Libyan Diaspora Helps the Homeland
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Mar 31, 2011
In Libya, a grassroots group has sprung up to deliver medical supplies and necessities to people in battleground cities.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: gaddhafi, humanitarian aid, Libya, UN no fly zone, united states, World Medical Camp Libya
Joe Arpaio Launches “Air Posse” to Hunt Immigrants at Border
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Mar 31, 2011
On Tuesday Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced the launch of “Operation Desert Sky,” an airborne version of his controversial crime sweeps.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: aliens, arizona, arizonaodio, arpaio, border, documented, immigration, justice, law, mexico, police, racism, undocumented
Vietnamese Duo Bill Nguyen and Peter Pham Raise $41 Mil for Social App Color
Talk.Onevietnam.org, News Report, Posted: Mar 31, 2011
Color is a smartphone app that lets you share photos and create albums with people around you.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: color, entrepreneur, technology, vietnam, vietnamese
Census: Undercount Along Texas Border Will Cost Latinos Millions
Equal Voice Newspaper, News Report, Posted: Mar 31, 2011
Activists believe as many as 300,000 people, almost all of whom live in the unincorporated subdivisions known as colonias, may have been left out of the official count.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: border, Census, colonias, immigration, Latino, redistricting, texas
Syrian Uprisings—Assad is Not Going Anywhere
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 31, 2011
Reports in Arab media seem to suggest that Syrian President Hafez Assad, who took over the leadership from his dictatorial father in 2000, is not going to step down, despite the intensity of demonstrations in Latakia and Deraa, because Syrians are not demanding it.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: Assad, backing, power, stay in office, Syrian, Syrian Christians, Turkey, violence
Horses Abandoned in Foreclosure Crisis
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Mar 31, 2011
Ranchers who can no longer afford their horses are leaving them, tied up and starving, in the pastures of California's Inland Empire.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: abandonedhorses, foreclosurecrisis. foreclosureanimals, foreclosurehorses, ranches
America’s Most Segregated Cities Likely to Stay That Way
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Mar 30, 2011
If current policies are any sign, America’s most segregated cities will stay that way for more census counts to come.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: blackcities, segregatedcities, segregation, twoAmericas
U.S. Takes Second Look at Nuclear Safety
Philadelphia Tribune, News Report, Posted: Mar 30, 2011
In the wake of the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan earlier in the month, concerns have been raised about the safety of nuclear power plants in the U.S
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: earthquake, nrc, nuclear, power, safety, united states, white house
Toward African Freedom in Libya and Beyond
San Francisco Bayview, News Report, Posted: Mar 30, 2011
The French, the Americans and the British could not reach an agreement with the African Union to bomb Libya because the political intelligence of African leaders has grown.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: africa, france, intervention, libya, qaddafi. obama, sarkozy, united states
Lessons of Anime—How to Cope with Japan’s Tragedy
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Mar 30, 2011
Devastation in Japan is the norm—in its manga (comics) and anime (animations). Andrew Lam says those hard images bear truths the world now needs.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: akira, anima, earthquake, Japan, manga, nuclear reactor, Tokyo, tragedy, tsunami
Little-Known High Court Case Could Help Beat Deportation
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Mar 30, 2011
Last year’s Padilla court decision, requiring adequate immigration advice for defendants, holds important lessons for public defenders who must learn to protect clients.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: criminal justice system, deportation, immigration, jose padilla versus kentucky, public defender, supreme court
API Youth Respond to UCLA YouTube Rant
New America Media, Video, Posted: Mar 29, 2011
Haley Lew and Jennifer Zhai, of the API Legal Center in San Francisco, responded to the YouTube viral video of Alexandra Wallance's view of Asian American students at UCLA.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
New America Now: Wal-Mart Class-Action Suit
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Mar 29, 2011
New America Now speaks with one of the lawyers representing the women in a giant sex-discrimination suit against Wal-Mart.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: advancement, arcelia hurtado, bettydukes, bias, class action, competitors, equal, female, gender, irma herrera, management, opportunity, pay, unequal, wal, women
Filipino Teachers to Lose Visas in Maryland
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Mar 29, 2011
Hundreds of Filipino teachers in Maryland may be sent home due to budget cuts, but advocates say they'll sue unless merit and seniority, not nationality, determine who stays.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: budgetcuts, cabudgetcuts, education, immigration, recession, teachers
Daughter of Slaves Won't Be Recognized as Oldest Woman
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Mar 29, 2011
Born in Mississippi to former slaves, Lanier believes she’s the oldest person in the world. Although the federal government has verified her age, Guiness World Records will not recognize her status without a birth certificate.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: Guiness World Records will not recognize her status without a birth certificate., Lanier believes she’s the oldest person in the world. Although the federal government has verified her age, Rebecca Lanier just turned 119 this week. Born in Mississippi to former slaves, vernal equinox
Broussard Bursts into Laughter Describing 2007 Slaying
Chauncey Bailey Project, News Report, Posted: Mar 29, 2011
Devaughndre Broussard recounted in chilling detail Monday how he later staked out Chauncey Bailey before assassinating the journalist.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: Bey IV, Black Muslim bakery, Chauncey Bailey, key witness, murder, trial
Why Palin Mania Continues
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Mar 29, 2011
Why has Sarah Palin continued to grab media attention, despite her plummet from popularity?
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: Democrats, elections, GOP, media, Obama, Republicans, sarah palin
Are There Health Risks in U.S. from Japan’s Nuclear Disaster?
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Mar 29, 2011
Three weeks after the Japanese nuclear power plant disaster began, many U.S. residents are fearful about the possible health effects of radiation traveling across the Pacific.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: contamination, health risk, Japan, nuclear radiation, potassium iodide, U.S.
Filipinos Are Most Avid Facebook Users
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Mar 29, 2011
Filipinos are the world’s most avid users of social media, in terms of online penetration, among countries around the world, the U.S.-based research firm comScore found.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Backstreet Boys to Play Vietnam
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: Mar 28, 2011
The Backstreet Boys, one of the biggest teen-pop groups of the 1990s and 2000s, arrived in Saigon this week, for its first-ever shows in the country.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: backstreet boys, band, globalization, ho chi minh, music, saigon, travel, vietnam
Will Japan Treat its Foreigners Better After the Earthquake?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 28, 2011
In a nation of 130 million, Japan’s foreigner population numbers just around 2 percent, and is a largely invisible class.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: foreigners, immigrants, japan, japanese, korean, quake, racism, tsunami
Japan’s Literature of the Apocalypse
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Mar 28, 2011
Japanese literature since 1945 has gone through three stages of apocalyptic writing. What kind of literature will emerge from the present tragedy?
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: apocalypticliterature, atombomb, Japan tsunami, japaneseliterature, japannuclear, japanquake
California Budget Cuts at Odds With State’s New Alzheimer’s Plan
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 28, 2011
Some 1.1 million Californians serving as caregivers for loved ones with Alzheimer’s face severe cuts in state assistance, even as the number of people with the disease is expected to explode.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: alzheimers, cabudgetcuts, eldercare, jerrybrown
Will Tibetans Survive Without the Dalai Lama?
