San Jose Beez Social Mixer - Thursday, Sept. 30th
New America Media, Event, Posted: Sep 30, 2010
Come & meet the folks behind San Jose & South Bay Area’s #1 Ethnic Media Hyperlocal News Hub. Hang out with editors & writers, artists, community activists, educators & business leaders. Talk with our staff about stories, ideas & what’s happening in the community. Suggest stories & ideas.
Categories: Events
Tags: San Jose Beez
After Housekeeper Revelation—Where Do Latinos Stand on Whitman?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 30, 2010
An undocumented woman claims the GOP candidate knowingly hired her to clean her house for nine years. What might it mean for the November election?
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: california, comments, election, jerry brown, meg whitman, prop187, voters
Politicians Overlook Ethnic Media in Washington State
New America Media/SeeBeez.com, News Report, Posted: Sep 30, 2010
More than 20 percent of Washington residents are members of minority groups, but just 0.7 percent of political advertising dollars go to ethnic media.
Tags: ethnic media, fundraising, midterm, politics, seattle, voters, votes, washington
The Conversation with Roy and Rodriguez: Satirists and the Left
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 30, 2010
Essayist Richard Rodriguez and radio host Sandip Roy discuss whether the left is finding its voice again through satirists like Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.
Categories: Immigration, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video
Tags: colbert, comedy, fox, immigration, left, media, richard rodriguez, right, sandip roy, stewart
Bandit Taxis Are the Rage in L.A. Ethnic Communities
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 30, 2010
Bandit taxis are a big business in Los Angeles, where many passengers prefer drivers who speak their own language.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Front Page, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: cabs, chinese, economy, korean, license, taxi, transportation, underground
LA - News Briefing about earthquake preparedness at Los Angeles County Fire Training Facility, Sept. 30th
New America Media, Event, Posted: Sep 30, 2010
Briefing with Seismology, Urban Search and Rescue and Earthquake Insurance experts on physical and financial survival of the next big earthquake in California.
Categories: Events
Tags: California, Earthquake
Calif. Bill Could Generate Billions to Help Cope With Climate Change
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 29, 2010
AB 1405 would use revenues generated under the state's pioneering climate-change law to help vulnerable communities adapt to heat waves and other extreme weather.
Categories: Economy, Environment, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: AB1405, AB32, climatechange, greenhousegasemissions, Schwarzenegger
6-Year-Old Filipina Is a Golf Champ
Asian Journal, News Report, Posted: Sep 29, 2010
A 6-year-old golf prodigy who happens to have a striking number of similarities to Tiger Woods— the same birthday (December 30), family background (Asian mother and African-American father), and hometown (Riverside, Calif.)—also had her first hole-in-one at the same golf course in Long Beach.
Tags: filipina, golf prodigy, similarities, tiger woods
Countdown in Arizona: Todos Somos Raza Studies
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 29, 2010
If Arizona State Schools Superintendent Tom Horne has his way, Mexican American Studies will cease to exist.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Education, Front Page, Immigration, Politics & Governance
Tags: Arizona, education, ethnic studies, raza
Backed Into Corner by GOP, Obama Ramps Up Electronic Snooping
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 29, 2010
Proposed regulations would give government and law enforcement agencies greater access to Americans' private email.
Categories: African American, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: bush, election, gop, obama, patriotic act, surveillance
Fresno - Ethnic media briefing on CA's new health care reform law - Wednesday, Sept. 29th
New America Media, Event, Posted: Sep 29, 2010
By 2014, virtually all immigrants and ethnic Californians can receive health care insurance at very low cost, yet over 90% ethnic Americans know nothing about the law and how it could improve access to the quality care of health care for them and their families. Ethnic media are key to ensuring they are informed.
Categories: Events
Tags: Health Care Reform Law
As Flu Season Heats Up in Vegas, Health Officials Call for Vaccinations
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 29, 2010
Despite temperatures in the triple digits, the flu season is ramping up in Las Vegas. Yet many ethnic communities resist getting vaccinated.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Network, Ethnic Media in the News, Health, Intersections, Latino, News, Sections, Top Stories
Tags: API, CenterForDiseaseControl, Chinese, filipino, Flu, LasVegas, vaccines
Fed-Up Stockton Homeowners Seek Foreclosure Help from HUD
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 28, 2010
Four of the 10 U.S. cities with the highest rates of home foreclosures are in the Central Valley, with Stockton currently ranking a dismal No. 5.
Categories: African American, Economy, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: california, central valley, crisis, economy, homeowners, housing, hud, stockton
Black Leaders Call Out Paladino
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Sep 28, 2010
New York state’s Black leaders released a statement after last Tuesday's primary addressing a new enemy: the Republican candidate for governor.
Categories: African American, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Bishop Eddie Long: “I am not a perfect man. But this thing I’m gon' fight.”
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Sep 28, 2010
Bishop Eddie Long told his congregation that he will “fight very vigorously” against allegations of sexual misconduct.
Categories: African American, Gender & Sexuality, Law & Justice, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: atlanta, bishop eddie long, mega church, sexual misconduct, young men
Will Obama Voters Abandon Him?
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Sep 28, 2010
If opinion polls are accurate, an increasing number of voters are jumping ship and abandoning President Barack Obama.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance
Tags: democrats, obama, polls, republicans, voters
After 20 Years in Jail, Torture Cop Accuser Set Free
Final Call , News Report, Posted: Sep 28, 2010
Despite the lost years, Victor Safforld said he is not going to waste any time being bitter. Instead, he wants to become a community activist.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: burge, chicago, jail, torture, victor safforld
1 in 7 Americans Now Living in Poverty
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Sep 28, 2010
The ranks of the working-age poor climbed to the highest level since the 1960s as the recession threw millions of people out of work last year.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Front Page, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance
How LeBron James Unmasked Mass Hypocrisy
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 27, 2010
LeBron James was attacked for his televised “decision” to leave Cleveland for a better team, but the show raised millions for youth.
Categories: African American, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: Cleveland Cavaliers, Dwayne Wade, ESPN, football, LeBron James, Miami Heat
Could Pakistan Floods Wash Away Feudalism?
Pakistan Link, Commentary, Posted: Sep 27, 2010
Could the devastating floods in Pakistan provide an opportunity to do away with the viselike grip of feudalism over the country?
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: feudalism, Pakistan floods
The Conversation with Roy and Rodriguez: Great Walls and Glass Ceilings
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 26, 2010
What does the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border mean for the American Dream? And what about an Indian American's dream to go to Congress from Kansas?
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories, Video
Tags: American Dream, border, immigration fence, midterm elections, Politics
Mossad at the Door?
