"Arab Spring" Offers Faint Hope for Vietnam's Democracy Supporters
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Apr 30, 2011
World events cast shadow on one writer's reflections of the 36th anniversary of the fall of former South Vietnam.
Categories: Asian, Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: arab spring, hanoi, human rights, jailed dissidents, libya, middle east, pro-democracy, Vietnam
Hair Braider Sues for Right to Work Without a License
Black America Web.com, News Report, Posted: Apr 30, 2011
Growing up in Sierra Leone,Jestina Clayton leaned to braid corn rows in her mother’s hair at the age of five. Now she's suing for the right to braid hair for a living.
Categories: African, African American, Economy, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Law & Justice
Is Nigeria Heading Toward a Second Civil War?
The Root, News Report, Posted: Apr 30, 2011
In the wake of presidential elections, riots have broken out and thousands have been displaced. Is Goodluck Jonathan, the winner, fanning the flames of war?
Categories: African, Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Biafra, GoodluckJonathan, Nigeria
Despite Fears of Fukushima's Radiation, Many Expats Stay Put
Northwest Asian Weekly, News Report, Posted: Apr 30, 2011
Should they stay or should they go? Though many Americans in Japan ask themselves that question, many decide to stay.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Ethnic Media Network, Health, Immigration, International Affairs, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: american, cancer, earthquake, expats, fear, fukushima, nuclear, radiation, tepco, visitors
Native Americans Protest Plans to Pave Over Sacred Site
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 30, 2011
Native activists say too many other Bay Area tribal sacred lands have been desecrated for the sake of development, and they’re making a stand in Vallejo.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Indigenous, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: development, miwok, native american, ohlone indian, Vallejo burial site recreation district glen gove
Obama Aims to Reconnect with Loyal Black Voters
The Final Call, News Report, Posted: Apr 29, 2011
Critics say Mr. Obama may be taking the Black vote for granted as members of the Democratic Party have been accused of for years.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Politics & Governance
Tags: Black vote, Democratic Party, Obama, politics
On Anniversary of LA Riots, Gulf Remains Between Blacks, Koreans
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: Apr 29, 2011
Nineteen years after the L.A. riots, Koreans and blacks remain at odds, while Koreans and Latinos have forged strong ties.
Categories: African American, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Intersections
Tags: April 29, Blacks, Hispanic, Korea town, Korean, LA riots
Man Eats Shark: With California on its way to banning shark fin, will Washington follow suit?
Northwest Asian Weekly, News Report, Posted: Apr 29, 2011
While some countries are known to eat shark meat, the demand for meat did not match the international demand for shark fin.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Law & Justice
Tags: banning, chinese, culture, eating, ecosystem, fin, fishing, food, law, shark, soup
2011 New America Media Education Fellowship - May 5th & 6th
New America Media, Event, Posted: Apr 29, 2011
NAM Education Fellows will participate in a two-day training program in Sacramento on May 5 & 6, where they will meet and discuss important education with experts, researchers, officials and advocates in the field. Following the training, fellows will publish a story (or series) about an innovative school model, a new teaching method, or a pilot program that has proven successful for students in undeserved communities, and selected stories will be published on NAM's website.
Categories: Events
Tags: Education, journalism fellowship
Luis Gutierrez: Firebrand Says Obama Can Reform Immigration
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Apr 29, 2011
The firebrand advocate for immigration reform says that President Obama has the executive power to make a change, if he so chooses.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Audio, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: arizona, congressman, debate, deport, deportation, dream act, fix, gutierrez, immigrant, immigration, luis gutierrez, obama, president
More Trump Nuttiness—Now It’s Obama’s Grades
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Apr 29, 2011
Now that the birther issue has been put to rest, the "controversy" over Obama's college grades has been resurrected—with the goal of questioning his competency as president.
Categories: African American, Featured Columnists, Front Page, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012election, affirmativeaction, birthers, donaldtrump, GOP, grades, obama, teaparty
NAM Radio: Luis Gutierrez, Raul Ramos, Abu Ghraib, Blitz the Ambassador
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Apr 29, 2011
New Show: America's 2nd most important Hispanic leader: Luis Gutierrez, 7th Anniversary of Abu Ghraib, Raul Ramos, Hip Hop's Blitz the Ambassador.
Categories: African, African American, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: abu ghraib, abuse, accra city blues, afghanistan, america libre, anniversary, blitz the ambassador, chicago, congress, congressman, detainee, detention, dream, dream act, ghana, hip hop, hispanic, house divided, illegal, illinois, immigrant, immigration, iraq, joshua phillips, latino, luis gutierrez, National Campaign for American Children and Families Tour, native sun, obama, political, public enemy, rap, raul ramos y sanchez, representative, samuel bazawule, seventh anniversary, soldier, torture, tour, undocumented
Immigrant Rights Supporters Refocus Struggle on Obama
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 29, 2011
A 20-city tour being organized by the Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) aims to energize and refocus immigrant rights supporters ahead of a national day of protest on May 1.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: DREAM Act, immigration reform, Luis Gutierrez, May 1 national day of protest, Obama, Secure Communities
Dissonant Wedding Bells: Generations Clash Over Asian Mixed Marriages
New America Media/Sing Tao Daily, News Feature, Posted: Apr 29, 2011
Asians, now 4.9 percent of the U.S. population, marry outside their race at twice the rate of other racial groups. The result can be family conflict between young and old.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Elders, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: asian, culturalconflict, intergenerationalconflict, interracialmarriage, weddings
Gas Prices Put the Brake on DC Businesses
AFRO, News Report, Posted: Apr 28, 2011
Not so long ago, Northwest D.C. florist Karen Woods could plan to spend about $100 per week on gas to make whatever deliveries she needed to make in the region. But with the recent surge in gas prices, the weekly cost of gas for Woods has more than tripled to close to $350.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Multi-ethnic
William Reed: Marable’s ‘Malcolm X’ Makes Him ‘Just a Man’
NNPA, News Report, Posted: Apr 28, 2011
Two of Malcolm X’s daughters take issue with a recent biography of their father alleging that the marriage between Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz was strained, and that both partners may have been unfaithful.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Front Page
Tags: biography, Black Historians, Malcolm X, Manning Marable
Ca. Attorney General’s First 100 Days
Los Angeles Sentinel , News Report, Posted: Apr 28, 2011
Kamala Harris discusses her first three months in office with faith-based leaders in Los Angeles and thanks area churches for supporting her efforts.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Network, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Prison Reformers Push to Stop Troy Davis’s Execution
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Apr 28, 2011
Over the years, Davis and his lawyers have exhausted avenues to prove his innocence. The court system has refused to grant him a new jury trial and has rejected new evidence his attorneys presented .
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice
Tags: african american, black, court, davis, execution, murder, naacp, supreme court
ICE dio información confusa sobre programa de huellas digitales, demuestran correos electrónicos
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 28, 2011
Defensores de los derechos civiles denuncian la “práctica engañosa” sobre si los gobiernos locales tienen la opción de “optar por salirse” del programa de Comunidades Seguras.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: ComunidadesSeguras, ICE, S-Comm, SecureCommunities
Obama Invites 'Influential Latinos' to Immigration Meeting
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Apr 28, 2011
Among the attendees are Rosario Dawson, América Ferrera, María Elena Salinas and Eddie “Piolín” Sotelo.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: latinosimmigration, obamaimmigration, obamalatinos, obamareelection, piolin
Gadhafi Exploits Libya’s East-West Divide
New America Media, Video, Posted: Apr 28, 2011
Gadhafi inflames tensions between the East and West, promoting the perception that the conflict is a civil war.