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Mar 27, 2011
The Dalai Lama continues to be Tibetan Buddhism’s top leader, but handed over temporal power to the exile government.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: china, dalai lama, dharamshala, human rights, india, liberation, politics, prime minister, tibet
Obama, Univision Host Latino Education Forum
Univision, News Report, Posted: Mar 26, 2011
President Obama will appear Monday on Univision to answer questions about Latinos and education in a town hall meeting.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: educationlatinos, latinoseducation, obamaeducation, obamalatinos, obamaunivision
New Census Numbers Mean New Responsibilities for Latinos
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Mar 26, 2011
Editors of La Opinión write that it is worrisome that members of the Latino community are not ready for a future where they play a central role.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: latinocensus, latinopopulation, latinovoters
The Amazing Racer -- Safe Driving Possible Even at Age 90
RedwoodAge.com, News Feature, Posted: Mar 26, 2011
At age 90, Douglas “The Professor” Sabiston races at California’s Infineon Raceway. Recent research helps busts the myth that older drivers are all dangerous.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: AARP, drivertraining, olderdrivers, seniors, trafficsafety
Violence in Ivory Coast Strikes Fear Among Liberians Here
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 26, 2011
The U.S. grants TPS to Liberians who are already here but that status is running out in September as crisis looms in Liberia.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: ivory coast, liberia, refugees, tps
Too Many Eligible Asians Fail to Apply for Citizenship
New America Media, Video, Posted: Mar 25, 2011
There are over 800,000 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in California who are eligible for citizenship but haven't been naturalized.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: asian, citizenship, immigration
Salvadoreños cuestionan a Obama en el aniversario de la muerte de Romero
New America Media, Photo Essay, Posted: Mar 25, 2011
En el trigésimo primero aniversario del asesinato de Romero, los salvadoreños quieren saber si Obama hará su parte para acabar con el espíritu de la impunidad.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Ciudad en Arizona considera adoptar políticas más amistosas para los inmigrantes
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 25, 2011
Mesa, la sede de Russell Peace, considera seguir los pasos de Utah.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
In NY, Chinese Trade Restaurant Work for Car Services
China Press, News Report, Posted: Mar 25, 2011
As the NY economy has recoverd, so have private car services, with much of the growth driven by Chinese workers fleeing the restaurant industry.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: ChinaPress, Chinesrestaurantworkers, on-callcarservice
Sarah Palin Gets Cold Shoulder From Indian Govt.
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 25, 2011
The snub was apparently meant to show New Delhi's continued displeasure at "racial profiling" of Indians at American airports.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: India, Israel, Racialprofiling, Sarah Palin
This Week on New America Now
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Mar 25, 2011
Libyan diaspora's helping hand, Asian & Hispanic numbers in US Census surprise, India's Census, Wal-Mart class-action, Iran Film Series, Arabs Gone Wild
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: arab, arab american, arabs gone wild, asian, bias, censorship, census, class action, cobb's comedy club, comedy, equal, female, film, gender, hamid naficy, hispanic, humanitarian, india, iran, jafar panahi, libya, maysoon zayid, pay, unequal, wal-mart, women, world medical camp, world medical camp libya, yerba buena center for the arts
Census: Latino, Asian Population Soars 43 Percent Across U.S.
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 25, 2011
Huge gains by minority groups—especially in the South and West—sets up contentious political battles over redistricting, with GOP-leaning states gaining the most Latinos
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: AfricanAmericans, Asians, blacks, Census, Detroit, Latinos, redistricting
Maysoon Zayid: Arabs Gone Wild Comedy Tour
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Mar 25, 2011
The Arabs Gone Wild comedian Maysoon Zayid discusses her new show.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: adam sandler, Arab, arab american, arabs gone wild, cobb's comedy club, don't mess with the zohan, maysoon zayid, sanfrancisco
Libyan Diaspora Assists in Humanitarian Disaster Back Home
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Mar 25, 2011
Libya's diaspora community is making a remarkable difference in getting help and supplies to the humanitarian disaster in their homeland.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: baby milk, disaster, humanitarian, libya, libyan, medical, necessities, supplies, world medical camp libya, yeast
Reporting from Kolkata: India's New Census
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Mar 25, 2011
New America Now's Sandip Roy reports from Kolkata on India's 15th Census.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: census, india, kolkata, sandip roy
Arizona City Might Shift Gears on Illegal Immigration
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 25, 2011
Mesa, Ariz. is the last place one would expect to consider immigrant-friendly legislation. But that's exactly what is happening.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: arizonaimmigrationlaw, mesa, mesaariz, russellpearce, SB1070, utahcompact, utahimmigration, utahimmigrationlaw
Liberal Democrats Are Hurting Obama’s Presidency over Libya
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 25, 2011
But a lambaste of Obama coming from a liberal Democrat is something that the right will always gleefully welcome.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: arab league, democrats, gop, kucinich, left, libya, no fly zone, right, UN, war
Many Filipinos Won’t Leave Libya for Their Jobs
Philippine Daily Inquirer, News Report, Posted: Mar 25, 2011
Thousands of Filipinos have ignored the Philippine government’s last call to return home, preferring to stay in Libya rather than face a bleak future in their home country.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Golden State Warriors to Partner with U.S. Fund for UNICEF to Help Japan
Rafu Shimpo, News Report, Posted: Mar 24, 2011
The Golden State Warriors are partnering with the U.S. Fund for UNICEF to help aid in the relief efforts in Japan following the massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck the country on March 11, the team announced Wednesday.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: earthquake, golden state, japan, relief, tsunami, unicef, warriors
의료개혁법 시행 1년, 10만 가주민 혜택 받아
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 24, 2011
획기적인 연방 의료개혁법의 합헌성에 대한 20여 개 주의 법정 공방과 공화당의 이의 제기 및 철폐 위협 속에서 의료개혁 1주년을 맞았다.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Roundtable Discussion: How Redistricting Could Empower Our Communities - March 31st
New America Media, Event, Posted: Mar 24, 2011
What ethnic media can do to inform and engage our audiences in this process. NAM will also announce an April contest for ethnic media practitioners on “Who is in my audience, who is my community?”
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Obama en El Salvador, ¿"Atrapado por la historia" o "Espacio para la Esperanza"?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 24, 2011
Horas antes que el presidente Obama estaba por llegar a su país, los salvadoreños estaban escuchando cada declaración que hizo.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Salvadorans Question Obama on Anniversary of Romero's Death
New America Media, Photo Essay, Posted: Mar 24, 2011
On March 24, 1980, Archbishop Romero was murdered by a U.S.-backed Salvadoran death squad; 31 years later, Obama visited his tomb.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: elsalvador, obamaelsalvador, obamalatinamerica, oscarromero
NNPA to Champion Pardon for Wilmington Ten
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 24, 2011
Though The Wilmington Ten eventually were freed and their sentences commuted by North Carolina’s governor, they never received a formal “pardon of innocence.”
