Strange Relic From a Day in Iraq
Another Source, Commentary, Posted: Jul 31, 2011
A Marine's faith, shaken on the battlefield, is reaffirmed seven years after a comrade is grievously wounded.
Categories: Front Page, War & Conflict
Tags: Iraq Afghanistan wars veterans trauma violence mental illness depression
Faces of Foreclosure: Family Won't Give Up
World Journal, News Report, Posted: Jul 31, 2011
With over 1.2 million foreclosed homes in the last three years, California leads the nation in total foreclosures. Yet we know little about the fate of those who lost their homes. Donna Vieira is one of them.
Categories: Chinese, Foreclosures, Top Stories, Video
Tags: foreclosure housing mortgage crisis loan modification homeownership american dream
Motorbiking From San Francisco to Pakistan: One Man's Journey
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jul 31, 2011
A young Pakistani-American embarks on a goodwill journey -- motorbiking all the way from San Francisco, California to Lahore, Pakistan.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, European, Immigration, International Affairs, Intersections, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: a different agenda, agenda, goodwill, iran, journey, lahore, moin khan, motorbike, motorbiking, pakistan, pakistan-us relations, pakistani, pakistani-american, san francisco, usa
The Debt Ceiling: Washington’s Summer Thriller Terrifies the Poor and Elders
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jul 30, 2011
As the phony debt-ceiling war lurches to Monday’s deadline, Washington’s real game is distracting the public from genuine threats to liberty.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: congress, debtceiling, economy, elders, greatdepression, poverty, presidentobama
CA Ethnic Parents Not Ready for New Kindergarten Readiness Act
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 30, 2011
California’s new kindergarten rules may better prepare children, such as those in Fresno’s Hmong community. But few ethnic parents know of the changes.
Categories: Asian, Education, Front Page, Immigration, Intersections, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: californiaschools, children, education, fresno, hmong, immigration, kindergarten, languagebarriers, preschool
Faces of Foreclosure: Senior Loses Her Independence
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Jul 30, 2011
With over 1.2 million foreclosed homes in the last three years, California leads the nation in total foreclosures. Yet we know little about the fate of those who lost their homes. Ethel Gist is one of them.
Categories: African American, Elders, Foreclosures, Top Stories, Video
Tags: american dream, foreclosure, homeownership, housing, loan modification, mortgage crisis
Muslim Family Mourns in Norway
Al Jazeera English, News Report, Posted: Jul 29, 2011
Khaled Hajj Hamed injured his leg running from the mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik. His brother Isma was not so lucky.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: Breivik, muslins, norwaykillings, utoea
Spanish-Language Radio Swells Amid Media Slump
Deseret News, News Report, Posted: Jul 29, 2011
Spanish-language radio stations have grown by more than one-third since 2002.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Media
Tags: hispanicmedia, hispanicradio, hispanictv, latinomedia, spanishlanguageradio
DNC Releases First Spanish-Language Ad for 2012
Al Día, News Report, Posted: Jul 29, 2011
The Democratic National Committee's first TV spot for the 2012 election is a 30-second Spanish-language ad.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Media, Politics & Governance
Tags: democratslatinos, dnc, hispanics2012, hispanicvote, latinos2012, latinovote, spanishads
White Supremacist Attack: A Norwegian Muslim Responds
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jul 29, 2011
A prominent Norwegian Muslim of Pakistani origin discusses the aftermath of the recent white supremacist terrorist attack in Norway.
Categories: African, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, European, Immigration, International Affairs, Intersections, Law & Justice, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: anders behring breivik, bomb, islam, killer, murder, muslim, norway, norwegian, shabana rehman, shooting, supremacist, terrorist, terrorist attack, white, white supremacy
A Year On, States Draw Back from SB 1070 Legislation
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 29, 2011
A year after SB 1070 took effect, states are turning away from similar bills, fearing the economic fallout from anti-immigrant legislation.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: Alabama, Arizona, deportations, HB 56, Hispanic, immigration, Latino, NCLR, Obama, SB 1070
California’s Impoverished Elders Out of Health Care Options
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jul 29, 2011
Gov. Brown vetoed a bill to save California’s health centers from his budget axe. Advocates for seniors say promises to meet their needs are yet to materialize.
Categories: Elders, Health, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: adultdayhealthcenters, budgetcut, jerrybrown, latinoelders, seniors
Latino Grandparent Caregivers Relieve the Foster Care System
El Nuevo Sol / New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Jul 29, 2011
The Cardenases took in seven of their grandchildren, just as millions of seniors are parenting their grandkids – and relieving the foster care system in the process.
Categories: Elders, Latino, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: fostercare, grandparents, grandparentsasparents, latinos, seniors, southerncalifornia
"He Didn’t Deserve This" Q&A with the Mother of Kenneth Harding
San Francisco Bayview, Interview, Posted: Jul 28, 2011
Kenneth Harding was killed after an altercation with San Francisco police officers, his mother Denika Chatman talked with The San Francisco BayView.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: black, denika chatman, hunter's point, kennneth harding, police, san francisco, sfpd, shot
Some Chinese Americans Won’t Miss Wu
World Journal, News Report, Posted: Jul 28, 2011
Chinese Americans in Portland and the Bay Area have mixed reactions on the resignation of Oregon congressman David Wu.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: Asian Americans, Chinese Americans, David Wu, Oregon congressman, politics, sex scandal
When a Food Desert is a Food Island
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 28, 2011
A new state program launched last week could help bring fresh fruits and vegetable to residents of Treasure Island, one of several so-called "food deserts" across California.
Categories: Health, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, food
Tags: Bayview, Cal Endowment, diabetes, food desert, FreshWorks, health, Job Corps, obesity, Treasure Island
Navajos grapple with feral horse problem
Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: Jul 28, 2011
No one is breaking or riding the horses, according to Halwood. They're not being fed, except for what they can scrounge in the canyon, much less vaccinated or shod.
Categories: Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines, Indigenous
Tags: environment, feral, horses, navajo, wild
Michigan Governor Says It's Time to Embrace Immigrants
The Arab American News, News Report, Posted: Jul 28, 2011
Michigan's Gov. Rick Snyder said in addition to cultural diversity, immigrants bring jobs to America. "Make no mistake about it, they are job creators, and we should be embracing that," he added.
Categories: Economy, Immigration, Middle Eastern, Top Stories
Tags: arab, arabamerican, economic recovery, immigrantlabor, immigration, jobs, michigan
Somali Media Rally Behind Famine Relief
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 28, 2011
The famine now ravaging Somalia has stirred vivid memories for members of the Somali community in the United States, with Somali media here looking to provide aid in a dire time of need.