Categories: African, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video, War & Conflict
Tags: benghazi, east west, gaddafi, libya, misrata, moammar gadhafi, nato, tripoli, united states
Scams, Lies & Mortgage Fraud—How Homeowners Can Avoid the Traps
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Apr 28, 2011
The foreclosure crisis has given rise to new waves of scam artists, from low-grade to high-tech, who are looking to profit off of vulnerable and desperate homeowners.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Elders, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Latino Electorate 2010: More Voters, More Non-Voters
Pew Hispanic Center, News Report, Posted: Apr 27, 2011
More than 6.6 million Latinos voted in the 2010 election—a record number for a midterm election—according to the Pew Hispanic Center.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: hispanicvote, latinovote, latinovote2012, latinovoters
Japan Crisis Squeezes Vietnam's Weak Car Market
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: Apr 27, 2011
Vietnam’s supply of Japanese cars has thinned after the recent disaster halted vehicle production and disrupted the delivery of parts to manufacturers around the world.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: cars, crisis, earthquake, economy, japan, production, supplies, toyota, tsunami, vietnam
Michigan Immigrant Community Testifies on ICE Abuse
The Arab American News, News Report, Posted: Apr 27, 2011
In the wake of recent, warrant-less immigration searches in Michigan schools, various communities testified on their experiences with ICE authorities.
Categories: Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Middle Eastern, Top Stories
Tags: abuse, ICE, Immigration
California Turns to Mexico for Cheap Water, Lax Regulation
Washington DC Bureau, News Report, Posted: Apr 27, 2011
Water agencies representing southern California, Arizona and Nevada are in discussions with the Mexican government about sharing a desalination plant in Rosarito Beach.
Categories: Environment, Health, International Affairs, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: California, desalination plant, drought, environment, Mexico, Rosarito, water agencies
Women Driving Opposition to S.C. Immigration Bill
The State, News Report, Posted: Apr 27, 2011
Women are at the forefront of the opposition to an immigration enforcement bill that is being proposed in South Carolina.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: womenimmigrants
Dangerous Reporting: Journalists in Mexico's Drug War (Part III)
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 27, 2011
Journalists in Mexico—and press freedom—are increasingly in danger. Despite government promises, though, crimes against media remain unsolved.
Categories: International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Media, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: dangerous reporting, drug cartels, journalists, Mexico, press freedom, trafficking, violence
Illegal Betting: The Dark Side of Cricket and Politics
Siliconeer, News Report, Posted: Apr 27, 2011
Illegal betting circuits are thriving in India and the amount of money at stake often grosses many millions of dollars.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, South Asian, Sports
Tags: cricketbetting, gamblingcricket, gamblingindia, illegalbetting, indiacricket
Un año después de la SB 1070, las redes de inmigrantes son más fuertes
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 26, 2011
Un año después de que la gobernadora Jan Brewer promulgara la ley SB 1070, las redes de organización de inmigrantes han cobrado más fuerza.
Categories: NAM en Español
Imam Yassin Aref Transferred from CMU
The Muslim Observer, News Report, Posted: Apr 26, 2011
New York Imam Yassin Aref, who was serving a ten year sentence inside the Communications Management Unit (CMU) in Illinois, was recently moved to the general prison population.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Religion
Tags: Imam Yassin Aref, Islam, Prisions
Korean Company Draws Fire for Housing Project Near Japanese Reactors
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Apr 26, 2011
A South Korean company specializing in prefabricated housing recently withdrew an advertisement looking for workers to help with home construction near the damaged nuclear reactors in Fukushima, Japan. According to the Korea Times, the company withdrew the ad after it received an onslaught of angry emails from Korean netizens who felt the company's owners were putting Korean lives at risk for a profit.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: Earthquake, Fukushima, Japan, Korea, Korean
ICE Gave Conflicting Info on Fingerprint Program, Emails Show
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 26, 2011
Advocates decry "pattern of deception" as to whether governments could opt out of Secure Communities program
Categories: Asian, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: ICE, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, opt-out, Secure Communities, undocumented immigrants
A Young Reporter Feels Like a Party-Crasher at the SF Film Fest
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Apr 26, 2011
A young writer navigates the press line at the SFIFF.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Front Page, Multi-ethnic
Tags: Clifton Collins Jr., Midnight Awards, San Francisco International Film Festival, SFIFF, Zoe Saldana
CA Supreme Court Chief: Bench Must Reflect State’s Diversity
New America Media, Video, Posted: Apr 26, 2011
California Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye reflects on her first 100 days in office and discusses the next big case to go before the court this September: Prop 8, the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage.
Categories: African American, Asian, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video
Tags: California supreme court, Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye, diversity, Prop. 8, rule of law
GOP Ploy --Use Pain at the Pump to Tank Obama
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Apr 26, 2011
The GOP certainly wasted no time in blaming President Obama for the oil prices, something politicians can do very little about.
Categories: African American, Economy, Environment, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: democrats, economy, election, energy, gas, gop, inflation, obama, oil, politics, prices, pump, washington
The Great Immigration Stalemate
Frontera NorteSur, News Report, Posted: Apr 26, 2011
It's looking increasingly likely that the restrictionist movement could have hit its peak with the passage of Arizona’s SB 1070.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: immigrationprotest, immigrationreform, may1, mayday
In CA, Citizens at the Helm of Redistricting Process
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Apr 25, 2011
Editors of La Opinión hope California's redistricting commission will empower the Latino community.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: latinoscalifornia, latinospolitics, latinosredistricting, latinovoters, redistricting, redistrictinglatinos
Faith Leaders Pray at ICE Detention Center
Richmond Pulse, Video, Posted: Apr 25, 2011
This Passover and Holy Week, faith communities and interfaith organizations prayed for immigrants detained in Richmond CA.
Categories: Immigration, Intersections, Religion, Richmond Pulse, Top Stories, Video
Tags: detention, faith, ice, leaders richmond, passover
Double Jeopardy: Seniors Facing Hardships Hit by Budget Cuts
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 25, 2011
Experts at this week’s Aging in America conference say few realize one-third of seniors are struggling economically.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: budgetcuts, elders, eldersbudgetcuts, jobsprograms, seniorsbudgetcuts
How to Make Traditional Russian Easter Cheese Dessert
New America Media, Video, Posted: Apr 24, 2011
A grandfather from Daly City, CA teaches us how to make his mother's recipe for Pashka, a traditional Russian Easter cheese dessert.
