Why Miss. Gov.'s Sudden Show of Mercy Is No "Shining Example"
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 31, 2010
The real reason Haley Barbour released Jamie and Gladys Scott, sisters serving a life sentence for an $11 armed robbery they say they didn't commit: he sniffs the presidency.
Categories: African American, Featured Columnists, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012elections, GOP, HaleyBarbour, Mississippi, NAACP. BenjaminJealous, Republicans, Scott sisters, wrongfulconviction
The Most Underreported Stories of the Decade
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 31, 2010
Missed in the news. Editors and publishers of ethnic media pick what they felt were the most underreported stories of the decade.
Categories: African American, Asian, Chinese, Indigenous, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: ethnic media, news stories missed
Arabs, Muslims Fear Increased National Security Will Lead to More Bias
The Arab American News, News Report, Posted: Dec 31, 2010
Arab and Muslim community leaders and scholars worry that their communities will see greater discrimination in the wake of growing national security measures.
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance
Tijuana Seeks Hope Through Music
La Prensa-San Diego, News Report, Posted: Dec 31, 2010
An orchestra made up of kids living in colonias in Tijuana brings classical music to a region known for drugs and violence.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Ethnic Media Network, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Football Saved Their Lives
New America Media/ Richmond Confidential, News Feature, Posted: Dec 31, 2010
Three Kennedy High school students found their way off the streets thanks to football and the determination of a football coach.
Categories: African American, Sports, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tijuana busca esperanza a través de la música
La Prensa-San Diego, News Report, Posted: Dec 30, 2010
Un programa de educación musical trae la música clásica a los niños que viven en las colonias de Tijuana.
Categories: NAM en Español
Africans Put Military Intervention in Ivory Coast on Hold
AllAfrica.com, News Report, Posted: Dec 30, 2010
West African leaders meet to discuss the Ivory Coast in the wake of outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo's refusal to step down.
Categories: African, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: allasane quattara, election, intervention, ivory coast, laurent gbagbo, military
¿Felices fiestas?
Prensa Hispana, News Report, Posted: Dec 30, 2010
Mientras algunos celebran en grande, muchos veteranos de guerra luchan para dejar atrás el pasado y controlar sus pensamientos suicidas.
Categories: NAM en Español
No Borough Left Behind
El Diario/La Prensa, Editorial, Posted: Dec 30, 2010
The snowstorm has served as the latest reminder that there are two New Yorks. There is Manhattan and everywhere else.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Ethnic Media Network, Latino
A Mixed Year for Latinos
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Dec 30, 2010
In 2010, Latinos have proven that they are an increasingly relevant part of the present and future of the United States.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino
Tags: 2010latinos
Congresswoman Waters: FCC Net Neutrality Rules Could Harm Consumers of Color
Los Angeles Sentinel, News Report, Posted: Dec 30, 2010
I am very concerned that the rules do not go far enough to honor the principles of net neutrality as previously articulated by this Administration and FCC.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Media, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology
Tags: fcc, maxine waters, net, neutrality, rules
Rainbow of Saris, History of Women
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Dec 30, 2010
Migritude addresses the immigrant experience. Immigrants...with attitude.
Categories: African American, Audio, Ethnicities, Immigration, Multi-ethnic, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: migritude, one woman show, sari, shailija patel
ICE Releases Harvard Grad
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Dec 30, 2010
A Filipino Harvard graduate detained by U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for allegedly being an illegal immigrant has been released.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration
The Top Ten Hindi Films of 2010
India Currents, News Feature, Posted: Dec 30, 2010
What were the top 10 films coming out of Bollywood this year? A Bollywood-watcher's year-end list.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Front Page, South Asian
Tags: 2010, Bollywood, top ten list
Employment Scams: When Jobs Are Too Good To Be True
San Jose Beez, Commentary, Posted: Dec 30, 2010
With young people desperate for jobs, many have fallen victim to job scams – seemingly great employment opportunities that turn out to be hustles. De-Bug writers share experiences of getting jobs that were, in fact, too good to be true.
Categories: Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: fraud, job scams, unemployment, youth
Latinas At High Risk for Cervical Cancer, But Avoid Getting Screened
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 30, 2010
Latinas are disproportionately at risk for cervical cancer. But cultural taboos mean few Latinas get tested for the disease.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Health, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: cervical cancer, latinas, Pap smear
Foreclosure Crisis Compels Increased HUD Funding
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 30, 2010
The Obama administration just announced $73 million in counseling grants to help first-time homebuyers and homeowners facing foreclosure.
Categories: Economy, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: foreclosure, HUD, mortgage counseling, Shaun Donovan
English Adopts More Chinese Phrases
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Dec 30, 2010
In recent years, Western media has adopted more Chinese words and phrases , especially those discussing concepts and phenomena related specifically to China.
Categories: Chinese, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: Chinese phrases in English, English adoption of Chinese, words of Chinese origin
N.Y. Congressman to Co-Chair India Caucus
DesiTalk.com, News Report, Posted: Dec 29, 2010
Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., is the new co-chair of the congressional caucus on India and Indian Americans. He and Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., will lead what is the largest caucus on the Hill, with around 160 members
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance, South Asian
Tags: 160 members, co-chair, India caucus, Joseph Crowley
Tobacco Company Guilty of Giving Free Cigarettes to Children
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 29, 2010
During the trial, jurors were shown a 2002 video of Evans, in which she claimed that the cigarette giveaways had a large impact on her.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Health, Intersections
Four Wheels Away From Homeless
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Dec 29, 2010
Phillip Yancy Swells, his wife and two children, slip on their clothes and emerge from their quarters – a 2002 Chrysler Town & Country minivan.
Categories: African American, Economy, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
After Long Struggle, Arab Father of Six Granted Permanent Residency
The Arab American News, News Report, Posted: Dec 29, 2010
Last January, Anees Sous, a Palestinian immigrant was to be deported to Jordan, leaving his six U.S. born children. After a long struggle, he has been granted permanent residency.
Categories: Immigration, Middle Eastern, Top Stories
Tags: Arab, Immigration, Muslim
My Nephew was Killed by the Oakland Police Department
San Francisco Bayview, Commentary, Posted: Dec 29, 2010
My nephew was shot and killed by Oakland police. The elder of two sons, he was a sweet boy hanging out with the wrong people.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: mentoring center, oakland, police, shooting, wanda sabir
Black Golfer Shasta Averyhardt Joining LPGA Tour
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Dec 29, 2010
Former Jackson State golfer Shasta Averyhardt got a place in history when she qualified for the LPGA Tour.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Sports, Top Stories
Arab Couple Helps Change Foster Family Regulations
The Arab American News, News Report, Posted: Dec 29, 2010
Michigan has passed a law giving special priority consideration to relatives when The Department of Human Services places children into foster care.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern
Tags: foster care, Michigan, new law, priority, relatives
L.A. Sees Big Drop in Killings, but Homicide Hotspots Remain
L.A. Beez/New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Dec 29, 2010
As the murder rate falls to a 43-year low in the city overall, it remains stubbornly high in some areas—and the L.A. Times coverage fails to explain why.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: crime, homicide, killings, LAPD, los angeles times, media coverage, police
When the Holidays Stopped Being Fun
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 29, 2010
At some point in everyone’s life the fantasy of the winter holidays begins to fade and Christmas loses its luster.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: christmas, juvenile hall, oakland, youth
Muslim Women Gain Higher Profile in U.S.
