Captured Pirates Rave About S. Korean Prison Food
Dong A Daily, News Report, Posted: Jan 31, 2011
Five Somali pirates, now detained in the South Korean port city of Busan, are said to be enjoying the country's hospitality, reports the Korean-language Dong-a Daily
Categories: African, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: africa, arabian sea, international affair, korea, pirates, somalia
Philippine People Power in Egypt: Marcos & Mubarak
INQUIRER.net, Op-ed, Posted: Jan 31, 2011
Pimentel opines that the Egyptian uprising may be reminding Filipinos why the February 1986 People Power Revolution that overthrew the Marcos dictatorship remains significant.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Network, Eye on Egypt , Front Page, International Affairs, Intersections, Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance
Tags: Egypt, Marcos, Mubarak, People Power Revolution, Philippines
Tech Gadgets Galore at San Francisco's MacWorld
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jan 31, 2011
YO!TV headed over to the San Francisco's Moscone Center to get our fill of the latest tech gadgets available for Apple users.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Front Page, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Youth Culture
Tags: apple, macworld, san francisco, technology
Study: Asian Women Hesitate to Address Sexual Health Issues
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: Jan 31, 2011
Asian women hesitate to address sexual health issues. More work is needed in terms of education and increasing the lines of communication.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Health
Tags: asian, cervical cancer, health, pap smear, sexual, ucla, women
Black Men Say Doctor’s Visits Are Often a Bad Experience
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 31, 2011
African-American men avoid going to the doctor because they find the visits stressful and often unhelpful.
Categories: African American, Elders, Health, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: african american, black men, community, doctor, education, health, stress, trust
Roy and Rodriguez: Homeward Bound
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jan 30, 2011
Richard Rodriguez and Sandip Roy on going back home, and the "Sophie's choice" between aging mothers and aging dogs.
Categories: Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: India, Kolkata, Richard Rodriguez, Sandip Roy
Binna’s Story: From Hell to Hope
Koream, News Feature, Posted: Jan 30, 2011
Overnight, she lost her entire family—by her father’s hand. He tried to kill her, too. This is Binna Kim‘s journey from Hell to Hope.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: belief, binna kim, church, community, family, korean, murder, religion, suicide, survival
Google Goes After U.S. Hispanic Market
MediaPost, News Report, Posted: Jan 29, 2011
Google has created a "specialist team" to focus on the U.S. Latino market.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Science & Technology
Tags: google, googleenespanol, googlehispanic, googlelatinos, hispanicinternet, latinointernet
No Longer About Bread—Egyptians Want Mubarak's Head
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 29, 2011
Egyptians are not agitating for more bread. They are hungry for something just as basic and important—freedom
Categories: Economy, Eye on Egypt , Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: cairo, dictatorship, egypt, freedom, mubarack, revolution, uprising
Obama Defiant, Optimistic on Health Care Reform
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 29, 2011
President Obama's remarks on health care reform made it clear his focus is on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
Categories: African American, Health, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: ACA, affordable care act, bill, health reform, house, legislation, obama, senate, washington
Egypt Uprising "As Serious as a Heart Attack"
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Jan 29, 2011
"The Egyptian people have been inspired by Tunisia and are not going to stop until President Mubarak steps down," says Mideast expert Dina Ibrahim.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , Front Page, International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Cairo, Egypt, Mubarak, MuslimBrotherhood, uprising
Obama Sends the Right Signal on the Drug War
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 29, 2011
President Obama said in a recent YouTube Town Hall that “drug legalization is a legitimate topic for debate.” Now he needs to back up those words with action.
Categories: African American, Featured Columnists, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: drug reform, drugwars, medicalmarijuana, obama
Asian Americans See Big Loss in Home Equity
AsianWeek, News Report, Posted: Jan 29, 2011
Asian Americans are disproportionately affected by the housing bubble because of population concentrations in markets such as Los Angeles, Chicago and New York.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Bay Area Arabs Follow Egypt Protests on Facebook, Twitter
New America Media/Bay Citizen, News Report, Posted: Jan 28, 2011
New technologies spread excitement and hope among Arab nations and the diaspora, especially to many here in the Bay Area.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: arab americans, bay area, cairo, egypt, protest, san francisco, twitter
Mubarak, in the Footsteps of the Shah
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jan 28, 2011
As he faces the wrath of his people, Egypt's president sounds uncannily like the Shah of Iran at the end of his reign.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , Front Page, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: cairo, dictatorship, egypt, iran, mubarack, revolution, shah, speech
Egyptian American Worries About Homeland, Relatives
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Jan 28, 2011
Egyptian American publisher Ahmed Tharwet says he's worried for his relatives in Cairo who are taking part in the protest.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , Front Page, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern
Tags: arab, cairo, egypt, facebook, media, mubarack, revolution, social network, twitter
Gay Ugandan's Murder Blamed on U.S. Evangelicals
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 28, 2011
After gay rights activist David Kato was bludgeoned to death with a hammer, American evangelicals will have a hard time convincing the world that they are not to blame.
Categories: African, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: Christian, DavidKato, evangelical, hatespeech, homosexuality, Scottlively, Uganda
Split Verdict for Ex-Cops in Shenandoah, Pa.
El Diario/La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Jan 28, 2011
A jury issued a split verdict Thursday against three former police officers accused of obstructing justice in the probe of a fatal beating of an immigrant.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice
A Reminder to President Obama: Don't Forget Immigration Reform
El Diario/La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Jan 28, 2011
An op-ed in El Diario/La Prensa argues that Obama must not lose sight of his promise to pass comprehensive immigration reform.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: cir, comprehensiveimmigrationreform, hispanicvote, immigrationreform, latinovote, obamalatinos
This Revolution Will Not Be Twittered? Cairo in Chaos
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jan 28, 2011
This horrible silence of an entire nation wiped off the worldwide web by a tyrannical dictator in this the second decade of the 21st century.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: brotherhood, cairo, egypt, middle east, mubarak, muslim, revolution, twitter, uprising
Latin America Elects First Korean Mayor
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Jan 28, 2011
Peru has elected its first ever Korean mayor, reports the Korea Times. Hung-won Jung declared victory in local elections last week in the city of Chan-chamayo, some 300 miles east of Peru’s capital, Lima.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Politics & Governance
Tags: korean, latin america, mayor, peru, politics
New America Now: The State of Running the World
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jan 28, 2011
Reaction to the State of the Union speech, how China's J-20 bomber has the Pentagon worried, results of the 2010 CA Parent Survey, & a guide on how to run the world.
Categories: African American, Asian, Audio, Chinese, International Affairs, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: accountability, balkan, belgrade, california parent survey, chinese embassy, f-117, how to run the world, j-20, kosovo, lucile packard foundation for children's health, parag khanna, president obama, sotu, state of the union, stealth fighter, yoichi shimatsu
S. Korea To Try Somali Pirates
http://iamkoream.com/, News Report, Posted: Jan 28, 2011
The 21 crew members included eight South Koreans, two Indonesians and 11 sailors from Myanmar.
Categories: African, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Genetic Researchers Fight to Include Ignored Ethnic Groups
America’s Wire, News Report, Posted: Jan 28, 2011
Latino and African American geneticists are changing neglectful research that has excluded ethnic groups from studies of diseases affecting them.
Categories: African American, Health, Latino, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: african american, health, latino, science
Amy Chua Interview: How to be a Tiger Mother
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jan 27, 2011
Amy Chua talks to New America Now about how to raise children like a Tiger Mother.