Categories: African, International Affairs, Media, Top Stories
Tags: Africa, diaspora, famine, frought, media, Somalia, UN, World Food Program
Paris Opera Takes on Mexican Immigration Experience
EFE, News Report, Posted: Jul 28, 2011
The Théȃtre Chȃtelet in Paris will premiere a mariachi opera production about Mexican immigration in the United States.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, International Affairs, Latino
U.S. Future After Debt Default Could Reflect Japan’s Bleakness
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jul 28, 2011
If the U.S. fails to lift its debt ceiling by Aug. 2, and defaults on its debts, the financial world won’t lose much, but the public will – just as happened in Japan.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, International Affairs, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: debtceiling, debtcrisis, default, economy, fukushimameltdown, greece, japaneseyen, suicides, unemployment, usdollar
Mexico Makes It Easier to Vote Abroad
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jul 27, 2011
Beginning Oct. 1, Mexican nationals abroad will be able to register to vote for the 2012 Mexican presidential election.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tragic Train Crash in China Was No Accident
Shanghai Business Daily, Commentary, Posted: Jul 27, 2011
The tragic train crash in Wenzhou, China, reflects China's problematic railway management.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Filipino Sells Drone, Faces Prison Term
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Jul 27, 2011
He tried to sell an unmanned military drone on EBay; now he's facing 20 years in prison.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, War & Conflict
Reverse Brain Drain: Indian and Chinese entrepreneurs in the United States moving back home
India Currents, News Report, Posted: Jul 27, 2011
Skilled immigrants are leaving the United States in droves.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: asian, braindrain, china, chinese, economy, home, india, indians, reverse
Why Are So Few Young Men of Color Graduating High School?
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jul 27, 2011
There’s a new way to look at data released earlier this summer on the challenges young men of color face in school.
Tags: color, education, graduation, high school, men, school, teenage, youth
Landslides, Floods Kill 36 in South Korea
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Jul 27, 2011
Some 400 residents were ordered to evacuate their apartments in the posh mountainside village near the southern tip of Seoul as torrential rains flooded the country.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media in the News, Front Page
Tags: disasters, flood, heavy rain, Korea, Landslides, natural disasters
Mike Monteiro: Notorious Twitterer
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jul 27, 2011
Mike Monteiro is a Twitter star -- a new breed of social networking maven -- and he has a lot to say to a lot of people who are eager to listen.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, European, Immigration, Latino, Media, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: artist, british petroleum, design, facebook, mike monteiro, mike_ftw, mule design, portugal, portuguese, portuguese-american, pr, social media, tumblr, tweet, twitter
Advocates Balk as San Jose Police Consider Fed Surveillance Program
SJ Beez, News Report, Posted: Jul 27, 2011
Federal officials say their Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative is not like TV’s 24, but civil-rights advocates in San Jose, Calif., and elsewhere aren’t so sure.
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, Intersections, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, War & Conflict
Tags: asianlawcaucus, fbi, homelandsecurity, immigration, immigrationandcustomsenforcement, racialprofiling, religiousprofiling, sanjosecalifornia, SuspiciousActivityReporting
Honored Arts Program Engages Ethnic Elders for Health and Vitality
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Jul 27, 2011
EngAGE, an award-winning program in Los Angeles, improves health—and cuts costs—by bringing arts and fitness to low-income seniors of many cultures.
Categories: Elders, Health, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: arts, elders, health, irvine foundation, latino, los angeles, nationalcenterforcreativeaging
Illinois Rep. Gutierrez Arrested at Deportation Protest
Univision, News Report, Posted: Jul 26, 2011
Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., and 10 others were arrested Tuesday outside the White House while protesting deportations of undocumented immigrants.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: gutierrez, gutierrezarrested, illinois, luisgutierrez
Obama Promises Reform, NCLR Sees Deportations
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 26, 2011
Obama spoke of immigration reform to the nation's largest Hispanic advocacy group as his administration tops the million mark in deportations.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: deportations, ICE, immigration, Latino, NCLR, Obama
Would NBA players dare to leave US?
New York Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Jul 26, 2011
Has Deron Williams' bold and somewhat risky decision to sign a contract with Beşiktaş, a Turkish basketball club based in Istanbul, opened the floodgates for a mass exodus of NBA stars to far way places?
Categories: African American, Front Page, Sports
Tags: basketball, international, NBA, players
Will U.S. Default on Debt; Does Recession Loom?
The Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jul 26, 2011
As the countdown until the United States of America defaults, for the first time in its history on its debts goes from days to hours, Republican leaders in Congress—which must agree to an increase in the national debt.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance
Rep. David Wu Resigns Amid Sex Scandal
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jul 26, 2011
Over the weekend an investigation by the House Ethics Committee seemed imminent, with fellow Democrat and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi calling for a probe of Rep. Wu. Even though the debt-ceiling crisis seems farther from resolution with each day that passes, based on the Ethics Committee’s track record, the congressman is still taking the quick way out.
Categories: Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Politics & Governance
Tags: congressman, david wu, democrat, ethics committee, portland, resign, sex scandal
Diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander Workforce Faces Many Challenges
AsianWeek.com, News Report, Posted: Jul 26, 2011
AAPI women workers are concentrated both in typically high-paying occupations in health, finance, and computer-related fields, as well as typically poorly-paying occupations, such as cashiers, cleaners, and wait staff. AAPI men are also concentrated in many of these same high-paying occupations, but also in low-paying occupations including cooks, truck drivers, and janitors.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: american, asian, discriminiation, labor, workforce
Pew: Latinos Hit Hardest by Economic Recession
Univision, News Report, Posted: Jul 26, 2011
The economic recession, particularly the housing crisis, has hit Latino households harder than African Americans and whites
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Tags: latinoseconomy, latinosrecession
La Opinión: Debt Ceiling No Time for Political Maneuvers
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Jul 26, 2011
If the national debt ceiling is not raised in less than a week, the United States will default on its debts.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: debtceiling
South China Sea: Détente vs. Deterrence
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jul 26, 2011
When it comes to geopolitics, especially in the South China Sea, there’s a time for détente and then there’s a time for deterrence.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Environment, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: conflict, islands, malaysia, navy, oil, paracel, philippines, south China sea, spratly, U.S., vietnam
Stieg Larsson’s “Expo” Reports on Oslo Suspect’s Far-Right Connections
Unsilent Generation, News Report, Posted: Jul 26, 2011
Stieg Larsson didn’t live to see his Milennium novels succeed, but had he lived, he’d be as proud of Expo, his magazine that exposes fascists like Oslo’s terrorist.
Categories: Immigration, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Anders Breivik, anti-facists, muslims, norway, stieg larsson
Proposed Medicaid Cuts in Debt Debate Concern Ethnic Health Activists
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 26, 2011
Negotiations in Washington, D.C, over the Debt Ceiling seem abstract to most, but proposed cuts to Medicaid would hit home for low-income people.
Categories: Economy, Health, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: debtceiling, deficitdebate, democrats, gop, health, jerrybrown, medicaid, paulryan, poverty
Envoy: Fil-Ams Must Lobby for Garments Act
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Jul 25, 2011
The Filipino-American community need to urge their federal lawmakers to allow Philippine-made apparel using fabrics from the United States to enter their adopted homeland duty free.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Tags: apparel, duty free, lawmakers, lobby, Philippine-made, quota system.