New York Times, News Report, Posted: Dec 28, 2010
Tayyibah Taylor founded a glossy magazine, Azizah, to celebrate Muslim women of achievement.
Categories: Ethnic Media in the News, Eye on Egypt
San Francisco Publisher Passes Away
El Bohemio, News Report, Posted: Dec 28, 2010
Fernando "Freddy" Rosado, editor and founder of El Bohemio, passed away last Thursday.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Media
GRANTA Reveals the Power of Latin American Youth
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Dec 28, 2010
Daniel Alarcon speaks of the newest writers out of Latin America.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Ethnicities, Latin America, Latino, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Youth Culture
Tags: granta, latin american youth
Dispatch From Mexico: A Country Turned Upside-Down
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 28, 2010
In a country where elected officials give themselves Christmas bonuses in exchange for unfulfilled promises of justice, anything seems possible.
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: abductions, border, drugcartels, juarez, kidnappings, Mexico, undocumentedimmigrants, unsolvedmurders
Medicaid for Kids: California “Naughty;” 15 Other States “Nice”
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Dec 28, 2010
California will forfeit millions in federal money because it failed to sufficiently boost children's enrollment in Medi-Cal.
Categories: African American, Asian, Chinese, Economy, Front Page, Health, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: california, children's health coverage, CHIP, health care reform, medi-cal, medicaid
Q&A: What the 2010 Census Results Mean for the States
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Dec 28, 2010
Arnold Jackson (above), the census's associate director, discusses new data from the 2010 count and how it will affect the states and the House of Representatives.
Categories: Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: ArnoldJackson, Census, Congress, Latino, reapportionment
Filipino Graduate Student Faces Deportation
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 27, 2010
The student, who is pursuing a doctorate, fled the Philippines 20 years ago with this family, seeking political asylum in the United States.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, South Asian
Tags: DREAM Act, immigration, Philippines, undocumented students
A Life of Service: Getting to Know Oakland Mayor-Elect Jean Quan
New America Media, Interview, Posted: Dec 27, 2010
With her swearing-in ceremony just days away, Oakland mayor-elect Jean Quan sits down for an intimate conversation about family, gender, and her political roots.
Categories: Asian, Elders, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Profiles, Top Stories
Tags: asianamerican, chineseamerican, donperata, JeanQuan, Oakland, Oaklandmayor, rondellums
Decisions, Decisions: The Culture and Psychology of Choice
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Dec 26, 2010
Sheena Iyengar, professor of business at Columbia University, discusses how culture influences how we choose. Does having myriad choices make us happy?
Categories: Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Art of choosing, choice, Sheena Iyengar
In Hard Times, Ghanaians in Italy Find Solace in Evangelical Faith
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 25, 2010
Around Italy, but especially in the north, African immigrants have turned to evangelical Christianity to find community and to weather hard times.
Categories: African, European, Front Page, Immigration, International Affairs, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: evangelicalchurches, Ghana, Ghanaians, immigrants, Italy, Pordenone
Return to Little Saigon
Nguoi Viet, First Person, Posted: Dec 25, 2010
Vietnamese-American woman recounts her re-connection to Little Saigon, learning about herself along the way.
Categories: Asian, Top Stories
Tags: american, community, ethnic, identity, little saigon, modernity, refugees, tradition, vietnamese
China Daily Expands Distribution to Houston
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Dec 24, 2010
China Daily, China's largest English-language newspaper, has expanded its distribution to Houston, Texas, this month after launching in New York City in February 2009.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, Media, News
Tags: China Daily, expands, Houston, welcomed widely
Fighting a War with Music
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Dec 24, 2010
An inspirational collection of stories of people who bring peace through music.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Ethnicities, Latin America, Latino, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Letter from Kolkata: Sobitha and Me
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Dec 24, 2010
I find that class privilege and difference in India isn’t so wrapped up in national identity and race discourse.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: American, caste, class, domestics, india, kokata, labor, laborers, maid service, poor, servants, wealth
The Conversation: Roy and Rodriguez on Don't Ask, Don't Tell
New America Media, Video, Posted: Dec 23, 2010
Richard Rodriguez and Sandip Roy discuss the larger significance of the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video
Tags: DADT, don't ask don't tell, gay
Re-Inventing Parks in the Iron Triangle
Richmond Pulse, Video, Posted: Dec 23, 2010
Though Richmond Calif., has been ranked the 6th most dangerous city in the country, that hasn't stopped residents like Toody Maher from trying to revitalize the Iron Triangle with a new community park called Elm Play Lot.
Categories: African American, Environment, Original NAM Content, Richmond Pulse, Top Stories, Video, Youth Culture
Contruction Workers are the New Chinese Faces in Costa Rica
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Dec 23, 2010
Chinese construction workers made one of the top newsmakers of the year in Costa Rica after showcasing their efficiency in constructing the Costa Rica National Stadium, the largest stadium in Central America.
Categories: Chinese, Front Page, International Affairs
Tags: Chinese in Costa Rica, Chinese workers, Costa Rica, Costa Rica National Stadium
Pearl S. Buck, China's Unlikely Heroine
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Dec 23, 2010
Anchee Min's novel looks at how Pearl S. Buck became a heroine to the Chinese and introduced the West to the East.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Chinese, Ethnicities, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, Top Stories
Tags: anchee min, china, pearl s buck
A New Challenge for Mexico: Expats Gone Wild
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 23, 2010
As if Mexico didn’t have enough problems, now comes a plague of scoundrels, scam artists, and crazies in the form of “expatriates.”
Tags: 2012, Accountablity, american refugees, doomsday believers, expats, mayan calendar, mexico, yucatan
6,000 Filipinos in Afghanistan to Lose Their Jobs
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Dec 23, 2010
Some 6,000 overseas Filipino workers in Afghanistan will lose their jobs by the end of the year.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Fil-Am Grad Student Faces Deportation
Asian Journal, News Report, Posted: Dec 22, 2010
Mark Farrales is now in the Mira Loma Detention Center in Lancaster, facing deportation.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
North Korea at Economic Crossroads
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Dec 22, 2010
North Korea has made international headlines for unexpected military and political actions, but what is not being discussed are the economic developments the country has gained over the past year.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Front Page, International Affairs
Tags: DPRK, economy, North Korea
Boy-Love Scandal Taints Both Americans and Afghans
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 22, 2010
WikiLeaks revelations about U.S. contractors abetting Afghan pedophilia practices are a wake-up call for both Americans and Pashtuns.