Aramica, News Report, Posted: Sep 26, 2010
A former CIA officer claims that Mossad agents have been posing as U.S. intelligence agents to Arabs and Muslims in New York and New Jersey.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Bay Area Arabs and South Asians Call for an End to Discrimination
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 26, 2010
rabs, Muslims, South Asians from across the San Francisco Bay Area say they are fed up with being discriminated against because of their religion or appearance.
Categories: Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Religion, South Asian
Tags: ACLU, Arabs, CAIR, Discrimination, Muslims, South Asian
Koreans Charged in Cooking Oil Heist
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Sep 25, 2010
Two Korean men were arrested in New Jersey and charged with attempting to steal 1,400 gallons of used cooking oil from a local eatery last week.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: arrested, korean men, new jersey, steal, used cooking oil
Bilingual Education Pays Off, New Documentary Says
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 25, 2010
Although 30 states have passed English-only laws, parents are advancing a smaller but growing bilingual-education movement to sharpen their kids’ brain power.
Categories: Chinese, Education, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Winter Imports From China Decline
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Sep 25, 2010
Earlier in the year many companies in China reported that they were taking on extra workers and strengthening manufacturing in hopes of a Christmas surge. The second half of the year, however, has seen a decline in orders.
Categories: Chinese, Economy, Front Page
Tags: China, Christmas imports, exports, orders
Japan Releases Captain After China Stops Rare Earth Metal Exports
Asian Weekly, News Report, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
Japan released the Chinese fishing-boat captain after China stopped exporting rare metals to Japan.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Front Page, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Health Care Reform: New Options for Young People
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
This week, some of the latest health care reform laws passed by the U.S. Congress and the Obama administration came into effect, which give many young people the chance to get proper medical coverage
Categories: Health, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: family, health, health care reform, insurance, youth
Obama Appoints Five Asian Americans to Key Posts
Asian Week, News Report, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
Obama announced his plans to appoint two female Laotian Americans to key administration posts.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: indianobama, laotianobama, Obama appointees, obamaappointees, obamaasian
19 Filipinos Win in Hawaii Primaries
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
A Filipino American is the Republican Party's nominee for lieutenant governor of Hawaii.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: asiancandidates, asianrepublicans, filipino, filipinocandidates, hawaii, primaryelections
New America Now: Making Changes for Future Generations
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
How women are helping women; why you should think more about pygmy's and the J-word you'd never considered.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Education, Ethnicities, European, Immigration, Indigenous, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Sections, Top Stories
Tags: dream act, eden hunter, human trafficking, japanese, pakistan, Skip horack, vietnamese, women
Parts of Mexico Show Signs of ‘Failed State’
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
For two months, a dozen cities in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas have had no acting mayor. Eight of the mayors were killed; others disappeared or fled.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: failedstate, mexico, mexicocartels, mexicofailedstate, mexicoviolence, narcotraffic, narcoviolence
A Migration That Doesn't Cross Borders
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
Documentary filmmaker Lixin Fan discusses his new film about a Chinese family's migration from factory towns to their inland village in "Last Train Home."
Categories: Asian, Audio, Chinese, Ethnicities, Front Page, Multimedia, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Sections
Tags: china, documentary, last train home, migrants, migration
Question for LAPD: To Reform or Not to Reform?
LA Beez , Commentary, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
A call for a new view on use of deadly force in wake of fatal shooting of knife-wielding man in the Westlake district.
Categories: Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice
Bishop Eddie Long: Victim, Hypocrite or Both in Sex Scandal?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
The recent sex scandal accusations against Bishop Eddie Long highlight how he has made gay-bashing a growth industry in black churches.
Categories: African American, Gender & Sexuality, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: black church, Eddie Long, homosexuality, sex scandal
How Safe Is California’s Pipeline Infrastructure?
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
Was the natural gas explosion in San Bruno an aberration or a warning about hidden dangers plaguing California's pipeline infrastructure?
Categories: Economy, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: california, natural gas, pipeline, san bruno gas explosion
Dream Killers—a Message to Latino Voters
El Diario/La Prensa, Editorial, Posted: Sep 23, 2010
An editorial in El Diario/La Prensa calls on Latino voters to remember that Republicans killed the DREAM Act.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: DREAMact, dreamact, dreamactvote, latinovoters
China Warns of Further Action If Japan "Clings to Mistake"
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Sep 23, 2010
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao warned of further action if Japan does not release the illegally detained Chinese fishing captain.
Categories: Chinese, International Affairs, Politics & Governance
Tags: China, Chinese captain, DiaoYu Islands, earth metals, fishing boat, Japan, Senkaku Islands, Wen Jiabao
Gambling Addiction Breaks Up Vietnamese Families in San Jose
San Jose Beez, Commentary, Posted: Sep 23, 2010
Not all addictions get the same amount of attention, yet can still cause equally devastating impacts on families. One young author writes about how gambling addiction wreaked havoc on her family, and how she noticed similar struggles in other Vietnamese households.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Health, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: Addiction, Divorce, Families, Gambling, Marriage, Vietnamese
A Mother’s Agony Over Son Missing in Arizona Desert
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 23, 2010
A mother struggles to find out what happened to her 13-year-old son, lost in the Arizona desert while crossing into the U.S.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, immigration
Starting Sept. 23, Young Adults Can Access Parents' Health Insurance
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 23, 2010
A key provision of the new health care reform law takes effect today, providing greater access to insurance for hundreds of thousands of young Americans.
Categories: Health, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, Video
Tags: california, health care reform law, obama
Chicago, IL - A CDC News briefing on the Impact of Flu-Related Complications and the Importance of vaccination - Thursday, Sept. 23rd
New America Media, Event, Posted: Sep 23, 2010
Join a panel of both national influenza experts from the CDC and local immunization representatives for an in-depth conversation about the dangers of influenza and the vaccine that protects against it. This is your opportunity to ask leading experts about who’s at risk, how it might impact ethnic and minority communities and the availability, effectiveness, safety and efficacy of the vaccine.
Categories: Events
Tags: New America Media, Seasonal Flu
Latino Voters Deserting Brown, But Governor's Race Still Tied
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 23, 2010
Republican Meg Whitman's ad blitz on Spanish-language media—largely unanswered by Brown—has narrowed his lead among Latinos to just 3 percentage points.