Al Día Calls Philadelphia Daily News Column 'Bigoted'
Al Día, Editorial, Posted: Jul 25, 2011
An editorial in Spanish-language newspaper Al Día criticizes a column in the Philadelphia Daily News that argues for Secure Communities.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Media
Ecuadorian Media Under Fire
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Jul 25, 2011
Using the criminal justice system as a way to punish journalists who criticize the government is a dictatorial recourse for shutting down dissent and freedom of opinion.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latin America, Latino, Media
Tags: ecuador, freedomofthepress, rafaelcorrea
Death Toll from China's Train Crash Raised to 38
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Jul 25, 2011
The death toll from the high-speed train crash in East China's Zhejiang Province has risen to 38. Questions over the safety of China's rapid rail expansion were raised following the accident.
Categories: Chinese, Front Page, International Affairs, Science & Technology
Tags: China train crash, high speed train in China, train crash, Wenzhou, Zejiang Province
California Dream Act Signed into Law
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 25, 2011
The California Dream Act, Part A (AB 130) was signed into law Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: ab130, ab131, cadreamact, californiadreamact, dreamact
The Perils of Anti-immigration Politics: Lessons From Oslo
First Post, News Analysis, Posted: Jul 25, 2011
The slaughter in Oslo shows that immigrants – especially Muslims – are reviled as “The Others,” even as Europe needs them to mop its floors.
Categories: Immigration, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: AndersBehringBreivik, Immigration, IslaminEurope, Multiculturalism, NicholasSarkozy, Oslo, TedKaczynski, TimothyMcVeigh
Blood by the Bay -- Surreal Violence Shakes San Francisco
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jul 25, 2011
This week on YO!Radio -- from North Richmond to San Francisco blood stains the concrete.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Health, Intersections, Law & Justice, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: Bayview, gay, michael irvin, murder, Richmond, support
The Dream That Got Away: Tracking Homeownership Trends
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 25, 2011
Despite billions of dollars spent by the federal government over several decades to promote homeownership, fewer Americans own homes now than in 1998.
Categories: Economy, Foreclosures, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: bush, clinton, foreclosures, homeownership, homes, housing crisis, mortgage, obama
Home From War and Facing Eviction
Investigative Reporting Workshop, News Report, Posted: Jul 25, 2011
Veterans of today's wars are confronting a much different housing situation than their predecessors.
Categories: Economy, Foreclosures, Top Stories, Veterans
Tags: eviction, florida, foreclosures, homelessness, housing, mortgage crisis, veterans, war
Kenneth Choi Brings Nisei Soldiers to the Big Screen in “Captain America"
Pacific Citizen, News Report, Posted: Jul 24, 2011
Without telling his family, and without any acting experience except for a few small roles in elementary and middle school performances, Choi moved to Portland, Ore., where his close friend Brett Butler assured him there was a small but vibrant acting community.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: asian, captain america, choi, comicbook, hollywood, japanese, movies, nisei, wwII
Norway Sounds Alarm Bells in Europe
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jul 24, 2011
In a 1,500-page manifesto posted on the Web, self-proclaimed Christian fundamentalist Anders Behring Breivik, who has been arrested in the killing of around 92 people, mostly youth, in Norway yesterday, proclaimed that Muslim immigrants and their advocates were intent on destroying the Norwegian identify -- charges not very dissimilar to what Europe heard before the birth of Hitlerism.
Categories: European, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: anti-Muslim, Europe, exploitation, fear, Nazism, Norway killings, racial Armageddon
Facebook to be Unblocked in Vietnam Thanks to Capitalism?
Talk.Onevietnam.org, News Report, Posted: Jul 24, 2011
This is a huge, and surprising step for Vietnam.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Science & Technology
Islam-Baiting Failed in Campaign 2010 and Will Do Worse in 2012
New America Media/TomDispatch.com, News Analysis, Posted: Jul 24, 2011
Islam-bashing by political candidates failed to win votes in 2010 and could be even be less potent in 2012. A longer version of this article appeared in TomDispatch.com
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance, Religion
Tags: 2010, campaign, failed result, Islamaphobe, Muslim-bashing, political, Rick Scott, Ron Klein
Norway’s Tragedy: The Usual Suspects and the Demonization of Muslims
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jul 23, 2011
Comprising some of the poorest people in the world, Muslims are wholeheartedly demonized due to the activities of a handful of extremists.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs
Tags: norway shooting terror Anders Behring Breivik muslims christian fundamentalist al qaeda
New Anti-Immigrant Law Undermines Arizona Public Safety
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 23, 2011
A new law that took effect in Arizona Wednesday, one of several pieces of anti-immigrant legislation, could potentially carry huge ramifications for immigrants, including undermining their public safety, despite the relative lack of attention it has garnered.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, consular i/d cards, jeopardy, new anti-immigrant law, safety
Preserving Tradition, While Chasing the American Dream
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 23, 2011
Children of a 10-member Mexican family growing up in the United States hold on to cherished traditions from their homeland even as they take advantage of the many opportunities in their adopted.
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Youth Culture
Tags: adapt, memelas, Mexican immigrants, navigate system, US opportunities
Drop the Ethics Case Against Waters
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jul 23, 2011
Hammering California Congresswoman Maxine Waters for ethics violations is a near textbook example of how politics doesn’t just taint congressional ethics cases, but makes them a bitter joke.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Politics & Governance
Tags: ethics committee, fall woman, leaks, Maxine Waters, probe
Nguyen Cao Ky, a former leader of South Vietnam, has passed away
Talk.Onevietnam.org, News Report, Posted: Jul 23, 2011
Nguyen Cao Ky is survived by six children, including Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen, a popular Paris by Night emcee, and fourteen grandchildren.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: nguyen cao ky, south, vietnam, war
캘리포니아: 미 주택차압 위기 붕괴수준
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 22, 2011
캘리포니아 안티옥의 70세 이텔 기스트씨는 은퇴를 꿈꾸며 집 장만을 하였지만, 주택이 차압되고 현재는 딸과 두 손자랑 세입하여 살고 있다. LA에 거주하는 르네 로페즈씨는 3베드룸 하우스를 잃고 7명의 가족이 2베드룸 아파트로 이사를 갔다. 예전에 보석상 일을 하였지만 지금은 직장도 잃고 식당 허드렛일을 찾고 있는 중이다.