Categories: Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Afghanistan, DynCorp, man-boy sex, Pakistan, pedophilia
Why the New Census Figures Do Not Doom Democrats
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 22, 2010
Population shifts and redistricting have Republicans gloating about their prospects in 2012. But Latinos are the fastest-growing demographic—and they vote Democratic.
Categories: African American, Featured Columnists, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012elections, census, Democrats, diversity, GOP, redistricting, Republicans
Futuro incierto para leyes que buscan negar la ciudadanía
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 22, 2010
Un grupo de legisladores quieren negarle la nacionalidad a los hijos de inmigrantes indocumentados.
Categories: NAM en Español
Birthright Citizenship’s Unlikely Road to Supreme Court
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 22, 2010
The battle to deny birthright citizenship to the children of undocumented immigrants is being waged both in Congress and at the state level.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 14thamendment, anchorbabies, birthrightcitizenship, childrenofundocumented
New Orleans—the Incarceration Capital of the U.S.
San Francisco Bayview, News Report, Posted: Dec 22, 2010
New Orleans’s criminal justice system is at a crossroads. The city’s jail, damaged in Katrina, needs to be replaced.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: building, criminal, jail, justice, katrina, new orleans
Christmas Comes with a Heavy Price
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Dec 22, 2010
The holiday season is once again upon us, and despite a deep recession, millions of Americans are preparing to empty their wallets.
Categories: African American, Economy, Intersections, Top Stories
Tags: black friday, christmas, credit, money, recession, spending
Students’ Study Explores a Divided D.C.
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Dec 22, 2010
A study by graduate students at American University’s School of Communications reveals a city that appears to have come undone.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: american university, divided, study, urban, washington d.c.
Activists Tour Georgia Prisons After Protests, Strike
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Dec 22, 2010
On Dec. 9, prisoners at several state corrections facilities refused to work because of poor working and medical conditions.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice
Sueños rotos por la 'caída' del Dream Act
Prensa Hispana, News Report, Posted: Dec 22, 2010
Los jóvenes indocumentados no pierden la esperanza, a pesar del pronóstico desalentador y saber quiénes son los ladrones de su sueño.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: actodelsueno, DREAMAct, dreamact, dreamactspanish, eldreamact
Hotel Migrante
New America Media, Photo Essay, Posted: Dec 22, 2010
En la ola de histeria anti-inmigrante que en este momento esta agarrando de los Estados Unidos, nadie se pregunta: Qué le sucede a los deportados una vez que se envió de regreso a México?
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: deportadas, deportees, immigrants, Mexico
Hotel Migrante— Where Deportees Find Shelter
New America Media, Photo Essay, Posted: Dec 22, 2010
In the wave of anti-immigrant sentiment gripping the United States, no one asks what happens to the deportees once they're sent back to Mexico.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Photo Galleries, Top Stories
Tags: border town, deportees, immigrant, immigration, mexicali, mexico, migrant hotel, migrants
The Mehserle Effect—Vallejo Shooting Tests Era of Police Accountability
New America Media, Video, Posted: Dec 21, 2010
The slaying of Oscar Grant Jr. and conviction of the BART cop who killed him have shaken up the landscape of police and community relations in the Bay Area.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Richmond Pulse, Top Stories
Tags: accountability, black, men, oakland, police, shooting, vallejo
The Conversation: A Sophie's Choice for DREAMers and Anger with Obama
New America Media, Video, Posted: Dec 21, 2010
Why the DREAM Act, even if it had passed, would have put students in a bind, and the liberal anger with Obama.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Economy, Education, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories, Video
Tags: DREAM Act, DREAMers, immigrant students, liberal anger, Obama, tax cuts
N.Y. State Senate Majority Leader Charged with Embezzlement
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 21, 2010
A New York state senator and his son pleaded not guilty to charges of embezzling funds from a New York City health clinic.
Student Debt, Joblessness Rising for Recent Grads
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Dec 21, 2010
Students in the District of Columbia and New Hampshire graduated with the highest average debt levels: $30,033 and $29,443, respectively.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Youth Culture
Tags: black, department of education, district of columbia, georgia, students
Brown Promises Bare-Bones California Budget
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Dec 21, 2010
"The day of reckoning is upon us, and I'm determined to bite the bullet," California Governor-Elect Jerry Brown warns.
Categories: Economy, Education, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Budget, California, education, JerryBrown, publicschools
Minorities More Likely to Light Up Less Often
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 21, 2010
Occasional smokers pose challenges to California’s Tobacco Control Program
Categories: African American, Asian, Health, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: California, disparities, minorities, non-daily, ocassional, smokers, smoking rates, tobacco control program
India's Microfinance Mess
Siliconeer, News Analysis, Posted: Dec 20, 2010
Microfinance institutions were supposed to be the great panacea for the poor. Yet the recent spate of suicides in India suggests something has gone horribly wrong.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, International Affairs, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: India, microfinance, suicide
The "Alive and Free" Prescription to Save Richmond, Calif.
Richmond Pulse, News Report, Posted: Dec 20, 2010
The Alive and Free Training has just been introduced to Richmond, designed to reduce risky behaviors that contribute to violence.
Categories: African American, Audio, Original NAM Content, Richmond Pulse, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: alive and free workshops, omega boys club, richmond, richmond pulse, violence prevention
Killing the DREAM, GOP Risks Kissing the Latino Vote Goodbye
Latinovations, Commentary, Posted: Dec 20, 2010
Without Latinos, Republicans have no chance of winning the White House in 2012—or of remaining a viable party in the long term.
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: 2010Elections, DreamAct, GOP, Latinos, Republicans
Filipinos Urge Support for Duty-Free Act
Asian Journal, News Report, Posted: Dec 20, 2010
Filipino community leaders are supporting a bill that allows the Philippines to export garments to the United States duty-free.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: duty free, garments, HR 3039, jobs United States, legislation, Philippines, SB 3170, trade
The Kiss—The Last Taboo for Gays in the Military
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 20, 2010
Now that ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ is on the verge of repeal, gay people won’t have to hide their sexuality. But can they kiss?
Categories: Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: DADT, don't ask don't tell, gay, gays in the military
DREAM Act muere en el Senado, pero el sueño sigue vivo
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Dec 19, 2010
La propuesta DREAM Act se quedó corta por cinco votos de los 60 necesarios, pero todavía hay señales de esperanza.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: actodelsueno, dreamactspanish, votodreamact
Japan and Germany: Not "Stagnating," But Sustainable
International Politik (Germany), News Analysis, Posted: Dec 19, 2010
Unlike the trickle-down U.S. economy, Japan and Germany have reached an economic steady state in which they do not need roaring growth rates to provide for their people.
Categories: Asian, Economy, European, Front Page, International Affairs, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: economicgrowth, Germany, Japan, PaulKrugman, stagnation, sustainability, trickle-down
DREAMers Wonder What's Next
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Dec 18, 2010
The DREAM Act failed to get the 60 votes it needed to break a Republican filibuster in the Senate, but signs of hope remain.