Categories: Front Page, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Polls, Top Stories
Tags: California, governor, JerryBrown, Latinovoters, MegWhitman
Arpaio Accused of Misusing $80 Million in Taxpayer Funds
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 23, 2010
Sheriff's office is accused of diverting jail funds to pay for immigration sweeps and corruption probes against its critics—and hiding its misdeeds with secret bank accounts.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, News, Original NAM Content
Tags: abuseofpower, Arpaio, corruption, illegalimmigrants, Maricopa
More Chinese Kids Use Both Parents' Names
Sing Tao Daily, News Report, Posted: Sep 22, 2010
Giving children both of their parents' last names is becoming increasingly popular in China as a result of the one-child policy.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: chinesenames, chineseparents, hyphenatednames, lastnames, onechildpolicy
Who Is to Blame for DREAM Act’s Defeat?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 22, 2010
With the Republican Party shifting right on many issues ahead of the November races, immigration was no exception.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: cir, DREAMAct, dreamact, dreamactvote, immigrationreform
A Church Keeps Hope Alive Amidst Violence in East Oakland
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Sep 22, 2010
A storefront church in East Oakland asks what it means to be a good neighbor to its diverse congregation: Ph.Ds, ex-gangsters, Southeast Asian refugees and more.
Categories: Health, Immigration, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: church, east oakland, health, new hope covenant, religion
NY Governor Vetoes Law to Protect Cabbies From Hate Crimes, Other Attacks
Aramica, News Report, Posted: Sep 22, 2010
Driving a taxi is one of the most dangerous jobs in New York. In the wake of the Ground Zero mosque controversy and the stabbing of one of their own, Muslim drivers are especially fearful.
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, News, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories
School Matters: Why Schwarzenegger Should Sign Pre-Kindergarten Bill
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Sep 22, 2010
SB 1381 would change the kindergarten entry date in California, so that only 5-year-olds could enroll, while creating a pre-K program to better prepare younger kids.
Categories: Education, Front Page, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content
Tags: Californiaschools, Kindergarten, Pre-K, SB1381
New York Latinos and the Mosque Controversy
National Institute for Latino Policy, News Report, Posted: Sep 22, 2010
A New York Times Poll puts Latinos squarely between blacks and whites on the issue of building a mosque near Ground Zero.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Latino, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: 911, latinosgroundzero, latinosmosque, mosquecontroversy, newyorklatinos, nylatinos, worldtradecenter
“Compassion Is Contagious”—Vietnamese-American Radio Host Broadcasts Haiti’s Pain
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 22, 2010
A Vietnamese-American radio host from Houston talks about why she felt compelled to go to Haiti to help earthquake victims.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: earthquake, haiti, vietnam
U.S. Cars Lose Way in China
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Sep 22, 2010
Only about 4 percent of the 169,603 cars imported by China in the first half of 2010 came from the U.S.
Categories: Chinese, Economy, Front Page, Science & Technology
Tags: American cars, auto market, China, gas consuming, Hummer, sales
Sarah Palin Plays Race Card (Without Mentioning Race)
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 21, 2010
Sarah Palin is the latest in politicians who pretend to be color-blind but stoke racial fires by speaking in code.
Tags: Obama, race, race card, Sarah palin, Tea Party
Bridging the Achievement Gap—or Not
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Audio, Posted: Sep 21, 2010
This week on YO!Radio we take a look at the achievement gap, where many young people are left with the short end of the stick.
Categories: African American, Asian, Audio, Education, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: achievement gap, education, youth
Latinos Hit Hardest by Recession
El Nuevo Día, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2010
No ethnic group has suffered more from the U.S. economic recession than the Latino community, reports El Nuevo Día.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Tags: economiccrisis, latinoseconomy, latinosjobs, latinospoverty, latinosrecession, recessionlatinos
How an Arab-American Hero Helped Thwart Chicago Bombing
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2010
Terror suspect allegedly wanted to embarrass Mayor Richard M. Daley by creating mayhem in an area of clubs and restaurants near Wrigley Field.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, News, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: bomb, Chicago, FBI, RichardMDaley, terror
Civil Rights Activist Revealed As FBI Informant
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2010
According to a report by Democracy Now, Ernest Withers worked closely with the FBI to monitor civil rights activists during the 1960s
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: civil rights, ernest withers, fbi, informant, photography
Obama Picks Two Filipino Advisers
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2010
President Obama has appointed two prominent Filipino Americans as White House advisers on Asian-American issues.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: Asian American issues, Obama appointees, white house advisers
Three Indian Americans Named to AAPI Panel
Asianweek.com, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2010
Three Indian-Americans have been named to the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
Categories: Politics & Governance, South Asian
Tags: indian americans, names AAPI panel, obama
Undocumented Teen Wins Rare Reprieve
India Abroad, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2010
As Sen. Harry Reid promises to move on the DREAM Act, teenager Yves Gomes fights for his education, even as his own family is deported to India.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Dream Act, immigration, Reid, Yves gomes
Richard Rodriguez Remembers Historian Franz Schurmann
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 21, 2010
Franz Schurmann, historian and co-founder of Pacific News Service, passed away last month. Richard Rodriguez spoke at a memorial service on Sept. 19.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: FranzSchurmann, historian, memorial, uc berkeley
Asian-American Students Continue to Post Gains in SATs
Asianweek.com, News Report, Posted: Sep 20, 2010
Asian-American students continue to outperform all other test takers, according to new numbers published by the College Board.
Tags: asian americans, outperform, SAT scores, test takers
Videotaped Beating by Philadelphia Police Stirs Storm of Protest
San Francisco Bayview, Video, Posted: Sep 20, 2010
A video showing Philadelphia police officers beating a man for two minutes has taken the Internet by storm.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Politics & Governance
Tags: askia sabur, beating, police, videotape, west philadelphia
President Obama Launches Massive Economic Growth Initiative
Los Angeles Sentinel, News Report, Posted: Sep 20, 2010
The President has embarked on an ambitious and aggressive agenda that is designed to re- build the nation's crumbling infrastructure.
Categories: Economy, Front Page
Tags: infrastructure, jobs, obama, program, recession
March Remembers Unarmed Blacks Shot by New Orleans Police
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Sep 20, 2010
Activists, religious leaders, politicians and others commemorated the Danziger Bridge shootings by having a wreath laying ceremony.
Categories: African American, Front Page
Tags: danziger bridge, katrina, new orleans, police, shooting
Who Asked Us?: Low Scores, High Achievers—Lessons of One CA High School
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 20, 2010
Oscar Servellon's Oakland high school rates poorly on state tests. Yet all but one senior graduated, and every one of them is going to college. How MetWest High School challenges the conventional thinking on education reform.
Categories: Education, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: California, education, highschool, Oakland, testscores, youth
35 Years After War's End, Vietnamese Diaspora Finds Its Way Home
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 19, 2010
Every year, nearly 500,000 Viet Kieu—Vietnamese living overseas—return home, many to visit relatives, but others increasingly to work, invest and retire.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, Immigration, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: boatpeople, refugees, Vietnam, VietnameseAmericans
Mexican Dispatch: Even in Wine Lover's Paradise, Drug War Takes Its Toll
PBS NewsHour, News Report, Posted: Sep 19, 2010
Mexican winemakers blame publicity over drug violence for a big drop in sales of wine.