Tags: borrowers, California, foreclosure crisis, Golden State, homeowners, housing mortgage meltdown
Las ejecuciones hipotecarias se acumulan, los esfuerzos de mediación fracasan
Investigative Reporting Workshop, News Report, Posted: Jul 22, 2011
Una estrategia ampliamente aclamada que apuntaba a evitar que los residentes de Maryland pierdan sus hogares al hacer que los bancos y los dueños de viviendas lleguen a un acuerdo en una ronda de negociaciones ha tenido muy poco éxito mientras la nación se prepara para otra ola de ejecuciones hipotecarias.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: afroamericanos, ejecuciones hipotecarias, prestamistas sobreprimas, visionary
SF Police Shooting: Racial Bias Can't Be Ignored
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jul 22, 2011
A coroner's report suggests that killed Kenneth Wade Harding shot himself because the bullet found at the site could not have been fired from a police's gun. Even so, one young woman is convinced that race played a major role in his death.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: Bayview, Hunters Point, Kenneth Wade Harding, murder, race, violence
California: Zona Cero para la crisis de ejecuciones hipotecarias de Estados Unidos
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 22, 2011
En California, se calcula que 1.2 millones de propietarios han perdido sus viviendas por ejecución hipotecaria desde 2008. Se espera que otros 800,000 hogares reciban avisos de ejecución hipotecaria en 2012, según un informe de la Campaña de RE-Fund de California, que cita datos de RealtyTrac y Moody Analytics.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: California, ejecución hipotecaria, El Programa Federal de Modificación Home Affordable (HAMP), propietarios
Happily Ever After for Some, Exploitation at Gunpoint for Others
Talk.Onevietnam.org, News Report, Posted: Jul 22, 2011
Some people came to the I Do! I Do! Wedding Boutique in Flagstaff, Arizona to have their dream weddings realized as they embarked on a new married life. Others come to the boutique with equal aspirations of a new, better life as migrants to America, only to have their lives threatened at gunpoint under labor extortion.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Law & Justice
Tags: arizona, human rights, immigration, slavery, wedding
加州:美國法拍屋風暴零保障
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 22, 2011
2008年10月至2011年6月期間， 加州有超過50萬間房子遭收回， 但法拍屋風暴尚未完結。
Categories: Chinese
Washington State Cancels Driver's License of Undocumented Pulitzer Prize Winner
Univision, News Report, Posted: Jul 22, 2011
Washington state has canceled the driver's license of Jose Antonio Vargas, the Pultizer Prize-winning journalist who announced in June that he was an undocumented immigrant.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Media
Tags: driverslicense, joseantoniovargas, undocumented Filipino journalist, undocumented Pulitzer winner, undocumentedjournalist
Dems Want to Halt the HALT Act
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 21, 2011
Seventy-five Democratic members of Congress signed a letter to President Obama saying they are opposed to the HALT Act.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: haltact, lamarsmith, obamaimmigration
Inter-Ethnic Relations Awards Ceremony On July 25 at The Mohn Broadcast Center in Pasadena
New America Media, Event, Posted: Jul 21, 2011
The Los Angeles Multicultural Leadership Network and New America Media (NAM) are pleased to announce the winners of the first-ever Inter-Ethnic Relations Awards. The Awards are given to the most illuminating reporting about relations between different ethnic communities and areas of intersection whether involved in collaborative projects or constructively confronting differences with each other. The Awards invited mainstream, ethnic, new- comer, and community news organizations (print, online, radio and television of any size) in the greater Los Angeles area as well as individuals whose work was published or aired by these media outlets to submit entries.
Categories: Events
Tags: charge
No Ransom for Kidnapped Fil-Ams
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Jul 21, 2011
The Philippine government earlier this week ruled out paying ransom to the kidnappers of Filipino Americans who were visiting Zamboanga province to trace their roots.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Tags: ensure, kidnappers, Philippine government, ransom, safety, Zamboanga
Dear Wells Fargo: Why Did You Foreclose on My Mom?
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jul 21, 2011
One foreclosure fight through the eyes of a 6-year-old boy.
Categories: Foreclosures, Video
Tags: california, crisis, foreclosure, homeowner, housing, loan modification, mortgage, wells fargo
House Committee Approves Bill to Eliminate U.S. Visa Lottery
Univision, News Report, Posted: Jul 21, 2011
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee approved on Wednesday a bill that would eliminate the Green Card Lottery.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: diversityimmigrantvisa, greencard, greencardlottery, hr704, lottery, securityandfairness
End of the Ming dynasty
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Jul 21, 2011
It's final. In a news conference held in Shanghai and broadcast live in China on Wednesday, Yao Ming announced his retirement from basketball, staging an emotional end to his career.
Categories: Chinese, Front Page, Sports
Faces of Foreclosure: Repossessing the California Dream
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Jul 21, 2011
After foreclosure, homeowners pick up the pieces and re-imagine the California dream of homeownership.
Categories: Foreclosures, Multimedia, Original NAM Content, Photo Galleries, Top Stories
Tags: california, crisis, foreclosure, homeowners, housing, minority borrowers, mortgage
Felony Charges Dropped Against Japanese American’s Sexual Assault of TSA Officer
AsianWeek, News Report, Posted: Jul 21, 2011
The sexual assault charges Yukari Miyame faced for grabbing and twisting the breast of a TSA officer in Arizona have been dropped, but she might still be left with a misdemeanor
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Law & Justice
Tags: charges, felony, sexual assault, tsa
California: Ground Zero for America’s Foreclosure Crisis
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 21, 2011
California has the third highest foreclosure rate nationally, and in the first half of this year, had the highest number of foreclosure filings in the nation.
Categories: Economy, Foreclosures, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: borrowers, California, foreclosure crisis, Golden State, homeowners, housing mortgage meltdown
Foreclosures Mount, Mediation Efforts Fail -- Nation's Wealthiest Black Suburb Points the Way
Investigative Reporting Workshop, News Report, Posted: Jul 21, 2011
Is Maryland's foreclosure mediation program failing the country's wealthiest majority-black county?
Categories: Economy, Foreclosures, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: african american, black, forelcosures, maryland, mediation, prince georges county
Series of New Anti-Immigration Laws Goes into Effect in Arizona
Univision, News Report, Posted: Jul 20, 2011
The anti-immigration law SB 1465 goes into effect in Arizona today, prohibiting consular identification cards.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: antiimmigrationlaws, arizonaimmigrationlaw, azimmigrationlaw, consularidcards, sb1406, sb1465
Chinese Media on Wendi Deng Murdoch’s Smack-Down
Sing Tao Daily, News Report, Posted: Jul 20, 2011
Wendi Deng slapped down the man who attempted to throw a shaving cream pie at her husband, Rupert Murdoch.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Media
Tags: murdoch, shavingcreampie, wendideng
Push for Anti-Immigration Law in California
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jul 20, 2011
Anti-immigration activists began to circulate a petition Tuesday to add an Arizona-style initiative to the 2012 ballot in California.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: caimmigrationlaw, californiaimmigrationlaw, SB1070, taxpayerprotectionact
Vietnam Introduces Breakthrough Vaccine
Talk.Onevietnam.org, News Report, Posted: Jul 20, 2011
Rotavirus vaccines are the best tool available for protecting children against severe and deadly diarrhea.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Health, Science & Technology
Marine Corps Career Center Opened in NY Chinatown
China Press, News Report, Posted: Jul 20, 2011
The U.S. Marine Corps opened a new recruiting center in New York's Chinatown last week growing interest there in joining the military.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: chinatown, chineseamericans, immigration, militaryrecruiting, newyorkcity, usmarines
San Francisco Youth Respond to BayView Shooting
Silicon Valley De-Bug., Video, Posted: Jul 20, 2011
Silicon Valley De-Bug interviewed Bayview youth/community and young people on their thoughts and feelings on the shooting in BayView Hunters Point of the 19-year-old.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Video, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: bayview, hunters point, Kenneth Harding, san francisco police, shooting
China Hits Filipino Solons' Spratly Visit
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Jul 20, 2011
Filipino lawmakers and military officials arrived on the Philippine-claimed Pag-Asa Island in the disputed territory of Spratlys on Tuesday.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Tags: southchinasea, spratly, spratlyislands
Supporters of Arizona Senator Challenge Recall Efforts
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 20, 2011
Supporters of Sen. Russell Pearce, the architect of Arizona's controversial anti-immigrant law, SB 1070, say that voters who signed his recall election petition were mislead, and the petition should therefore be invalidated.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, election, invalidate, Parraz, recall, Russell Pearce, SB 1070
No Let Up by Hunger Strikers in Pelican Bay
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 20, 2011
Well into the third week of their hunger strike, inmates of the Peilican Bay prison and other California prisons are still waiting for the California Department of Health to heed their demands for more humane conditions.