Categories: Education, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: DREAMAct, dreamact, dreamactvote
DREAM Act Fails in Senate, 55 to 41
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Dec 18, 2010
President Obama called the Senate’s failure to pass the DREAM Act today “incredibly disappointing.”
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: dreamact, education, immigration, law, legalization, obama, senate, undocumented
Portrait of ‘The Monster’ on Death Row
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Dec 18, 2010
“I’m 51 now and I see that everything that hurt me as a kid made me into a monster,” Mauricio Silva told La Opinión.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: deathpenalty, deathrow, mauriciosilva, monster, sanquentin
Why the U.S. Economy Needs Its DREAMers
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Dec 17, 2010
Why are we contemplating deporting DREAM Act kids when the U.S. does not graduate enough home-grown science, math and engineering majors to keep up with demand?
Categories: Asian, Economy, Education, Immigration, Top Stories
Tags: Asian American Justice Center, DREAMact, UCLA, University of California
New America Now: The Art of Choosing Health Care
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Dec 17, 2010
A closer look at the health care battles being waged in courts across the country; how does someone make their most basic choices and how does it affect their lives?
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Chinese, Ethnicities, Health, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: china, elders, Filipino American, health care
End 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Dec 17, 2010
An editorial in La Opinión argues that sexual orientation has nothing to do with a soldier's ability to accomplish a mission.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Tags: don't ask don't tell
U.S. Customs Delays Balikbayan Boxes
Philippine News , News Report, Posted: Dec 17, 2010
Containers from balikbayan box shipping companies have been randomly held amid stepped up security.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: Balikbayan Boxes, filipino, overseas workers, Philippines, remittances
I Tweet, Therefore I Am
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 17, 2010
We are beginning to believe that we do not fully exist without an electronic imprint in the virtual world, a digital projection of ourselves.
Categories: Education, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: digital, empathy, facebook, technology, twitter, virtual
Winning the U.S. Visa Lottery, Losing Faith in the American Dream
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Dec 17, 2010
The K. family from Nepal used to fantasize about immigrating to the U.S. Then they won the "green card" lottery—and found themselves in a harsh new land, adrift and alone.
Categories: Immigration, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, South Asian
Tags: Adhikaar, Diversityvisalottery, greencardlottery, MigrationPolicyInstitute, NigerianCommunityHelpCenter, UpwardlyGlobal
India Protests Pat-down of Envoy at Mississippi Airport
India West, News Report, Posted: Dec 17, 2010
The airport pat-downs in the United States is eliciting howls of protest from the Indian government after its diplomats had to go through it.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Law & Justice, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: airport pat-down, Indian ambassador, TSA
A Doctor's Word: Cholera and Haiti's Continuing Health Nightmare
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Dec 17, 2010
The Obama administration plans to resume deportations to Haiti next month, despite the continuing cholera epidemic. Dr. Andre Vulcain describes the situation on the ground.
Categories: Caribbean, Front Page, Health, Latin America, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: AndreVulcain, cholera, earthquake, Haiti
Beijing Dances to the Rhythm of Bollywood
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Dec 16, 2010
While Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is visiting India, a few of thousand Indians settled in China were interviewed to share their experiences living on the other side of the Himalayas.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnicities, Front Page, International Affairs
Tags: Bollywood, China, India, Indians in China
New Frontier for Organizing: Youth and Elders, Working Hand in Hand
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 16, 2010
Youth and elders are bearing the brunt of a deep economic crisis. This creates a new opportunity for the generations to work together for change.
Categories: Elders, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: generationy, organizing, recesssion, youthmovement, youthofcolors, youthunitedforcommunityaction
Why the Dump-Obama Movement Could Be a Disaster for Democrats
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 16, 2010
When sitting presidents face serious intra-party challenges, the ruling party almost always loses the White House. Is that really what progressives want?
Categories: Economy, Featured Columnists, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012, Democrats, GOP, Nader, Obama, one-termpresident, Republicans, tax deal
Asian-American Students in Limbo as DREAM Act Dies Again
Pacific Citizen, News Report, Posted: Dec 16, 2010
A San Francisco undocumented student gets some reprieve from a U.S. senator, but the hopes of others are still daunting.
Categories: Asian, Education, Immigration, Top Stories
Tags: asian, congress, dreamact, education, immigration, law, senate, students, undocumented
Re-Engaging California's Citizens: A Six-Step Plan
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Dec 16, 2010
What can be done to mend the relationship between the people of California and their public officials? Here are some critical first steps:
Categories: Economy, Education, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: reform, reinventingCalifornia, sixsteps
Re-engaging California's Citizens: The Real Job of Reform
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Dec 16, 2010
If the Golden State is to flourish once more, its people will need to re-engage—not just as voters and taxpayers, but as thought leaders and responsible citizens.
Categories: Economy, Education, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: budget, california, JerryBrown, Proposition13, reform, taxpayers, ThreeStrikes
Korean Media: Killing the DREAM Act is 'Un-American'
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: Dec 15, 2010
“Targeting undocumented youth,” the Korea Daily editorial states, “is flatly un-American and violates the principles of this country.”
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Politics & Governance
WikiLeaks: South Philippines Rising Terror Haven
GMANews.tv, News Report, Posted: Dec 15, 2010
A leaked cable message from U.S. diplomats in Australia in 2008 said the southern Philippines was emerging as a new terrorist haven.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Barbara Lee, CBC: Obama/GOP Tax Deal Harms Blacks
Washington Informer, News Report, Posted: Dec 15, 2010
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-California), who chairs the Congressional Black Caucus, said that an “overwhelming majority” of the group opposes the tax plan.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: barbara lee, black people, cbc, plan gop, tax
Hail No! NY Taxi Union Leader Urges Drivers to Racially Profile
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Dec 15, 2010
At a press conference held on Wednesday on the steps of City Hall, several Black and Latino organizations spoke out against union leaders call.
Father of 3-Year-Old Awaiting Heart Transplant Faces Deportation
The Arab American News, News Report, Posted: Dec 15, 2010
Amin Alhawati of Dearborn, Michigan, is facing deportation and separation from his four U.S.-born children. His youngest is awaiting a heart transplant.
Categories: Immigration, Middle Eastern, Top Stories
Tags: Arab, Immigration, Muslim
Fallo de corte en Va. no detendrá reforma de salud
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 15, 2010
Una juez en Virginia dictaminó el lunes que el requisito de que todos los individuos tengan cobertura médica es anticonstitucional.
Categories: NAM en Español
Terrorama: The Next Congress Will See Terror in Everything
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 15, 2010
In the new Congress, the issue of immigration will gain potency as it melds into the rhetoric of terror.
Categories: Immigration, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: immigration, newcongress, republicancongress, steveking, terrorism
Bangladeshi Elders “Imprisoned” by U.S. Culture
New America Media/Bangla Patrika, News Feature, Posted: Dec 15, 2010
Older immigrants from Bangladesh feel “imprisoned” by U.S. life with its loose family bonds, constant movement and little to do outside of the mosque.