Tags: amy chua, battle hymn of the tiger mother, chinese, chinese american, chua, mommywars, tiger mother
Arizona Bills to ID US-Born Children of Undocumented Immigrants
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 27, 2011
A baby born in Arizona to two undocumented parents would have a birth certificate that indicates he is not a U.S. citizen.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: anti-immigrant, anti-immigrant laws, arizona, birth, citizenship, racism, sb1070, undocumented
New Law Will Boost Powers of the Press in Vietnam, or Will It?
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: Jan 27, 2011
A Vietnamese government decree that will take effect next month spells out new penalties for those who obstruct or fail to cooperate with the media.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Media, Politics & Governance
Tags: Vietnamese
Valerie Jarrett: Obama Is Focused on Black Progress
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Jan 27, 2011
Jarrett, perhaps Obama’s most trusted confidante, says the president understands the growing impatience among African-Americans.
Categories: African American, Economy, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Youth Culture
Tags: advisor, african americans, jobs, obama, valerie jarrett
Mubarak...the Game is Over
BelAhdan, Commentary, Posted: Jan 27, 2011
Egypt's recent protests and uprising indicate leadership for President Hosni Mubarak, and other similar leaders, has come to an end.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Top Stories
Bitter Pill: NY Schools Chief's Birth Control Joke Offends
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Jan 27, 2011
Black quipped, “Could we just have some birth control for a while? It would really help us.”
Categories: Education, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Religion
Less Than Half of Students Proficient in Science
Philadelphia Tribune, News Report, Posted: Jan 27, 2011
Very few students have the advanced skills that could lead to careers in science and technology, according to results of a national exam.
Categories: Economy, Education, Intersections, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Filipinos Worry After State of the Union Address
"Balitang America"-The Filipino Channel, Video, Posted: Jan 27, 2011
Many Filipino Americans who watched the President's State of the Union Address remain apprehensive about the country's slow economic recovery including seniors who fear cuts on health care & Social Security benefits because of the national deficit.
President Obama gave his State of the Union speech last night. Education, Medicare, Social Security, economy, and immigration reform were issues that the president talked to America about.
Categories: Asian, Education, Elders, Ethnic Media Network, Health, Immigration, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video
Tags: $1.45 T deficit, government cuts on Medicare and Social Security, President Obama's State of Union Address
Angry Activists Condemn FBI Infiltration of Peace Movement
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jan 27, 2011
Beginning a few months before the Republican National Convention in 2008, a law enforcement infiltrated the Twin Cities Anti-War Committee.
Categories: Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance, War & Conflict
Tags: infiltrator, law, officer, rnc, Twin Cities Anti-War Committee
Inshaallah Twitter: Egypt Abuzz With Hope for Change
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Jan 27, 2011
The rule of a despot for three decades and the role of “American ally” are being challenged, thanks in part by the new social network.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Religion, Science & Technology, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: brotherhood, cairo, egypt, gay, islam, mubarack, revolution, twitter, uprising
Calif. University Accused of Being Front for Visa Fraud
India West, News Report, Posted: Jan 27, 2011
A private university is being accused of making millions off foreign nationals, mostly Indians, by registering them for classes while in reality they were working illegally.
Categories: Asian, Education, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: ICE, immigration, Tri-Valley University
Obama's Call to Strengthen Social Security Is Key for Ethnic Elders
Center for American Progress, Commentary, Posted: Jan 27, 2011
In his State of the Union message, Obama called for strengthening Social Security. Economist Christian Weller says doing it right will help seniors of color.
Categories: African American, Economy, Elders, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: poverty, president obama, seniors, social security
Young Refugees Shatter Perceptions of Reality Through Film
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Jan 27, 2011
A new youth program in New York gives young refugees the opportunity to learn how to make documentaries.
Categories: Media, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: documentary storytelling, international refugees, International Rescue Committee, Reel Lives, youth programs
US-China Trade Measurement Skews Deficit
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Jan 27, 2011
If numbers were adjusted to reflect the value a country contributed to a product, the U.S. trade deficit with China would be half of official figures.
Categories: Chinese, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: China exports, Deficit, Sino-US, Trade
How Much Do Anti-Immigration Bills Really Cost?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 26, 2011
As legislators across the nation consider passing bills to fight illegal immigration, two reports lay out the costly legal battles that could ensue.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: anti-immigrant laws, CAP, costly, legal battles, sb1070
Latin America Divided Over Ties with China
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jan 26, 2011
The indications are already there that a great wall of wariness is rising between China and Latin America.
Categories: Chinese, Ethnicities, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, News, Sections, Top Stories
Tags: argentina, brazil, business, chile, china, colombia, economy, hu jintao, latin america, mandarin chinese schools, mexico, peru, promexico, relations, south america, trade, united states, venezuela, xi jinping
The State of the Union Speech Is Over—Now the Real Fight Begins
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jan 25, 2011
The speech was less a report card on the nation and the Obama administration than a treatise on what America will do to create jobs.
Categories: Economy, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: jobs, Obama, spending cuts, state of the union, wage freeze
Egyptian Protesters Say Tunisia Is the Solution
RFI English, News Report, Posted: Jan 25, 2011
Thousands of Egyptians defied their government to join protests Tuesday. Police fired teargas and attacked protesters, demonstrators.
Categories: African, Economy, Eye on Egypt , Intersections, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: egypt, islam, police, protesters, revolution, tunisia
What Is the Political Center?
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Jan 25, 2011
Speculation that Obama has shifted toward the political center is based on the assumption that he has governed from the left.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: obama, obamacenter, obamaleft, stateoftheunion
How China's Stealth Aircraft Rose From Ashes of Balkan War
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 25, 2011
The Chinese J-20 stealth fighter that's sowing fear at the Pentagon can trace its inception to the U.S. bombing of Kosovo in 1999.
Categories: Chinese, European, Front Page, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: china, firebird, J-20, Kosovo, MichaelHayden, stealthfighter, Yugoslavia
Senior Citizens on the Gulf Coast After Environmental Catastrophes
News Orleans Agenda/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 25, 2011
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, almost 12% of the New Orleans population was comprised of residents 65 years of age or older.
Categories: African American, Economy, Elders, Environment, Front Page, Health, Intersections
Daniel Hernandez to Sit With Michelle Obama During State of the Union
Latina Magazine, News Report, Posted: Jan 25, 2011
When President Obama gives his State of the Union address tonight, two Latinos will be seated beside him in Michelle Obama's guest box.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance
Trust Black Women — Take Down the Anti-Abortion Billboards
LA Watts Times, News Report, Posted: Jan 25, 2011
Along L.A.'s King Boulevard are billboards that say Black children are an endangered species with the face of a beautiful African-American child
Categories: African American, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Latin America
Tags: abortion, billboards, black, children, genocide, los angeles
Pakistani Americans Must Combat Radicalism, Not Just Complain
Pakistan Link, Commentary, Posted: Jan 25, 2011
If Pakistani Americans want to feel welcome in the United States, they need to judge Pakistan and the U.S. by the same yardstick.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Aafia Siddiqui, Faisal Shahzad, Pakistan, terrorism
Abused Immigrant Woman Plans to Withdraw Green Card Petition
World Journal, News Report, Posted: Jan 25, 2011
An immigrant Chinese woman is threatening to withdraw her husband's green card petition for abusing her.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Law & Justice
A Win-Win Situation for US-China Relations After Hu's Visit
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jan 25, 2011
By most accounts, Hu's visit was considered a virtually unqualified success in a rare win-win in the bilateral relations.