Categories: African American, Asian, Health, Latino, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: CDC, hunger strike, inhumane conditions, Pelican Bay, weight loss
Treat Us Like Human Beings, say Pelican Bay Prisoners
New America Media, Interview, Posted: Jul 20, 2011
Since July 1, inmates of Pelican Bay State Prisonhave been on a hunger strike to demand an end of the inhumane conditions in their prison. New America Now host Shirin Sadeghi discusses the protest and what led to it with Manuel La Fontaine, a former California prisoner himself. The following is a transcription from the July 15th edition of the New America Now radio show.
Categories: Front Page, Law & Justice
Tags: california, california department of corrections, hunger strike, no sunlight, Pelican Bay, prisoners, security housing unit, solitary confinement, state prison, supermax, The SHU
商業利用三藩市健保漏洞損害員工利益
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 20, 2011
商業利用三藩市健康償付帳戶（HRA）漏洞, 透過限制員工使用HRA內的資金， 年終時拿回HRA賬戶內8成以上資金。市參事要求修正有關法規。
Categories: Chinese
La Opinión Calls for a Second Latino District in LA
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Jul 20, 2011
Editors of La Opinión argue that the Latino population boom in Los Angeles merits a second Latino-majority district.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: census2010, latinopopulation, losangeleslatinos, redistricting
16 Million Filipinos Carry Hepatitis B
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Jul 20, 2011
About 16 percent of the Philippines' population, or 16 million Filipinos, are carriers of the hepatitis B virus.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Health
Tags: filipinoshepatitis, hbv, hepatitis b, hepb
Coverage of Wars — A Photojournalist's Perspective
LA Beez, News Report, Posted: Jul 19, 2011
As the U.S. prepares to drawdown its troops from Afghanistan this month, many still draw comparison of the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan with the Vietnam War, which had ended several generations ago.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, International Affairs, Original NAM Content
Tags: Afghanistan, politics, troops, Vietnam, withdrawal
Bay Area Food Banks Help Families Via Food Drive
Comcast Hometown Network, Video, Posted: Jul 19, 2011
Six Bay Area food banks, Safeway and NBC Bay Area TV join hands in feeding impoverished families through an ongoing food drive, helping especially children in need this summer.
Categories: Front Page
Tags: Bay Area food banks, food drive, NBC Bay Area TV, Safeway
N. Korean Defector Fights on Amid Controversy
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Jul 19, 2011
Park Sang-hak, the son of a former North Korean spy, tops the most wanted list among defectors from the communist state. Today, he is spearheading a campaign that seeks to educate and inform North Koreans about the plight of their country.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media in the News, Top Stories
Tags: Defectors, Korea, North Korea, Politics
Black Prodigy’s Admission to UConn Revoked Amid Claims of Radical Poetry
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jul 19, 2011
Black Prodigy’s Admission to UConn Revoked Amid Claims of Radical Poetry.
Categories: African American, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines
Mexican-American Births Outpace Immigration
Pew Hispanic Center, News Report, Posted: Jul 19, 2011
Births have surpassed immigration as the main driver of the dynamic growth of the Mexican-American population.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: births, immigration, mexicanamerican, mexicanimmigration, pewhispaniccenter
Gun Trafficking to Mexico -- Operation 'Fast and Furious' Costs Lives
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Jul 19, 2011
Editors of La Opinión write that Operation Fast and Furious, which allowed the transfer of thousands of guns to Mexican drug cartels, has cost many lives.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latin America, Latino
Tags: drugtrafficking, fastandfurious, guntrafficking, mexicogunviolence, mexicoviolence
Elderly Braceros Fight for Stolen Pensions
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 19, 2011
Some 4.5 million Mexican farmers labored in the U.S. until 1967 in a bracero program. This program sent the Mexican government part of their earnings for pensions — money they’re now fighting to get back.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Immigration, International Affairs, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: braceros, disappeared, earnings, lawsuit, retirement pensions
ACLU to Congress: Investigate Civil Rights Violations in Puerto Rico
El Nuevo Día, News Report, Posted: Jul 18, 2011
Civil rights groups brought pressure yesterday on the U.S. Congress about allegations of civil rights violations in Puerto Rico.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latin America, Latino
How to Take Your Blood Pressure at Home
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 18, 2011
There's really no excuse for people not to check their blood pressure right at home -- where the readings tend to be more accurate than in a doctor's office.
Categories: African American, Elders, Health, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: african american, blood pressure, blood pressure monitor, cuff, diabetes, health, high blood pressure, home, hypertension, monitor, monitoring
Parents in New India: Abused, Abandoned, Betrayed
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jul 18, 2011
Elder abuse is a bit like AIDS in India. We know it’s a big problem, but most of us insist it doesn’t happen in our families.
Categories: Elders, Ethnic Media Network, Featured Columnists, International Affairs, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: elderabuse, helpageindiasurvey, india, sandiproy
U.S. Women’s Soccer: Not Quite America’s Team
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jul 17, 2011
Even in loss, the U.S. women's soccer team thrilled the nation. Too bad this fabulous squad does not yet look like America.
Categories: Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: americanyouthsoccerorganization, ayso, ussoccerfederation, uswomensteam, womenssoccer, womensworldcup, worldcup
Studies Find Immigrants Essential to Filling Minnesota Jobs
TC Daily Planet, News Report, Posted: Jul 17, 2011
A new study finds that Minnesota needs immigrants to fill essential jobs.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration
Tags: economy, immigrants, jobs, minnesota, twin cities
RAW VIDEO: Shot by SFPD, 19-Year-Old's Life Slips Away
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jul 17, 2011
In the direct aftermath of a police involved shooting that ended the life of a 19-year-old San Francisco man, dozens of cell phone videos captured the scene.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: cell phone, dying, involved, police, san francisco, shooting, video
In the Fight Against HIV, a Breakthrough for Women of Color
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jul 17, 2011
Big, encouraging news on the HIV prevention front: This week, not one but two major studies involving heterosexual women and men found that by taking a daily dose of HIV meds.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Science & Technology
Tags: color, gates foundation, HIV, studies, women
Sloppy Investigation of a Sloppy Investigation in Bailey Case
The Chauncey Bailey Project, News Report, Posted: Jul 17, 2011
Two inquiries into an Oakland police detective's questionable investigation of journalist Chauncey Bailey's 2007 murder were fatally flawed.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: bey IV, chauncey bailey project, investigation, longmire, oakland, trila, your black muslim bakery
As CA Redistricting Takes New Twists and Turns, L.A.'s Blacks Are Outraged
New America Media/L.A. Wave & L.A. Sentinel, News Report, Posted: Jul 17, 2011
“Too many black people have lived and died for a voice and fair representation in the legislative bodies,” one black activist wrote in an op-ed excoriating California's redistricting process. “We will not sit by and allow this to happen."