Categories: Elders, European, Top Stories, Video
Tags: breadcheese, easterfood, easterrecipe, pashka, recipe, russianfood
Hmong Youth Finding a Place ‘Among B-Boys’
Pacific Citizen, News Report, Posted: Apr 24, 2011
Over seven years, filmmaker Christopher Woon documented how a love of hip-hop and break-dancing united Hmong American youth.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Front Page, Youth Culture
Tags: b-boy, breakdancing, documentary, hip-hop, hmong, los angeles
Coachella Fest, Through Local Eyes
New America Media / Coachella Unincorporated, News Report, Posted: Apr 23, 2011
Most people who frequent the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival know nothing about the real Coachella.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Environment, Health, Latino, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Latinos Dissatisfied With Both Political Parties
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Apr 23, 2011
One-third of Latino registered voters believe that neither the Democratic nor the Republican Party is concerned about them.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: hispanicvote, latinosdemocrat, latinosobama, latinosrepublican, latinovote, latinovote2012, obamalatinos, presidentialelection, presidentialelectionlatinos
Taiwanese Pool Champion Becomes Citizen of China
China Post, News Report, Posted: Apr 23, 2011
For the first, a professional Taiwanese pool player has traded his Republic of China (Taiwan) citizenship for that of the People's Republic of China.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: China, citizenship, pool player, Republic of China People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Wu Chia-ching
Best Weapons Against Anti-Immigration Bills: Inter-Ethnic Coalitions, Economy
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 22, 2011
As states across the country look to enact their own immigration laws, the immigration debate has shifted to state capitols.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: immigrationlaws, SB1070, theopportunityagendanewamericamedia
Turn Pork to Beef? China Seeks Strict Ban on Additives
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Apr 22, 2011
After 16 tons of intoxicated "beef-looking" pork have been seized in Guangzhou, the State Council called for stricter regulation of the use of food additives.
Categories: Chinese, Health, Top Stories, food
Tags: China pork, food additives, food safety
Thousands Line Up for McDonald's Jobs in Atlanta
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 22, 2011
At the Candler Road store in Decatur, more than 100 people were lined up to apply for jobs by 7 a.m.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections
Obama's Immigration Meeting Was All Talk
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Apr 22, 2011
President Obama's meeting on immigration this week will do little or nothing to change the country's immigration system.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: immigration, obamaimmigration, obamalatinos
NAM Radio: Filipino Comedy, Overseas Chinese, Liberian Civil War
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Apr 22, 2011
New Show: What it means to be an overseas Chinese, a new memoir of post-civil war Liberia, Mae Ngai's new book, the 1st African American Olympic gold medalist, Rex Navarrete's comedy.
Categories: African, African American, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Chinese, Immigration, International Affairs, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: africanamericans, ai weiwei, beijing, bird's nest, china, chinese, comedian, comedy, craig williams, far easter 6, filipino, gold, liberia, lost boy, mae ngai, olympian, olympics, overseas, rex navarrete
Call to AAPI Youth to Become Teachers
Asian American Press, News Report, Posted: Apr 22, 2011
The discussion focused on the vital role teachers can play both in the classroom and in reforming education, and steps young people can take to become teachers.
Categories: Asian, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: api, asians, pacific islanders, teachers, white house, youth
One Year After SB 1070, Arizona's Immigrant Networks Are Stronger
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 22, 2011
A year after Gov. Jan Brewer signed the toughest immigration legislation in the country, immigrant networks in Arizona are stronger than ever.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Economy, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arizonaimmigrationlaw, janbrewer, sb1070, undocumentedworkers
The Demon Highways of Tamaulipas, Mexico
Frontera NorteSur, News Report, Posted: Apr 22, 2011
Across Mexico, families are asking the same troubling question: Are our loved ones among the 145 dead found in the mass graves?
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: massgravesmexico, mexicoviolence, tamaulipas
Trump Singlehandedly Revives Birther Issue
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Apr 21, 2011
Trump also had more shrewdness than GOP party regulars and much of the media gave him credit for.
Categories: African American, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: birther, bitherism, election, gop, obama, presidency, sarah palin, tea party, trump
Pastor Terry Jones Takes Anti-Muslim Campaign to Michigan
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Apr 21, 2011
Serial provocateur and Quran-burning pastor Terry Jones is planning yet another event, but this time local officials are trying to block the event from taking place.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Religion
Tags: christian, florida, islam, jones, michigan, middle east, muslim, quran burning, religion
La Opinión Calls Birthers 'Absurd'
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Apr 21, 2011
An editorial in Spanish-language newspaper La Opinión calls questions over Obama's citizenship "an absurd debate."
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: birthers, obamacitizenship
A New President, More Uncertainty for Haiti?
The Final Call, News Report, Posted: Apr 21, 2011
Haiti's electoral commission has announced its new president-elect—flamboyant musician and performer Michel Martelly.
Categories: African, Front Page, Politics & Governance
Tags: Haiti, president, president elect., runoff
California Students Resist Racial Tension
BlackVoicenews.com, News Report, Posted: Apr 21, 2011
San Bernardino’s Cajon High School went on the offense this week against claims that their school is a hot bed of racial tension.
Tags: Cajon high school, racial, San Bernardino, tension
Richmond, CA's Dog Whisperer
Richmond Pulse, Video, Posted: Apr 21, 2011
It’s raining in the Iron Triangle. A skinny white pit bull, with no collar or tags, is running down the block.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Health, Intersections, Latino, Richmond Pulse, Sports, Youth Culture
Tags: dogs, iron triangle, parks, pit bulls, richmond, strays
Legisladores afroamericanos en la primera línea contra proyectos de ley de inmigración estilo Arizona
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 21, 2011
Políticos afroamericanos han salido en defensa de los inmigrantes, cuestionando la moralidad de las duras leyes de inmigración.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: afroamericanosinmigracion, afroamericanoslatinos, politicosafroamericanos, SB1070
Obama Is Our "Frenemy"—An Open Letter to Latinos
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Apr 21, 2011
Latinos and their allies need to take the Obama administration to task for its policies toward immigrants.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: obama, obamaadministration, obamaimmigration, obamalatinos, obamareelection
Will the U.S. Be Last in Line in Building a New Cuba?
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Apr 21, 2011
The United States ought to reexamine its policy toward Cuba, especially in regards to its travel restrictions on Americans.
Categories: Caribbean, Economy, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: americans, castro, cuba, diplomacy, fidel, investment, policy, politics, raul, travel
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Arizona Welcomes Official Tea Party Flag
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Apr 20, 2011
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law a bill that welcomed the Gadsden flag, the unofficial tea partiers’ flag with the angry coiled snake sitting atop the phrase “Don’t Tread on Me."
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Politics & Governance
Tags: arizona, immigration, law, racism, tea party
Seattle-Area Youth Increasingly Non-White
International Examiner, News Report, Posted: Apr 20, 2011
According to 2010 Census data, half of all youth under 18 in King County, Washington, are non-white, with Asian–Pacific Islanders making up the largest ethnic group.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Youth Culture
Tags: asian population, census 2010, islanders, king county, washington, youth
More Vietnamese Americans Need To Become Organ Donors
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: Apr 20, 2011
The gap has resulted from several factors. The number of organ donations has leveled off in recent years while the number of people needing transplants, especially for kidneys, has grown.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Health
Tags: health, kidney, livers, orange county, organ donors, transplant, vietnamese americans
Black Legislators on Frontline Against AZ-Style Immigration Bills
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 20, 2011
Black politicians have come out in defense of immigrants, questioning the morality of tough immigration laws in states from Nebraska to Georgia.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: blackcaucus, blacklawmakers, blacklegislators, blacksimmigrantrights, blacksimmigrants, copycatlaws, immigrationlaws, sb1070
Getting a GRIP on Homelessness in Richmond, CA
New America Media, Video, Posted: Apr 20, 2011
The threat of homelessness is an ever-present reality for many, and free meals may mean the difference between staying afloat and losing everything.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Original NAM Content
Tags: california, charity, contra costa, free meals, homelessness, low-income, poor, richmond
One Day They Will Know Our Names
Silicon Valley De-Bug, Video, Posted: Apr 19, 2011
Yosimar Reyes is a Two-Spirit Poet/Activist from Guerrero, Mexico with "a brave and vulnerable voice that shines light on the issues affecting queer, immigrant youth and the many disenfranchised communities in the U.S. and throughout the world."