Categories: Elders, Immigration, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Bangladeshi, elder, immigrants, mental health, Muslim
Defendants Charged in Swastika Branding
Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: Dec 14, 2010
Federal hate-crime charges have been filed against three men accused of using a heated wire hanger to burn a swastika into the arm of a 22-year-old mentally challenged Navajo man.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Indigenous, Law & Justice
Where's All That Tea Party Outrage Now?
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Dec 14, 2010
Rand Paul, the anti-civil rights, Kentucky Tea Party hero, can't be too thrilled about the deal that President Obama just struck with the Republicans.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: congress, deal, obama, republicans, ron paul, tea party
Tax Cuts Extended, but the Rich Still Get Richer
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Dec 14, 2010
On Monday, Obama reached a deal with Republican leaders that would extend tax cuts, including Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy.
Categories: Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Food, Urban Farms and Our Survival
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Dec 14, 2010
Citizens are tackling the lack of access to healthy foods, the overall food shortage and its correlation to sickness, disease and even death.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Health, Intersections
Tags: black people, chicago, farms, food, urban
Clock Running Out on Child Care for 55,000 California Children
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Dec 14, 2010
Parents of 55,000 children in California will lose childcare support at the end of January if the state legislature does not reinstate funds for Cal Works
Categories: African American, Education, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: brown, care, child, funds. cal works, schwarzenegger
"Purple Drank" Addiction Sweeps the Inner City
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 14, 2010
Young people are mixing Sprite with prescription-strength codeine cough syrup to make a legal but deadly concoction.
Categories: African American, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: codeine, lean, prescriptiondrugs, purpledrank
Six Years for Illegally Hiring 39 Filipinos
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Dec 14, 2010
Two Filipino American business partners from Florida have been sentenced to more than four years of imprisonment after a U.S. court found them guilty of forced labor conspiracy against 39 overseas Filipino workers.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: business, Filipino American, Florida, forced labor, four years imprisonment
Asian-American Men Discriminated Against In Job Market
8Asians.Com, News Report, Posted: Dec 14, 2010
A new study finds that Asian-American men are discriminated against in the job market, resulting in lower pay comparedwith similarly qualified white men.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Va. Court Ruling Unlikely to Derail Health Care Reform
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 14, 2010
Despite legal challenges and Republican threats, new consumer protections will continue to benefit patients and their families.
Categories: Elders, Front Page, Health, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: affordablecareact, healthcarereform, insurance, Obama, pre-existingconditions, prescriptiondrugs
Sudan and Africa Need Unity
The Final Call, Commentary, Posted: Dec 13, 2010
Africa needs a strong African Union or indeed, a United States of Africa. The last thing it needs is another country, says contributor Hodari Abdul-Ali.
Categories: African, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Africa, Civil War, Darfur, Foreign Policy, Sudan
Hollywood Stars Promote Korea's Cuisine
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: Dec 13, 2010
Heather Graham of erstwhile Boogie Nights fame, and actor Hugh Jackman are scheduled to appear in an upcoming PBS documentary titled, Kimchi Chronicles. The Hollywood stars are the latest in a line of celebrities promoting Korean cuisine’s newfound popularity.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: Hollywood, Kimchi Chronicles, Korea cuisine, popularity, promote
Arab Media Wonder: Where Are the WikiLeaks Cables Critical of Israel?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Dec 13, 2010
Many Arab journalists are wondering why none of the recently released WikiLeaks cables are critical of Israel, despite the controversy surrounding its wars in Lebanon and Gaza.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Arabstates, BenjaminNetanyahu, cables, Gulfstates, Iran, Iraq, Israel, WikiLeaks
Meet Betty Dukes, the Black Woman Who's Taking on Walmart
The Root, News Feature, Posted: Dec 13, 2010
Betty Dukes, 60, is the face of the largest gender-bias class-action lawsuit in U.S. history. Now the U.S. Supreme Court has decided to take the case.
Categories: African American, Economy, Elders, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Profiles, Top Stories
Tags: BettyDukes, classaction, genderdiscrimination, wagediscrimination, Walmart
Obama’s Tax Deal Could Jeopardize Social Security
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Dec 13, 2010
President Obama’s tax deal includes a dangerous provision that could use to further their longtime goal of undermining Social Security.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Front Page, Health, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: NancyAltman, Obama, payrolltaxholiday, Republicans, socialsecurity
What Happens When a Charter School Fails?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 13, 2010
Charter schools are opening at a record rate, winning kudos from many education reformers. But what happens when a school fails?
Categories: Education, Fellowships, Front Page, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: AnimoJusticeCharterHighSchool, Charterschools, education, GreenDot, LAUSD
Black Publisher Files Complaint Over School District's Call for Ad Boycott
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 12, 2010
Colorado newspaper argues that school superintendent has violated Civil Rights Act by urging businesses not to advertise.
Categories: African American, Economy, Education, Front Page, Law & Justice, Media, Politics & Governance
Tags: advertisingboycott, AfricanAmericanVoice, HarrisonSchoolDistrict, JamesTucker, MikeMiles
Bill Grants Pakistanis Temp. Legal Status
Pakistan Link, News Report, Posted: Dec 11, 2010
A bill has been introduced to provide Temporary Legal Status to qualifying Pakistanis in the United States, in the wake of the floods in that country.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Multi-ethnic, South Asian
Tags: Haiti earthquake, Pakistan floods, pakistani americans, temporary legal status, TLP
As DREAM Fades, a D.C. Nonprofit Gives Kids Hope—and Help
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Dec 11, 2010
A benefit for the Esperanza Education Fund featuring the flamenco guitarist Grisha Goryachev highlights the music of the nation-less and education against the odds.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Front Page, Immigration, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: dreamact, esperanzaeducationfund, flamenco, GrigoryGoryachev, Grisha
Uncertain Future for Black Seniors Facing Foreclosure in Las Vegas
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 11, 2010
Southern Nevada has the highest foreclosure rate in the country, and people of color have been disproportionately affected.
Categories: African American, Economy, Elders, Fellowships, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
'Most Nations' Oppose Peace Prize to Liu, China Says
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Dec 10, 2010
China urges U.S.lawmakers to stop any activities on the Liu Xiaobo issue and to change their arrogant and rude attitude.
Categories: Chinese, Front Page, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: China, Jiang Yu, Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize, US
Helen Thomas Wrongly Condemned as "Anti-Semitic"
Arab Detroit, Commentary, Posted: Dec 10, 2010
Helen Thomas has been increasingly identified as Anti-Semitic, but many Americans are unaware her Lebanese ancestry draws her back to the very roots of her many critics.
Categories: Front Page, Media, Middle Eastern
Tags: Anti-Semite, Arab, Helen Thomas
Philippines Says Nobel Absence Is Not a Boycott
abs-cbnNEWS.com, News Report, Posted: Dec 10, 2010
Manila has come under fire from global human rights advocates who allege that the Philippines government is bowing to pressure from China, a key economic ally.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, Multi-ethnic
Tags: human rights, manila, nobel prize, philippines
Don't Ask, Don't Dream
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Dec 10, 2010
In the eyes of at least 40 U.S. senators, undocumented immigrants and gays are equally pariahs. At least the Senate was even-handed.