Categories: Chinese, Economy, International Affairs, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: china, diplomacy, Hu JinTao, korea, obama, relations, rush limbaugh, taiwan, us
Vietnam: Intensifying Repression of Human Rights
Vietam Review, News Report, Posted: Jan 25, 2011
The Vietnam government intensified its repression of activists and dissidents during 2010, and cracked down harshly on freedom of expression, association, and assembly, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2011.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice
Tags: human rights, repression, Vietnam, world report
Global Threats: Rising Prices & Extreme Weather
Tom Dispatch, News Report, Posted: Jan 25, 2011
Most analysts are expecting a price surge this spring or summer when American motorists hit the road.
Categories: Economy, Environment, Health, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: global warming, prices, revolution, weather
Koreans Flock to Manila for English Lessons
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Jan 24, 2011
More South Korean youngsters were getting special study permits to take English lessons while in the Philippines, the Bureau of Immigration reported last Sunday.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration
Tags: English lessons, illegally staying, Manila, South Koreans
South Asian Leukemia Patient Needs Marrow Donor Urgently
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 24, 2011
Of the 8 million people registered in the National Bone Marrow Registry, only 1.8 percent are of South Asian descent.
Categories: Asian, Health, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: bone marrow, donor, leukemia, south asian
Obama's Next Moves: Poll Numbers are Good, Challenges Remain
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jan 24, 2011
The president has been savaged by the right, called a “tyrant,” had his citizenship challenged and been subjected to death threats.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: congress, democrats, obama, republicans, state of the union
California Group Wants Local Preference In Contracts
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Jan 24, 2011
Reverend Owusu Hodari wants the County of San Bernardino to consider giving a bidding advantage to companies that hire local workers.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections
Tags: construction, contracts, inland empire, local, san bernardino
GOP Eying Obama's Big Speech
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 24, 2011
The preemptive attacks on President Obama’s State of the Union address have been partisan, familiar—and absurd.
Categories: Economy, Featured Columnists, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bobbyjindahl, congress, gop, mitchmcconnell, obama, paulbroun, republicans, stateoftheunion
If Duvalier Can Return to Haiti, Why Can’t Aristide?
San Francisco Bayview, First Person, Posted: Jan 24, 2011
Since my forced arrival in the Mother Continent six and a half years ago, the people of Haiti have never stopped calling for my return to Haiti.
Categories: African, African American, Caribbean, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: aristide, baby doc, duvalier, earthquake, haiti, passport, return
Comcast-NBC Union Needs a Closer Look
Philadelphia Tribune, Editorial, Posted: Jan 24, 2011
There’s something rotten in Washington, D.C. The stench comes from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Categories: Intersections, Media, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: comcast, fcc, merger. washington d.c., universal
Who's Who: Meet California's New Citizen Redistricting Commission
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 24, 2011
This diverse group of Californians will spend the next eight months redrawing the state's voting districts.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Why Asians (and Other Minorities) Must Get Involved in CA Redistricting
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jan 24, 2011
For minorities to take full advantage of California's new redistricting process, they must work to assure their "communities of interest" remain united, not divided.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2010census, AsianAmericans, Berryessa, Californiaredistrictingcommission, communitiesofinterest
New Panel Holds Key to Minority Political Power in California
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 24, 2011
A brand-new commission will have a far-reaching impact on the rights of minority voters throughout California for years to come.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: california, citizensredistrictingcommission, redistricting, sacramento, votingrightsact, wedrawthelines
Three Most Important Things to Know About Healthcare “Repeal”
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 24, 2011
There are three critical things to understand about House efforts to “repeal” Obama's Patient Protection Act.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Health, Multi-ethnic, News, Politics & Governance, Sections, Top Stories
Tags: democrats, health insurance, healthcare, obama, patient protectionand affordable care act, repeal, republicans, state government
Ex-Colombian President's Past Haunts UN Probe of Israel
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 24, 2011
Israel's report condoning the Gaza flotilla raid underscores the need for an objective UN inquiry. But Álvaro Uribe's past threatens the UN probe.
Categories: International Affairs, Latin America, Middle Eastern, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: colombia, farc, free gaza movement, gaza, human rights, investigation, israel, united nations, uribe
Innovations Bring Depressed Elders Back From “Living Hell”
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 23, 2011
Innovative programs aim to reach ethnic seniors before the mental illness many experience for the first time in their lives pushes them to desperation or suicide.
Categories: Elders, Health, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: elders, mentalhealth, seniors
The Biggest Cave in the World Is Discovered in Vietnam
Onevietnam.org, News Report, Posted: Jan 22, 2011
British cave scientists recently confirmed that Vietnam is now home to the world’s largest cave. The Son Dong Cave
Categories: Asian, Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines, Science & Technology
Tiger Mother, the Mommy Wars and the Decline & Fall of the American Empire
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 22, 2011
Amy Chua's memoir pits an empire in the ascendancy against one hurtling (we fear) into economic and social decline.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Gender & Sexuality, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: chua, mommywars, tigermother
Yee to Limbaugh: Apologize for Racist Remarks
World Journal, News Report, Posted: Jan 22, 2011
California State Senator Leland Yee and Rush Limbaugh got into a war of words after Yee demanded an apology from the conservative talk radio host.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Multi-ethnic
Tags: Asian American, chinese president hu jintao, conservative talk radio, leland yee, racist, rush limbaugh
Tunisian Uprising: The Other Martyrs
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 22, 2011
A surge in self-immolations throughout the Arab world seems to indicate a trend of turning away from religious strictures banning suicide.
Categories: African, Eye on Egypt , Front Page, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: al jazeera, al-bou-azizieh, algeria, arab, islam, mohammedbou-azizi, self-immolation, suicide, tunisia
In Obama-Hu Meeting, the Action Is Behind the Scenes
Sing Tao Daily, Editorial, Posted: Jan 21, 2011
President Obama may seem weak on China's human rights issues, but he has accomplished what he needed for reelection.
Categories: Chinese, Economy, International Affairs, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Hu Jintao, human rights, Obama, Sino-US relation
Next Wave of Immigration Legislation Introduced in Arizona
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 21, 2011
As states across the nation pass laws similar to SB1070, Arizona legislators are hard at work drafting the next wave of anti-immigrant legislation.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, immigration, SB1070
Who Got Loan Modifications and Who Didn't—Gov't Stalls on Data
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 21, 2011
Housing advocates have been waiting for a year for information on people who've received loan modifications—critical information that could prevent foreclosures.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Ethnicities, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, News, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: foreclosure, freedom of information act, home affordable modification program, housing, loan modification, national consumer law center, treasury, wall street reform act
Filipino-American Actress Rises in 'True Grit'
Asian Journal, News Report, Posted: Jan 21, 2011
The 14-year-old half-Jewish, half-Filipino actress has been lauded for her performance in the Coen brothers' film "True Grit."
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, European, Multi-ethnic
Tags: arts, Coen brothers, entertainment, Filipino American, film, Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
New America Now: Heard 'Round the World
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Jan 21, 2011
Tunisia's uprising through social media, the Ellis Island of the western U.S., and the book that sparked a controversy heard 'round the world.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Chinese, Ethnicities, Immigration, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Sections, Top Stories
Tags: amy chua, angel island, social networking, tiger mother, tunisia
Mexico Is Bleeding
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 20, 2011
Violence has become a daily reality in Mexico, and the bloodshed will not cease until the culture of impunity comes to an end.