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: black, justice, law, north carolina, pardon, sentencings, wiimington ten
Restorative Justice Takes On West Oakland Schools
New America Media, Video, Posted: Mar 24, 2011
Oakland backed a restorative justice pilot project at Cole Middle School, a move that is credited with radically improved attendance rates.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: blacks, california, drop out, education, high school, minorities, oakland, school
Obama's Foray into Libya: Guns, Money and Hope for the Best
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Mar 24, 2011
Obama would be wise to encourage the forces of moderate Islam, and act with the advice and consent of the American people.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: libya, noflyzone, obamalibya, warlibya
一年後，健保改革造福十萬名加州居民
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 23, 2011
自健保改革法立法後，估計已造福10萬名加州人民。
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: 健保改革法
Un año despues, la reforma del cuidado de salud beneficia a 100.000 californianos
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 23, 2011
La ley de protección al paciente y atención sanitaria asequible (ACA por sus siglas en inglés) celebra su primer aniversario esta semana.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Light Sentence for Death of California Farm Worker
Radio Bilingue, News Report, Posted: Mar 23, 2011
The death of Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez gained national attention in 2008, when the farm worker died of heatstroke after working nine hours straight, under a hot sun, in a vineyard in California’s central valley.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: CENTRALVALLEY, FARMWORKER, MARIAISABELVASQUEZJIMENEZ, RADIOBILINGUE, UNITEDFARMWORKERS
Two Trials and an Anniversary—Bonds, Bailey and Mixon
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 23, 2011
Two sensational trials and a terrible anniversary have captivated the Bay Area media this week, bringing up many unanswered questions.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: barry bonds, chauncey bailey, johannes mehserle, lovelle mixon, oscar grant, your black muslim bakery, yusef bey iv
U.S. Government Embarrassed by Afghan Woman Again
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 23, 2011
The U.S. State Department's denial of a visa to Malalai Joya may have more to do with the war in Afghanistan than Joya herself.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: afghanistan, afghanistanwar, MalalaiJoya
Impacto negativo de SB 1070 bloquea futuro de leyes anti-inmigrantes en Arizona
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 23, 2011
El impacto económico negativo de SB 1070 fue crucial en el fracaso de cinco nuevas leyes contra la inmigración ilegal en Arizona.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: SB1070
Why the Wal-Mart Case Is So Important to Women, Minorities
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Mar 23, 2011
With unions under siege, class-action lawsuits are one of the few ways low-wage workers can level the playing field with employers.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: bettydukes, classaction, sexdiscrimination, supremecourt, unions, wal-mart, walmart
Eye On Arab Media: Pundits Critical of Military Intervention in Libya
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 23, 2011
Arab journalists voice serious concerns about Western military intervention in Libya after the United Nations enforced a no-fly zone over the country.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: arab, intervention, journalists, libya, media, no-fly zone, obama, pundits, sarkozy
One Year Later, Health Care Reform Benefits 100,000 Californians
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 23, 2011
Health care experts take a look at who has benefited from the health care reform law in its first year.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: healthcarereformlaw, healthreform
Amid Nuclear Fears, Korean Consulate Keeps Doors Open to Quake Victims
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Mar 22, 2011
The Korea Times in Oakland reports that amid the ruins of last week's earthquake and tsunami in the Japanese city of Sendai, the Korean consulate in the city has been offering 24-hour emergency services.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: disaster, earthquake, Japan, Korea, Korean Consulate, tsunami
Fears of Border Violence Slow Recovery of Maquiladora Industry
Frontera NorteSur, News Report, Posted: Mar 22, 2011
Employment in Ciudad Juarez’s maquiladora industry has been slow to recover, in part due to fears of violence along the border.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: borderjobs, ciudadjuarez, maquiladora, mexicoeconomy, mexicojobs
Obama in El Salvador—"Trapped by History" or "Space for Hope"?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 22, 2011
Nearly 20 years after the civil war, many Salvadorans wonder if Obama will acknowledge the role the U.S. government played.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: dictatorships, elsalvador, elsalvadorcivilwar, elsalvadorviolence, obamaelsalvador
Shell from Murder Weapon Found in Bey IV's Bedroom
Chauncey Bailey Project, News Report, Posted: Mar 22, 2011
A spent shotgun shell fired from the gun used to kill journalist Chauncey Bailey in 2007 and was found in the bedroom of Yusuf Bey IV.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: Black Muslim Bakery, chauncey bailey, trial, Yusuf Bey IV
Eight Years of Occupation In Iraq, Eight Years of Misery
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Mar 22, 2011
Demonstrations broke out in other countries of the Middle East recently, but people in Baghdad had been taking to the streets for years.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: baghdad, cairo, egypt, iraq, middle east, occupation, protest, war
Obama in Latin America: Equal Partners or America's Backyard?
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Mar 22, 2011
Obama’s visit to Latin America highlights the importance of a region that has been relegated to second place by the White House.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: obamabrazil, obamachile, obamaelsalvador, obamalatinamerica, obamavisittolatinamerica
Chauncey Bailey Murder Trial Begins
Chaunceybaileyproject.org, News Report, Posted: Mar 22, 2011
Seven men and five women were chosen Monday after 18 rounds of peremptory challenges that took about 20 minutes. Five alternates were also chosen.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Little by Little, Turkey Is Empire
New America Media, Video, Posted: Mar 22, 2011
Turkey's view toward the Middle East during (and before) the Arab Uprisings.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: cairo, egypt, islam, istanbul, libya, middle east, turkey
Memorial Service for Disaster Victims
Rafu Shimpo, News Report, Posted: Mar 21, 2011
Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple will hold a memorial service for victims of the Tohoku region earthquake/tsunami, combined with the Spring Ohigan Service, on Sunday, March 27, at 10 a.m.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: buddhism, earthquake, japan, Los angeles, memorial, tohoku, tsunami, victims
SB 1070 Casts Shadow on Arizona’s New Anti-Immigrant Bills
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 21, 2011
The economic fallout of SB 1070 has reinforced the success of a new direction for pro-immigrant and Latino organizers.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: arizonaimmigrationlaw, arizonalaw, sb1070
Important Black Architectural Gem Saved From Demolition
The Louisiana Weekly, News Report, Posted: Mar 21, 2011
S.W. Green House, the Mid-City home of an early 20th century Black millionaire, is lifted from its site out of the footprint of the new LSU/VA Hospital.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: Black, demolition, early 20th century, LSU/VA Hospital, millionaire, S.W. Green House
Activists Take Wait-and-See Attitude About New Orleans Police Report
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Mar 21, 2011
New Orleans police officers have often used deadly force without justification and repeatedly made unconstitutional arrests.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: department, justice, new orleans, police, profiling, racial, report
CA Lawmakers Line up to Oppose Close of Redevelopment
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Mar 21, 2011
California may dismantle its redevelopment program, in which portions of property taxes are diverted back to cities to fund efforts to eliminate blight
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: agency, blight, california, officials, redevelopment, state, taxes
The Revolution of My Egyptian Homeland and San Jose Family
Silicon Valley De-Bug, Commentary, Posted: Mar 21, 2011
An Egyptian born San Jose writer shares her view on the historic revolution and the new insights on family that came with it.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: Egypt, family, history, revolution, San Jose
NCAA Should Ban Schools with Bad Grad Rates from Tournament
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Mar 21, 2011
10 of the 68 schools currently involved in the NCAA Tournament carry a graduation rate of less than 50 percent.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: ban, basketball, college, graduation, ncaa, rates, tournament
African American Homicides on the Rise in NYC
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Mar 21, 2011
Brooklyn was labeled the deadliest borough, having 24 percent of the city’s homicides, specifically in the East New York neighborhood.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: african americans, brooklyn, homicides, increase, nyc
NAACP Awards Raises Questions about Black Images
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 21, 2011
Why do awards shows, Black or otherwise, continue showcasing and rewarding artists who continue perpetuating the thug, gangster, video vixen image.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Al Jazeera Chief Lauds New Media
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 21, 2011
The Chief of Al Jazeera television spoke at a panel for the United Nations Human Rights Council about the effectiveness of new media in reporting.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: al jazeera, ali hassan al jaber, benghazi, cameraman, chief, egypt, internet, journalism, journalist, libya, new media, souag, tunisia
Attack on Libya: Why Odyssey Dawn Is Doomed
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 20, 2011
The first engagement in a "limited action", as described by President Barack Obama, is not being fully revealed in its embarrassing details.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: al qaeda, barbary, barbary war, dawn, gaddafi, gaddhafi, greek, homer, libya, moamar, muammar, obama, odyssey, qaddafi, qaddhafi, qatar, stephen decatur, tripolitan, tunisia, united states
Vietnamese Marijuana Growers Through the Eyes of Their Defense Attorney
iexaminer, News Report, Posted: Mar 20, 2011
A Seattle-area defense attorney who services the majority of these cases, Khanh Tran, believes the Vietnamese community gets a bad rap.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: marijuana, seattle, vietnamese. trials
One Year Later: The Health Effects of the BP Oil Spill
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Mar 20, 2011
Nearly a year after the BP oil spill, medical experts try to help locals understand the very serious health effects of the disaster.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: bp, danger, disaster, eat, effects, fish, health, medical, oil, risks, seafood, shellfish, spill
Support for Japan Crosses Ethnic Lines, Historical Divides
New America Media, Roundup, Posted: Mar 19, 2011
Ethnic media headlines convey the extent to which aid efforts have cut across ethnic lines and in some cases, deep historical divides.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: earthquake, ethnic media, japan, tsunami
Regime Change: In Libya, Call a Spade a Spade
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 19, 2011
To say intervention in Libya is anything but militarized regime change keeps the door open for the U.S. Big Stick that has cost countless lives.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Gay Immigrant Youth in New York Struggle With Homelessness
Feet in Two Worlds, Video, Posted: Mar 19, 2011
Each night in NYC, at least 3,800 youth are homeless. 40 percent of those identify as LGBT, and 15 percent are immigrants.