Categories: Education, Featured Columnists, Immigration, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: dadt, education, homosexuality, illegal, immigrants, immigration, justice, law, military
Chinese Media: Confucius Peace Prize Is a Joke
New America Media, Roundup, Posted: Dec 10, 2010
Boycotting the Nobel Peace Prize will only serve to damage China’s international image, according to Chinese media reports.
New America Now: Chinese Culture Travels West, Again
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Dec 10, 2010
Ethnic Media Watch discusses the early Census results and we talk to a man who works hard to bridge the gap between Asian- and African-Americans.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Chinese, Education, Ethnicities, Latino, Law & Justice, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Sections, Top Stories
Tags: african-american youth, census, culture is our weapon, greg taylor, latino youth, oakland post
To Combat Violence in Richmond: Let's Build a School
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 10, 2010
If you don't build the education facility, you're gonna have to end up building another jail.
Categories: African American, Education, Law & Justice, Richmond Pulse, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: achievement, african-american, california, deaths, drugs, guns, jail, richmond, violence, youth
The Conversation with Roy and Rodriguez: El Ponchis and Take Back Yoga
New America Media, Video, Posted: Dec 10, 2010
Can El Ponchis, the 14-year-old Mexican American accused of being a contract killer for cartels be called a child soldier? And can you really take back yoga?
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Sports, Top Stories, Video
Tags: 14 year old Mexican american, drug cartel, El Ponchis, yoga
Hate Crime Enhancements Filed in Attack on Sikh Cabdriver
India West, News Report, Posted: Dec 10, 2010
Hate crime enhancements were filed against two men accused of assaulting a Sikh cabdriver in Sacramento. But community observers worry they might be bargained away.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, South Asian
Tags: cabdriver, harbhajan singh, hate crime, Sikh
Is ICE Nabbing the Wrong People?
Filipino Express, News Report, Posted: Dec 10, 2010
Between 2004 and 2009, immigration courts turned down one out of every four cases for removal filed by ICE, according to a new report.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, South Asian
Tags: court, deportation, ICE, rejection rate, removal
Philippine Official Denies RP Sending Rep to Nobel Rites
GMA News.TV, News Report, Posted: Dec 09, 2010
A Philippine official refutes reports that the country has changed its mind and is sending a representative to the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Norway tomorrow after being criticized for its decision to skip the event.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, International Affairs, Multi-ethnic
Tags: China, Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, Norway, Philippines, Philippines boycott of Nobel Peace Prize
Filipinos Sue Hospital Over English-Only Rule
GMANews.TV, News Report, Posted: Dec 09, 2010
Dozens of Filipino hospital workers in California sued their hospital employer for banning them from speaking Tagalog on the job.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic
Tags: civil rights, delano, filipinos, kern county, labor, nurses
Cap and Trade Could Generate Billions for California
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 09, 2010
Next week, California regulators will act on the state's climate change law that limits greenhouse gas
Categories: Economy, Environment, Top Stories
Tags: AB 32, business, cap and trade, carbon, economy california, emission, pollution, tax breaks, voters
WikiLeaks Reveals China's View of Tibet and Taiwan
Sing Tao Daily, News Report, Posted: Dec 09, 2010
Chinese leaders have different opinions about Taiwan, but they all seem to agree on a tough stance on Tibet.
Categories: Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Tags: china, taiwan, tibet, wikileakschina
Dream Act or No: I Will Still Dream On
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Dec 09, 2010
The way I look at it , I don’t need the DREAM Act for me to live my American dream. I will always be a dreamer, no matter what.
Categories: Education, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: access, citizenship, deportation, dream act, education, illegal, immigration, law, legal, senate, students
Progressives Are Blowing Hot Air Over Obama’s Tax Cut Deal
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 09, 2010
Despite what liberal Democrats think—or wish—Obama had no choice but to hold his nose and make the deal on tax cuts.
Categories: African American, Economy, Featured Columnists, Front Page, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: congress, cuts, deal, obama, republican, rich, senate, tax
Indigenous Activist Accepts Cabinet Post in Oaxaca
Vida en el Valle, News Report, Posted: Dec 09, 2010
The life of Rufino Domínguez Santos - and the estimated 700,000 Oaxacans who reside in California - changed when, on the day after Thanksgiving, the Fresno activist received a phone call.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Indigenous, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: CBDIO, Farmworker, Fresno, Immigration, Indigenous, Mexico, Oaxaca, RufinoDominguez
California High-Speed Rail Project Bypassing Minority Businesses?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 08, 2010
One of the largest public works projects in the country is leaving out minority-owned businesses.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Stimulus Watch
Two Chinese Among World's Top 25 Philanthropists
Sing Tao Daily, News Report, Posted: Dec 08, 2010
Barron 's, America's premier financial magazine, has selected 25 philanthropists in the world in 2010, and two Chinese people are among them.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: Chinese, Huang Ru-Lan, philanthropists, top, Two, world, Yu Pang-lin
Ciudad Juarez: A Photographic Testimony of Pain
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Dec 08, 2010
Guillermo Cervantes, a history professor, set out to document the story of Mexico's deadliest city .
Categories: Latino, Law & Justice, Profiles, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: action, authorities, ciudajuarez, deaths, mexico, murder, narco, violence
Slaves, Experiments & Dr. Marion Sims's Statue: Should It Stay or Go?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 08, 2010
Sims’s contributions to the field of gynecology are revered by many, but reviled by those who know of the pain endured by female slaves.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice, Science & Technology
Tags: black, controversy, Marion Sims, science, slavery, statue, women
Woman Found Guilty of Killing Two Arab Americans Gets Three Years Probation
The Arab American News, News Report, Posted: Dec 07, 2010
The woman found guilty of killing two Dearborn residents last May in a car accident has been sentenced to three years' probation.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Middle Eastern
Tags: 3 years probation, car accident, Dearborn residents, guilty, killing, woman
Wisdom and Bayonets: Chinese Scholars Reveal Longevity Secrets
Sing Tao Daily/New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Dec 07, 2010
Honored at 80, Yung-ping "Bing" Chen recalled his childhood survival of war. He and other Chinese scholars revealed findings—and wisdom—at a recent conference.
Tags: Chinese, economics, elders, pension, social work
Vietnamese Cops Suspended As Sex Workers Footage Goes Online
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 07, 2010
Police in Quang Ninh Province have promised to investigate a case involving six police officers who have been suspended for their alleged involvement in spreading a clip of two nude sex workers on the Internet recently.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Law & Justice
El Acto del Sueño: La expectativa continua
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 07, 2010
Los sueños de muchos jóvenes siguen en espera y la batalla por conseguir el acto del sueño se extiende
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: dreamact, dreamactspanish
드림법안은 여러분의 도움이 필요합니다
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Dec 07, 2010
소수민 언론연합인 뉴어메리카미디어는 드림법안 (DREAM Act) 통과 촉구를 위해 여러분의 참여를 부탁드립니다.