Categories: Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: calderon, cartels, drugtrafficking, gangviolence, Mexico
Korean Woman, Adopted as Infant, Facing Deportation in Arizona
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: Jan 20, 2011
Seo was adopted and brought to the U.S. when she was 8 months old. Now she is 31 and sitting in an immigration detention center in Arizona.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, deportation, immigration, immigrationdetentioncenter, Korea
Roy and Rodriguez: Austerity in California, Revolution in Tunisia
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jan 20, 2011
Does the austerity budget proposed by Jerry Brown means the end of California Dreamin'? And Obama's Yes We Can shows up in signs in Tunisia.
Categories: African, Economy, International Affairs, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: California, Jerry Brown, Obama, Tunisia
No Opportunities Mean More Violence for Oakland
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jan 20, 2011
Late last year, Oakland was deemed one of the top five most dangerous cities in the nation.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: dangerous, oakland violence, opportunities, youth
México está sangrando
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 20, 2011
En México, la violencia más irracional alcanza a cualquiera. Impera con descaro la impunidad.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: bastadesangre, impunidad, mexicoviolencia, narcoviolencia
Ronald Reagan Was No Friend to Blacks
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 20, 2011
Michael Reagan's assertion that his late father was a “better friend of blacks” than President Obama is historical revisionism—and utterly ridiculous.
Categories: African American, Featured Columnists, Front Page, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: BobJones, civilrights, kingholiday, martin luther king jr., MichaelReagan, RonaldReagan
Hospital Closings Jeopardize Care in Ethnic Communities
America's Wire, News Analysis, Posted: Jan 20, 2011
Government cuts are aggravating the national epidemic of public hospital closures, leaving vulnerable ethnic communities with little—and often poor—care.
Categories: Elders, Front Page, Health, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance
Tags: health reform, hospitals, minorities
Gov. Christie Nominates 9/11 Attorney to NJ Superior Court
India West, News Report, Posted: Jan 19, 2011
A Muslim attorney who defended detainees swept up by law enforcement after 9/11 was nominated to the New Jersey Superior Court.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, South Asian
Letter From New America: From China to India to Calif.'s Far North
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Jan 19, 2011
Cliff Chang’s is a quintessential American story of Communist takeovers, the British Raj, San Jose cabbies and a Mexican eatery in California's rural north.
Categories: Chinese, Front Page, Immigration, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: china, cliffchang, immigration, India, Tucsonkillings
Pacquiao Wants 6 More Fights
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Jan 19, 2011
Looks like Manny Pacquiao has a long way to go before retirement. This was declared by Top Rank promotions chief Bob Arum who had chatted with the Fighter of the Decade last December.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Sports
Tags: extend career, Pacquiao, retirement, six more fights
Fil-Am Mayor of Hercules Resigns
Asian Journal, News Report, Posted: Jan 19, 2011
Filipino-American mayor of Hercules, Ed Balico, has resigned amid efforts to recall him and two other members of the City Council.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: controversial, Hercules, mayor Balico, recall, resigns
Jay Chou "The Green Hornet" Actor: Jackie Chan, Be Careful!
Pacific Citizen, News Feature, Posted: Jan 19, 2011
Actor Jay Chou takes on "The Green Hornet" role previously played by Bruce Lee, but the actor he really has his eye on is Hong Kong-born Jackie Chan.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Chinese, Top Stories
Tags: acting, Chinese, entertainment, green hornet, jackie chan, jay chou, martial arts, movie, taiwanese
Sicker Quicker, Broke Faster: Seniors’ Fate If Health Law Is Repealed
Center for American Progress, Commentary, Posted: Jan 19, 2011
Republicans plan to try to repeal the Affordable Care Act. But doing so would severely harm seniors and Medicare, as well as people of color and small businesses..
Categories: Elders, Front Page, Health, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance
Tags: congress, health care reform, medicare, seniors
Extremist Killing Is as American as Apple Pie
TomDispatch, News Analysis, Posted: Jan 19, 2011
In the two years before the Tucson massacre, a string of other attacks by right-wing extremists left 19 dead and 26 wounded.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Front Page, Immigration, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: america, bill o'reilly, democrat, extremist, gabrielle giffords, george tiller, glenn beck, homeland security, james cummings, james von brunn, jared loughner, jim david adkisson, john patrick bedell, joseph stack, Joshua cartwright, keith luke, michael savage, michelle malkin, republican, Richard Poplawski, rush limbaugh, sarah palin, scott roeder, sean hannity, timothy mcveigh
Hey Amy Chua—There Are Other Ways of Being a Chinese Mother
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 19, 2011
The "Tiger Mother" author is feeding into the current atmosphere of China-baiting and xenophobia, while missing the real factors that have made her a success.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Gender & Sexuality, Original NAM Content, Sections, Top Stories
Tags: amy chua, asian fail, asian-american, battle hymn of the tiger mother, chinese, mommy wars, mother, parenting, tiger mother
Uncertainty in Ivory Coast, Optimism in Sudan
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jan 18, 2011
During a BBC report on the worsening situation in the Ivory Coast, a spokesman for Alassane Ouatara said a low-level civil war is already in progress.
Categories: African, Front Page, International Affairs, Intersections, Middle Eastern, Religion
Tags: civil, ivory coast, sudan africa, talks, war
King's Southern Christian Leadership Group Back on Track After Scandal
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Jan 18, 2011
Marred by more than a year of lawsuits and internal controversy, the Atlanta-based Southern Christian Leadership Conference has revived itself.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Religion
Tags: civil, controversy, king, organization, rights, scls
Baby Doc Arrested in Haiti
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Jan 18, 2011
Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, a former Haitian dictator, was taken into police custody days after his shocking return to the country.
Categories: African, African American, Caribbean, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arrested, earthquake, haiti, Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, port au prince
Victory for the Lucasville Prison Hunger Strikers
San Francisco Bayview, News Analysis, Posted: Jan 18, 2011
The prison authorities have provided, in writing, a set of conditions that virtually meets the demands set out by Bomani Shakur.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: hunger, lucusville, ohio, prisoners, strikers
Journalist Group Decides to Remove Helen Thomas Award
The Arab American News., News Report, Posted: Jan 18, 2011
The Society of Professional Journalists board of directors voted to discontinue the Helen Thomas Lifetime Achievement Award last Thursday.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Media, Middle Eastern
Tags: anti-Semitic, award, Helen Thomas, remove, SPJ
Stuxnet Worm Attack Against Iran—An Exercise in Overkill
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 18, 2011
The New York Times revealed that the Stuxnet computer worm that damaged Iran’s uranium enrichment equipment was a joint effort by the United States and Israel.
Categories: International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, Top Stories
Tags: Iran, israel, stuxnet computer worm, united states, uranium enrichment program
Luchando contra cáncer: La historia de una inmigrante sin seguro médico
New America Media/Vida en el Valle, Video, Posted: Jan 18, 2011
Parece que cuando Georgina González se enteró de que tenía cáncer, sólo se hubiera enfocado en buscar algo positivo en cuanto a la enfermedad.
Categories: NAM en Español, Video
Tags: cancerdemama, inmigrantessinseguro, saludinmigrantes, seguromedico
Battling Breast Cancer Alone: One Uninsured Immigrant’s Story
New America Media/Vida en el Valle, Video, Posted: Jan 18, 2011
Safety net programs are crucial for uninsured immigrants like Georgina González.
