asylum.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Law & Justice
Tags: china sex parties, drug possession, high court, permanent resident
The Real Question is Why an Alvin Greene
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 16, 2010
The Democratic Party has only itself to blame for the victory of an unknown Army veteran in South Carolina's Senate primary/
Categories: African American, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: alvin greene, democrats, election, south carolina
Western Monks in Vietnamese Temple
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: Jun 16, 2010
Six western monks have made their home in a predominantly Vietnamese Buddhist temple called Deer Park.
Categories: Asian, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: buddhism, Temples, vietnamese, westerners
Filipino Health Workers Struggle in Filling Eldercare Gap
New America Media/Philipine News, News Feature, Posted: Jun 16, 2010
Filipino nurses and health workers struggle with grueling work, but despite immigration issues fill an important gap in U.S. eldercare.
Categories: Asian, Elders, Top Stories
Tags: eldercare, filipino immigrants, filipino nurses, immigration
Ahmadis in West Mourn Violence in Pakistan
Pakistan Link, News Report, Posted: Jun 15, 2010
Islamic militants recently stormed Ahmadi prayer halls in Lahore killing over 80 worshippers. Followers of the minority Muslim sect in the West react to the carnage.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Religion, South Asian
Where is Iran's Opposition Movement Now?
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 15, 2010
A year after the controversial elections in Iran, what is the status of the opposition movement? Mahnaz Afkahmi is founder and president of Women's Learning Partnership, and executive director of the Foundation for Iranian Studies
Categories: Audio, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Iranian Tourists Die in Philippine Accident
GMANews.TV , News Report, Posted: Jun 15, 2010
The Embassy of Iran in the Philippines will probe the bus accident in Cebu last Sunday that killed over a dozen Iranians, a television report said Monday.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Middle Eastern
Tags: Iranian tourists, killed, Philippines, probe
More Filipino Nurses Now Going to UK than US
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Jun 15, 2010
More Filipino nurses have been leaving for the United Kingdom than the United States over the past three years as immigration policies continue to impede demand for foreign nurses in America.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Health
Tags: immigration, United Kingdom, United States, vote buying, work-study
Whitman, Fiorina Get Mixed Reviews in Silicon Valley
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 15, 2010
Can Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina bring the innovation of Silicon Valley to political office?
Categories: Asian, Economy, Front Page, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: californiaprimary, carlyfiorina, megwhitman, siliconvalley
Filipina Nurses See Long Visa Delays Despite Nursing Shortage
New America Media/Philippine News, News Feature, Posted: Jun 15, 2010
The United States relies heavily on foreign-born eldercare workers. So why is there a virtual freeze on American visas from the Philippines?
Categories: Asian, Elders, Immigration, Top Stories
Tags: elders, health care, immigration, nurses
Birth Tourism Flourishes in Southern California
Sing Tao Daily, News Report, Posted: Jun 14, 2010
An increasing number of mothers are coming from China to give birth in the United States at illegal birth centers.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: babies, birth tourism, China, illegal birth centers, mothers
Big Blue on a Budget
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jun 14, 2010
As part of YO!'s series on Budget Buckets, we caught up with Stephan,19, and his faithful Big Blue.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: budget buckets, cars, money
DREAM Act Activists End Hunger Strike
El Diario La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Jun 14, 2010
Students gathered in New York to mark the end of a 10-day hunger strike protesting slow process on passing the DREAM Act.
Categories: Asian, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, South Asian
Tags: AB 1070, Arizona law, DREAM Act, immigration reform, undocumented students
John Wooden's Civil Rights Legacy
Los Angeles Sentinel , Commentary, Posted: Jun 14, 2010
At a time when most peers like Kentucky's Adolph Rupp and others refused to integrate their programs, John Wooden pursued fairness for all.
Tags: african-americans, basketball, john wooden, ucla. coach
Black Players Key to USA Quest for World Cup Respect
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Jun 14, 2010
With more Black players rising through the ranks of U.S. soccer there seems to be more interest in the World Cup in the Black community this year.