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Ethnic Californians Know Little About Health Care Reform, Poll Finds
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 18, 2010
A new poll finds that ethnic adults believe Obama's health care reform law will benefit them, even though they don’t know much about it.
Categories: African American, Asian, Health, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Polls, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: ethnic Californians, health care reform law, insurance, poll, President Obama, small business
Elder Abuse Hidden Among Indian Domestic Workers
India West/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 18, 2010
Elderly women from India exploited in California as domestics—often by affluent immigrants—lack legal protections such as those recently passed in New York.
Categories: Elders, Top Stories
Tags: ACR 163, bill of rights, California, domestic workers, labor, New York, south Asian women
Mexican Dispatch: Tijuana Is No Juarez, Residents Insist
PBS NewsHour, News Report, Posted: Sep 18, 2010
Times are harder than ever in Tijuana, and the publicity about the Mexican government's war against narco-traffickers doesn't help.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: drugtrafficking, Juarez, Mexico, police, Tijuana, tourism, violence
Illegal But Not Criminal—Calif. Gov Candidates Don't Get It
ChicoSol, Commentary, Posted: Sep 17, 2010
“Alicia” and 700,000 others in her position are at the mercy of politics. But in California, Jerry Brown has been MIA on the subject, even as Meg Whitman supports deporting them all.
Categories: Education, Front Page, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
New America Now: Adoption Across Borders
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 17, 2010
An adoption special - stories from China, Korea and India explore how families grapple with the joys and perils of adoption.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Chinese, International Affairs, New America Now, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: adoption, china, india, south korea
Prof. Ron Walters, Leading Black Political Expert, Dies at 72
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Sep 17, 2010
Dr. Walters, 72, died the evening of Sept. 10 at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md., after a long battle with cancer.
Categories: African American, Elders, Top Stories
Rebirth Through Washing Dishes: the Blessing of a Real Job
San Jose Beez , Commentary, Posted: Sep 17, 2010
With youth unemployment reaching an astounding high, one commentator talks about the feeling of being reborn through finally finding the ever elusive job.
Categories: Economy, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: Economy, Job Market, Unemployment. Rebirth, Youth
Immigrant Advocates Pin Hopes on Dream Act
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 17, 2010
After a summer focused on fighting off Arizona’s hard-line SB 1070, immigrant advocates are seeking to regain momentum with an all-out push on the Dream Act.
Categories: African American, Asian, Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, Dream Act, immigrants rights advocates, immigration reform, SB 1070, washington
SF - Ethnic media briefing on CA's Health Care Reform Law - Friday, Sept. 17th
New America Media, Event, Posted: Sep 17, 2010
By 2014, virtually all immigrants and ethnic Californians can receive health care insurance at very low cost, yet over 90% ethnic Americans know nothing about the law and how it could improve access to the quality care of health care for them and their families. Ethnic media are key to ensuring they are informed.
Categories: Events
Tags: Health Care Reform Law
When Banks Say No, Micro-Lenders Help Small Businesses Get Green
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 17, 2010
With big U.S. banks snubbing drycleaners and other ethnic-owned small businesses, micro-lenders are filing the void, providing loans to help them stay competitive by going green.
Categories: Economy, Environment, Front Page, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Stimulus Watch, Top Stories
Tags: banks, economicstimulus, entrepreneur, environment, green, loans, Microfinance, smallbusiness
EPA Slaps 99¢ Only Chain for Selling Hazardous Products
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 17, 2010
The EPA hit a bargain-products chain with a $400,000 fine for peddling household cleaners loaded with dangerous chemicals.
Categories: Environment, Front Page, Health, Multi-ethnic
Unclaimed Millions in Tax-Credit Refunds Hurt California County
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2010
Residents in one California county fail to file for Earned Income Tax Credit—and lose big-time for their families and the local economy.
Categories: Economy, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Filipino Vets Still Fighting for World War II Benefits From U.S.
LA Beez , News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2010
Provisions in Obama's stimulus package come up short for thousands who have outstanding claims and challenges on documentation.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Veterans
South Asians in San Bruno Rocked by Massive Gas Explosion
India West, News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2010
Indians in San Bruno step up to help other South Asians affected by the natural gas explosion and fire.
Categories: South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Indians, natural gas explosion, PG&E, San Bruno, South Asians
The Global Crisis: Gun Violence and Children
NNPA, Commentary, Posted: Sep 16, 2010
The United States joins Somalia as the only two countries in the world not to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Categories: African, African American, Front Page, Law & Justice, Youth Culture
Tags: children, guns, soldiers, somalia, united nations, united states
Sexual Ignorance/AIDS "Is Killing Us" Says HIV Survivor
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2010
Many African Americans with HIV are leading healthy happy lives. But more than half of the people who died of AIDS last year were Black
Categories: African American, Front Page, Health, Science & Technology
Tags: aids, church, condoms, death, hiv, prevention, survivor
Want More Chinese Tourists? U.S. Needs to Improve Service, Safety
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2010
Last year, 520,000 travelers from China visited the U.S., and that could increase to 800,000 this year—but changes need to be made.
Categories: Chinese, Economy, Front Page, International Affairs
Tucson Group “Polices” the Police on Immigration
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2010
A Tucson-based coalition is using video to show how readily police are cooperating with Border Patrol, despite their vocal opposition to SB 1070 before it took effect.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Asian, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, Border Patrol, immigrants, Phoenix, police, SB 1070, Tucson, undocumented
Granny Nannies From India Exploited by U.S. Employers
New America Media/India West, News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2010
An army of elderly immigrant women in California are often exploited as household domestics by affluent people, also from their native India.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Elders, Top Stories
Tags: elder, exploitation, immigration
Las Vegas, CA - A CDC News Briefing on the Impact of Flu-Related Complications and the Importance of vaccination - Thursday, Sept. 16th
New America Media, Event, Posted: Sep 16, 2010
Join a panel of both national influenza experts from the CDC and local immunization representatives for an in-depth conversation about the dangers of influenza and the vaccine that protects against it. This is your opportunity to ask leading experts about who’s at risk, how it might impact ethnic and minority communities and the availability, effectiveness, safety and efficacy of the vaccine.
Categories: Events
Tags: Center for Disease control and prevention, New America Media
Mexican Dispatch: A Quiet Beach Town, Kept That Way by "Tourist" Police
New America Media/PBS NewsHour, News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2010
Rosarito Beach's quiet main street gives little hint of how hard this tourist community has struggled to remain peaceful over the past four years.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: drugtrafficking, Mexico, police, tourism, violence
Judge Hears Arguments for Moving Trial in Chauncey Bailey Case
Chauncey Bailey Project, News Report, Posted: Sep 15, 2010
A change-of-venue hearing in the murder case of journalist Chauncey Bailey began Tuesday after months of delays.