Categories: Asian, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, Video
Tags: breast cancer, cervical cancer, health care cuts, medi-Cal, undocumented, unsinsured, women's health
John Ross 1938-2011
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 18, 2011
Journalist, investigative poet, and social activist John Ross died peacefully today at Lake Patzcuaro in Mexico.
Categories: Latin America, Latino, Media, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: beat generation, chiapas, john ross, journalist, media, mexico
MLK Jr.—A Man For All Seasons
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 17, 2011
A veteran civil rights lawyer who grew up along the Tex-Mex border explains how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s struggle became her own.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: american, justice, martin luther king jr., mexican, struggle
Frustrated Homeowners: “Don’t Foreclose on My Dream”
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jan 17, 2011
Nearly 2.5 million homeowners nationally, have lost their home since 2007, and that number could balloon to 13 million in the next four years.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Front Page, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Video
Tags: banks, crisis, foreclosure, fraud, homeowners, loan modication, oakland
The Bitter Taste of Life
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Jan 17, 2011
Words usually taste good, but sometimes they taste bitter.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Ethnicities, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, Top Stories
Tags: asian american, literature, vietnamese
Don’t Expect Progress During China's Pres. Hu’s Visit
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jan 17, 2011
Up to now, the U.S.-China relationship has been a classic case of cultural mismatch and miscommunications
Categories: Asian, Chinese, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: bilaterial relations, China, defense, economy, Hu Jintao, military, Obama, United States
Far Too Many Still Think the King Holiday Is for Blacks Only
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 16, 2011
In far too many public and private circles, the King holiday is still regarded as a “black holiday” or, more charitably, a “civil rights issue.”
Categories: African American, Intersections, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: black, holiday, king, mississippi, naacp, segregation
A Different Side of Benazir Bhutto
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Jan 16, 2011
Duane Baughman discusses his new film on the life of the Pakistani politician who was assassinated in 2007
Categories: Audio, Ethnicities, Middle Eastern, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Sections, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: bhutto family, pakistan
When a Fight Never Ends—Richmond's First Murder of 2011
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jan 16, 2011
The first murder of 2011 in the 6th most dangerous city in America started with a fist fight and ended in the death of 16 year old.
Categories: African American, Health, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: genegrisby, richmondkilling, richmondpulse
Calif. Health Advocates Decry “Painful” Cuts for Seniors
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 16, 2011
Advocates for seniors are dismayed that Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget would eliminate or slash already-cut help for the state’s most vulnerable citizens.
Categories: African American, Asian, Elders, Front Page, Health, Latino
Tags: Brown's cuts, minorities, nursing home, painful, seniors
Letter From New America: NY's Nepalese Community, Hungry for Home
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Jan 16, 2011
Nepalese restaurants are thriving in the borough of Queens, thanks to a flood of new immigrants over the past five years.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Economy, Front Page, Immigration, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, food
Tags: business, food, indian, jackson heights, nepalese, new york, queens, restaurant, south asian cuisine, tibetan
Minority Small Businesses Pack Summit for Loan Help
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jan 15, 2011
Asian American small business owners face language and cultural challenges in accessing loan programs, and are more likely to use personal savings to start their business.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Ethnic Media in the News, Front Page, Latino, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories, Video
Tags: asian american pacific islander small business administration, banks, economy, loans, owner
Haitians Still Displaced by Earthquake One Year Later
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Jan 15, 2011
A year after the tragic earthquake struck Haiti, we discuss how the US has been involved with the recovery.
Categories: African American, Audio, Ethnicities, Health, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Sections, Top Stories
Sarah Palin, Under the Gun
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 15, 2011
Palin's attacks on Obama have put him in mortal danger. But now that she's the target, it's all Democrats' fault.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Featured Columnists, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: BarackObama, deaththreats, GabrielleGiffords, SarahPalin, tucsonshootings
Exiled: Iran’s Prince Turned Immigrant Commits Suicide
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jan 15, 2011
The suicide of the youngest son of Iran’s ex-Shah has been spun by his family as a political statement, but many Iranians have been drawn to his story of exile.
Categories: Top Stories
Tags: abbas milani, alireza pahlavi, diaspora, exile, iran, iranian-american, mahmag, mahnaz badihian, monarchy, pahlavi, shah, suicide
Pakistani Journalist Killed in Karachi
Pakistan Link, News Report, Posted: Jan 14, 2011
Pakistani journalist Wali KHan Babar, a reporter for Geo News, was killed in what appeared to be a targeted attack in Karachi.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Media, South Asian
Ethnic Media: Obama’s Tucson Speech Brings Hope, Temporarily
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 14, 2011
Arizona’s diverse ethnic media gave Pres. Obama high marks for his speech in Tucson this week, but were not sure how long its impact would last.
Categories: Asian, Latino, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, ethnic media, Gabrielle Giffords, Jared Lee Loughner, Obama speech, Sarah Palin, Tuscon
Dubai Jails 150 Filipinas for Moonlighting
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Jan 14, 2011
Some 150 Filipina workers have been languishing in a Dubai prison cell since last month for working part-time at a wedding reception, in violation of the United Arab Emirates' immigration laws.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration
Tags: broken, Dubai, Filipina workers, immigration laws, jail, languishing
A Germ by Any Other Name: The Case Against the New Delhi Superbug
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 14, 2011
Indian researchers want to change the moniker of a "superbug" that is giving their country a bad name.
Categories: Environment, European, Health, International Affairs, Multi-ethnic, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: antibiotic-resistant bacteria, India, Manoj K. Jain, medical tourism, new delhi superbug
Roy and Rodriguez: The Aftermath of Arizona
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jan 14, 2011
Essayist Richard Rodriguez and radio host Sandip Roy discuss the wider implications of the tragedy in Tucson and what it says about us as Americans.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories, Video
Tags: Arizona, Gabrielle Giffords, Pakistan, Salman Taaseer, Tucson massacre
Confucius Back in China
World Journal, News Report, Posted: Jan 14, 2011
Confucius has returned, at least to Tiananmen Square. A statue of the 5th century BC sage philosopher has just been erected there.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Politics & Governance
Tags: Confucius, culture, return, statue, Tiananmen Square
New America Now: When Tragedy Tastes Bitter
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Jan 14, 2011
In the aftermath of tragedies in Haiti and Tucson, the suicide of an ex-prince, and a new book by Monique Truong.
Categories: African American, Asian, Audio, Ethnicities, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Haiti earthquake, Iran, IsabelleAllende, monique truong, suicide, Tucson killings
Social Media Made Tunisian Uprising Possible
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jan 14, 2011
Tunisia has seen the largest public protests since 1987, after an unemployed college graduate set himself on fire in front of a government building in December.
Categories: African, International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: facebook, Flikr, hactivism, Mohamed Bouazizi, protests, tunisia, Twitter, wikileaks
Helen Thomas Takes Her Seat at the Front of the Bus
Arab Detroit, News Feature, Posted: Jan 13, 2011
For many Arab-Americans, Helen Thomas has become the Rosa Parks of Freedom of Speech rights.
Categories: Front Page, Middle Eastern
Tags: Arab, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Muslim
The Way of the Gun—Self Defense, Intimidation and Collateral
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Jan 13, 2011
The massacre in Tucson has sparked a national debate on gun control. Three African American youth share their perspectives on why they need guns.