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Top Stories, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: immigrant, Mexico, poet activist, queer, youth
Reflection On Japan: Growing Stigma Against Victims of Fukushima
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 19, 2011
Decades from now will there be a generation of Fukushima maidens unable to marry because of the stigma of birth in a radiation-tainted hometown?
Categories: Asian, Environment, Top Stories
Tags: danger, earthquake, fukushima, japan, japanese, radiation, tokyo, victims
Will Gary Locke Be an Effective Ambassador to China?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Apr 19, 2011
Gary Locke is slated to become the first Chinese American ambassador to China, but is it a good thing?
Categories: Asian, Front Page, International Affairs, Politics & Governance
Tags: ambassador, china, chinese american, commerce, gary locke, relation, US
GOP Blows It With Official’s Animal Depiction of Obama
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Apr 18, 2011
A recent email blast that depicted President Obama and his family as monkeys was sick. But the worst part was the GOP's reaction.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Politics & Governance
Tags: california, davenport, gop, monkey, obama, racism, republican, scott baugh
The African Union And Sarkozy's War In Libya
Black Star News, News Analysis, Posted: Apr 18, 2011
This is the moment for president Barack Obama to be an international statesman and support a negotiated settlement of Libya's civil war.
Categories: African, Front Page, International Affairs, Politics & Governance
Tags: African Union, libya, Sarkozy, war
House Vote Re-launches District School Vouchers Program
The Washington Informer, News Report, Posted: Apr 18, 2011
A bill to reinstate school vouchers in the District recently passed in the House of Representatives.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page
Budget Deal a Relief and a Headache
BlackAmericaWeb.com, News Report, Posted: Apr 18, 2011
After a week of intense wrangling over money and social policy, Congress and the White House agreed to continue funding the federal government through this week, a deal that includes more than $38 billion in spending cuts.
Categories: African American, Economy, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: congress, federal government, fiscal, funding, spending cuts, white house
Health Care Reform: Charting A New Course
BlackVoiceNews.com, News Report, Posted: Apr 18, 2011
The anniversary of Congress passing landmark health care reform is provoking fresh debate over a law many Americans still remain confused about, even as its benefits are already taking effect.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Health
Tags: Americans, congress, debate, health care, reform
Border Communities Are Ground Zero for Hunger
New America Media, Photo Essay, Posted: Apr 18, 2011
Food is hard to come by in the borderlands of southeast San Diego County, for residents as well as those just passing through.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Immigration, Indigenous, Latino, Original NAM Content, Photo Galleries, Top Stories
Tags: americanindian, borderpatrol, hunger, immigration, migrantworkers, minutemen, nativeamerican, poverty, usmexicoborder
Latin America: The Press Under Pressure (Part II)
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 18, 2011
According to the Inter-American Press Association, freedom of the press is increasingly coming under attack in Central and South America.
Categories: Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: argentina, bolivia, brazil, centralamerica, chile, colombia, danielortega, elsalvador, first amendment, freedomofspeech, guatemala, honduras, hugochavez, journalistdisappearance, journalistkillings, panama, paraguay, sandinistas, southamerica, uruguay, venezuela
Release Ai WeiWei: An Overseas Chinese Perspective
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Apr 17, 2011
Since the unlawful detention of international artist Ai Weiwei 12 days ago, I’ve found myself compelled to call for his release and speak out against China’s human rights abuses.
Categories: Chinese, Immigration, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: ai weiwei, beijing, bird, bird's nest, china, chinese, diaspora, ethic, guangdong, human rights, nest, olympic, pearl river delta
Women's Jam-Making Co-Op in Nicaragua Strikes Gold
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 17, 2011
Ten grandmothers and mothers in Nicaragua have joined forces to create a new organic jam business that has buyers in Canada, the United States and elsewhere licking their lips.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Gender & Sexuality, Indigenous, Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: cbs, condimentos carizal co-op, el carizal, jam, jam-making, maker, nicaragua, reality, survivor, television
Iranian-American Icon Bijan Passes Away
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Apr 16, 2011
Suitmaker to presidents (including Obama and Reagan) and royalty, and designer of the Michael Jordan cologne, Bijan Pakzad was an Iranian-American icon.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Immigration, Intersections, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: bijan, bijan pakzad, cologne, designer, fashion, iran, iranian, iranian-american, michael jordan, obama, perfume, reagan
Arab Rappers in Solidarity With Uprisings in Middle East & North Africa
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 16, 2011
Many prominent Arab hip-hop artists, inspired by uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa, have released music in solidarity with protesters in the region.
Categories: African, African American, Arts & Entertainment, Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Intersections, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: arab, arabian, arabian knightz, berkeley, cairo, canada, el general, excentrik, fredwreck, gadhafi, ghaddafi, hip hop, iraq, libya, logic, london, lowkey, middle east, mish b3eed, naima shalhoub, narcicyst, north africa, oakland, omar offendum, palestine, rais le bled, rap, raptivism, shadia mansour, solidarity, syria, tounes bladna, tunisia, united states
New Name for Immigrant Journalism: Ethnic Media Is Now "d-Media"
Feet in 2 Worlds, First Person, Posted: Apr 16, 2011
The name "ethnic media" has always seemed a bit clumsy—and slightly pejorative.
Categories: Front Page, Intersections, Media, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: diaspora, ethnic, ethnic media, ethnicity, euphemism, immigrant, journalism, media, new america media, new york community media alliance, sandy close
China Adds Love to College Curriculum
Beijing Daily, News Report, Posted: Apr 15, 2011
Universities in Beijing will soon add courses about handling romantic relationships as part of the Psychological Health curricula for college students.
Categories: Chinese, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Youth Culture
Tags: China, college, curricula, relationships, romance
Remembering San Bruno Ave.'s Joe Johnson
San Francisco Chronicle, Editorial, Posted: Apr 15, 2011
Joe Johnson had passed away but the friendliness he projected will stay with San Francisco's San Bruno Avenue.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, food
Maryland Must Pay Millions to Foreign Teachers
Asian Journal, News Report, Posted: Apr 15, 2011
Maryland's second largest school system was ordered to pay $4.2 million to foreign teachers for illegal recruiting practices.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: Dept of labor, Filipino, foreign workers, H-1B, labor wages, Maryland, philippines, recruiting, teachers
Afghanistan's Che Guevara is a Woman
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 15, 2011
She has survived 5 assassination attempts and moves house several times a week with bodyguards. The extraordinary story of an Afghan who dared to raise her voice.