Categories: African American, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: black muslim bakery, chauncey bailey, oakland, trial, yusef bey iv
HUD Funding to Local Governments Looks to Curb Foreclosures
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Sep 15, 2010
The department’s $1 billion contribution will be the third round of funding through HUD’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Politics & Governance
Tags: finding, hud, neighborhood stabilization program, one billion, prince george’s county
African Americans in Congress Taking on Unemployment
NNPA, News Report, Posted: Sep 15, 2010
The Congressional Black Caucus this year is tackling the current debilitating joblessness in the Black community.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page
Tags: business, congressional black caucus, jobs, unemployment, youth
Professional Baby Mama a Dumb Career Choice
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Sep 15, 2010
On the HBO reality show "Hard Knocks," New York Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie struggled to remember how many kids he has.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality
Tags: antonio cromartie, babies, hbo, jets, new york jets
Vietnam to Offer Affordable Housing to its Poor
Nguoi-Viet.com, News Report, Posted: Sep 15, 2010
Vietnam is trying to be a socialist country. It has begun construction on affordable housing projects for its poor.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: affordable housing, low-income, Vietnam
Remittances to Vietnam: $7 Billion a Year
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: Sep 15, 2010
In 2008, Vietnam emerged as the 10th-leading recipient of immigrant remittances among developing countries, with $7.2 billion received.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Immigration, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: immigrant, money, remittances, vietnam
Blame GOP, Not Obama, for Poverty Surge
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Sep 15, 2010
Conservatives predictably wasted no time in dumping the blame for the spike in the poverty rolls in America on President Obama.
Categories: African American, Economy, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
For the Sick and Poor, the Best Medicine May Be a Lawyer
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Sep 15, 2010
An innovative idea, medical-legal partnerships, puts doctors and lawyers in the same facility to remedy social problems that can lead to poor health.
Categories: African American, Asian, Health, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: doctors, health, immigrants, lawyers, medical-legal partnerships
NAM and HUD present: "YOUR HOME, YOUR RIGHTS": Roadmap to Recovery - Wednesday, Sept. 15
New America Media, Event, Posted: Sep 15, 2010
In the midst of the housing foreclosure crisis, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and New America Media with Visionary Home Builders, El Concilio and Stockton Leadership Foundation (SLF) are organizing a community forum town hall offering detailed information on what you need to know about home ownership and renter’s rights. Free services include: confidential one-on-one legal advice and counseling on foreclosure, fair housing and predatory lending issues, including advice to tenants in buildings that have been foreclosed on. Refreshments served at no cost. Admission is free.
Categories: Events
Tags: HUD, New America media
2010 New America Media Fellowship Program on Health and Environmental Health for Ethnic Media Journalism
New America Media, Press Release, Posted: Sep 14, 2010
Deadline Extended Until September 22, 2010
Categories: Fellowships
Hong Kong-Bound Filipino Workers Cancelling Jobs
GMANews.TV , News Report, Posted: Sep 14, 2010
Job recruiters are worried over reports that several overseas Filipino workers bound for Hong Kong have been canceling their employment contracts following the backlash from the August 23 hostage tragedy in Manila, where eight tourists from the Chinese region were killed.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: canceling, employment, filipino, job recruiters, workers
Are Today’s Conservatives Upholding Their Own Historic Principles?
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Sep 14, 2010
Fifty years later, the principles set forth by William F. Buckley's conservative movement contradict what Republicans have actually done when in power.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: college, conservatives, GOP, party politics, Republican, Sharon Statement, young
Health Officials Bust Vaccination Myths in Alaska
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 14, 2010
Many Native Alaskans believe that flu vaccine contains a computer chip, while some Latinos claim the vaccine is being used to exterminate their people.
Categories: Health, Indigenous, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, Video
Tags: flu vaccine, H1N1, Latinos, myths, Native americans, season
Foreign Investors Loan Money for Green Cards
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Sep 14, 2010
A $120 million expansion of New York's Brooklyn Navy Yard will take advantage of an immigration investment program that permits foreign investors to loan money for government-approved projects in exchange for a green card.
Categories: Chinese, Economy, Front Page, Immigration, International Affairs, Politics & Governance
Tags: Chinese, EB-5, green cards, immigrants, immigration, Investors, New York, US Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services
Desperate Homeowners Line Up for Help at HUD Event
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 13, 2010
Dozens of troubled homeowners and renters showed up in Oakland to get free advice from housing counselors.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, European, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: banks, forclosure, frauds, housing crisis, mortgage, scammers
New Law Makes Baggy Pants Illegal in Dublin, Ga.
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Sep 13, 2010
The new law passed after Mayor Phil Best said that he received numerous complaints from citizens about the fashion faux pas.
Categories: African American, Front Page
Background Checks Under Fed Scrunity
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Sep 13, 2010
With millions of adults having criminal records, a growing number of job seekers are being weeded out by criminal background checks.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: background, census. discrimination, check, criminal, records
Controversial Ad Campaign Creates Headlines Nationwide
Asianweek.com, News Report, Posted: Sep 13, 2010
The controversial message, “Which one deserves to die?” featuring 10 smiling Asian American physicians, beauty queens, basketball players, family members and office workers has generated coast-to-coast buzz and headlines for the Hep B-free movement.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: ad, campaign, controversy, Hep B-free
Latinos, Blacks Make Up More Than Half of Calif. Foreclosures
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Sep 13, 2010
California leads the United States in the worst foreclosure crisis since the Great Depression.
Categories: African American, Economy, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: african-americans, crisis, foreclosure, homes, latinos
Massive San Bruno Blaze Affects Filipino Americans
"Balitang America"-The Filipino Channel, Video, Posted: Sep 13, 2010
At least three homes belonging to Filipinos were destroyed in a blaze after a natural gas line exploded Sept. 9 in San Bruno, Calif. The town has more than 3,000 Filipino residents.
Categories: African American, Asian, Environment, Ethnic Media Network, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, Video
Tags: blaze, California, firefighters, gas line explosion, inferno, San Bruno, San Bruno fire, San Bruno fireball
Platitudes Won’t Help Ailing Economy; Steady Paychecks Will
Philadelphia Tribune, Commentary, Posted: Sep 13, 2010
Unemployed Americans need paychecks, not platitudes from well-heeled politicians and media pundits about stoically accepting their plight.