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Tags: homelessness, immigrantyouth, lgbt, newyorkcity
Letter from Fukushima: A Vietnamese-Japanese Police Officer’s Account
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Mar 19, 2011
A Vietnamese immigrant in Japan writes a stirring letter to his brother from the epicenter of the crisis, the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: earthuake, fukushima, Japan, tsunami, Vietnamese
United States's First-Ever Universal Period Review by the UN
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 18, 2011
For the first time ever, the United States's own human rights record will be reviewed by the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: human rights, human rights council, iran, troika, united nations, united states, universal period review
Tohoku Quake & Tsunami Monitoring: "A Lighter Moment"
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 18, 2011
The post-tsunami clean-up effort is a mammoth task, and large sea-crafts known as "lighters" would get the job done quickest.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: clean, clean-up, hong kong, iodized, japan, lighters, salt, tepco, tokyo, tsunami
Losing Home—Immigrant Families’ Path Through Foreclosure and Beyond
New America Media/Queens Latino, News Report, Posted: Mar 18, 2011
Queens Latino and New America Media teamed up to trace the paths of three Latino immigrant families who lost their homes.
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Foreclosure: La peor pesadilla de las familias inmigrantes
New America Media/Queens Latino, News Report, Posted: Mar 18, 2011
QueensLatino y New America Media se unieron para identificar el sendero de tres familias inmigrantes que perdieron sus casas.
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Lack of Medical Coverage Spells Trouble for Small Business Owner
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Mar 18, 2011
The Korean owner of a Vietnamese restaurant in the South Bay has filed a claim against a former employee on charges that the latter made false accusations regarding a work related injury, reports the Korea Times.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: Health, health care, Hispanic, immigrants, Korean, medical
Portion of ‘Hereafter’ Disc Sales to Go to Red Cross
Rafu Shimpo, News Report, Posted: Mar 18, 2011
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group has announced that it will give $1 million from disc sales of Clint Eastwood’s film “Hereafter” to the Red Cross for its relief efforts in Japan.
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Tags: clint eastwood, hereafter, japan, red cross, relief, warner bros
This Week on New America Now: Nuclear Disaster, Iranian New Year, and the New Jim Crow
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Mar 18, 2011
New America Now covers the nuclear disaster in Japan and its radiation fall-out, Iranian New Year, the new Jim Crow, and a new film about Indian surrogacy.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: california, disaster, india, iran, iranian, jim crow, made in india, michael lukas, michelle alexander, new year, norooz, noruz, nowrooz, nowruz, nuclear, oracle of stamboul, radiation, rebecca haimowitz, vaishali sinha, yoichi shimatsu
Made in India: The Business of International Surrogacy
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Mar 18, 2011
The story of an American woman and the Indian surrogate mother who carries her children to term.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: business, documentary, feature, film, india, international, made in india, mother, rebecca haimowitz, san francisco international asian american film festival, shirin sadeghi, surrogacy, surrogate, united states, vaishali sinha
Norooz: The Iranian New Year
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Mar 18, 2011
Iranians, Zoroastrians and Persianate peoples have been celebrating the new year on the first day of spring for millennia.
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Tags: haft-sin, iran, iranian, iranian new year, new year, norooz, nowruz, parsi, persian, persianate, shirin sadeghi, spring, touraj daryaee, vernal equinox, zoroastrian
The New Jim Crow
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Mar 18, 2011
Though Jim Crow laws no longer exist, subordinate status and racial caste still remain for many African Americans, according to Michelle Alexander.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: African American men, africanamericans, black, black men, colorblind, colorblindness, imprisonment, incarceration, irma herrera, jail, jim crow, lawyer, michelle alexander, new, race, race relations
Politics of Disaster: Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Aid
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 18, 2011
As natural disasters like Japan's tsunami continue to happen worldwide, old enemies are turning to each other for assistance.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: afghanistan, bam, california, china, duzce, earthquake, iraq, istanbul, izmir, japan, new zealand, north anatolian fault, san francisco, tsunami, turkey
India Is Not Japan: Nuclear Reactors in Grave Danger
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 17, 2011
India's nuclear reactors are under even greater threat than Japan's because of how disorganized and unprepared the country is for disaster.
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Tags: disaster, disorganized, earthquake, faultline, india, jaitapur, japan, nuclear, reactor, seismic, unprepared
Tohoku Quake & Tsunami Monitoring: "Full Metal Alchemy"
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 17, 2011
Be careful who you donate your money to for Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief. Also, a guide on how the radiation could affect you.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: anime, boraxo, boron, cancer, cesium, charity, contamination, earthquake, fukushima, full metal alchemist, General Electric, iodine, isotope, japan national council of churches, khao lak, Krabi, manga, ngo, potassium iodide, radiation, ronald reagan, thailand, tohoku, tsunami
Chinese Media Coverage of Japan: Where Are the Bodies?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 17, 2011
Chinese media coverage of the crisis in Japan, unlike other catastrophes, has been devoid of photographs that depict death.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: catastrophe, chinesemedia, earthquake, japan, tsunami
SFSU Hosts Banned Arizona Ethnic Studies Staff
New America Media, Video, Posted: Mar 17, 2011
Recently San Francisco State University hosted a handful of staff from ethnic studies programs in Arizona banned by the state legislature.
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Tags: Arizona, education, ethnic studies, San Francisco State university
Abused and Deported: Immigrant Women Face Double Disgrace
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Mar 17, 2011
Programs that mix police work with immigration enforcement represent a growing threat to immigrant women who are victims of domestic violence.
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La Opinión: Utah Immigration Laws Send Message of 'Courage'
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Mar 17, 2011
This week, the governor of Utah, Republican Gary Herbert, signed into law four immigration bills.
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Advice for Reporting on Quake and Tsunami in Japan
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 17, 2011
More than a professional “tip sheet" for reporters, this article includes insights into dangers triggered by the disasters in Japan.
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Tags: earthquake, Japan, journalism, tsunami
Lebanon: Revolution on Everyone's Mind But Not on Anyone's Agenda
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 17, 2011
Throngs of demonstrators in Beirut were not calling for an overthrow of the government, just a more productive one.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: ArabUprisings, Beirut, Hezbollah, Lebanon
In Libya, Benghazi’s Freedom Fighters Face a Massacre
Alhewar, News Report, Posted: Mar 16, 2011
As diplomats debate ending Gaddahfi’s rule, he is left free to murder the people demanding change.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: Arab World uprisings, Gaddahfi, Libya
In Korea, Old Hostilities Give Way as Aid Flows to Japan
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 16, 2011
After more than six decades of often-bitter disputes, Koreans are now lining up to aid Japan, their one-time colonial master.