Categories: African American, Asian, Ethnic Media Network, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: 2010 Census, African-AmericanRedistrictingCollaborative, AstridGarcia, californiacitizensredistrictingcommission, KarenBass, losangeles, Marqueece Harris-Dawson, NALEO, redistricting
三藩市灣景區長者反映過去，未來
NAM/SF Chronicle/KTSF, Profile, Posted: Jul 17, 2011
一個社區, 兩個地方。雖然同樣是服務長者， 但一個地方代表過去， 一個代表將來.到底， 新起的長者公寓會否造就一個融合族裔多元化的新社區， 還是， 繼續讓非裔，亞裔自成一國？
Categories: Chinese
S.F.’s Bayview Institutions Reflect Past, Future
New America Media / SF Chronicle / KTSF, Profile, Posted: Jul 17, 2011
One neighborhood, two senior centers. Will the residents become a model for achieving diversity, or will they remain two distinct groups?
Categories: African American, Asian, Chinese, Collaborative Reporting, Economy, Elders, Intersections, Original NAM Content, Profiles, Top Stories, Video
Tags: adultdayhealthcenter, armstrongplace, bayviewhunterspoint, budgetcuts, elders, sanfrancisco, seniorhousing, seniors
Film Pays Tribute to a Chicano Original: Oscar “Bandido” Gomez
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Jul 17, 2011
Seventeen years after his mysterious death, a Chicano activist and radio personality is being honored through film.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: achicanomystery, chicano, chicanofilm, oscar"bandido"gomez, thedeathofradiobandido
From Alaska to Alberta: Turning Oil Sands into Pop Cans
Corpwatch/The Tyee, News Report, Posted: Jul 17, 2011
How Canadian bitumen fuels the global thirst for billions of beverage containers.
Categories: Environment, Health, International Affairs, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: alaska, alberta, aluminium, ARCO, atlantic richfield company, beverages, bp, british petroleum, canada, cans, containers, energy, oil, oil sands, pop, refine, refinery, sand, soda
The End of Murdoch? Another Despot Teeters on the Brink
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jul 17, 2011
As demonstrations shake Arab capitals from North Africa to the heart of the Middle East, in an London, another enemy of freedom is having his comeuppance.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: AliAbdullahSaleh, arabspring, basharassad, Muammar Gadhafi, news of the world, rebekahbrooks, rupertmurdoch
RAW VIDEO: Aftermath of SFPD Shooting of 19-year-old
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jul 16, 2011
Sunday afternoon San Francisco Police officers shot and killed an allegedly armed 19-year-old.
Categories: African American, Health, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: 19-year-old, 3rd street, gun, oscar grant, SFPD, shooting, train, video
Fox News on Murdoch: Not Exactly the ACORN Treatment
Mario Wire, Commentary, Posted: Jul 16, 2011
Now that its owner, Rupert Murdoch, is caught up in scandal, Fox News uses language like "allegations" and warns against "jumping to conclusions." Too bad ACORN didn't get the same kind of journalistic respect.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: ACORN, FoxNews, GOP, Latinos, phonehackingscandal, rich, RupertMurdoch, wealthy
Freedom From Fear Awards: Fighting School Violence, Asian Immigrants Find Their Voice
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Jul 16, 2011
At one high school in Philadelphia, interracial violence has given way to dialogue, thanks to the efforts of four young Asian activists.
Categories: African American, Asian, Chinese, Education, Front Page, Immigration, Original NAM Content, Youth Culture
Tags: chineseimmigrants, freedomfromfearaward, interracialviolence, southphiladelphiahighschool
Corporate America & Obesity: Why Americans Can't Live on Food Stamps
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jul 16, 2011
What we eat is harming our bodies and our budget. There aren't any people profiting, only corporations.
Categories: African American, Health, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories, food
Tags: corporate, corporation, costs, fast food, fat, fattest, federal, food stamps, mississippi, obese, obesity, SNAP, state, subsidies, USDA
NAM Radio: Starving in Solitary— California Prison Hunger Strike
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jul 15, 2011
One-third of California's 33 prisons have inmates on hunger strike— they've been starving since July 1st to demand humane treatment.
Categories: Audio, Health, Law & Justice, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: california, california department of corrections, death, hunger strike, peaceful, pelican bay, protest, security housing unity, shu, solitary, solitary confinement, state prison
Latino Facebook Users Increase by 167 Percent in One Year
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jul 15, 2011
Plus Three also surveyed the top 1,000 Facebook fan pages and found 32 Latinos celebrities among the top 1,000. Only three Latinos broke into the top 100. Shakira was the top Latina celebrity with 35 million fans and ranked number eight on the overall list followed by Selena Gomez at number thirty-five and Enrique Iglesias at number forty-eight.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Science & Technology
Businesses Exploit Loophole in SF Health Care Law, Hurting Employees
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 15, 2011
In San Francisco, workers are suffering due to a loophole in a city ordinance that was originally intended to help them.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Health, Immigration, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: chineseprogressiveassociation, davidcampos, hcso, healthcare, hra, sanfrancisco
Saying Goodbye to Harry Potter, and to Childhood
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jul 15, 2011
For the first time, a young generation is confronted with life -- without Harry Potter.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: deathlyhallows, harrypotter
South Sudan's Critical Question: Can Oil and Water Mix?
The Tyee, News Report, Posted: Jul 15, 2011
What shapes the chances for the hopeful new nation that others call a 'pre-failed state'?
Categories: African, Environment, Front Page, International Affairs, Politics & Governance, Religion, War & Conflict
Tags: challenges, christian, muslim, oil, peacekeeping, problems, resources, south sudan, sudan, united nations, water
Rebecca Black Strikes Back
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jul 15, 2011
This week on YO!Radio -- Rebecca Black, infamous for her annoying head bobbing song Friday, is releasing a new single.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: marine, mila kunis, rebecca black, sagging pants
Flawed E-Verify Law Would Derail Immigration Reform Efforts, Say Experts
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 14, 2011
Experts fear that a proposed employee verification law will push immigrant workers deeper into the shadows of American society.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: centerforamericanprogress, e-verify, employeeverification, immigrationreform, lamarsmith
News Briefing - Challenging the New Redistricting Lines in Atlanta, GA. - Tuesday, July 19th
New America Media, Event, Posted: Jul 14, 2011
Georgia state lawmakers will gather in Atlanta this summer to redraw Georgia's political boundaries, Learn how redistricting could increase or diminish minority voting power throughout the state and what civic activists are doing to assure that new redistricting lines don't further dilute the power of black, Hispanic and Asian populations. What's the connection between Georgia's Voter ID and anti-immigrant laws and redistricting? What can communities of color do to protect their interests during the redistricting process? How could the results of Georgia's redistricting process affect the voting rights of minorities for the next decade and beyond?