Tags: dreamactkorean
El DREAM Act te necesita
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Dec 07, 2010
New America Media urge a su audiencia a sumarse a un llamado nacional para actuar a favor del DREAM Act.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: dreamactspanish
"Snitch"— A YO!TV Motion Picture
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Dec 07, 2010
This summer, YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia worked with 10 young people from the Bay Area to teach them how to write, produce, shoot and edit a short film.
Categories: African American, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: career, crime, jobs, money, movie, short film, snitch, success, YO! Youth Outlook, youth
Violencia en Juárez: Más allá de la versión oficial
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 07, 2010
Más de 7,000 personas han sido asesinadas en Ciudad Juárez desde 2008. Y más de 30,000 personas en la llamada guerra contra el narcotráfico. Mientras el gobierno mexicano dice estar ganando esta guerra,
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: 000 personas en la llamada guerra contra el narcotráfico. Mientras el gobierno mexicano dice estar ganando esta guerra, 000 personas han sido asesinadas en Ciudad Juárez desde 2008. Y más de 30, veteransuicides
San Jose City Report Denies Excessive Force Is a Problem
SiIicon Valley De-Bug, Video, Posted: Dec 07, 2010
San Jose's city manager found that the police department does not have a problem with officers using excessive force.
Categories: Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, Video
Tags: brutality, excessive force, police, resisting arrest, san jose, santa clara, shooting death, taser
Ticketing for Truancy: Improvement or Imprisonment?
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Dec 07, 2010
Students who do not alert their parents to the existence of the tickets risk having their driver’s licenses suspended, and of course, fees continue to accrue.
Categories: Education, Front Page, Law & Justice, Youth Culture
Tags: access, education, los angeles, parents, police, truancy
夢想法案需要你的支持
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Dec 06, 2010
新美國傳媒，全美最大型的少數族裔媒體網絡， 呼籲其讀者加入支持通過夢想法案的行動。
Tags: dreamactchinese
The DREAM Act Needs YOU
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Dec 06, 2010
New America Media urges its audiences to join the national call for action on the DREAM Act.
WikiLeaks: "Mexico a Threat to U.S. Security"
El Universal, News Report, Posted: Dec 06, 2010
Mexico is the only part of Latin America that presents a threat to American security, according to a cable released by WikiLeaks.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Media
Tags: wikileaks, wikileaksbrazil, wikileakscolombia, wikileakslatinamerica, wikileaksmexico
Filipino Workers Push Big Claim vs. Cheney-Linked Firm
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Dec 06, 2010
Some 2,300 overseas Filipino workers on Monday urged the Philippine Supreme Court to act on their appeal in connection with the 27-year-old case they filed against a Texas-based giant company associated with the Halliburton Group of Companies that was headed by former U.S. Vice President Richard "Dick" Cheney.
Tags: Dick Cheney, Haliburton Group, lawsuit, overseas Filipinos, Philippine Supreme Court
In California, Students Fight For Public Education
Neon Tommy , News Report, Posted: Dec 06, 2010
Ricardo Gomez has been arrested twice for standing up for what he believes in.The 21-year-old student is part of a growing student movement fighting tuition increases in the 10-campus system.
Categories: Education, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: californiaeducation, richardo gomez, student protests, student tuition increases, uc system
The DREAM Act—Shrinking Towards Reality
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 06, 2010
Tinkering with the DREAM Act eligibility requirement could shrink the pool of beneficiaries. But a lot of young people never get close to the DREAM in the first place.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Economy, Front Page, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: DREAM Act, immigration
Rio Crackdown—Cleaning Up Drug Gangs to Create the Olympic City
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 06, 2010
An eruption of drug-related violence and a crackdown by security forces are both related to Brazil's efforts to show it is safe and stable in advance of the World Cup and Olympics.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Sports
Tags: 2014WorldCup, 2016 Olympics, AmnestyInternational, Brazil, druggangs, drugviolence, EliteSquad, favelas, milicias, militias, RiodeJaniero, UPPs
The Conversation with Roy and Rodriguez: WikiLeaking and Holiday Shopping
New America Media, Video, Posted: Dec 05, 2010
Richard Rodriguez and Sandip Roy take on the WikiLeaks fallout and the great face-off between Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
Categories: Economy, Media, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: black Friday, cyber monday, WikiLeaks
Unemployment Falling in Louisiana, But Not for All
El Tiempo New Orleans, News Report, Posted: Dec 05, 2010
Unemployment rates remain higher for Latino immigrants, many of whom came to rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: latinounemployment, louisianaunemployment, neworleans, neworleansjobs, unemploymentrate
Cancun: Mexico's Suicide Capital
ColorLines, News Feature, Posted: Dec 05, 2010
The Climate Change conference is underway in Cancun. But migration, much of it because of climate change, has made it Mexico's suicide capital.
Categories: Environment, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Indigenous, Latino
Tags: Cancun, climate change, immigration
Wikileaks Saga: While Western Hubris Exposed, Arab Leaders Most Despicable
The Arab American News, Editorial, Posted: Dec 04, 2010
Perhaps the most condemnation in the wake of the most recently released Wikileaks information should be reserved for Arab dictators.
Categories: Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
From Civil War to Gang Warfare—a Memoir
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Dec 04, 2010
As a young boy, Randy Ertll went from living in the midst of the Salvadorian civil war to the gang wars that raged on the streets of South Central L.A.
Categories: Audio, Ethnicities, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Multimedia, News, Sections, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: civil war, el salvador
Democratic Pollster: Don't Blame Young Voters for Midterm Debacle
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Dec 04, 2010
"Droppers" and "Switchers" remain inclined to support Obama in 2012, but balancing moderates' fears with liberals' disenchantment will be the Democrats' biggest challenge.
Categories: Economy, Featured Columnists, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2010Elections, Democrats, GOP, independents, liberals, moderates, Obama, poll, youthvote
Expert: Failed Debt Plan Could Still Come Back to Haunt Ethnic Elders
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Dec 04, 2010
President Obama's debt panel may have failed to pass its sweeping plan, but—one expert warns—ethnic elders and their advocates should not let down their guard.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Front Page, Health, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Debt panel, debtcommission, Medicaid, Medicare, Obama, socialsecurity, taxcuts
Rangel Got What He Had Coming, but Others in Congress Won't
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 04, 2010
The media crucifixion of Rangel absolves Congress of having to take any real action against other corrupt lawmakers—and there are many.
Categories: African American, Featured Columnists, Front Page, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: blacks, censure, CharlesRangel, Congress, corruption, Democrats, ethics, GOP, MaxineWaters, Pelosi
Somali Community Abuzz About Accused Oregon Bomber’s Secrets
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 03, 2010
Friends and acquaintances of the 19-year-old Somali American accused of a bombing plot in Oregon wonder whether they knew him at all.