Categories: Asian, Audio, Gender & Sexuality, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: a woman among warlords, activist, afghan, afghanistan, civilian, corpse, denied, malalai, malalai joya, parliament, photos, revolutionary, rolling stone, soldiers, state department, time, U.S., visa
NAM Radio: Abandoned Pets, Afghanistan, Malalai Joya
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Apr 15, 2011
New show: abandoned pets of the foreclosure crisis, N. California Book Awards Winner, Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, and Afghanistan's Che Guevara: Malalai Joya.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: a long goodbye, a woman among warlords, abandoned, activist, afghanistan, animals, artemy kalinovsky, che guevara, farm, foreclosure, fred cody, horses, malalai joya, northern california book award, revolution, revolutionary, soviet, soviet withdrawal from afghanistan, tamim ansary, warlord, withdrawal, woman
Geogia Lawmakers Pass AZ-Style Immigration Law
EFE, News Report, Posted: Apr 15, 2011
The Georgia legislature has passed an anti-immigrant bill that is being compared to Arizona's SB 1070.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Hard-Pressed Homeowners Face Another Threat: Association Dues
New America Media / The Bay Citizen, News Report, Posted: Apr 15, 2011
Homeowners associations are creating a financial nightmare for homeowners by reporting them to debt collection agencies.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bayarea, californiasenatejudiciarycommittee, foreclosures, homeownersassociation, housingcrisis
Debt Collectors Profit Off Homeowners' Fears of Foreclosure
New America Media, Video, Posted: Apr 15, 2011
Bay Area homeowners tell of being held financially hostage when their homeowners associations report them to debt collectors.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: debtcollectors, foreclosure, homeownersassociation, housingcrisis
Ethnic Media Still Lack Visibility at Media Reform Conference
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 15, 2011
NCMR is the biggest gathering of media makers, educators, journalists & policymakers in the country and ethnic media were largely missing from its conference this year.
Categories: African American, Asian, Front Page, Latino, Media, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, South Asian
Tags: africanamericans, ethnic media, josh silver, media, national conference on media reform, ncmr, pakistani, reform
Latin America: The Press Under Pressure (Part I)
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 15, 2011
In Latin America, journalists continue to disappear or be killed while authorities pay lip service to the idea of “Freedom of the Press.”
Categories: International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: castro, cuba, felipecalderon, iapa, interamericanpressassociation, mexico, pressfreedom
Obama y la libertad de prensa
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 14, 2011
Periodistas de la Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa (SIP), critican a Barack Obama por incumplimiento a su promesa de proteger la Libertad de Prensa.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: birgitta jonsdottir, bradley manning, jacob appelbaum, julian assange, libertad de prensa, medio oriente, obama, rob gonggrijp, sociedad interamericana de prensa, twitter, wikileaks
Korean Novel Makes Splash in U.S.
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Apr 14, 2011
The Korean novel "Please Look After My Mother," which sold close to 2 million copies in South Korea in 2008, has kept a steady presence on America's bestseller lists after the release of an English translation of the book earlier this month.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: books, culture, Korean, Korean novel
Speculators Drive Pain at the Gas Pump
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 14, 2011
The real reason why oil and gas prices jumped during most of the 30-month period when there was no turmoil in the Middle East & demand for oil and gas was low.
Categories: African, Economy, Environment, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Middle Eastern, Science & Technology, Stimulus Watch, Top Stories
Tags: barrels, cftc, commission, crude, department, derivatives, dodd-frank, exchange, federal trade commission, futures, gas, goldman sachs, ice, justice, nymex, obama, oil, opec, price, regulation, rise, sec, securities, speculating, speculation, speculator, trading
Student Body Presidents: Budget Cuts Threaten Dream of a Higher Education
New America Media, Video, Posted: Apr 14, 2011
High school student body presidents in the Bay Area say budget cutbacks are damaging their shot at a college education.
Categories: Economy, Education, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: bayarea, budgetcuts, california, education, highschool, jerrybrown
April 20th Teleconference -Tracking the Crackdown
New America Media, Event, Posted: Apr 13, 2011
Join New America Media and The Opportunity Agenda for a discussion of recent developments in immigration policy efforts. Immigrant rights advocates continue to work to create workable solutions for immigration. Now that efforts for comprehensive reform at the federal level have taken a backseat on the federal policy agenda, states around the country are dealing with the issue directly. The call will feature conversations with experienced legal advocates and organizers who will give an overview of efforts at the state level. There will also be time for questions.
Categories: Events
Tags: advocates, immigrant rights, immigration, policy
Inter-American Journalists Hit Obama Administration on Press Freedom
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 13, 2011
Journalists at this week’s Inter-American Press Association conference criticized the Obama Administration for multiple failures to protect press freedom.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Intersections, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: busqueda, first amendment, freedom, IAPA, InteramericanPressSociety, journalism, journalist, latin america, press, second amendment, united states, wikileaks
Maryland DREAM Act Passes State House, One Hurdle Remains
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Apr 13, 2011
Maryland DREAM Act Passes State House, One Hurdle Remains.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Law & Justice
Despite Latest Ruling, Immigrants Still Besieged in Arizona
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 13, 2011
In Arizona, a new court ruling is being celebrated by pro-immigration groups, but it offers little relief to immigrants themselves.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, immigration, sb1070
"Undocumented": U.S. Banks Servicing Drug Cartels
Al Día, Editorial, Posted: Apr 13, 2011
Two articles explain how U.S. banks—notably Wachovia, now owned by Wells Fargo—moved billions of dollars for Mexican drug cartels. Why isn't the federal government taking tougher action?
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice
Tags: drugcartels, moneylaundering, usbanks, usbanksdrugcartels, wachovia
Georgia Senate Approves AZ-Style Immigration Bill
Al Día, News Report, Posted: Apr 12, 2011
The Georgia senate approved its own version of Arizona's anti-immigrant law SB 1070.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Dental Care Crisis Draws Thousands to Free Medical Clinic
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 12, 2011
The Oakland Coliseum has been jammed with low-income patients seeking free dental and medical care—exposing the richest state’s Third World status.
Categories: Health, Original NAM Content, Photo Galleries, Top Stories
Tags: dentalcare, healthcare, healthfair, medicalcare, remoteareamedical, uninsured, visioncare
MPI Report Examines U.S.-Mexico Relations 1890-2011
Migration Policy Institute, News Report, Posted: Apr 12, 2011
A new report traces the evolution of U.S.-Mexico relations on migration, and finds that cooperation can offer benefits for both countries.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latin America, Latino
English-Only Policy Sparks Rash of Suicides at Korean University
Hankyoreh, News Report, Posted: Apr 12, 2011
Four students and a professor from one of Korea’s top-ranked universities have committed suicide this past year, with much of the blame focusing on an English-only policy enacted in 2007.
Categories: Asian, Education, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Health, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Republican Senator Sponsors Bill for Adoption of North Korean Orphans
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Apr 12, 2011
Late last month Senator Richard Burr (R- North Carolina) sponsored a bill that, if passed, would expedite the adoption process for Americans seeking to adopt orphaned children of North Korean refugees, reports the Korea Times in Oakland.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: north korea, north korean refugee adoption act of 2011, north korean refugees, senator richard burr
The Hypocrisy of Military Intervention for So-Called 'Humanitarian Assistance'
Final Call, News Feature, Posted: Apr 12, 2011
The fast moving media discussion concerning the invasion of the North African country of Libya, appears more geared toward just satisfying the appetite of John Q Public, than it has to do with providing anything having to do with reality.
Categories: African, Front Page
Tags: Libya, military, North Africa, U.S.
Early-Warning System Could Spare Lives, Businesses in Next Big CA Quake
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Apr 12, 2011
Researchers in California have been working on a prototype for an Early Earthquake Warning system, the first in the United States, but it faces significant hurdles.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Education, Environment, Front Page, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: bay area, berkeley, california, earthquake, fault, hayward, japan, quake, san andreas, san francisco
Last Call for Tea Party?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Apr 12, 2011
Poll shows a growing number of low-income, white Americans are developing an unfavorable view of the Tea Party.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: congress, michellebachman, obama, teaparty
Familia latina se une en el cuidado de Alzheimer para hacer memorias
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 11, 2011
Los García inicialmente ocultaron la enfermedad de Alzheimer de su papá, pero aprendieron a educarse.