Categories: Events
Minorities: The Biggest Casualties of Social Security Battle
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jul 14, 2011
As the social security battle rages on, as always, the biggest casualties will be those who rely on it the most: minorities.
Categories: African American, Economy, Elders, Front Page, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: black, budget, casualty, cut, cuts, democratic, disabled, hispanic, latino, minorities, obama, pension, poverty, president, slashed, social security, spending
Does the Muslim World Need Women Preachers or Sex Slaves?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jul 14, 2011
Preacher or sex-slave? Muslims debate the role of women in Islam as contestants in a new Malaysian TV show compete to be the next great Muslim woman preacher.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, European, Eye on Egypt , Gender & Sexuality, International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: dawah, islam, khadija radwan, koran, malaysia, morocco, mosque, murshidat, muslim, preacher, preachers, qur'an, reality television, regent's park mosque, saudi, sex, sex slave, sex slavery, slave, tunisia, woman, women, women preachers
Q&A: Wisconsin ID Law Will Suppress Youth, Minority Vote
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 14, 2011
A new Wisconsin voter ID law, AB 7, may in fact be nothing more than an attempt to disenfranchise youth and minority voters.
Categories: Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: AB7, leagueofyoungvoterseducationfund, scottwalker, VoterIDlaw, votingrightsact, Wisconsin
URGENT: Hunger Strikers’ Health Rapidly Deteriorating
San Francisco BayView, Commentary, Posted: Jul 13, 2011
According to advocates hunger strikers’ health rapidly deteriorating prisoners are about to die in California prisons, possibly by the dozens or even more.
Categories: African American, Environment, Health, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: california, hunger strike, pelican bay, prison
Indian American Muslim Council Condemns Bomb Blasts in Mumbai
www.iamc.com, News Report, Posted: Jul 13, 2011
The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC - http://www.iamc.com), an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India's pluralist and tolerant ethos, strongly condemns the bomb blasts in Mumbai that have claimed the lives of 21 people and injured over 141.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, South Asian, War & Conflict
Tags: bombay, bombings, india, mumbai, muslim, terrorists, violence
Who’s Gonna Care for the Aging Boomers? Poor, Immigrant Women
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jul 13, 2011
Millions of home caregivers survive on poverty wages, with median earnings of $17,000 a year, and they’re vulnerable to harassment and exploitation.
Categories: Elders, Ethnic Media Headlines, Health, Immigration
Tags: care, elderly, immigrants, immigration, poverty, reform, retirees, women health
Fil-Am Family Kidnapped in Southern Philippines
"Balitang America"-The Filipino Channel, Video, Posted: Jul 13, 2011
More than a dozen armed men abducted Filipino-American Kevin Yeatts Lunsmann, his mother Gerfa Lunsmann and Filipino nephew Romnick Jackaria in a southern Philippine resort on Tuesday.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, Video, War & Conflict
Tags: Abu Sayyaf, Filipino-American family kidnapped, Gerfa Lunsmann, Southern Philiipines
Chinese Scholar Becoming IMF Deputy Director
China Daily, News Report, Posted: Jul 13, 2011
Zhu Min, a Chinese scholar and current special advisor to the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is considered as a strong candidate for a deputy managing director post to be created by the IMF's new chief Christine Lagarde.
Categories: Chinese, Economy, Front Page, International Affairs
Tags: deputy managing director, IMF, Zhu Min
This Summer, Farmworkers’ Kids Skip Classroom for Fields
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 13, 2011
U.S. schools lost 20,000 students this year to the fields -- many of them child workers who suffer injury or death. But child labor isn't exactly illegal in the U.S.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Education, Health, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: agriculture, california, child, child worker, children, citizen, death, department of education, farmworker, field, hispanic, hueneme high school, immigrant, kids, labor, labor rights, latino, migrant education program, minor, minors, oxnard, rights, salary, school, student, underage, undocumented
Counter Culture Author Roszak Dies As American Vision Fades
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Jul 13, 2011
Author Theodore Roszak, who defined baby boomers from the Counter Culture to the Elder Culture, died last week, along with America’s vision.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Elders, Gender & Sexuality, Health, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Profiles, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: author, baby boomer, banditry, boomer, counter culture, elder, elder culture, elder insurgency, flicker, GDP, hollywood, medicaid, medicare, NLE, novelist, obama, poor, poverty, roszak, ted roszak, the making of a counter culture, the making of an elder culture, the memoirs of elizabeth frankenstein, visionary, wealth, wealthy
The DSK Sex Scandal: A Peephole into Hotel Life in Manhattan
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 13, 2011
In the city that never sleeps, bedrooms aren't just for beds. And maids, ever present, ever in the midst of it all, know this better than most.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, European, Gender & Sexuality, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: #DSK, africa, african, bedroom, cleaner, dominique strauss-kahn, dsk, fifth avenue, ghana, grand central station, harvard club, hotel, hotel workers union, housekeeper, immigrant, immigrants, immigration, international immigrants foundation, local 6, maid, manhattan, midtown, nafissatou diallo, new york, new york yacht club, oral, oral sex, politician, power, prostitute, sex, sexual, sofitel, strauss-kahn, times square, west 44th street
Extreme Alabama Immigration Law Heads to Court
Equal Voice, News Report, Posted: Jul 13, 2011
Tough anti-immigrant laws have been recently passed in a half-dozen states – Arizona, Indiana, Georgia, Utah, South Carolina and Alabama – mainly out of frustration.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Law & Justice
Tags: aclu, alabama, arizona, georgia, Hb 56, HICA, immigration, Indiana, lawsuit, sb 1070
Black Colleges Key to Reviving U.S. Education
Atlanta Voice, News Report, Posted: Jul 12, 2011
HBCUs are a critical component in President Obama's national education initiative to restore the U.S. to its former ranking as the world's leader in higher education.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Youth Culture
Tags: achievement gap, education, historicaly black colleges, system. african americans
Violence Against Migrant Women Won’t End After DSK Case
Colorlines, News Analysis, Posted: Jul 12, 2011
The media circus surrounding the Dominique Strauss-Kahn rape case dishes out more drama each day, with a side of lurid fascination.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Law & Justice
Tags: AIds, dsk, gender, HIV, rape, sex, violence, war, women
CA Attorney General Warns of “Gang-and-Drug Armageddon” After Cuts
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Jul 12, 2011
Harris claims that the recent cuts in the California state budget "will likely eliminate 55 state-led task forces that coordinate the response to our growing gang problem."