Categories: Economy, Top Stories
Tags: african american, economy, jobs, obama, unemployed, work
New Teacher Evaluation System Challenged
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Sep 13, 2010
The Economic Policy Institute, found that test scores also hinge on factors such as student attendance and home experiences.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections
Tags: public schools, reform, scores, teachers, test, washington d.c.
Rate of C-Sections Higher at For-Profit Hospitals
California Watch, News Report, Posted: Sep 12, 2010
A California Watch investigation gives ammunition to those who say hospitals are performing more C-sections to boost profits.
Categories: African American, Asian, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Science & Technology, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: C-sections, CaliforniaWatch, for-profit, hospitals, nonprofit, pregnancy
Summer of '64: Path to Freedom
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 11, 2010
Author Bruce Watson discusses his book on the summer of 1964 in Mississippi when more than 700 young people stood up against racism.
Categories: African American, Audio, Ethnicities, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, Top Stories
Tags: bruce watson, freedom summer, kkk, mississippi, Race, race relations
Nine Years After 9/11, the U.S. Remains Stuck
Pakistan Link, Commentary, Posted: Sep 11, 2010
From an impasse in Afghanistan to immigration battles in Arizona, America remains embroiled in the aftermath of 9/11.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: 9/11, Afghanistan, USA
Model-Minority Myth and the ‘Miracle Drug’
Pacific Citizen, News Report, Posted: Sep 11, 2010
Asian-American college students are increasingly misusing dangerous prescription drugs like Adderall to help get good grades.
Categories: Asian, Education, Health, Top Stories
Tags: asian, drugs, education, grades, prescription
First Study of Nail-Care Workers Finds No Increased Cancer Risk
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 11, 2010
A new study finds no significant increase in cancer rates among manicurists, but researchers caution that long-term followup is needed.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Front Page, Health, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: cancer, manicurists, nailsalons, Vietnamese
Bay Area Vets Cheer Ruling Against "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 10, 2010
Federal judge calls military policy on gays and lesbians unconstitutional
Categories: African American, Asian, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories, Veterans
Tags: don't ask, don't tell, gay and lesbian, military, unconstitutional
NAM and HUD present: "YOUR HOME, YOUR RIGHTS": Roadmap to Recovery - Saturday, Sept. 11
New America Media, Event, Posted: Sep 10, 2010
In the midst of the housing foreclosure crisis, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and New America Media with HERA are organizing a community forum town hall offering detailed information on what you need to know about home ownership and renter’s rights. Free services include: confidential one-on-one legal advice and counseling on foreclosure, fair housing and predatory lending issues, including advice to tenants in buildings that have been foreclosed on. Refreshments served at no cost. Admission is free.
Categories: Events
Tags: HUD, New America Media
New America Now: When East and West Collide Over the Kitchen Table
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 10, 2010
NAM editor Andrew Lam talks about how food culture has gone come a blended smoothie of tastes and locations.
Categories: Asian, Audio, Ethnicities, Gender & Sexuality, Intersections, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Andrew Lam, East Eats West, food, food culture, food fusion
Female Peking Opera Star Playing Men's Roles Has Sex Appeal
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Sep 10, 2010
Wang Peiyu, the first female Peking Opera performer to take on male roles since the 1950s, is inspiring a new appreciation among young people for this centuries-old art.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Chinese, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, News
Tags: Beijing, celebrity, China, Chinese culture, Peking Opera, Sex appeal
Friendly Fire May Have Killed Some Manila Hostages
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Sep 10, 2010
Some of the eight victims in the August 23 hostage-taking tragedy died due to “friendly fire,” according to forensic findings from the Philippine police.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: friendly fire, hostage, Philippines
Obama: Mexico Is No Colombia
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Sep 10, 2010
President Barack Obama yesterday dismissed the comparison Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made between Mexico and Colombia.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: clintonmexico, drugcartels, mexicancartels, mexicocolombia, narcoviolence, obamamexico
From Pakistan to Darfur: Climate Change's Emerging Political Hotspots
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Sep 10, 2010
In the wake of devastating floods, Pakistan is the latest example of how climate change is altering the geopolitical landscape.
Categories: Environment, International Affairs, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: climate change, floods, Pakistan
Why Are Native Americans More Likely to Die of Flu?
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Sep 10, 2010
American Indians are four times more likely to die of the flu than other Americans, but experts aren’t sure why.
Categories: African American, Health, Indigenous, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: american indian, CDC, Flu, healthcare, minorities, New Mexico
New York, NY - Intergenerational Summit - Sept. 10th
New America Media, Event, Posted: Sep 10, 2010
Why: In reality, elders and youth -- both often isolated and voiceless -- share urgent concerns. This summit will explore the depth and strength of their interdependency. In a time of mounting economic insecurity, government cutbacks and political polarization, it will cut through the either/or rhetoric to forge a common agenda and a commitment to amplifying each other's voices.
Categories: Events
Tags: Elders, Intergenerational summit, Youth
Florida Pastor Backs Off Burning Koran, Muslims Still Feel the Hate
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 09, 2010
To many, the takeaway from this episode will be that Americans hate Islam. But another lesson is that in many ways, Arabs, Muslims, and Americans are the same.
Categories: Immigration, Intersections, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: arab, burn, Koran, Muslim, terry jones
Fear, Exclusion Prevent Haitian Americans from Voting
Amsterdam News, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 09, 2010
Unlike in the United States, Haitians who aren’t living in their country at the time of an election are not able to vote.
Categories: Caribbean, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: election, haiti, immigrants, united states, voting, wyclef jean
Bikes4Life
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Sep 09, 2010
Marrying the green movement with a healthy lifestyle business -- West Oakland's own Bikes4Life is cruising to make a difference
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Health, Intersections, Youth Culture
Tags: african american, bikes, health, jobs, non-profit, west oakland, youth
Black-American Muslims Speak Out Against Intolerance
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Sep 09, 2010
The members of the Coalition of African American Muslims urge a rejection of anti-Islam hatred and religious intolerance.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories
Black Colleges and Universities Five Years after Katrina
Our Weekly, News Feature, Posted: Sep 09, 2010
Xavier University, Southern University and Dillard University are a few of the universities that were drastically affected by the storm.
Categories: African American, Education, Environment, Front Page, Intersections
Tags: black, colleges, katrina, new orleans, southern, universities, xavier
New Latino Poll: Preschool Support Critical for CA Candidates
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 09, 2010
Latinos account for half of all children under 5 in the state but complain that early childhood education is frequently unaffordable and inaccessible.