Categories: African, African American, Arts & Entertainment, Intersections, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: african american, fifa, players, south afrca, team usa, world cup
Dispersants Add to Gulf Spill's Toxic Threats
Louisiana Weekly, News Report, Posted: Jun 14, 2010
The Obama Administration has started to rein in BP's use of dispersants to break up spilled oil while a toxic stew swirls off Louisiana's coast.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Environment, Front Page, Health, Intersections, Latino, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology
Fears Grow That Oil Spill Will Have Long-term Impact on Gulf
IPS/GIN, News Report, Posted: Jun 14, 2010
Environmentalists and local residents are beginning to reckon with the reality of a massive annihilation of sea creatures and wildlife.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Environment, Health, Indigenous, Intersections, Latino, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Arizona's Neglected Immigrants-- African Elders
New America Media/PhxSoul, News Report, Posted: Jun 14, 2010
Arizona is a hotbed for immigration issues, but concerns about aging African immigrants and refugees in Phoenix are nonexistent.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Elders, Immigration, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, elders, health, immigration reform, refugees, somalia
Ethnic Media Hub Launches in Seattle
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 13, 2010
Ethnic media in Seattle came together recently to launch a hub for news - the Sea Beez.
Categories: Ethnic Media in the News, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: ethnic media, Seattle
S.C. Stealth Candidate Alvin Greene Speaks
New America Media, Interview, Posted: Jun 12, 2010
South Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Alvin Greene discusses his shocking win in South Carolina.
Categories: African American, Economy, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: alvin greene, democrat, election, south carolina, stealth
Mendota Sees Ray Of Light
Vida en el Valle, News Report, Posted: Jun 12, 2010
The jobs picture just got brighter in this Central California drought-stricken city, where two of every five residents are unemployed.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Latino
Tags: Economy, Green Jobs, Latino, Solar Energy, Unemployemnet
Survey Shows How California Schools are Coping with Budget Cut Pains
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 12, 2010
A new survey of almost 400 California schools finds how they have balanced their budgets in light of funding cuts.
Categories: Education, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Arizona Immigrant Women Testify in Congress Against SB 1070
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 11, 2010
Women immigrants from Arizona testified in Congress on Thursday about the impact of SB 1070 on their lives.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, grijalva, immigrant, women's movement
Get Smart on Drug Safety
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Audio, Posted: Jun 11, 2010
Late last month, one young man died of a reported drug overdose at the Daly City Cow Palace during a rave.
Categories: Audio, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Obama, World Leaders Congratulate New Philippine President Aquino
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Jun 11, 2010
President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao were among the world leaders who congratulated new Philippine President Benigno Aquino III.
Categories: Asian, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Chinese president Hu Jintao, diplomatic relations, Filipinos, Philippines, Pres. Benigno Aquino III, Pres. Obama. Sec. Hillary Clinton, world leaders
Emotional Opening to Mehserle Murder Trial
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 11, 2010
Alameda County’s District Attorney gave an evocative opening statement in the murder trial of Johannes Mehserle.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: bart, cop, openning, oscar grant, trial
U.S. Envoy Vows Support To Philippine President Aquino
Philippines Today , News Report, Posted: Jun 11, 2010
On June 9, U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Harry Thomas Jr., congratulated Phil. Pres. Benigno Aquino III after he was officially proclaimed by the Phil. Congress. Earlier, Thomas met with Aquino to pledge his support.
Categories: Asian, Front Page
Tags: Common Goals, Electorial Process, Partnership Between Our Two Nations, Smooth Transition
New America Now: One Year After Neda, 9500 Liberty, True Colors
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 11, 2010
Mahnaz Afkahmi examines the status of the Iranian opposition movement, 9500 Liberty is a new documentary about ground zero for immigration reform, and Juana Alicia is the visionary behind a new mural in West Berkeley
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Immigration, Latino, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: arizona immigration, immigration reform, iran, protest, social justice, women's movement
Arizona Effect Felt on Primary Elections
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 11, 2010
Primary elections this week saw many candidates from Nikki Haley of South Carolina to a mayoral candidate in New Jersey make illegal immigration a campaign centerpiece.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, immigration, Nikki Haley, primary elections
Prison Education Cuts Hurt More Than Just Inmates
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jun 11, 2010
Educational opportunities in prisons have been taken away and it's society, not just prisoners, will be hurt in the long run.