Categories: African American, Asian, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: african american, arizona gun violence, black, crime, gun control, youth
Kim Jong-il's Hairdo Will Outlive Him
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Jan 13, 2011
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s trademark bouffant hairdo and khaki jumpsuit are expected to be passed onto his son.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Tags: buoffanthair, dictatorfashion, KimJong-il, northkoreandictator
Poet Who Fought Femicide in Juarez Becomes Latest Victim
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 13, 2011
The grisly mutilation and murder of a well-known poet and critic of local authorities refocuses attention on the plight of women in Ciudad Juarez.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Indigenous, International Affairs, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: ciudad juarez, drug cartel, femicide, human rights, Mexico, murders, Susana Chavez, women
Prisoners Locked Down, Exploited and Mistreated
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jan 13, 2011
Inmate advocates argue that the nearly $70 billion being spent nationally on corrections each year could be better used on non-vengeful alternatives.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Indigenous, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
When Eating Organic Was Totally Uncool
Salon.com, First Person, Posted: Jan 13, 2011
Before hipsters got rooftop gardens, my poor, refugee family ate that way because we had to. And we were ashamed.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Health, Indigenous, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, South Asian, Top Stories, food
Tags: farmers market, farming, hmong refugees, nutrition, organic food, sustainable food
Who Gives Two Hoots for Owls in India?
Little India, News Report, Posted: Jan 12, 2011
India's environment minister blames Harry Potter for endangering India's owls.
Categories: Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines, South Asian, Youth Culture
Tags: harrypotter, jkrowling, owls
Latinos Left Out of Paid Family Leave in California, Report Finds
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 12, 2011
Lack of awareness among immigrants and low-income workers has prevented them from tapping into California’s Paid Family Leave program.
Categories: Economy, Health, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: maternityleave, paidfamilyleave, paidleave
San Francisco and the Rise of the Political Entrepreneur
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Jan 12, 2011
Grassroots advocate David Lee explains why recent political innovations are good news—and bad news— for the city's Asian-American voters and candidates.
Tags: davidchui, davidlee, districtelections, janekim, jeanquan, Lelandyee, maliacohen, politicalfreeagency, Ranked Choice Voting, sanfrancisco
Billions Pledged and Raised, but Haiti Continues to Suffer
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jan 12, 2011
January 12, 2010, at 4:53 p.m., a devestating earthquake forever changed the people living in the island nation of Haiti.
Categories: African, African American, Caribbean, Economy, Environment, Immigration, International Affairs, Intersections, Top Stories
Tags: anniversary, earthquake, haiti, ngo's, united nations, unites states
Haiti on Our Minds: One Year After the Quake
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jan 12, 2011
Twelve months after an earthquake devastated the island of Haiti, the crew at YO!TV has kept the people and their struggles in our hearts and minds.
Categories: Caribbean, Environment, Front Page, Health, Immigration, Intersections
Tags: clinic, earthquake, food, haiti, school. rape, shelter, water
Schwarzenegger Issues Pardon, Clemency to Inland Women
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Jan 12, 2011
The two California women convicted of killing men who abused them received 11th hour relief from outgoing Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: california, clemency, inland empire, pardon, schwarzenegger
Loughner: Where Does Sanity End and Madness Begin?
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jan 12, 2011
After Tuscon shooting spree, a former journalist reflects on what drove Loughner over the edge.
Categories: Media, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, Giffords, insane, Jared Lee Loughner, right wing, sarah palin, shooting, Tucson
How the P'urhépechas Came to the Coachella Valley
New America Media, Photo Essay, Posted: Jan 12, 2011
Sitting on an Indian reservation in the southern California desert, the Duros trailer camp is now home to a large number of indigenous Mexican migrants, the P'urhépecha people.
Categories: Immigration, Indigenous, Latino, Photo Galleries, Top Stories
Tags: coachella, coachellavalley, duros, duroville, farmworkers, indianreservation, indigenousmigrants, nativeamerican
Brown Proposes Deep Cuts to Health Care Programs
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Jan 12, 2011
Children, seniors, disabled adults and the poor are among the hardest hit by the proposed cuts.
Categories: African American, Asian, Health, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: california budget, governor jerry brown, health care program cuts, healthy families, medi-cal
CA Budget Can Benefit from Health Care Reform—and Vice Versa
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jan 12, 2011
Health care reform can boost the state budget through increased revenues.
Categories: African American, Asian, Health, Indigenous, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: children's health, governor herry brown, healthy families, medi-cal, proposed budget cuts, reform
Did Palin’s Website Incite Killer to Target Giffords?
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jan 11, 2011
Unlike Palin’s lethal cross-hairs map, the Democrats’ map doesn’t contain inflammatory rhetoric.
Categories: African American, Media, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: Democratic Party, Gabrielle Giffords, GOP, Jared Lee Loughner, Republican, Sarah Palin
A Tale of Two Gunmen
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jan 11, 2011
For American media, Malik Mumtaz Qadri is a sign something is rotten in the state of Pakistan. But Jared Lee Loughner is cast as just a rotten apple.
Categories: Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: assasination, gabrielle giffords, guns, Jared Lee Loughner, Malik Mumtaz Qadri, tuscon
Fired Russian Woman Charges Employer of Racism
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Jan 11, 2011
A Russian woman in Los Angeles has filed a lawsuit against her Korean employer, charging that her termination from the school was motivated by racism.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: employer, Korean language, lawsuit, racism, Russian, school
Journalist Group Delays Decision to Ax "Helen Thomas Achievement" Award
The Arab American News, News Report, Posted: Jan 11, 2011
The executive committee of the Society of Professional Journalists voted on Saturday to recommend removing its Helen Thomas Lifetime Achievement Award.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Media, Middle Eastern
Tags: Helen Thomas, removal award, SPJ, voted
California's Health: Parents Can Once Again Buy Insurance for Kids Only
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 11, 2011
For the first time in history, every child in California is now eligible for health insurance coverage. But it’s up to parents to take advantage of these opportunities to get better care and coverage for children, and more economic security for their families.
Categories: Economy, Featured Columnists, Front Page, Health, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: affordable, children's health, insurance, open enrollment
Families of Missing Women Protest Police Inaction in Juarez
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Jan 11, 2011
Under Mexican law, the vast majority of the disappeared—especially minors—are classified as “runaways," so investigations aren't carried out for 72 hours.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: disappeared, drug trafficking, human, juarez, kidnapping, mexico, vanish, women
American Comic Book in Arizona
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 10, 2011
When the world grows too complicated and spins out of our control, as happened in Tucson, Americans turn to a parlor game called “conservatives vs. progressives.”
Categories: African American, Asian, Latino, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: conservative, Jared Lee Loughner, liberal, politics, progressive, Sarah Palin, Tea Party, Tuscon shooting
La Opinión: What We Can Learn from Tucson Tragedy
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Jan 10, 2011
An editorial in the country's largest Spanish-language newspaper calls for the need for gun control and constructive political debate.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: GabrielleGiffords, Giffords, tucson, tucsonmassacre, tucsonshootings
NYC Schools Chancellor Black Goes to Class
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Jan 10, 2011
As public school students head back to the classroom , newly appointed NYC Schools Chancellor Cathie Black had her first day of school.
Categories: Education, Front Page, Intersections
Tags: budgets, cathie black, class, new yourk city, schools. bloomberg
Republicans Strip D.C.’s Voice and Vote in House Action
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Jan 10, 2011
One of the first orders of business for the Republican-controlled House was to strip D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton of her vote in the house.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Religion
Tags: D.C., Eleanor Holmes Norton, house, republicans, vote
Philadelphia School District Urges Employees to Keep Mum
Philadelphia Tribune, News Report, Posted: Jan 10, 2011
A memo sent to Philly school district employees this week reminded them that they could face disciplinary action for discussing district business
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections
Tags: district, emplotees, gaged, philadelphia, schools
Cultural Tradition Traps Many Chinese Elder-Abuse Victims in U.S.