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Puncturing Japan's Steel Curtain: Dealing With Nuclear Disasters
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 16, 2011
We should praise Japanese print and television news media who have hammered at and finally punctured the steel curtain of official secrecy.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: government, japan, media, natural disaster, nuclear, radiation, sendai, tsunami
NAACP Apologizes to Black Publishers for Image Awards Ad Snub
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Mar 16, 2011
The NAACP apologized yesterday to black community newspapers around the country for a perceived advertising snub at the recent Image Awards. Black publishers had expressed outrage that they’d been passed over on a symbolically important ad buy, but the NAACP says the papers were excluded accidentally due to a contractor’s mistake.
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Tags: black papers, jealous, naccp
42 Filipinos Missing in Japan
Inquier.net, News Report, Posted: Mar 16, 2011
The Philippine Embassy in Tokyo released the names of 42 Filipinos reported missing in Friday’s quake tragedy.
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Dance for the Dead—Turf Dancing Movement Goes Global
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Mar 16, 2011
Kash Gaines and Royshawn Thompson have helped take the Bay Area breed turf dancing craze to the world through the internet.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
California DREAM Act Passes First Hurdle in State Legislature
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Mar 16, 2011
The California DREAM Act passed the assembly's Higher Education Committee, clearing its first hurdle on the way to the governor's desk.
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Tags: californiadreamact, jerrybrown
Motley GOP Contenders Are Obama’s Biggest Trump Card
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 16, 2011
For the new crop of GOP presidential hopefuls, recent history could offer a valuable lesson: Centrism wins elections.
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Tags: conyers, GOP, Obama, presidentialcandidates, presidentialelection, presidentialpolitics, primaries
In the Name of the Fathers—The Priests of Juarez
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 16, 2011
With the penitential season of Lent underway, Catholic priests in Juarez, the most violent city in Latin America, are walking a tight rope.
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Tags: borderviolence, catholicchurch, ciudadjuarez, mexico, usmexicoborder
UCLA Student Says Sorry for “Asians in the Library” YouTube Rant
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Mar 15, 2011
Third-year UCLA student Alexandra Wallace, who went viral over the weekend with a racist YouTube rant about Asian students in the university library, has issued an apology through the school’s newspaper.
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LAPD Changes Car-Impound Policy
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Mar 15, 2011
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is changing its car impounding policy, in a move editors of La Opinión applaud.
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Filipino Nurses in Libya Remain, Earning Respect
Global Nation Inquirer, News Report, Posted: Mar 15, 2011
Hundreds of Filipino nurses and medical staff have stayed in strife-torn Libya, winning the hearts of the locals and improving the reputation of the Philippines in Arab countries.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: healthcare, libya, middleeast, nurses, phillipines
GOP Reopens Fight Over Nuclear Waste in Sacred Yucca Mountain
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Mar 15, 2011
In 2010 the Department of Energy withdrew its application to pursue Yucca Mountain as a site for a nuclear waste dump, but Republicans have not abandoned the idea.
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Japan’s Official Meltdown in Meaning: Tohoku Quake and Nuclear Monitoring
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 15, 2011
Information about the government and corporate interests involved in the nuclear program in Japan is being censored at the very top.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: chlorine, diet, disaster, fukushima, japan, nagata-cho, nuclear, reactor, tepco, tohoku, tokyo, tsunami
Amid Rescue Efforts in Quake-hit Japan, Racist Comments are Rampant on the Web
Pacific Citizen, News Report, Posted: Mar 15, 2011
Amid Rescue Efforts in Quake-hit Japan, Racist Comments are Rampant on the Web.
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Karaoke Parlor Employees in Hanoi Sentenced for Robbing Koreans
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: Mar 15, 2011
A series of karaoke robberies have gone bad in Hanoi, leaving one Korean dead and four Vietnamese facing stiff prison sentences.
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Tags: crime, hanoi, karaoke, koreans, music, robbery, vietnam
Gary Locke -The Next US Ambassador to China?
Northwest Asian Weekly, News Report, Posted: Mar 15, 2011
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, during his time as the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Locke oversaw a department that is charged with expanding the country’s broadband infrastructure, bringing economic development to communities hardest hit by the recession, and putting Americans to work under programs run by the Census, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
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Tags: ambassador, China, Chinese American, Gary Locke, US, washington
After Six Executions, Family Flees Juarez—But Is Anywhere Safe?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 15, 2011
The Reyes Salazar family, long a target for violence, can’t pinpoint their enemy. But they suspect the Mexican government.
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Tags: borderviolence, josefinareyessalazar, Juarez, mexicanofficialcorruption, Mexico, reyessalazar
Tohoku Quake and Tsunami Monitoring: "Internal Combustion"
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 14, 2011
The internal combustion that has taken place in the Japanese nuclear reactor in Fukushima could potentially get a lot worse.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: blast, chamber, combustion, company, electric, fission, internal, japan, nuclear, power, radiation, reactor, tepco, tohoku, tokyo, tokyo electric power company, tsunami, volatile
GOP Eyes Black Vote in 2012
NNPA, News Feature, Posted: Mar 14, 2011
With two Black Republicans among the Republican freshman class, the GOP is looking into ways it can expand support from the Black community in 2012.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: 2012 election, Black Community, Black Republicans, GOP, Republicans
U.S. Yemenis Hold Opposing Rallies on Yemen's Unrest
The Arab American News, News Report, Posted: Mar 14, 2011
Current unrest in Yemen has been the focus of opposing demonstrations among Metro Detroit Yemenis, one of the larger U.S. Yemeni communities.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: Arab, Arab World Uprisisng, People's Revolution, President Abdullah Saleh, Yemen
Is King Downplaying Threat of Racist Extremists?
Black America Web.com, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 14, 2011
Responding to an avalanche of criticism, Rep. Peter King justified holding a controversial hearing on the radicalization of Muslim-Americans last week by saying the issue was the preeminent threat facing the nation’s security.
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Tags: Muslim-American, national security, Rep. Peter King, security
Filipino Gang Leader Gets Life Without Parole
Filamstar.net, News Report, Posted: Mar 14, 2011
A jury recommended on Monday life in prison without parole for a former Asian Boyz gang member convicted of eight Los Angeles-area killings and 10 counts of attempted murder.
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Tags: 10 murder counts, Asian Boyz, gang, jury, life in prison, los angeles
Riverside Reaches Out to Sendai; George Takei sends Sympathy
Rafu Shimpo, News Report, Posted: Mar 14, 2011
Akemi Kikumura Yano, president and CEO of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, issued the following statement on Saturday:
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Tags: george takei, japan, japanese community, red cross
HUD Report: Low-Income Renters Suffering
The Final Call , News Report, Posted: Mar 14, 2011
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently released its biannual report to Congress on the housing needs of low-income Americans.
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Tags: Housing and Urban Development, HUD, low-income, renters
Northern Japan Earthquake Relief Fund
AsianWeek, News Report, Posted: Mar 14, 2011
e know from our experience and relief efforts with the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake of 1995, that there will be more bad news to come as the recovery and rescue efforts continue.