Categories: Economy, Education, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: budget crisis, california, education, prison, youth
Obama to Aquino: 'I'll Help You Quit Smoking'
GMANews.TV , News Report, Posted: Jun 10, 2010
If President-elect Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III ever decides to quit smoking, he can turn to one of the world's most powerful leaders, President Barack Obama, for advice.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: President-elect Aquino III, quit, smoking, strengthening ties
Sarah Palin And The Tea Party, Democrats' Best Allies
Black Star News, News Report, Posted: Jun 10, 2010
Listening to many political pundits --both Democrats and Republicans-- you would have thought Sarah Palin had just become God.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance
South Africa vs Mexico on First Day of World Cup
All Africa, News Report, Posted: Jun 10, 2010
Hosts South Africa open their 2010 FIFA World Cup Group A campaign against a strong Mexican side at Soccer City in Johannesburg on Friday.
Categories: African, Arts & Entertainment, Intersections, Latino, Sports, Top Stories
Tourism Invades S.F.'s Tenderloin
New America Media and YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jun 10, 2010
Recently, community leaders announced their idea to make San Francisco's Tenderloin district a tourist hotspot. YO! spoke to Tenderloin residents to get their reaction to a TL tour.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: San Francisco, tenderloin, TL, tourism
Louisiana Cops Probe Oil Spill Workers for Immigrant Gangsters
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jun 10, 2010
Federal immigration agents visited Louisiana oil spill command centers and checked workers’ immigration status.
Categories: Economy, Environment, Front Page, Immigration, Indigenous, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance
Tags: bp, cops. ICE, immigrants, oil. clean-up, spill
Bakewell Family to Purchase LA Watts Times
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 10, 2010
Publishers of the Los Angeles Sentinel and L.A. Watts Times announced that they have been negotiating for Bakewell Media to purchase the L.A. Watts Times.
Categories: African American, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Media
Tags: black, la sentinel, la watts times, los angeles, news, press, sold
Oscar Grant Photo of Mehserle Holding Taser Surfaces
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 10, 2010
The prosecution in the murder trial of ex-BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle will present into evidence a cell phone photo Oscar Grant took.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bart, evidence, Johannes Mehserle, murder, oscar grant, photo, trial
Islamic Radicalism in the Rear-View Mirror
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 10, 2010
Laura Poitras tracks the intersecting lives of Abu Jandal, bodyguard for Osama Bin Laden, and Salim Hamdan, Bin Laden's driver, in her new doumentary, The Oath
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: al-qaeda, islamic radicalism, jihad
Whitman and Fiorina Need To Move to The Center
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Jun 10, 2010
Rep. Candidates better moderate their tone on immigration if they want to avoid being trounced by their Democratic opponents.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: california, election, fiorina, gender, gopf, immigration, primaries, republicans, whitman
Catholic Bishops Ask for Immigration Reform
El Pregonero, News Report, Posted: Jun 10, 2010
Bishops from the United States, Canada and Mexico, and Latin America advocate for comprehensive immigration reform.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: bishops, catholic church, immigration reform, SB 1070
California Cuts Threaten Latino Seniors’ Health, Safety
La Opinion/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 10, 2010
Proposed cuts in California’s home care and community health programs would tear holes in the safety net for lower-income Latino seniors.
Categories: Elders, Health, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: california, disabled, elders, health, latinos, low-income
How Helen Thomas Should Be Remembered
Arab Detroit, News Report, Posted: Jun 09, 2010
Helen Thomas, Arab-American veteran White House correspondent should be recognized for her great achievements, not an outburst.
Categories: Middle Eastern, Top Stories
Tags: Arab, Helen Thomas, Israel, Media, Palestine
Controversial Author Plans Church Abuse Book Sequel
Philadelphia Tribune, News Report, Posted: Jun 09, 2010
Author Shannon Bellamy writes about a very sensitive topic. Her first published book “Pimps in the Pulpit,” received national attention
Categories: African American, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Intersections, Law & Justice, Religion
Tags: abuse, author, book, church, controversy
As Racial Strife Rises in America Peace is a Must
NNPA, News Report, Posted: Jun 09, 2010
In America’s history of racial strife, White leaders rarely take the responsibility to speak against wrongs.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice
California Seniors Want Stimulus Help
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Jun 09, 2010
As California's Inland region unemployment hovers near 15%, many are questioning the usefulness of the stimulus in creating jobs.