New America Media/Sing Tao Daily, News Report, Posted: Jan 10, 2011
Elder abuse is a growing but hidden problem in Chinese communities in the United States.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Elders, Health, Immigration, Top Stories
Tags: abuse, chinese, elders, immigrants, language barrier
What Time Is It?
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jan 09, 2011
YO!TV hit the streets of San Francisco to check out the the most popular watches folks are wearing.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Youth Culture
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Shot in Tucson
El Diario/La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Jan 09, 2011
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was shot in the head when an attacker opened fire at a public event in Tucson on Saturday
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: Giffords, Tucsconshootings, tucson
What Palin & Company Sowed, Arizona's Innocents Reap
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 09, 2011
The hate-filled politics of ultra-right leaders like Sarah Palin—and their frequent use of gun imagery to attack Democrats—bears direct responsibility for the Tucson tragedy.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Featured Columnists, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: BarackObama, GabrielleGiffords, GOP, gunviolence, Johnroll, SarahPalin, teaparty, Tucsconshootings
Giffords Shootings: Poisonous Fruit of Arizona's Vicious Politics
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 09, 2011
As a bloody rampage leaves six dead and Democrat Gabrielle Giffords fighting for her life, sheriff says Arizona has become "the mecca for prejudice and bigotry."
Categories: Arizona Watch, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: GabrielleGiffords, illegalimmigration, Johnroll, SarahPalin, SB1070, violence
General Vang Pao's Death and the Laotian Diaspora
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 09, 2011
Vang Pao had come to symbolize the struggle for a lost country to which many dreamed of making a return.
Categories: Asian, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: communist, diaspor, hmong, laos, leadership, vang pao, vietnam, war
Slain Judge Faced Threats in Immigrant Suit: "He Should Be Dead"
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 08, 2011
Arizona federal judge John Roll was inundated with threats after he allowed undocumented immigrants to sue a vigilante rancher for $32 million in 2009.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: GabrielleGiffords, illegalimmigrants, Johnroll, MALDEF, RogerBarnett, SouthernPovertyLawCenter, vigilantes
Huge Mass. Ruling Gives Homeowners New Power in Foreclosures
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 08, 2011
In landmark case, court rules that banks must have their paperwork in order before they can seize homes. Hundreds of thousands of foreclosures could be affected across the U.S.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: banks, foreclosures, mortgage, wellsfargo
Making 'Strides' in the Iron Triangle
Richmond Pulse, Video, Posted: Jan 08, 2011
David Benjamin is becoming a computer expert at the Stride Computer Center in Richmond, CA. With help from Richmond's Office of Neighborhood Safety, David in on his way to completing his career goals.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Richmond Pulse, Top Stories, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: iron triangle, Richmond Pulse, strides
Roy and Rodriguez: The Past Ten Years
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jan 08, 2011
Richard Rodriguez and Sandip Roy discuss the high and low points of the past decade.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Ethnicities, Latino, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, South Asian, Top Stories
Conservative Church Leaders Condemn Moves to Repeal Birthright Citizenship
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 08, 2011
Across the political spectrum, criticism is mounting of new efforts in the states and Congress to deny citizenship to the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Economy, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 14thamendment, Arizona, birthrightcitizenship, constitution, RussellPearce, SB1070, steveking
What's the Matter With Anchor Babies, Anyway?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 08, 2011
Why aren’t we encouraging anchor babies, rather than vilifying them? Don’t we want immigrants to commit to making the United States their home?
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 14thamendment, Anchorbabies, Arizona, birthrightcitizenship, dredscott, immigrants, U.S.constitution
9/11 Store Clerks’ Killer Loses Death Sentence Appeal
India-West, News Report, Posted: Jan 07, 2011
A self-proclaimed white supremacist, who killed two clerks in Texas and blinded another shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, lost an appeal Dec. 28 of his capital murder conviction.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice, South Asian
Tags: 2 murders, 9/11 attacks, death row, loses appeal, Texas, white supremacist
Will Journalist Group Ax “Helen Thomas Achievement” Award?
Arab Detroit, News Report, Posted: Jan 07, 2011
The Society of Professional Journalists to vote on renaming the “Helen Thomas Lifetime Achievement" Award
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic
Tags: anti-semitic, conflict, first amendment, helen thomas, israel, palestine, society of professional journalists
SF Police Shoot Wheelchair-Bound Man
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jan 07, 2011
Police shooting of a wheelchair-bound man in San Francisco has caused many people in the neighborhood to question the police department's actions.
Categories: Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: brutality, SF police, shooting, wheelchair user
New America Now: A Decade in Review
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Jan 07, 2011
With another decade behind us, NAM takes a look back at the past 10 years through the eyes of the ethnic media.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Ethnicities, Immigration, Indigenous, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multimedia, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Sections, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: bhutto, ethnicmedia, year in review
Can Obama and Congressional Blacks Pull Together Like It's 1995?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 07, 2011
The battle to protect health reform will be the first major test of the CBC’s and Obama’s skill at maneuvering in the radically changed political climate on Capitol Hill.
Categories: African American, Featured Columnists, Front Page, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: blacks, Clinton, CongressionalBlackCaucus, Democrats, Gingrich, GOP, healthcarereform, Obama
17-Year-Old Fatally Shot on Border Fence
EFE, News Report, Posted: Jan 06, 2011
Sonora state police are investigating the death of a young Mexican man who was reportedly shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Finding the Roots of Belly Dance
Arab Detroit, News Report, Posted: Jan 06, 2011
As Belly Dancing grows increasingly popular amongst non-Middle Easterner's, some purists worry practitioners may misinterpret it.
Categories: Front Page, Middle Eastern
Tags: Arab, bellydance, culture
Who is Ed Lee? Ask Chinese Media
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 06, 2011
The man who could be San Francisco’s first Asian-American mayor is well known in the Chinese press—though not to the rest of the city.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: chinesemayor, ed lee, edlee, firstasianmayor, firstchinesemayor, sfchinesemayor
Khalsa Begins Life Sentence for Killing Daughter’s Lover
India-West, News Report, Posted: Jan 06, 2011
In the conclusion to a dramatic three-year-old saga, Gurparkash Singh Khalsa began serving his life sentence Dec. 27 at the Deuel Vocational Institute in Tracy, Calif., after being convicted of murdering his then-underage daughter’s boyfriend.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Law & Justice, South Asian, Top Stories
Ex-Cop Who Won Race-Bias Suit Dies of Pancreatic Cancer
India-West, News Report, Posted: Jan 06, 2011
Navin Sharma, a 54-year-old Mumbai-born police officer, who was fired from the Vancouver Police Department in Washington state and received a settlement of $1.65 million in his race-bias lawsuit against the city in 2008, lost his battle with pancreatic cancer on Christmas Eve.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, South Asian
Tags: dies, ex-cop, Navin Sharma, pancreatic cancer, race-bias, Vancouver
Chinese Seniors in U.S. Fall Victim to Elder Abuse (Part I)
New America Media/Sing Tao Daily, News Report, Posted: Jan 06, 2011
Elder abuse is a growing but hidden problem in U.S. Chinese communities. This is the first in a two-part series.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Elders, Immigration, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: abuse, chinese, elders, language barriers, retirement age, US, victims
Health Reform Grows Job Market for Interpreters
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 06, 2011
One out of four jobs created in the United States through 2018 is expected to be in the health care industry.