Categories: NAM en Español
Latino Family Joins Forces in Alzheimer’s Care to Make Memories
New America Media, Video, Posted: Apr 11, 2011
The Garcias, like many Latino families, initially hid their “Papa’s” Alzheimer’s, but they eventually got educated and stopped fearing the unknown.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Elders, Health, Immigration, Latino, Science & Technology, Top Stories, Video
Tags: alzheimer, alzheimer's, alzheimer's association, avenidas, aztec, california, california department of health and human services, disease, elder, gilroy, latino, mountain view, mountain view chamber of commerce, northern california
Court Upholds Injunction on Parts of AZ Immigration Law
Al Día, News Report, Posted: Apr 11, 2011
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a decision to block implementation of key provisions of Arizona's immigration law SB 1070.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: arizonaimmigrationlaw, arizonasb1070, sb1070
California Home Care Cuts Target Ethnic, Immigrant Elders
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Apr 11, 2011
Cuts to California’s In-Home Supportive Services will disproportionately harm vulnerable people in ethnic communities, especially immigrants.
Categories: Asian, Elders, Health, Immigration, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: budgetcuts, californiabudget, healthcare, homecare, immigrants, lowenglishproficiency, senioirs
Is Germany Ready for its First Ethnically Vietnamese Vice Chancellor?
Talk.Onevietnam.org, News Analysis, Posted: Apr 10, 2011
In Germany’s political scene, a scene I had just read about as being divided by immigration issues, enter Philipp Rösler: 38 years old;native of Vietnam in spite of the Germanic name; expected successor to Guido Westerwelle, Germany’s current vice chancellor; expected president of Germany’s Free Democratic Party.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, European, International Affairs
Tags: a scene I had just read about as being divided by immigration issues, enter Philipp Rösler: 38 years old;native of Vietnam in spite of the Germanic name; expected successor to Guido Westerwelle, Germany’s current vice chancellor; expected president of Germany’s Free Democratic Party., In Germany’s political scene
Media Warn AT&T/T-Mobile Deal Could Hurt Ethnic Communities
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Apr 10, 2011
Ethnic and community-media worry that AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile could escalate prices and curtail service for lower-income groups.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Latino, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology
Tags: at&t, business, ethniccommunities, fcc, mediaaccess, mobile, t-mobil
We Can't Afford Not to Fix Our Justice System
The Root, Op-ed, Posted: Apr 10, 2011
We cannot afford to wait another generation to turn around decades of failed policies that have caused our nation to hemorrhage money and human potential.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: criminaljustice, kamalaharris, NAACP, prison, prisonspending, softoncrime, toughoncrime
School Matters: Can Public Schools Really Do More With Less?
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Apr 09, 2011
A new report by the Center for American Progress suggests that some districts spend their money more wisely than others—and that most schools can become more efficient without sacrificing academic quality.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Education, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: centerforamericanprogress, productivity, publiceducation, UlrichBoser
Parts of Sendai Destroyed, but Not Its Humanity
Nichi Bei Weekly, First Person, Posted: Apr 09, 2011
The shaking became more and more intense to the point where we could no longer stand and our boss was yelling for everyone to take cover.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Front Page, International Affairs
States: Food Stamp, Welfare Bans for Drug Felons Counterproductive
America's Wire, News Analysis, Posted: Apr 09, 2011
Welfare reform allowed states to deny food stamps or family welfare to convicted drug felons. Now, some states say the rules are costly and ineffective.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, food
ICE Stalks Immigrant Parents at Detroit School
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 08, 2011
ICE admits that agents in Detroit appear to have violated agency policy when they targeted a school where immigrant parents were dropping off their children.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: Detroit, ICE, undocumentedimmigrants
CBC Chair: Govt. Shutdown Will Hurt Black Households
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Apr 08, 2011
As Congress releases furlough notices to millions of government workers, the head of the Congressional Black Caucus calls a shutdown a lose-lose situation.
Categories: African American, Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: CBC, congressionalblackcaucus, EmanuelCleaver, furloughs, GOP, governmentshutdown, johnboerner, obama
Alabama Version of SB 1070 Advances
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Apr 08, 2011
The Alabama House has passed by a wide margin a bill that would make it a state crime to be an undocumented immigrant.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Fellowships, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice
Tags: Alabama, Arizona, immigration, SB1070, undocumentedimmigrants
Arizona to Allow Guns on Campus
The Root, News Report, Posted: Apr 08, 2011
A bill to let people have guns while driving or walking through state universities and community college campuses cleared its final hurdle in the Arizona Legislature.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: Arizona, college, GabrielleGiffords, guns, JanBrewer
Ex presidente Fox propone legalizar las drogas en México
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 08, 2011
El ex presidente mexicano Vicente Fox dijo que el flujo de drogas entre México y Estados Unidos “nadie lo va a detener".
Categories: NAM en Español
NAM Radio: Maxine Hong Kingston, Youth Incarceration, Koran Burning
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Apr 08, 2011
New show: Maxine Hong Kingston's new book, Koran burnings, a teenage girl in prison for life, small biz & race relations, anime & tsunamis.
Categories: African, African American, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Chinese, Economy, Elders, Eye on Egypt , Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Science & Technology, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: anime, burning, cyntoia, cyntoia's story, dan birman, earthquake, florida, i love a broad margin to my life, imprisonment, incarceration, japan, juvenile, koran, maxine hong kingston, pastor, prison, race relations, richard rodriguez, small business, tsunami, youth
Investigation: Lax Enforcement Puts CA Schools at Risk in Earthquakes
California Watch, News Report, Posted: Apr 07, 2011
Tens of thousands of California public school students are in danger because of the state's failure to enforce its strict seismic-safety law.
Categories: Economy, Education, Environment, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: constructionstandards, earthquakes, FieldAct, publicschools, seismicsafety, statearchitect
Vietnam Checking its Radioactive Levels
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: Apr 07, 2011
The Vietnam Atomic Energy Commission has ordered related agencies to measure radioactive levels in the atmosphere following blasts at a Japanese quake-hit nuclear power plant, VnExpress reported.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: earthquake, fukushima, japan, leaks, radiation, vietnam
Eye on Arab Media: Facebook Loses Face After Intifada Page Is Pulled
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Apr 07, 2011
Facebook has outraged Arabs by shutting down “The Third Palestinian Intifada” page, based on questionable Israeli-government claims that the page incited violence.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , Front Page, International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: ArabSpring, Egypt, Facebook, Gaza, Intifada, Israel, Palestinians, Tunisia
One Year Later, Health Care Reform Brings Positive Change
BlackVoiceNews.com, News Report, Posted: Apr 07, 2011
This first anniversary of health care reform is provoking fresh debate over a law many Americans still remain confused about, even as its benefits are already taking effect.
Categories: African American, Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Health, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: health, health care, medicare, reform
Aristide Returns as Haiti Seeks a New Course
The Final Call , News Report, Posted: Apr 07, 2011
In defiance of Washington, Jean-Bertrand Aristide has returned to Haiti for the first time since being overthrown seven years ago in a U.S.-backed coup.