Categories: African American, Economy, Elders, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Stimulus Watch
Oscar Grant's Trial: Jury Set, Defense Seeks to Exclude Video
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 09, 2010
The jury, composed of five Latinas, three white women, two Latinos, and two white men, will hear opening statements on June 10.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: bart, blacks, criminal justice, jury, latino, oscar grant, shooting
Gore to Filipinos -- Political Will is Renewable
GMANews.TV, News Report, Posted: Jun 09, 2010
Citing last year's Typhoon Ondoy as an example of the growing pattern of unusually strong storms over the past few years, former U.S. Vice President and celebrated environmental advocate Al Gore implored Filipinos to demand more decisive action from world leaders on climate change.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: climate change, Gore, Manila, more action, Typhoon Ondoy
Puerto Rico to Invalidate Birth Certificates
El Sentinel, News Report, Posted: Jun 09, 2010
A new law that cancels the validity of birth certificates will take effect in Puerto Rico on July 1.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Tags: birth certificates, immigration, puerto rico, rican
Social Security: A Hedge Against Recession for Latino Elders
La Opinion/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 09, 2010
Nearly three quarter of a million Latino elders are living in poverty and social security is the only thing that keeps them from homelessness.
Categories: Elders, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: elders, latino, poverty, social security
Myths Mask Prevalence of LGBT Domestic Violence
El Nuevo Sol, News Report, Posted: Jun 09, 2010
Domestic violence is just as common among gay couples as among heterosexuals, but it is even less likely to be reported.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: abuse, abusive, domesticviolence, gaydomesticviolence, LGBT
Arizona: Rushing Toward the Wrong Side of History
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jun 09, 2010
Undocumented students are risking deportation to fight for immigrant rights. And they are being joined by indigenous people in Arizona.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Indigenous, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, DREAM act, immigration, SB 1070
Food Festival Celebrates Philippine Independence Day
Fil-Am Star, News Report, Posted: Jun 09, 2010
Philippine Food Festival in San Francisco commemorates Philippine Independence Day on June 12, and aims to boost tourism to the country.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: food festival, food tourism, independence day, Philippines
More Asian Women Marry Outside of Their Race
China Press, News Report, Posted: Jun 09, 2010
More Asian women are getting into interracial marriages compared to their male counterparts, a new study finds.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: Asian men and women, gender, interethnic marriage, interrracial
Youth Quiz Supervisor Candidates in Fresno
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jun 08, 2010
A forum in Fresno brought together some of the candidates running in the June 8 election to become supervisors of districts 3, 5 and 7 and the young people living in those areas
Categories: Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video
Remembering Black Wall Street
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Jun 08, 2010
89 years ago one of the most successful Black townships in the country, the Greenwood area of Tulsa Ok., was completely destroyed.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page
Foxconn Suicides Related to Mental Illness
World Journal, News Report, Posted: Jun 08, 2010
According to suicide experts in Taiwan, three of the Foxconn workers in China who committed suicide were suspected to be mentally ill, and eight of them suffered emotional disorders.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Health
Tags: China, mental illness, suicide, vegetable
Following the Electronic Waste Trail
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 08, 2010
Sunita Sohrabji traveled to India to follow the electronic waste trail of discarded electronic equipment. She reported on what she found for India West.
Categories: Audio, Economy, Environment, New America Now, Science & Technology, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: e-waste, environment, environmental contamination, india
Low Latino Turnout Expected in California Primary
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jun 08, 2010
Only 20 percent of the 3.3 million Latino registered voters are expected to go to the polls today to vote in California's primary.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: californiaelection, californiagovernor, californiaprimary, latinovoters
Flotilla Signals Turkey’s Change of Heart
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 08, 2010
Israel's strongest Muslim ally is Turkey. Turkey has the second largest army in NATO. But is the Gaza flotilla a sign that Turkey is looking elsewhere for friends?
Categories: Featured Columnists, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: flotilla, iran, islam, israel, middle east, nuclear reactor, Turkey
Overcoming the Pitfalls in the Oscar Grant Case
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jun 08, 2010
Prosecuting cops is no easy task, with many pitfalls, even when evidence against them is ample in evidence.
Tags: oscar grant, race relations
Jury Selection in Mehserle Trial Winding Down
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 08, 2010
The jury in the People of the State of California v. Johannes Mehserle will be whittled down to 18 people this week.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: criminal justice
Protestors Barred, Ejected, Arrested at Chevron meeting
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jun 08, 2010
The scene turned chaotic at the company's annual shareholder's meeting on May 26 as protestors were denied access.