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Census 2010: Welcome to the Bay-sian Area
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 14, 2011
Is the San Francisco region becoming the Bay-sian Area? Census data show major population growth for Asians, evident in the area’s politics, sights and tastes.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: asianamericans, bayarea, food, immigration, politics, sanfrancisco, vietnamese
Climate-Change Law: Why CA Environmentalists Are Fighting Each Other
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 14, 2011
Cap-and-trade plan, supported by mainstream environmental groups, has sparked a lawsuit by environmental justice groups because of its impact on poor people.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: AB32, airresourcesboard, capandtrade, climatechangelaw, communitiesforabetterenvironment, environmentaljustice, globalwarming
Tsunami Country: Man Vs. Nature in Japan's Devastated Northeast
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Mar 13, 2011
Japan's northeast coast, ravaged by earthquake and tsunami, would not have been nearly so vulnerable but for the folly of humans.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: development, earthquake, Tohokudisaster, Tsunami
Officials Stall Reports on Reactors, Chinese Team Tackles Meltdown
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 13, 2011
Japanese agencies are no longer releasing independent reports on the state of the nuclear reactor facilities damaged by the earthquake.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: china, earthquake, japan, meltdown, naoto kan, nuclear, reactors
Traditional, Modern Medicine Cross Paths to Aid Patients
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Mar 13, 2011
Eastern and Western medical practices are increasing complimenting each other despite findings challenging the effectiveness of Oriental medicine.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: asian, chinesemedicine, complimentartmedicine, drugs, eastandwest, health, integrativemedicine
ICE, Obama Cannot Build Their Way Out of Detention Crisis
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Mar 13, 2011
The continuing relationship with The GEO Group, which has a notorious track record of civil and human rights violations, raises serious doubts about the Obama administration's commitment to fixing a broken immigration detention system.
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Tags: asylumseekers, CriminalAlienProgram, detentioncenters, DetentionWatchNetwork, GEOGroup, ICE, Obama, SecureCommunities, undocumentedimmigrants
Fears Mount that Japanese Nuclear Plant Is Near Meltdown
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 12, 2011
A day after Japan’s devastating Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, core meltdown is underway the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant and appears to be unstoppable.
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Tags: cesium, chernobyl, Japan, meltdown, nuclearpowerplant, Tohokudisaster, tsunami
Arizona Bills Spark High-School Protests at State Capitol
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 12, 2011
Arizona bills to deny schooling to undocumented immigrants are prompting protests by high school students, saying, “Education is Dignity.”
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: arizona, education, highschool, immigration, protests, supremecourt, undocumented, youth
U.S. Arab Media Worry Hearings Will Worsen Islamophobia
New America Media, Roundup, Posted: Mar 12, 2011
Hearings on Islamic terrorism being held by U.S. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y. are deeply disturbing to journalists in Arab Media in the U.S.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
First Waves of Weakened Tsunami Hit Eastern Philippines
GMA News, News Report, Posted: Mar 11, 2011
Philippine officials announced Friday that all tsunami alerts in the Philippines have been lifted, although still weaker waves might continue coming in until early Saturday morning.
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Tags: Japan tsunami, Philippines
Filipino Caregivers Welcome CA Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
"Balitang America"-The Filipino Channel, Video, Posted: Mar 11, 2011
Filipino-American caregivers are grateful that California legislators are recognizing their rights as domestic workers. Last month, Calfornia Assemblyman Tom Ammiano introduced the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights and if passed, CA will be the second state to enact such a law.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: California Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, Filipino caregivers
Californians Feel Pain At The Pump
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Mar 11, 2011
Rising gas prices are pushing many paychecks to the breaking point but surveys show more Americans are better prepared.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Arizona's Latino Population Up 46 Percent
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 11, 2011
in 2010, Latinos made up nearly 30 percent of Arizona's 6.4 million residents, up from 25 percent in 2000.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: Arizona, Census, immigration, Latino
Asian-American Population Growth Outpaces Latinos in Several Major States
AsianWeek, News Report, Posted: Mar 11, 2011
Census data from 27 states shows that the Asian population is growing much faster than the overall U.S. population.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: Asian American Population Outpaces Hispanic Population in Several Major States
Japan's Tsunami & Nuclear Plants: Humans, Not Nature, Made This Crisis
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 11, 2011
As a huge earthquake and tsunami threaten Japan's nuclear plants, we must remember that nature's power is only as great as the human-caused vulnerability of our civilization.
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Tags: infrastructure, Japan, Kobeearthquake, nuclearpower, Tohokudisaster, Tsunami
Filipino Leads Union Drive in Nevada Casinos
Asian Journal, News Report, Posted: Mar 11, 2011
Culinary Union Local 226 seeks to unionize 13,000 workers at 18 hotel-casinos operated by Station Casinos in southern Nevada.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: casinos, collective bargaining, filipino workers, labor, station casinos, union
New America Now: Fighting for Rights, Respect and Safety
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Mar 11, 2011
How International Women's Day has changed over the last 100 years and an in-depth look at reporting coverage of the drug wars in Juarez.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
American Soldiers and Torture in Iraq and Afghanistan
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Mar 11, 2011
The facts and stories behind American soldiers and torture in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: abu ghraib, abuse, adam gray, afghanistan, american, battalion 1-68, iraq, jonathan millantz, jordan, joshua phillips, lebanon, mental, military, psychological, richard boone, sexual, soldiers, syria, tony sandoval, torture, united states, us
What Makes a Muslim-American Radical? America's Own Wars on Muslims
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Mar 11, 2011
Rep. Peter King's hearings on radicalization in the Muslim-American community ignored Al Qaeda's greatest recruitment tool: the U.S. wars in the Muslim world.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: Afghanwar, AlQaeda, Congress, GOP, hearings, IraqWar, Muslims, PeterKing, terrorists
The Black African Soldiers Who Fight for Libya—and the U.S.
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 11, 2011
Who are those mysterious black soldiers fighting on Gadhafi's behalf? They are U.S.-trained commandos whose first mission was to battle Al Qaeda in the Sahara.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: alQaeda, Libya, MuammarGadhafi, OsamabinLaden, Sahara, specialforces, Tuaregs, U.S.military
Critics Question GOP Dominance of U.S. Civil Rights Panel
America’s Wire, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 10, 2011
Republicans still hold the majority vote on the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. Critics say the Obama administration isn’t doing enough to make the panel effective.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: civilrights, democrats, obamaadministration, politics, republicans
The New Power of a Latino-Jewish Coalition in L.A.
The Jewish Journal, News Report, Posted: Mar 10, 2011
The number of groups across the country working to strengthen Latino-Jewish ties is growing.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: jewishlatino, jewsandlatinos, jewslatinos, latinojewish
Angry Workers March as Wages Fall, Union Rights Threatened
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Mar 10, 2011
From the streets of New York City, to the state house at Raleigh, N.C., to the Capital building in Madison, Wisconsin -- workers are on the march.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: bargaining, collective, jobs, madison, union, wages, wisconsin, workers
Mayor Gives $1M to Seattle’s Business Districts
Iexaminer, News Report, Posted: Mar 10, 2011
The Office of Economic Development has awarded the Chinatown/ International District $185,000 in grant funding for economic revitalization.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: business, chinatown, economy, funding, mayor, program, seattle
Eye on Arab Media: Is Israel Gadhafi’s Ultimate Safe Haven?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 10, 2011
Arab media say Gadhafi has few potential retirement destinations. But Israeli reports suggest an intriguing possibility. Could Gadhafi’s cap double as a yarmulke?