Categories: African, Caribbean, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, International Affairs, Politics & Governance, War & Conflict
Tags: Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Astride, politics
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California Watch, News Report, Posted: Apr 07, 2011
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Categories: Asian, Education, Environment, Science & Technology
Tags: california watch, earthquake, field act, schools
Again, Oil Behind Our Actions Overseas
Philadelphia Tribune, Commentary, Posted: Apr 07, 2011
Remember when fuel prices were sky high a few years ago? We blamed George W. Bush, suggesting he could make a few calls to his Saudi buddies and get those prices down to a reasonable level.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Eye on Egypt , Front Page, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, War & Conflict
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California Watch, News Report, Posted: Apr 07, 2011
Vietnamese-language translation of Part 1 of a California Watch investigation on seismic safety.
Categories: Asian, Education, Environment, Science & Technology
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New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 07, 2011
Chinese-language translation of Part 1 of a California Watch investigation on seismic safety.
Categories: Chinese, Education, Environment
New York - IRE Ethnic Media Watchdog Workshop - April 8-9, 2011
New America Media, Event, Posted: Apr 07, 2011
Sharpen your skills, learn new approaches to news gathering and add depth to your reporting through IRE’s Ethnic Media Watchdog Workshop. Veteran journalists from The New York Times, ProPublica, El Nuevo Herald/The Miami Herald and IRE’s training staff will present sessions on topics getting information from the police and other government officials, filing open records requests, tackling immigration topics, and much more. We’ll also offer sessions that help you incorporate audio, video and blogging into your reporting arsenal.
Categories: Events
Tags: Media workshop
Ex-President Fox Calls on Mexico to Legalize Drugs
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 07, 2011
In a speech to Latino journalists, Vincente Fox argues that the only way to stop drug violence is to legalize drug use in Mexico.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Economy, Front Page, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: drugtrafficking, druguse, drugviolence, immigration, InteramericanPressSociety, Mexico, VicenteFox
South Korea Fearful as Radioactive Material Is Found in Rain
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Apr 07, 2011
From parents of kindergartners to office workers, South Korea was gripped by concerns over “radioactive rain.”
Categories: Asian, Environment, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Health, International Affairs, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: disaster, earthquake, Japan, Korea, nuclear fear, Radiation, Radioactive rain, tsunami
Revolutions Catch Press in Lebanon Off Guard
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Apr 07, 2011
Once the pride of Arab media, Beirut newspapers were caught sleeping as recent uprisings spread. But haunting Lebanese media are decades of assassination.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: assassination, facebook, journalists, media, Middle East revolution twitter, middleeast
Shutting Down the Government of Special Interests—but Only for Show
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Apr 07, 2011
As the new GOP majority in the House tries to impress those who voted it into power, lobbyists and defense contractors go untouched.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: budgetimpasse, contractors, defensebudget, GOP, governmentshutdown, Iraq, lobbyists, specialinterests
Taxpayer Beware: Predatory Lenders Want a Piece of Your Refund
Equal Voice Newspaper, News Report, Posted: Apr 07, 2011
Walmart has teamed up with Jackson Hewitt, the tax preparation company, to offer "refund anticipation loans"—a scam that low-income minorities may find especially hard to resist.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Elders, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: incometax, IRS, JacksonHewitt, predatorylending, RALs, refundanticipationloans, taxrefund, Walmart
Bollywood's Veena Malik Takes on Muslim Cleric on Live TV
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 06, 2011
A Pakistani Bollywood actress is set up during a live TV show, accused by a cleric of being unchaste during appearances on an Indian reality show.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Gender & Sexuality, International Affairs, Media, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: bigg boss, bollywood, cleric, frontline, india, interview, islam, kamran shahid, lollywood, mufti, muslim, pakistan, pakistani, pamela anderson, veena malik
Cervical Cancer -- A Preventable Tragedy for Latinas
New America Media, Video, Posted: Apr 06, 2011
Ethnic media representatives met with healthcare professionals to discuss HPV and cervical cancer among women in the Latino community.
Categories: Health, Latino, Video
Tags: California, californiamedicalassociation, cervicalcancer, healthcare, hpv, prevention
Anti-Immigration Bill Dies in CA Legislature
Univision, News Report, Posted: Apr 06, 2011
An Arizona-type immigration law in California died in the Assembly Judiciary Committee Tuesday.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Is Japan's Elite Hiding a Weapons Program Inside Nuclear Plants?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Apr 06, 2011
One logical reason for the chain of lies about the Fukushima disaster: the nuclear industry is trying to prevent the discovery of weapons research facilities hidden inside Japan's nuclear power plants.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Front Page, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Fukushimanuclearplant, General Electric, METI, naoto kan, nuclearaccident, TEPCO, Tohokuearthquake, tsunami
What Does Clarence Thomas Have Against Black People?
Black America Web, Commentary, Posted: Apr 06, 2011
In throwing out a $15. 5 million judgment in a prosecutor misconduct case , Thomas once again sides with the (mostly white) power elite and against a black man seeking justice.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: clarencethomas, deathsentence, johnthompson, prosecutorialmisconduct, supremecourt, wrongfulconviction
Sen. Durbin to Reintroduce DREAM Act in Congress
Colorlines, News Analysis, Posted: Apr 06, 2011
Sen. Richard Durbin plans to reintroduce the DREAM Act, but immigration advocates say the bill will be a watered-down version of the one that narrowly failed last December.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: Democrats, DreamAct, GOP, immigration, JohnMcCain, RichardDurbin, undocumentedyouth, UnitedWeDream
In U.S. Prisons, Inmates Sold Into Sex Slavery
La Opinión, News Feature, Posted: Apr 06, 2011
The prison sex trade—whose victims include men like Scott Howard (above)—is dominated by gangs such as the Mexican Mafia, the Sureños and the Norteños.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: prison, prisonrape, prisonsex, prisonsextrade, prostitution, rape, sextrafficking
New Black TV Network: MLK's Son Is Founder
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 05, 2011
On the 43rd anniversary of his father's death, Martin Luther King III announced the upcoming launch of Bounce TV.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines, Ethnic Media Network, Media
Fox, NBC Go Hispanic
Portada, News Report, Posted: Apr 05, 2011
Fox is launching Fox Hispanic Media (FHM), which will include three Spanish-language networks.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Media
Tags: fhm, fox, foxlatino, hispanicmarketing, nbc, spanishtv, television, tv
Latina Suicide Attempts Double in NY
El Diario/La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Apr 05, 2011
Suicide attempt rates among Latinas have nearly doubled since 2007, reports El Diario/La Prensa.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Latino, Youth Culture
Tags: latinasuicide, suicide
In CA, Two Very Different Immigration Bills
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Apr 05, 2011
Two California lawmakers are proposing ibills that take opposite views of how to address the immigration issue in the state.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: AB1081, AB26, ammiano, arizonaimmigrationlaw, SB1070, scomm, SecureCommunities, timdonnelly
Communities of Color Growing In Minnesota
AA Press, News Report, Posted: Apr 05, 2011
The Twin Cities metro area’s population grew to 2.85 million in 2010, according to 2010 Census counts released last week.