Categories: African American, Economy, Environment, Health, Intersections, Top Stories
Tags: arrests, chevron, oil, protest, shareholders
US Attorney Vows to Protect American Arabs
Arab Detroit, News Report, Posted: Jun 07, 2010
The American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee recently held it's 30th annual conference and US Attorney Eric Holder who spoke at the opening meting told the audience that "the prosecution of hate crimes is a top priority" of the Obama administration.
Categories: Front Page, Middle Eastern
Tags: Arab, discrimination, Eric Holder, Muslim, racism
California Candidates Scapegoat Immigrants, Ignore Blacks
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 07, 2010
Meg Whitman, Steve Poizner and Jerry Brown have been criticized in Spanish-language media for conducting "ugly" campaigns.
Categories: African American, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: californiaelection, californiagovernor, californiaprimary, governorsrace, jerrybrown, megwhitman, stevepoizner
YO! Thoughts: How Do You Make Money Without a Job?
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jun 07, 2010
In early May, CNN reported the prospects for youth jobs this summer have dropped to an all time low, making this coming summer the hardest for young folks to find employment.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: employment, jobs, summer, youth
Kobe's Not The Best Ever Until He Beats Boston
Washington Informer, Commentary, Posted: Jun 07, 2010
As a lifetime Laker Bryant takes his place amongst the likes of Wilt Chamberlin, Elgin Baylor, and Jerry West.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: basketball, kobe bryant, lakers, los angeles, nba
Black Music Month: Celebration of Negro Spirituals
Los Angeles Sentinel , News Feature, Posted: Jun 07, 2010
Rural slaves used to stay after the regular worship services in plantation "praise houses", for singing and dancing.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Front Page, Religion
Tags: african, music, negro, praise houses, slavery, spirituals
Despite Protests, Texas Board Passes Curriculum
Dallas Weekly, News Report, Posted: Jun 07, 2010
The Texas State Board of Education passed a controversial social studies component of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) curriculum.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Latino, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: conservative, curriculum, naacp, protests, slavery, texas
Pittsburg Green Economy Summit: Most Jobs Still in the Pipeline
Pittsburg Courier, News Report, Posted: Jun 07, 2010
Recently, Pittsburgh has hosted a number of seminars and summits promoting green jobs and a green economy.
Categories: African American, Economy, Environment, Front Page, Intersections, Science & Technology
Tags: green, jobs, pittsburg, summit, unemployment
Students Sue Over Disappearing Teachers
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 07, 2010
The story of the students behind a groundbreaking lawsuit to save public education in California.
Categories: African American, Asian, Education, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: adequacy lawsuit, california, classroom, education
Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
Louisiana Weekly, News Report, Posted: Jun 07, 2010
The documentary film Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans speaks of a community with a storied past.
Categories: African, African American, Arts & Entertainment, Top Stories
Tags: black, faubourg, film, neighborhood, new orleans, treme
Fasting for Legalization, Immigrants Recount Arizona Border Trek
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 06, 2010
During a fast for immigration reform, immigrants share stories of bandits, coyotes and walking for days through the Arizona desert.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: border, coyotes, fast, fasting, guerrillas, immigration, immigrationreform
SB 1070 is Driving Chinese Businesses out of Arizona
China Press, News Report, Posted: Jun 06, 2010
Arizona's SB 1070 is forcing Chinese businesses out of the state for lack of affordable hires.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration
Tags: businesses, Chinese, hurting, Vietnam
Day Laborers in Arizona Say They're Harmless
La Voz, News Report, Posted: Jun 06, 2010
A little known provision in Arizona’s new immigration law, SB 1070, would make it a state crime to look for work on the street.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Law & Justice
Report: Educated Asian Americans Struggle to Find Jobs
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 06, 2010
A new report shows college-educated Asian Americans have a harder time finding jobs than whites.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Stimulus Watch, Top Stories
Tags: asian americans, economy, epi, unemployment, whites
Saudi Gov't Gets Tough on Gay Foreign Workers
GMANews.TV, News Report, Posted: Jun 05, 2010
As a homosexual, Ramil Autentico had to watch his moves as an overseas Filipino worker in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern
Tags: gay, Saudi Arabia, Shariah la, village voice
From Bullets to Books
Frontera NorteSur, News Report, Posted: Jun 05, 2010
A group of Mexican actresses traveled to Ciudad Juarez this week to show solidarity with victims of violence and build a library.