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: dictator, gaddafi, gadhafi, internationalaffair, israel, libya, middleeast
More Korean Kids Ending Up in Foster Care
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Mar 10, 2011
There is a silent and often unspoken tragedy growing in the Korean-American community involving broken families and the children they leave behind.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: adoption, DCFS, divorce, foster care, Korean, Korean community, Korean-American
No More Free Food for Chinese Restaurant Workers
World Journal, News Report, Posted: Mar 10, 2011
Chinese restaurants in New York are formalizing their hiring practices after a crackdown by immigration authorities.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Cambodian Immigrants Seek Healing in Khmer Rouge Genocide Trial
New America Media, Video, Posted: Mar 10, 2011
Cambodian immigrants in the U.S., traumatized by genocide, hope for justice, as four top Khmer Rouge officials go to trial for crimes against humanity.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: cambodia, genocide, holocaustsurvivors, justice, khmerrouge, killingfields, polpot
Black Urban Flight Changing America’s Political Face
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 09, 2011
New Census data confirms black flight from inner cities to the suburbs, as older whites, Latinos and Asians have moved in. The impact on black politics will be profound.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: africanamericans, asians, census, demographics, hispanics, politics, voters
Richmond's RYSE Community Comes Together After Tragedies
Richmond Pulse, Video, Posted: Mar 09, 2011
With two lives lost in the first month of 2011, Richmond CA's RYSE Center is working with the youth to cope with the tragic loss to their community
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
"All the Ladies Say" Documentary Features San Jose B-Girl Icon Aiko Shirakawa
Silicon Valley De-Bug, Video, Posted: Mar 09, 2011
"All the Ladies Say" is a film that profiles female street dancers who have carved a niche in the physically challenging, male-dominated breakdance world
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: breakdance, dancers, female, south bay
Black Women and Their Babies — Are They Being Targeted?
L.A. Watts Times, News Report, Posted: Mar 09, 2011
L.A. remains a focal point of debate over Planned Parenthood's intentions.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: babies, Black women, health, Los Angeles, planned parenthood
California's Latino Population Grows by 27.8 Percent
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Mar 09, 2011
The Latino population in California has grown by three million people, or 27. 8 percent.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: census, census2010, censuscalifornia, censuslatino, latinocensus
Utah Sets Itself Apart from Anti-immigrant Current
EFE/La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Mar 09, 2011
Utah wants to show the world that it “is not Arizona,” by approving measures that benefit underground foreign workers.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: driver's license, guestworkers, SB 1070, SB1070, utah, utahimmigration, utahimmigrationlaw
Census: A More Diverse California Means Big Political Changes Ahead
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 09, 2011
Latinos and Asians accounted for most of the state's growth over the last decade, while the proportion of whites and African Americans declined.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: asians, blacks, census, CentralValley, InlandEmpire, latinos, NALEO, population, reapportionment, redistricting
Spike in Islamophobia Taking Toll on Sikhs
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Mar 08, 2011
Attack on two elderly Sikhs outside Sacramento leaves one man dead. Are Rep. King, Huckabee and Gaddafi to blame?
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: Gaddafi, hatecrimes, islamophobia, mikehuckabee, muslims, reppeteking, Sikhs, terror
Why Are Indian Warships Heading Towards Libya?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 08, 2011
India claims its redeployment is aimed at rescuing 12,000 citizens from Libya. But the larger goal may be to send a message to China.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Three Korean Diplomats Linked to Shanghai Sexy Siren
Joongang Daily, News Report, Posted: Mar 08, 2011
Three Korean diplomats are suspected of having a romantic relationship with the same Chinese woman during recent tours in Shanghai and giving her government information.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: China, diplomatic, Government, International affair, Korea, sex scandal
Inflation Putting Heat on Chinese Government
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Mar 08, 2011
With food and housing prices skyrocketing, controlling China's inflation rate is the Beijing government's top priority.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: China, food prices, National People's Congress, Wen Jiabao
Do Obama's Budget Cuts Mean Cutbacks on Justice?
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Mar 08, 2011
Advocacy groups, as well adult and juvenile justice activists, are expressing disappointment in the Obama administration's 2012 federal budget.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: 2011, advocates, budget, ex-offeners, juvenile justice, obama
Planned Parenthood, NY Supporters Unite Against Pence Amendment
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Mar 08, 2011
Thousands of people rallied against the Pence Amendment, which would cut federal funding from services offered by Planned Parenthood.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: abortion, health, new york, pence amendment, planned parenthood, women
After Seesaw First Term, Philly Mayor Nutter Runs Unopposed
Philadelphia Tribune, News Report, Posted: Mar 08, 2011
Michael Nutter will face an uncontested downhill slide into a second term despite the fact that most voters say they don’t want him there.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: election, mayor, michael nutter, philadelphia, term, uncontested, unpopular
Lawmakers Accuse GOP of Inciting Tension Between Blacks, Immigrants
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Mar 08, 2011
Black lawmakers are pushing back over a Republican's contention that a surge in the number of illegal immigrants is hurting low-skilled workers most.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: blacks, congress, hearings, immigrants, low-skilled, racial, tension, workers
Cal State Committed To Boost Black Graduation
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Mar 08, 2011
Cal State’s six year old Super Sunday initiative aims to demonstrate to young African Americans that a college degree is within their reach.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: achievement, african american, cal state, college, students, university
White “Joes” Remain GOP’s Trump Card Against President Obama
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Mar 08, 2011
A new poll says President Obama’s approval is up—except among white males. GOP candidates win the “Joe” vote big, especially, but not only in the South.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: africanamerican, election, politics, presidentobama, thesouth, voters, white males
Social Security Benefits a Critical Income Source for Asian Americans
AsianWeek, News Report, Posted: Mar 07, 2011
Asian and Pacific Islander Americans depend on Social Security benefits as a critical income source, both as elders and as disabled people of all ages.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: asian, elders, income, poverty, social security, study
Malia Movement Company
Silicon Valley De-Bug, Video, Posted: Mar 07, 2011
March is International Women's Month, and De-Bug will be highlighting women leaders in the Bay Area as a month long series.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: bay area, international women's month, march, women
Manila Accuses China of Sea Violation
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Mar 07, 2011
The Philippine military March 3 accused the Chinese navy of entering Manila's waters in the South China Sea and ordering an oil exploration vessel to leave.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: accused, China, entering, South China Sea, the Philippines
Positive Deviance: Combatting High School Dropouts
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 07, 2011
Half of Merced High School's class of 2009 didn't graduate. A new program hopes to address the high dropout rate.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: drop out, education, high school, leadership program, students
Transit Case Raises Question: Can the Poor Ever Find Justice?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Mar 06, 2011
Can victims of contemporary forms of discrimination and disparity find justice in our courts? A recent court ruling in a case involving public transportation suggests the answer is no.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: discrimination, justice, low income, poverty, public, transportation
American Immigrant
New America Media/San Jose Beez, Video, Posted: Mar 05, 2011
AD Avila was selected as one of a handful of community leaders from around the country by the Knight Commission to present a digital story of his immigrant experience.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: art, community, immigration, knight, latino, migration, racism, undocumented
Journalists on the Frontlines of Revolution
Ipolitics, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 05, 2011
The sight of people standing up for their basic rights takes the writer back to a time when he was editing an English newspaper owned by Qatar’s foreign minister.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: bahrain, caira, dohan, egypt, expression, freedom, journalists, qatar, revolution, yemen, young
South Asians Suffer High Rate of Heart Disease
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 05, 2011
South Asians are four times as likely to get heart disease than the general population, and half of heart attacks among them occur before age 50.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: health, heart disease, south asians
Despite Economy, Neglected Black Dems Still Ride with Obama