Categories: Education, Latino, Original NAM Content, Polls, Top Stories
Obama Plan on Export Reform—Win-Win for China and Silicon Valley?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 09, 2010
Export-control reform could strengthen U.S.-China relations and simplify the lives of ethnic Chinese professionals working in high-tech industries.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Economy, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: China, export control, Obama, US
The 'Great Wall of America' and the Threat From Within
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 09, 2010
As it erects a barrier along its Mexican border, the U.S. ignores an important truth: Great empires expand beyond their own borders. Empires in decline build walls.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Featured Columnists, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: border, immigration, Mexico, wall
Hanoi to Close 200 Internet Cafes Near Schools
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: Sep 09, 2010
Hanoi authorities have identified 204 gaming shops to be disconnected from Internet service providers as they are located too close to schools.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Science & Technology
Tags: internetcafe, vietnam, vietnaminternet
Orange County- Ethnic media briefing on CA's Health Care Reform Law - Wednesday, Sept. 8th
New America Media, Event, Posted: Sep 08, 2010
y 2014, virtually all immigrants and ethnic Californians can receive health care insurance at very low cost, yet over 90% ethnic Americans know nothing about the law and how it could improve access to the quality care of health care for them and their families. Ethnic media are key to ensuring they are informed.
Categories: Events
Tags: Health Care reform
Could Vietnam Be America’s New Counterweight to China?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 08, 2010
Hillary Clinton sent shock waves through East Asia at the ASEAN summit, leaving the government of Vietnam in a Catch-22 situation.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: ASEAN, China, HillaryClinton, Vietnam
Meet Rich Cho, the First Asian-American GM in the NBA
Hyphen Magazine, Question & Answer, Posted: Sep 08, 2010
Last month, Rich Cho of the Portland Trail Blazers became the first Asian American General Manager in the NBA.
Categories: Asian, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: rich cho nba portland
LA - Ethnic media briefing on CA's Health Care Reform Law - Wednesday, Sept. 8th
New America Media, Event, Posted: Sep 08, 2010
By 2014, virtually all immigrants and ethnic Californians can receive health care insurance at very low cost, yet over 90% ethnic Americans know nothing about the law and how it could improve access to the quality care of health care for them and their families. Ethnic media are key to ensuring they are informed.
Categories: Events
Tags: Health Care Reform Law
New Health Law: More Doctors, Better Prevention, Lower Costs, Shorter Lines
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 07, 2010
Thanks to health-care reform, starting this month all new insurance plans must offer vaccines, routine checkups, and cancer screening at no cost to patients.
Categories: Health, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: health care, health reform, Obama health reform, PPACA
The Rising Tide of Maoists in India
Siliconeer, Commentary, Posted: Sep 07, 2010
Horrific socio-economic disparity, marginalization, and a lack of peaceful avenues to agitate for redressal are helping the threat of Maoist/Naxal violence grow.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Egypt Exhibit to Stay in Indiana
ALO Magazine, News Report, Posted: Sep 07, 2010
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis now houses a major exhibit on Egypt and Arabic culture as part of its permanent collection.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic
Tags: Arab American, children's museum of indianapolis, cultural understanding, Egypt, Middle Eastern
Rebel Armz Crew Work to Empower Oakland's Community
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Sep 07, 2010
YO!TV caught up with Immortal Technique and Chino XL (representing the Rebel Armz Crew) while they were out at East Oakland's own "Homies Empowerment Program".
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, Original NAM Content, Youth Culture
Tags: Chico XL, Homies Empowerment Program, immigration, Immortal Technique, Rebel Armz Crew
Are Term Limits in Congress the Answer To Corruption?
Black America Web, Commentary, Posted: Sep 07, 2010
The high-profile scandals involving Congressional Black Caucus members bring to mind two words that no elected official wants to hear: Term limits.
Categories: Front Page
Tags: congress, rangle, scandal, term limits, waters
Korean Man Wins $10 Million Jackpot
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: Sep 07, 2010
A Korean man recently joined the millionaire's club after his numbers came up in the state lottery, the same set of numbers he says he dreamed of years earlier.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: dream, Korean, lottery, millionaire, numbers
Flush With Casino Cash, CA Tribes Won't Enforce Child Support Claims
Capitol Weekly, News Report, Posted: Sep 07, 2010
A complicated web of regulations prevents state and federal governments from enforcing support claims against members of "sovereign nations."
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Indigenous, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: casinos, childsupport, NativeAmericans, tribes
Anchorage, AK - Ethnic Media News Briefing on Seasonal Flu and Vaccinations - Thursday, Sept. 7th
New America Media, Event, Posted: Sep 07, 2010
Join a panel of both national influenza experts from the CDC and local immunization representatives for an in-depth conversation about the dangers of influenza and the vaccine that protects against it. This is your opportunity to ask leading experts about who’s at risk, how it might impact ethnic minority communities and the availability, effectiveness, safety and efficacy of the vaccine.
Categories: Events
Tags: Flu, vaccinations, vaccines
Number 77: The Short Life of Katrina Survivor Desiree Davis
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Sep 06, 2010
As the nation marks five years since Hurricane Katrina, the family of a Katrina survivor marks another anniversary - the murder of their daughter in Oakland a year ago.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Desiree Davis, Katrina, Oakland homicide
The Conversation—Roy and Rodriguez on the Massacre of Migrants in Mexico
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 06, 2010
A look at two faces of desperation—the massacred migrants in Mexico and the flood victims on the road in Pakistan.
Categories: International Affairs, Law & Justice, Top Stories, Video
Tags: flood, Mexico, migrants, Pakistan, Richard Rodriguez
WHO ASKED US: What's the Matter With CA Schools? L.A. Students Poll Their Peers
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 05, 2010
A UCLA program is training a new generation of education researchers: inner-city students from some of L.A.'s lowest-performing schools.
Categories: Education, Front Page, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Youth Culture
Tags: education, highschool, L.A.Schools, research, UCLA, youngpeople, YouthCouncil
Defecting Black Vote Spells Big Trouble for Democrats
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 05, 2010
The newest Gallup poll found that black voters are poised to desert the voting booth en masse in November, and the GOP smells political blood.
Categories: African American, Featured Columnists, News, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Digital Classrooms to Vocational Training: Young People Weigh In
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 04, 2010
For a lot of kids, four-year college is just a dream—and it may not even be the best way to get an education.
Categories: Audio, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: college, online, school, vocational training
The Ethnic Cleansing of American Ethnic Studies
International Examiner, Commentary, Posted: Sep 04, 2010
Arizona is home to HB 2281, a law that will effectively ban ethnic studies programs in that state.
Tags: arizona, arizonaimmigrants, college, education, ethnic studies, racism
Silicon Valley Raises Money for Pakistani Flood Relief
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 04, 2010
NAM's Odette Keeley and Silicon Valley entrepreneur Umair Khan discuss the "Us Now" Bay Area fundraiser for Pakistan flood victims.