Categories: Front Page, Latino
Tags: Ciudad Juarez, Drug Cartels, Education, Mexico, War on Drugs
Anniversary of Sikh Massacre Presents Challenge for Father
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 05, 2010
It's difficult to figure out how to tell your children about one of the most traumatic periods of recent Sikh history.
Categories: Immigration, International Affairs, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: 1984, golden temple, india, indian parents, massacre, punjab, punjabi, sikh
Arab Media: ‘Obama Just Talked the Talk’
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 05, 2010
A year after President Obama addressed the Arab world in Cairo, Arab American publishers give him an incomplete.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Top Stories
Tags: arab american, cairo, muslim, obama
Obama and Arizona Governor Meet, Fail to Find Common Ground
El Pais, News Report, Posted: Jun 04, 2010
President Obama and Arizona Governor Jan Brewer met for 30 minutes at the White House on Thursday, but the two were unable to reconcile their positions on immigration policy.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: border fence, immigration, Obama, village voice
Hunger Strikers Pressure Bloomberg to End Deportations
El Diario, News Report, Posted: Jun 04, 2010
A group of 40 pro-immigrant, religious and political leaders have gone on a hunger strike to protest cooperation between federal immigration authorities and the state Department of Corrections in New York.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Law & Justice
Tags: ICE, NYPD, protest, vietnam war
ICE Prepared to Deport Oil-Spill Cleanup Workers
El Diario, News Report, Posted: Jun 04, 2010
ICE officials in Louisiana have said that they are monitoring the cleanup effort at the BP oil-spill site to see if any of the cleanup workers are undocumented.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Law & Justice
College Ain't for Everyone
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Audio, Posted: Jun 04, 2010
This week on YO!Radio -- Is college still necessary? With the rising costs of education and the lucrative business of trade schools many young people are making the decision not to take the four year journey for a college degree.
Categories: African American, Audio, Intersections, Original NAM Content, Youth Culture
Tags: college, education, school, trade school
Cops Have it Wrong on North Oakland Gang Injunction
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jun 04, 2010
Young people who aren't affiliated with gangs say the North Oakland gang injunction is going to affect them too.
Categories: African American, Video, Youth Culture
Death on the Border Ruled a Homicide Case
La Opinion, News Report, Posted: Jun 04, 2010
The death of Anastasio Hernandez, a Mexican immigrant killed by border officials in San Diego last Monday, has been classified a homicide by forensics officials.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
New America Now: Flotilla Attack, The Oath, Electronic Waste
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 04, 2010
Sunita Sohrabji followed the electronic waste trail to India, Jamal Dajani examines the recent Israeli attacks, and Laura Poitras discusses her film The Oath
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Environment, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: arab israeli conflict, electronic waste, gulf oil spill, islam, japanese opera, jihad
Oil Spill Reveals Dangers of Deepwater Drilling
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Jun 04, 2010
Oil companies have had to go into ever deeper waters to find new fields to exploits. But the deeper they go, the more dangerous it is.
Categories: Environment, Top Stories
Tags: bp, BP oil gusher, deepwater, gulf oil spill, oilspill
Guatemala Asks U.S. for Temporary Protected Status
EFE, News Report, Posted: Jun 04, 2010
The Guatemalan government plans to ask the United States to halt deportations of Guatemalan immigrants in the aftermath of tropical storm Agatha.
Categories: Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Latin America
Tags: deportations, Guatemala, immigrantion, temporary protected status, TPS, tropical storm Agatha
Attempt to Plug Oil Leak Too Late for Florida?
Diario Las Americas, News Report, Posted: Jun 04, 2010
Public perceptions that Florida's waters have been contaminated by oil are affecting businesses.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Tags: BP oil gusher, Florida, Gulf Coast, leak, Pensacola, spill
Don't Deport My Son's Violin Teacher
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 04, 2010
A violin teacher, and former mail order bride, faces imminent deportation to Russia with her son.