Categories: Asian, Health, Immigration, Top Stories
Tags: healthcare, immigrants, jobs, medical interpretation, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Chinese American Named First Lady’s Chief of Staff
AsianWeek, News Report, Posted: Jan 05, 2011
Tchen, 54, began her work for the President and First Lady during the 2008 campaign. Prior to this service, Tchen was a partner at the Chicago office of Skadden,
Categories: Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Politics & Governance
Tags: american, chicago, chief of staff, chinese, first lady, tchen
Black Republican Joins the CBC
African American Reports, News Report, Posted: Jan 05, 2011
Newly elected Rep. Allen West of Florida has joined the Congressional Black Caucus, the first Republican to do so since 1996.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: Allen West, black, caucus, congress, florida, republican
Suit Challenges California's Approval of Cancer-Causing Pesticide
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 05, 2011
Earthjustice filed the suit challenging the state's approval of methyl iodide on behalf of labor and environmental groups, including United Farm Workers.
Categories: Environment, Front Page, Health, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bromide, california, cancer, environment, farm workers, law suit, methyl iodide, pesticide, strawberry
An Urgent Movement for Justice
Black America Web, Commentary, Posted: Jan 05, 2011
Our eyes remain firmly focused on the prize: Assisting the Scott sisters in getting the freedom they have won.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice
Tags: governor, mississippi, naacp. haley barbour scott sisters
‘Taste the Difference’ Offers Eclectic Food for the Soul
Philadelphia Tribune, News Feature, Posted: Jan 05, 2011
Last April, Terri Davis partnered with her daughter and son-in-law, Nicole and Billy Miller, to open the takeout soul food restaurant.
Categories: African American, Economy, Top Stories
Tags: black, business, food, philadelphia, restaurant, soul, takeout
The 10 Best Black Non - Fiction Books of 2010
Los Angeles Sentinel, News Report, Posted: Jan 05, 2011
From a memoir on personal triumphs over racism to to an ad executives take on black stereotypes, African American authors had a good 2010.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Top Stories
Tags: authors, black, books, non-fiction, racism
Can a Two-Year Budget Help Solve California’s Financial Woes?
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Jan 05, 2011
The budget crisis facing new Gov. Jerry Brown has one silver lining: efforts to reform state government are finally gaining traction.
Categories: Economy, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: budget, california, crisis, governance, politics, reform
60 Days to Get Rid of Ethnic Studies in Tucson
Prensa Hispana, News Report, Posted: Jan 04, 2011
On his last day as Arizona School Superintendent, Tom Horne gave an ultimatum.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Family Sues A&E, "The First 48," in Girl's Death by Police
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jan 04, 2011
The suit asks for 10 types of monetary compensation, including “hedonic damages” related to the intangible value of life.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: a&e, aiyana jones, detroit, first 48, suing
African Americans in Congress Struggle to Maintain Influence
Washington Informer, News Report, Posted: Jan 04, 2011
At the end of the Democratic-led 111th Congress, there are four CBC House Committee Chairs and 18 subcommittee chairs.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Politics & Governance
Tags: chairs, committee, congress, philadelphia., subcommittee
Passing Down The Kwanzaa Tradition
Black Voice News, News Feature, Posted: Jan 04, 2011
Forty-one year old Stella Whitaker was 8-years-old when she celebrated her first Kwanzaa. So when Dec. 26 comes every year, she is ready and excited.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Education, Front Page
Tags: africa, african american, christmas, kwanzaa, tradition
Four Vietnamese Youth Accused of Hacking UK Credit Cards
Nguoi-Viet.com, News Report, Posted: Jan 04, 2011
Vietnam hi-tech crimes investigation department reported that it has busted a ring of Vietnamese hackers who had used 100,000 credit cards in the United Kingdom, pocketing billions of dong.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice
Tags: busted, credit cards, hackers, U.K., Vietnamese
Daddy O's Cafe—A Rainbow Coalition at Work
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 04, 2011
Daddy O's Cafe is a culinary bridge between San Francisco's African-American and Asian communities.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Economy, Top Stories
Tags: african american, chinese, cuisine, food, small business, soul
Former NY Gov. Paterson Reflects on His Historic Tenure
Amsterdam News, News Feature, Posted: Jan 04, 2011
Paterson faced unprecedented challenges, including one of the worst economic climates in the history of the state and nation, and an often hostile press corps
Categories: African American, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: black, david patterson, first, governor, new york
Toyota-Brake Homicide Case—Koua Fong Lee Declares Victory!
Hmong Today, News Report, Posted: Jan 04, 2011
"I dreamed in prison that I was free," Hmong man says. "But this is not a dream! My life begins today. My children will know who their father is.”
Categories: Asian, Front Page, Law & Justice, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: accident, fong, freedom, hmong, justice, koua, lee, legal, prison, toyota
More States to Copy Arizona Law
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jan 03, 2011
The new year will bring new versions of the controversial Arizona immigration law SB 1070).
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: arizonacopycatlaws, copycatlaws, immigrationlaw, sb1070copycat
Foreign Drug Gangs Grow in the Philippines
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Jan 03, 2011
Sophisticated foreign-based drug trafficking syndicates remain the biggest challenge to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and other law enforcement units engaged in the campaign against illegal drugs valued at over $8.4 billion (about P368.2 billion) a year.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice
Tags: challenge, drug trafficking, illegal, law, Philippines
Will Attorney General Kamala Harris Take on Foreclosure Crisis?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 03, 2011
As Kamala Harris takes over as California’s attorney general, advocates for homeowners facing foreclosure will be watching closely.
Categories: Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: CenterforAmericanProgress, CenterforResponsibleLending, foreclosure, homeowners, JerryBrown, kamalaharris, mortgagelendingfraud
Green for Grays: Philly Aims to Make Parks Fit for Seniors
The Philadelphia Inquirer/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 02, 2011
Philadelphia has one of the world's largest urban park systems. Now it wants to make city parks healthy places for elders.
Categories: Elders, Health, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: parks, Philadelphia seniors
Madhur Jaffrey, Indian Cooking's Julia Child
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Jan 02, 2011
Madhur Jaffrey, world-renowned actress and cook, co-stars in Today's Special and discusses the ins and outs of Indian cuisine.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Ethnicities, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: asif mandvi, madhur jaffrey, today's special
Biggest Newsmakers of the Decade—The Ethnic Media Nominees
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 01, 2011
Who was the biggest newsmaker of the decade, according to the Sing Tao Daily? Or Prensa Hispana? Or Arab Detroit?
Categories: African American, Asian, Chinese, Indigenous, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: ethnic media, Gary Locke, Helen Thomas, Hoopa, John Liu, Manny Pacquiao, newsmaker
Housing Prices on the Rise, Chinese Cling to Rural Status
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Jan 01, 2011
With the housing prices in urban areas on the rise, the benefits of having rural "hukou"—free land and yearly subsidies—outweigh anything that cities have to offer.
Categories: Chinese, Economy, Front Page, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: hukou, rural hukou, urban hukou
Dilma, Brazil's New Leader, Has Big Shoes to Fill
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 01, 2011
Outgoing President Luis Inácio "Lula" da Silvia has set a new precedent in Brazilian foreign policy, lifting his country into the international arena like few before him.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: Brazil, BRIC, DimlaRousseff, foreignpolicy, LuladaSilva