Categories: International Affairs, South Asian, Top Stories, Video
Tags: floods, fundraiser, pakistan, relief, SiliconValley
Uncooperative Arpaio Could Cost County $113 Million in U.S. Funds
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 04, 2010
As the Justice Dept. sues Sheriff Joe Arpaio for refusing to release records in a civil rights probe, a big chunk of Maricopa County's budget is on the line.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Economy, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, arpaio, immigration, justice, lawsuit, maricopa, raids
Filipinos Students Most Improved in English, Math
Filamstar.net, News Report, Posted: Sep 03, 2010
Filipino students showed the most improvement on the English-language and math portions of state standardized tests for the past eight years.
Categories: Asian, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: education, english proficiency, filipino american students
Will United Nations Cover Up Rwanda’s Congo Genocide?
Black Star News, Op-ed, Posted: Sep 03, 2010
The internationally created special court prosecuted the killers of Tutsis. Now it’s time to bring to book the killers of Hutus.
Categories: African, Front Page, International Affairs, Intersections, War & Conflict
Educators: System Sets Up Black Boys to Fail
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Sep 03, 2010
A coalition of African-Americans educators say the nation’s public school system is giving up on black male students.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections
Options Closed for High School Dropouts
Philadelphia Tribune, News Report, Posted: Sep 03, 2010
According to a new report released by the African-American and Latino Male Dropout Task Force, half of Black males currently in school will quit.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections
Tags: black, drop outs, education, high-school, latino, males
Foreclosures Are Making People Sick
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 03, 2010
The high rate of foreclosures in some Oakland neighborhoods has had a drastic effect on the health of homeowners and tenants, a new study finds.
Categories: Economy, Health, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: bills, california, economy, foreclosure, health, recession
New America Now: "Freedom" Summer Is Over, Back to School
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 03, 2010
The extraordinary people that gave 1964 the name Freedom Summer and a mass migration of Chinese from inland villages to factories on the coast
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Chinese, Education, Middle Eastern, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: 1964, arab countries, Bruce Watson, china, education, Freedom summer, last train home, migration, Pakistan floods
Eye on Arab Media: Give Pakistan a Break
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 03, 2010
Pakistanis displaced by the flood are in desperate need of shelter, food and clean water but aren't getting enough help.
Categories: Environment, International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: aid, arab media, charity, donation, Pakistan floods, taliban, us, victims, war
Murder Memorials Raise Questions
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Sep 03, 2010
In an all too familiar scene that is being played out in urban neighborhoods, it was North Sierra Way’s turn to erect a memorial.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: african american, guns, memorial, murder, san bernandino, summer
Refugees From Arizona Find Shelter in Albuquerque Church
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 03, 2010
Undocumented people fleeing from Arizona have found a community that has embraced them, regardless of their immigration status.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, church, immigration, new mexico, SB 1070
S.F. Parents in an Uproar Over New Way of Assigning Students to Schools
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 02, 2010
District plan to replace problematic “diversity index” with neighborhood-school approach has parents upset that they won't be able to choose.
Categories: Top Stories
Tags: diversity, education, parents, SanFrancisco, schoolchoice, schools
ICE Comes Clean—S.F., Other Cities Can Opt Out of S-COMM After All
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 02, 2010
Memo lays out procedures for local jurisdictions that don't want to comply with the federal program, but no one knows how the process would really work.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, News, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: ICE, immigration, S-COMM, SanFrancisco
Quietly Mad With Island Fever
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 02, 2010
Race relations explored in a fiction novel set in Japan.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Ethnicities, European, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, Top Stories
Tags: David Mitchell, dutch, japanese, nagasaki, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Why Abortion Rate Among Asian-American Women Is So High
Hyphen Magazine, News Feature, Posted: Sep 02, 2010
For thousands of years, Asian women have accepted abortion as a practical way out of an unwanted situation.
Categories: Asian, Gender & Sexuality, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: abortion, asian women, gender, sexuality
18K Undocumented Filipinos Flew Home in '09
Filamstar.Net, News Report, Posted: Sep 02, 2010
More than 18,000 undocumented Filipinos in the United States voluntarily went home last year, avoiding possible detention and deportation.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: bad economy, Filipinos, homeland, U.S. crackdown, voluntary return
Albuquerque, NM - Ethnic Media News Briefing on Seasonal Flu and Vaccinations - Thursday, Sept. 2nd
New America Media, Event, Posted: Sep 02, 2010
Join a panel of both national influenza experts from the CDC and local immunization representatives for an in-depth conversation about the dangers of influenza and the vaccine that protects against it. This is your opportunity to ask leading experts about who’s at risk, how it might impact ethnic minority communities and the availability, effectiveness, safety and efficacy of the vaccine.
Categories: Events
Tags: flu, vaccinations, vaccines
A Muslim-American Daughter's Plea: Build Your Mosque Somewhere Else
LA Beez , Commentary, Posted: Sep 01, 2010
On the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, I watched as terrorists slammed United Arilines Flight 175 into the South Tower of the World Trade Center. My mother was on the flight.
Categories: International Affairs, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: Cordoba House Islamic Cultural Center, Ground Zero, Islam, Muslim, Sept 11, Twin Towers
Katrina's Legacy Still Painful Five Years After Disaster
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Sep 01, 2010
As part of the Katrina commemoration, President Barack Obama delivered a national address from the campus of Xavier University.
Categories: African American, Front Page
Tags: anniversary, katrina, louisiana, mississippi, new orleans
Health-Conscious Fast Food Comes to D.C.
Washington Afro, News Feature, Posted: Sep 01, 2010
Founded in 2004, Energy Kitchen—a Manhattan-based chain with a health-centric menu— is backed by Vitaminwater co-founder Mike Repole.
Categories: African American, Front Page
Tags: african americans, energy kitchen, fast, food, washington dc
SCHOOL MATTERS: Giving Parents Access to Teacher Ratings: What’s There to Hide?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 01, 2010
The L.A. Times released much needed data on how well 6,000 teachers in L.A. have improved student performance.
Categories: Education, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: californiaeducation, education, grade, los angeles, parents, teachers, test
The Conversation—Roy and Rodriguez on Ground Zero
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 01, 2010
Richard Rodriguez and Sandip Roy discuss the controversy over the mosque/community center near Ground Zero.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video
Tags: ground zero, islam, religion, richard rodriguez
Big Business for Mexican Cartels: Kidnapping Central American Migrants
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Sep 01, 2010
Kidnapping, extortion and murder of Central American immigrants has become a source of income for Mexican drug cartels.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: drugcartels, kidnapping, massgraves, mexicancartels, mexicomassacre, mexicomigrants