Categories: Asian, European, Front Page, Immigration
Tags: communist, ice, immigration, russian, vietnam, vietnamese, violin
Desperate Times: Selling Food Stamps To Get By
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Jun 03, 2010
Last week, a woman sat outside a grocery store in San Bernardino Ca. attempting to receive cash for her food supplements.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice
Tags: Electronic Benefits Transaction (EBT), food stamps, poverty, scams, selling
Appreciation: Tam Tran, Advocate for the Undocumented
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 03, 2010
Tam Tran, a leading advocate for undocumented immigrant students, died last month at the age of 27.
Categories: Asian, Education, Immigration, Top Stories
Tags: DREAM act, students, tam tran, undocumented immigrant, vietnam, vietnamese
Obama Seeks Reversal of Another Arizona Immigration Law
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 03, 2010
The Obama administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its challenge of Arizona's 2007 employer sanctions law.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arizonaimmigration, employersanctions, obamaarizona, obamasupremecourt
While Washington Stalls, Another Life Lost on Border
La Opinion, Editorial, Posted: Jun 03, 2010
The destiny of Anastasio 'Tacho' Hernandez should have been legalization, not death.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: borderdeath, borderkilling, immigration, immigrationreform, u.s.-mexicoborder
Centrist Politics Dooms Alabama Gov. Hopeful
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Jun 03, 2010
Despite positive pre-election polls, Rep. Arthur Davis, a four-term congressman from Alabama got smoked big-time.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: alabama, democratic, govenor, primary, rep. arthur davis
World Wide Demonstrations Follow Israeli Assault on Flotilla
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Jun 03, 2010
More than 10,000 people in Istanbul Turkey marched on the Israeli consulate, waving banners and shouting “Killer Israel.”
Categories: African, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Religion, War & Conflict
Obama Meets With Arizona Governor
EFE, News Report, Posted: Jun 03, 2010
President Obama is receiving Arizona Governor Jan Brewer at the White House Thursday in a closed-door meeting.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: obama brewer meeting, obamaarizona, obamabrewer, sb 1070, sb1070
Runaway Corporate Greed Haunts America
Final Call, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 03, 2010
The U.S. Senate approved sweeping reforms of Wall Street May 20, The vote comes as public concern is focused on corporate greed.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice
Tags: corporations, greed, industry, money, reform, wall street
Beatrice and Virgil
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 03, 2010
Yann Martel shot to worldwide fame with his book Life of Pie, even gaining a fan in President Obama. His new novel tackles the subject of the Holocaust.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, European, New America Now, Original NAM Content
A Lesbian Lieutenant in Don't Ask Don't Tell Limbo
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 03, 2010
Robin Chaurasiya got her discharge papers from the military this year after having served in the Air Force since 2006
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, New America Now, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
For Ethnic Elders, Environmental Equality is Elusive
New America Media/Redwood Age, News Report, Posted: Jun 03, 2010
After decades of fighting, residents of San Francisco's Bay View still seek to clean up pollution in their community.
Categories: African American, Elders, Environment, Top Stories
Tags: Bayview-Hunters Point, environmental justice, ethnic elders, pollution
Poll: Ethnic Voters Support Obamacare
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 03, 2010
A new poll shows ethnic voters in California are much more likely than whites to support our nation's new health care reform law.
Categories: African American, Asian, Health, Latino, Polls, Top Stories
Tags: asians, democrat, ethnic voters, health care reform, obamacare poll, republican, vietnamese
Embassy Displays Works of First Filipino-Muslim National Artist
GMANews.TV, News Report, Posted: Jun 02, 2010
Works of the first Filipino-Muslim National Artist are now on display in a back-to-back exhibition in Washington, D.C.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Lesson for SF -- S. Philly School Recovers from Racial Violence
Philadelphia Tribune, News Report, Posted: Jun 02, 2010
The wounds opened by Black vs Asian violence at South Philadelphia High School last winter have begun to heal.
Categories: African American, Asian, Front Page, Intersections, War & Conflict
BP Spill Victims Angry - Want Action
Black America Web, Op-ed, Posted: Jun 02, 2010
President Barack Obama stood inside the White House and took responsibility for the largest oil spill in U.S. history.