Categories: African, Immigration, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
WikiLeaks: U.S. Concerned Over Mexican Drug War
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Dec 03, 2010
The U.S. government considers the Mexican Army “slow” and “risk averse,” according to documents released by WikiLeaks.
WikiLeaks: U.S. Concerned Over Mexican Drug War
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Dec 03, 2010
The U.S. government considers the Mexican Army “slow” and “risk averse,” according to documents released by WikiLeaks.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Media, War & Conflict
Twenty Years in America and Still Trying to Become an American
San Jose Beez , Commentary, Posted: Dec 03, 2010
On the heels of a Congressional vote on the Dream Act, a bill that would offer a path to legalization for some immigrant youth, one San Jose writer shares his story of being undocumented and American.
Categories: Immigration, Top Stories
Tags: dream act, dreamers, immigration, undocumented
Black, Native Farmers Win in the House of Representatives
Amsterdam News, News Analysis, Posted: Dec 03, 2010
The House of Representatives passed the Claims Settlement Act, providing funding for claims brought by Black and Native American farmers.
Categories: African American, Economy, Indigenous, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bill, black, farmers, lawsuits, native, settlements, us house of representatives
Add the Scott Sisters to Mississippi's List of Injustice
Black America Web, Commentary, Posted: Dec 03, 2010
These sisters have been in prison for 16 years – doing double life sentences for their alleged part in a robbery, $11 was taken and no one was hurt.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice
Tags: jail, jamie and gladys scott, mississippi, robbery, sentence
African-American Achievement Gap to Disappear in 40 Years
Pittsburgh Courier, News Report, Posted: Dec 03, 2010
The latest report by A+ Schools revealed that the achievement gap between White and Black students continues to decrease.
Categories: African American, Education, Intersections, Top Stories
Tags: achievement, african-american, education, gap, students
Poverty on the Rise in America
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Dec 03, 2010
In 2009, 14.3 percent of all people in the U.S. lived in poverty, according to the National Poverty Center.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections
Tags: black, obama. economy, poverty, unemployment
Proposed Casino Gives Hope for Jobs to Some Richmond Youth
Richmond Pulse, Audio, Posted: Dec 03, 2010
While Richmond, California may be plagued with high crime rates and low unemployment the news of a potential casino has given hope to one young man who thinks will give Richmond a much needed economic boost.
Categories: African American, Audio, Economy, Original NAM Content, Richmond Pulse, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: casino, jobs, money, Richmond, Richmond pulse, violence, youth
New America Now: WikiLeaks Turns the Media Upside Down
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Dec 03, 2010
A different look at the future of the WikiLeaks; a one-woman show in print and Latin American youth who're changing literature.
Categories: African, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Sections, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Big Media Fails Its “Moment of Truth” on Debt Panel Report
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 03, 2010
National media is failing Americans in its coverage of President Obama’s debt commission, which is calling for cuts in programs like Social Security.
Categories: Economy, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Debt panel, Medicare, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, New York Times, Social Security
Free Johannes Mehserle Now
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 02, 2010
The trial Johannes Mehserle gave many hope that justice would be served. Now one African American man thinks he should just be freed.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Johannes Mehserle, Oakland, Oscar Grant
Why Some on the Internet Are Starting to Wonder—Is WikiLeaks for Real?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 02, 2010
Leaked documents bolster the status quo in Washington while turning the U.S. into a "victim" and deflecting attention from its vast internal problems—hmmm.
Tags: CIA, conspiracytheory, Iran, IraqWar, NSA, U.S.intelligence, Wikileaks
Fresno - Young artists to unveil new West Fresno mural on Saturday, Dec. 4th
New America Media, Event, Posted: Dec 02, 2010
“Let’s make Fresno a better place” is the theme for a new youth mural that stretches across the length of the historic Louie Kee Market at Tulare and B Streets in West Fresno. After five months of planning, priming, painting and spraying, young artists and community members will put the finishing touches on a grocery store painting that depicts young people, community pride and well-known Fresno landmarks.
Categories: Events
Tags: Celebration, Fresno, Mural
Tech-Savvy Teens Too Stressed to Text
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Commentary, Posted: Dec 02, 2010
In the digital age, technology is supposed to make life easier, but researchers have found that stress related to tech has grown among young people.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: facebook, stress, technology, youth
Louisiana AG Pledges Help for Filipino Teachers
Filamstar.net, News Report, Posted: Dec 02, 2010
The Louisiana Attorney General’s Office has assured its support for the teachers in securing U visas, which would allow them to continue working in the United States.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Multi-ethnic
Tags: conspiracytheory, filipinos, labor, louisiana, teachers
Calif. Approves Pesticide for Strawberries, Vineyards
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 02, 2010
But many environmentalists insist that methyl iodide, a gas, is hazardous to farm workers and consumers.
Categories: Environment, Front Page, Health, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: CaliforniaDepartmentofPesticideRegulation, farmworker health, fumigant, grapes, methyliodide, pesticide, strawberries, vineyards, wine
Documenting the Forgotten Faces of India's AIDS Orphans
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Dec 02, 2010
Retired Dr. Donna Guenther has been traveling to India for many years, working with—and photographing—some of the AIDS pandemic's most vulnerable victims.
Categories: Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Health, International Affairs, Multimedia, Original NAM Content, Photo Galleries, Richmond Pulse, Science & Technology, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: DonnaGuenther, ForgottenFacesofAIDS, HIV/ AIDS, India, photographs
A Doctor's Word: 1-800 Service Offers Cancer Patients a Lifeline
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Dec 02, 2010
The National Cancer Institute's help line offers free information and advice on all types of cancer, in Spanish and English. But many ethnic patients don't know it exists.
Categories: Elders, Front Page, Health, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology
Tags: Cancer, CancerInformationService, helpline, NationalCancerInstitute
WikiLeaks Exposes Al Jazeera's Achilles’ Heel: Qatar vs. Iran
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Dec 01, 2010
What's most telling about Al Jazeera's reaction to the WikiLeaks is what it did not talk about.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Al Jazeera, Arab Media, Iran, Saudi Arabia, WikiLeaks
Health Officials Dispel Fears About Flu Vaccine for Pregnant Women
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 01, 2010
CDC and other experts reiterate: Flu vaccine "the best single way to protect the mother and the baby in her womb."
Categories: Ethnicities, Front Page, Health, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology
The Future of the Internet: What Artists, Entrepreneurs, Communities Could Lose
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 01, 2010
Rappers and independent filmmakers feel their artistic freedom might be at stake in the fight over an open Internet.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Caribbean, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: independent film, Internet, net neutrality, open internet, rap
The Flu Vaccine—A Shot in the Arm for an Ailing Economy
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 01, 2010
Flu shots not only protect lives but also generate significant economic benefits, saving as much as $42 billion in direct and indirect costs.
Categories: African American, Health, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: CDC, Chicago, flu vaccine