Washington Informer, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 04, 2011
Blacks in the Democratic Party remain enthusiastic about President Obama and his policies despite the ailing economy.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: 2008, black, democrats, economy, election, jobs, obama, support
CA Attorney General Moves on Church Scammers
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Mar 04, 2011
The office of California Attorney General Kamala Harris is suing businesses and people who allegedly conned more than 30 African-American churches.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: black, businesses, california, church, kamala harris, scammers
Americans are Manipulated Stealthily by the Wealthy
Philadelphia Tribune, News Report, Posted: Mar 04, 2011
Fiscal conservatives like Christie and Corbett justify balancing their budgets through gutting things benefitting the middle and working classes.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: conservatives, corporations, fiscal, wisconsin
Civil Rights Photog and FBI Informer Is No Hero
Black America Web, Commentary, Posted: Mar 04, 2011
Ernest Withers was supposed to be a journalist. His job was to report on the FBI and expose that agency’s wrongdoing, not work for it.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: civil rights, fbi, informer, photographer, withers
More California School Children Qualify For Free Meals
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 04, 2011
Six counties in the Central Valley top the list of places with the highest percentage of children eligible for school meal programs, long viewed as a barometer of child poverty.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: California, health, kids, nutrition, Parent, poverty, Survey
New America Now: Mideast's Natural Resources, Attacks on Women's Health Care
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Mar 04, 2011
How natural resources from the Middle East are a daily part of US life, what's behind the attacks on Planned Parenthood, and why social media's revolutionary impact may be overrated.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: iran, middle east, PlannedParenthood, socialmedia
New America Now Interviews: Abbas Milani on The Shah
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Mar 04, 2011
New America Now interviews Stanford Professor Abbas Milani on his new biography of the Shah of Iran.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: abbas milani, biography, history, iran, iranian, king, mohammad reza pahlavi, mohammad reza shah, pahlavi, reza shah, shah, stanford
The Collapse of the Old Oil Order
Tom Dispatch, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 04, 2011
After the rebellion in the Middle East, one thing is guaranteed: the world of oil will be permanently transformed.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: conflict, economy, egypt, middle east, natural resources, oil, petroleum, rebellion, war
Hawaii Civil Unions Passes in Senate, Moves to Governor
Pacific Citizen, News Report, Posted: Mar 03, 2011
Hawaii civil union supporters are optimistic that a bill providing many marriage rights to same sex couples will be signed into law by the governor.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: bill, civil union, gay marriage, governor, hawaii, partners, rights, same sex
Less Than 100 Asians Hold Board Seats in the Fortune 500
AsianWeek, News Report, Posted: Mar 03, 2011
eadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc. (LEAP) recently unveiled the findings of its newest leadership series report measuring Asian and Pacific Islander (API) inclusion on Fortune 500 boards.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: asian, board, fortune 500, members, population, wealth
What Keeps the Lid on North Korea?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 03, 2011
North Korea remains impervious to the winds of change that's sweeping across the Middle East and will stay that way for some time.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: communication, dmz, fear, koreans, north korea, population, revolution, starvation, unrest
Former U.S. Soldier Told He Has No Country
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 03, 2011
After spending nine years in the U.S. Army, Ramdeo Chankar Singh now faces deportation.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: army, immigration, law, soldier, undocumented
Millions Are Raising Their Grandkids in Poverty
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 03, 2011
Marquise Cormier is one of 6.7 million American youths being cared for by grandparents or other kin—many of them ethnic families struggling in poverty.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: children, economy, ethnic families, grandparents, poverty
Lawsuit Claims Tainted Alcohol Pad Caused Child’s Death
India-West, News Report, Posted: Mar 02, 2011
A lawsuit filed in federal court last month claims a contaminated alcohol prep pad manufactured by Hartland, Wisconsin-based Triad Group caused the sudden death of two-year-old Harrison Kothari, the son of Shanoop and Sandra Kothari of Houston, Texas.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: alcohol pad, lawsuit, tainted, Texas, toddler. death, Triad Group
Egypt's Elders Wary of Twitter Generation
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 02, 2011
More than half of Egypt's 80 million are under 30, and they are bringing radical change to the country after the revolution.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Missing Voices in Yemen's Uprising
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 02, 2011
Yemeni-Americans say much is missing in coverage of the political unrest that erupted in their home country over three weeks ago.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: Abdullah Ali Saleh, Arab, media, people's revolution, Yemen
Why Obama Should Pull Out of Afghanistan
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 02, 2011
Obama promised to make Afghanistan his war and thought it was winnable but perhaps he should rethink that strategy.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: Afghanistan, dnc, election, iraq, islam, obama, troop, war, withdrawal
Child Prodigy and Grandmother Show Hidden Face of Poverty
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Mar 02, 2011
Marquise’s life was happy as a budding child author and youthful entrepreneur. Then his grandmother became ill and his grandfather died.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: african american, California, grandparents, poverty, seniors, youth
Mideast Revolutions and 9-11 Intrigues Created in Qatar
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 01, 2011
On the surface, Qatar is the pro-Western host of the U.S. Central Command but it is also underhandedly backing an Islamist takeover of North Africa.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: abdullah bin khalid al-thani, afghanistan, al jazeera, al qaeda, al-muqtaliya, bosnia, central command, clinton foundation, david shayler, egypt, federation of american scientists, gaddafi, gadhafi, george clooney, hamad bin jassim bin jabr al-thani, iraq, islamic, islamist, khalid shaikh mohammed, libyan islamic fighting group, matt damon, mohammed ali dahham mansoori, muammar qadhafi, muslim, Muslim Brotherhood, qaddafi, qatar, royal family, soviet, state department, syriana, tunisia, white house, world trade center, yusuf al-qaradawi
Spectator Asks, “Who Will Shoot Obama?”
AFRO, News Report, Posted: Mar 01, 2011
House Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) is receiving national attention after a spectator at one of his recent town hall meetings in Athens, Ga. asked, “Who will shoot Obama?”
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: Georgia, Obama, Paul Broun, town hall meeting
Was Egypt's ‘Revolution' a Military Coup and Will U.S. Policy Change?
The Final Call, News Analysis, Posted: Mar 01, 2011
Observers of the Egypt revolution question the perception of triumph and what the power shift represents.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: egypt, politics, President Hosni Mubarak
Who Are Those "Greedy" Public Workers? Blacks and Women
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 01, 2011
GOP attempts to break public unions in Wisconsin and elsewhere will hurt African Americans more than other workers, a UC Berkeley labor economist says.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: africanamericans, gop, governor scott walker, labor, public service workers, stevenpitts, unions, wisconsin, women
What Wisconsin Means for America's Unions
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Mar 01, 2011
New America Now's Shirin Sadeghi talks with labor expert & photojournalist David Bacon about what the Wisconsin labor dispute means for America's unions.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: african-american, american federation of state county municipal employees, asian, bill lucy, capitol, coalition of black trade unionists, congress, firefighter, governor, indiana, Koch, Koch brothers, labor, latino, national guard, national labor relations board, ohio, parent, pennsylvania, police, public employment, republican, rights, scott walker, student, tea party, teacher, union, wisconsin, worker
South Korean Consulate Appeals that Adoptee Not be Deported
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: Mar 01, 2011
The South Korean Consulate in Los Angeles has appealed for leniency in the case of a Korean adoptee facing deportation.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: Deportation, deportee, Detention Center, Korean Adoptees, Korean Consulate, Korean-American
Libyan Americans Anxious As Revolution Unfolds
The Arab American News, News Report, Posted: Mar 01, 2011
Libyan Americans are closely watching the political unrest continue in their home country, but fear most for their families still in Libya and the country's future.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: Arab, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, people's revolution
The Law of The Gun: Vigilante in Mexico
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 01, 2011
A video of an execution of two carjackers by Juarez police has many citizens cheering but some warn against vigilante.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: carjackers, crime, drugs, execution, juarez, mexico, police, vigilante