Categories: African American, Economy, Environment, Front Page, Health, Intersections, Science & Technology
Study: White Families $95K Richer than Blacks Families
Washington Informer, News Report, Posted: Jun 02, 2010
in the last 23 years, the gap between the average net worth of African-American families and white families has more than quadrupled.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections
Pacquiao Okays Blood Test; Mayweather Mum
Phillipine News, News Report, Posted: Jun 02, 2010
Although there are reports about Floyd Mayweather Jr. asking for a bigger share of revenues in a fight with Manny Pacquiao, the camp of the outspoken boxer has been relatively silent since the Filipino agreed to have himself blood tested 14 days before their possible bout.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Sports
Latinos Help Clean Up Oil Spill
El Diario/La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Jun 02, 2010
Hundreds of Latinos who came to New Orleans to help rebuild after Hurricane Katrina are now helping in the clean-up efforts.
Categories: Environment, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: BP, bp, gulf of mexico, latinos katrina, latinos new orleans, oil, oilspill
Day by Day, Elders Breathe Toxins In Hunters Point
New America Media/Redwood Age, News Report, Posted: Jun 02, 2010
Breathing even small doses of chemicals over time may be lethal for elders living in polluted areas like San Francisco's Bay View.
Categories: African American, Elders, Environment, Top Stories
In Defense of Obama - Government Takeover Won’t Clean Up Oil Disaster
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 02, 2010
The Obama critics shout it at him in part to beat up on him, and in part out of ignorance at what the government can do.
Categories: African American, Environment, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bp, colinpowell, obama, oilspill
Mexican Dies after Brutal Attack by Border Guards
Univision.com, News Report, Posted: Jun 01, 2010
A Mexican citizen who lived in San Diego County for more than two decades died of injuries after being beaten by U.S. Border Patrol agents attempting to deport him, according to an EFE report on Univision.com.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Censure Follows Raid on Gaza Aid Flotilla
Inter Press Service, News Report, Posted: Jun 01, 2010
The Israeli government’s spin machine has launched into full-throttle after Monday’s raid on the Free Gaza humanitarian aid flotilla.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Top Stories
Tags: fg, free gaza, israel, public relations, turkey
A Heart-to-Heart with America’s First Black Billionairess
Los Angeles Sentinel , News Report, Posted: Jun 01, 2010
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Sheila Crump Johnson is the only African-American female in the billionaires club
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections
Tags: billionaires, black, johnson, owner, Sheila Crump Johnson, sports
As Jobs Crisis Wanes No Relief For Communities Of Color
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Jun 01, 2010
The jobless rate in Riverside and San Bernardino counties fell to 14.2 percent in April from an alltime high of 15 percent in March.
Categories: African American, Economy, Intersections, Top Stories
Tags: black, california, central valley, economy, unemployment
Detroit Family Tells Story of Police Invasion
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jun 01, 2010
Vertilla Jones, 46, weeping in the arms of her daughter LaKrystal Sanders, described how Detroit police killed seven-year-old.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice
Tags: Aiyana Stanley Jones, detroit, girl, invasion, killing, police
Election Observers To U.S.: Review Philippines Military Aid
Balitang America -The Filipino Channel, News Report, Posted: Jun 01, 2010
The Philippine Election Observers Team says the U.S. government should review its military aid to the Philippines.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page
Tags: Financial aid, harassment of voters, human rights violation, military aid, reconsider
Growing Old in America’s Cancer Alleys
New America Media / Redwood Age, News Report, Posted: Jun 01, 2010
Ethnic communities nationwide, like African Americans in San Francisco’s Bayview Hunter’s Point neighborhood, are suffering at the front lines of pollution.
Categories: African American, Elders, Environment, Health, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Census Workers Go Door to Door in Mission District SROs
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jun 01, 2010
The SROs in San Francisco's Mission Street are some of the most notorious -- known for price gouging and illegally evicting tenants.
Categories: Latino, Top Stories, Video
Tags: Census, Census workers, Mission District, San Francisco census, SROs
Arizona Copy Cat Immigration Law Pending in Louisiana
Jambalaya News, News Report, Posted: Jun 01, 2010
A new Louisiana House bill is stirring up controversy by calling for fines and legal penalities for undocumented immigrants
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: bill, illegals, immigration, law, louisiana, restrictions
Rhode Island Immigration Reform Bill Shot Down
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Jun 01, 2010
A bill similar to Arizona’s controversial immigration law was killed in the Rhode Island House of Representatives.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Immigration, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, immigration, law, residents, rhode island