Categories: African American, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: census 2011, diversity, growth, hmong, minnesota, minorities, population, race
Nudity and More: Performance Art in Vietnam
Talk.Onevietnam.org, News Report, Posted: Apr 05, 2011
Blue feathers were laid neatly in a rectangular shape on the floor in the middle of an audience-filled room in Ha Noi, Vietnam.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Youth Culture
Thuy Vu Wins Award For Vietnam Revisited
AsianWeek, News Report, Posted: Apr 05, 2011
CBS 5 Reporter/Anchor Thuy Vu, Vince Garrido and Greg Marasso have won a First Place National Headliner Award for their documentary and series of stories, “Vietnam Revisited.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: agent orange, award, cbs, media, reporting, thuy vu, vietnam
Article on Coachella Pollution Inspires Young Journalists to Speak Out
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Apr 05, 2011
When the Desert Sun ran an article showing officials touring polluted areas of poverty-stricken Coachella Valley, student journalists reacted sharply—and the paper responded.
Categories: Education, Environment, Front Page, Health, Immigration, Latino, Media, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: california, coachellavalley, education, journalism, latino, media, pollution, youth
Bitter Battle Over Voter ID Laws: Prevent Fraud or Exclude Voters?
The Root, News Report, Posted: Apr 05, 2011
Republican-controlled legislatures are pushing strict voter-identification laws—just in time for the 2012 elections.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: 2012, civilrights, GOP, NikkiHaley, southcarolina, voterfraud, voterID, voters, votingrightsact
Pandering Politicians Refuse Pardons—Perpetuate Injustice
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Apr 05, 2011
In refusing to pardon the Scott sisters, despite calls for mercy, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour joins politicians of both parties who deny pardons unjustly.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: democrats, gop, haleybarbour, michaeldukakis, mississippi, presidentialcandidates, scottsisters, williehorton
A Salt Rush as Consumers Fear Japanese Radiation
Joongang Daily, News Report, Posted: Apr 04, 2011
Park Jae-seon, a homemaker from Gwanak District, southwestern Seoul, was surprised when she visited her childhood friend’s home last week. While helping out with the cooking, she opened a pantry to find the entire shelf filled with salt in packages of all shapes and sizes.
Categories: Asian, Front Page
Tags: Fukushima, Japan, Korea, Nuclear power plant, Radiation, Salt
India Currents Celebrates 25 Years
India Currents, News Report, Posted: Apr 04, 2011
From a skinny 8-page black-and-white magazine, Silicon Valley-based India Currents has evolved into a robust glossy with a 100,000 readership throughout California.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Media, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: 25 years, free, household name, India Currents, monthly
Supreme Court Dismisses Troy Davis Appeal
The Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Apr 04, 2011
Family and supporters of Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis say they remain optimistic in their fight to save him from execution despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to reject his appeal, Monday.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Trial Begins for New Orleans Cops Accused of Fatal Beating
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Apr 04, 2011
The Department of Justice is not done prosecuting New Orleans cops. Today marks the beginning of the third federal trial for NOPD officers accused of misconduct in a string of cases that ended with the violent deaths of black men. Veteran cop Melvin Williams and his rookie partner Matthew Dean Moore have been accused of fatally beating Raymond Robair in 2005.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice
Tags: beating, cops, criminal, fatality, justice, new orleans, police, trials
Telenovelas Take on Female Drug Lords, Drag Racing
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Apr 04, 2011
"La Reina del Sur" tells the story of a Sinaloa woman who becomes a drug lord.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latin America, Latino, Media
Tags: dragracing, lareinadelsur, telemundo, telenovela, womencartels, womendruglords, womendrugtraffickers
John Kerry Calls for Depression-Era "Public Works" Program
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 04, 2011
The senator and former Democratic presidential candidate has sponsored legislation in Congress that would create an “infrastructure bank,” with energy as the top area for investment.
Categories: Economy, Environment, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: China, energy, great depression, infrastructure, investment, john kerry, public works, recession, United States
Hidden Dangers: Falls Injure More Seniors Than Violent Crime
The Inquirer , News Feature, Posted: Apr 04, 2011
Nationally, falls are the leading cause of injury death for seniors, and racks up billions of dollars in medical costs yearly.
Categories: African American, Elders, Front Page, Multi-ethnic
Tags: seniors elders health preventable falls hospital readmissions hip injuries
On SF's San Bruno Ave, Businesses Promote Common Ground
NAM/SF Chronicle/KTSF, Video, Posted: Apr 03, 2011
Joe Johnson and Nelson Liang grew up on opposite sides of the world but they’ve ended up working on the same block on San Francisco’s San Bruno Avenue, where they share a view of a rapidly changing neighborhood.
Categories: African American, Chinese, Economy, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, Video
Tags: African Americans and Asian Americans, District 10, interracial relations, San Bruno Avenue
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NAM/SF Chronicle/KTSF, Video, Posted: Apr 03, 2011
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Uncounted in India— The Other Side of the Census
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Apr 02, 2011
The 15th national census of India is a peephole into a changing India. For the first time ever, the census had three boxes under sex: Male, Female or Other.
Categories: International Affairs, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: changing, counted, disabled, India's census, male-to-female ratio, skewed, transgender
Asian-American Studies on the Chopping Block
Pacific Citizen, News Report, Posted: Apr 02, 2011
An area of study that was once on the rise is now facing a decline, putting the availability of Asian-American Studies in jeopardy.
Categories: Asian, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines
New Research Team to Investigate Mystery Behind Premature Births
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 02, 2011
A collaborative venture between the March of Dimes and Stanford Medical School will investigate one of the most elusive of medical mysteries— why some babies are born prematurely.
Categories: African American, Asian, Environment, European, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: March of Dimes, neo-natal deaths, premature babies, Stanford University
Latina Voices Join the Blogosphere
Al Día, News Feature, Posted: Apr 02, 2011
"Latino bloggers are powerful because we have the information the mainstream media want but don’t know how to get."
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Media
Tags: blogosphere, blogs, hispanicblogs, latinabloggers, latinobloggers, latinoblogs
Take Action Games ? Video Games for a Cause
Silicon Valley De-Bug, Video, Posted: Apr 01, 2011
Susana Ruiz, artist/video game designer and co-founder of Take Action Games, presented her work at the Euphrat Museum of Art in Cupertino, California. Her games take on social justice issues such as criminal justice and gender violence.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: criminal justice gender violence, Euphrant Museum of Art in Cupertino, social justice, Susana Ruiz, take action games
NAM Radio: Obama in Latin America, Steroids, and Japanese Americans
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Apr 01, 2011
This week on New America Now Radio: Obama in Latin America, Barry Bonds and steroids, women in politics, & Japanese-American internment camps.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Caribbean, Elders, Health, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Sports, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: andrew lam, barry bonds, brazil, brian komei dempster, chile, detention, el salvador, giants, herbal, imprisonment, iran, japanese, japanese american, latin america, libya, maxine hong kingston, obama, perjury, san francisco, steroids, undetectable, world war two
The Roots of Iranian Human Rights Abuses Run Deep
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Apr 01, 2011
Will the U.N.’s new Special Rapporteur to Iran grasp the country better than three who failed before? Key is understanding Iran’s custom of forced civility.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: culture, human rights, Iran, manner, mannerism, Special Rapporteur, traditional
Ethnic Media Weigh U.S. Military Action in Libya
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 01, 2011
A New America Media survey of ethnic media coverage – both here and abroad – found mixed reactions and support for U.S. involvement in Libya.
Categories: African American, Asian, Chinese, International Affairs, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: brazil, china, diaspora, india, korea, libya, mexico, muammar gadhafi, obama, russia, un security council