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: budget, california, gang, governor jerry brown, kamala harris, state, task force
California Admits 6,600 Prisoners Are on Hunger Strike
San Francisco Bayview, News Report, Posted: Jul 12, 2011
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reports that 6,600 prisoners in at least 13 of the state’s prisons have joined a hunger strike.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: california, CDCR, hunger strike, pelican bay, prisons, supreme court, torture
Arrested in Mexico: Illegally Detained While Gangsters Go Free
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 12, 2011
Basic legal rights remain out of reach in Mexico where wealth, political connections, police and judicial incompetence, and corruption overrule any presumption of innocence.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Health, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: arrest, calderon, charge, chihuahua, ciudad juarez, community, community legal defense network, conditions, defense, detention, drug, drugs, gang, gangs, gangsters, guadalupe melendez, israel arzate melendez, juarez, la red de defensoras comunitarias, law, lawyer, legal, low-income, mexico, poor, prison, salvarcar, trial, villa salvarcar, war, wealthy
News of the World: Murdoch’s UK Scandal Warns the US Media
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jul 12, 2011
Murdoch's News Corporation has worked its way seamlessly into the American news industry which is far from the impartial institution envisioned in the Constitution.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: fox, fox news, harpercollins, media, murdoch, news of the world, rupert murdoch, wall street journal, warn, warning
1.2 Million Filipinos Live in California
Filamstar.net, News Report, Posted: Jul 11, 2011
The ethnic Filipino population in the United States in 2010 has grown by 38 percent in a decade, according to the latest U.S. Census.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: California, Filipinos, growing, increase, US Census
NAM Radio: Is Imran Khan Pakistan's Most Popular Politician?
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jul 11, 2011
Imran Khan is a sports hero, leading philanthropist, and international celebrity. As head of the Tehreek-e Insaf party, he's also one of Pakistan's most popular politicians.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, International Affairs, Intersections, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Profiles, Religion, South Asian, Sports, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: barack obama, boycott, cricket, cricket world cup, hero, imran khan, interview, jemima, jemima goldsmith, jemima khan, movement for justice, osama bin laden, pakistan, parliament, philanthropy, political, politics, pti, shaukat khanum cancer hospital, tehreek-e insaf
The North Korean Food Dilemma
Koream Magazine, Question & Answer, Posted: Jul 11, 2011
How hungry is North Korea, and how conditional should food aid be? Korea specialist David C. Kang provides an overview of the North Korean food aid quandary.
Categories: Asian, Environment, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: food, kim il-Sung, korea, north, pyongyang, reunification, rice, seoul, south
Undocumented Immigrants Steer Clear of Arizona
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 11, 2011
It’s unclear how the drop in immigration could affect the rhetoric in Arizona, which already has seen the effects of an exodus of immigrants.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Economy, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: arizona, arizonaboycott, arizonaimmigrationlaw, exodusofimmigrants, massey
Gaming Grows Up Through Supreme Trial by Fire
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jul 10, 2011
By beating the state of California in the Supreme Court recently, the video game industry went through a trial by fire.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: gaming, supremecourtvideogames, videogames, violentvideogames
Freedom From Fear Awards: Arizona Student Fights for DREAM Act
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 10, 2011
Erika Andiola had been looking forward to her third year at Arizona State University, but then she got a phone call her tuition had quadrupled.
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Youth Culture
Tags: dreamact, dreamstudents, erikaandiola, fff, freedomfromfear
The Lighter the Skin, the Shorter the Prison Term?
The Root, News Report, Posted: Jul 09, 2011
Colin Powell said it, Sen. Harry Reid hinted at it about President Barack Obama, and black folks have known it for hundreds of years. There are advantages to being a light-skinned black person in the United States.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: dark skin, light skin, prison, skin color
CA Commission Considers Gutting African-American Political Stronghold
Los Angeles Sentinel, News Report, Posted: Jul 09, 2011
The Fourth of July holiday weekend, when Americans were taking the time to celebrate democracy, the California Redistricting Commission (CRC) was considering a move that would cripple African American political power.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: african american, politics, redisricting
Mexico and the Myth of the “Failed State”
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jul 09, 2011
Far from being a “failed state,” Mexico is proving itself to be one of the most successful countries in the world
Categories: Economy, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories
One Year After BP Oil Spill, Asian Fishermen Struggle to Recover
Pacific Citizen, News Report, Posted: Jul 09, 2011
Gulf Coast fishermen and community groups voice their frustrations one year after the Gulf Coast oil spill.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Environment, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: asian, bp, disasters, environmental, fisherman, gulf coast, industry, new orleans, oil spill, seafood
Slow Flow of Immigrants Already Impacting California Farms?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 08, 2011
On some farms in California, which produces half of the nation’s fruits and vegetables, the drop in undocumented immigrants can already be felt.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: cafarms, farms, immigrationdrop, laborshortage
U.S. Destroyer to Visit Vietnam
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: Jul 08, 2011
A U.S. Naval destroyer will visit Viet Nam this month, as part of the annual military exchange between the two countries, the U.S. Consulate in Sai Gon said in a press release.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Tags: as part of the annual military exchange between the two countries, the U.S. Consulate in Sai Gon said in a press release.
Gov. Cuomo Ratings Still High Despite Attacks on Benefits for Unions and State Employees
New York Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Jul 08, 2011
Riding the wave of gay marriage and rent reform, New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo has gained favor with New Yorkers, according to a Quinnipiac University poll.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Politics & Governance
Tags: Andrew Cuomo, approval rating, New York
Affirmative Action Victory in Michigan
AFRO, News Report, Posted: Jul 08, 2011
In a 2-1 decision July 1 by the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the ban on the use of race-based criteria in making Michigan's public education, public contracting and public employment decisions was reversed.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance
Tags: ban, Michigan, public education, race-based criteria, reversal, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Telephonic News Briefing on E-Verify the Federal Government's Internet-based System - Wed, July 13th
New America Media, Event, Posted: Jul 08, 2011
As states move to enact their own immigration bills, a proposed federal law sometimes referred to as a "stealth Sensebrenner-type bill," could mean end of comprehensive immigration reform. The bill, proposed by Texas Congressman Lamar Smith, would require all U.S. businesses to use E-Verify, the federal government's Internet-based system that verifies work eligibility. Please Join New America Media, Center for American Progress and The OPportunity Agenda for a telephonic news briefing on the results of CAP's new study of E-Verify and why the bill could be the biggest threat to immigration reform yet.
Categories: Events
Tags: businesses, E-Verify, Federal government, immigration
Love to Love Yourself in Richmond
Richmond Pulse, Video, Posted: Jul 08, 2011
Richmond's RYSE Center hosted the LOVE to LOVE YOURSELF BLACKOUT PARTY!. The event was held to support folks from the L.G.B.T.Q. community and support pride month.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: L.G.B.T.Q. youth, love, pride, richmond
UC Admissions Show Strong Increases in Diversity
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: Jul 08, 2011
The enrollment of California resident freshmen at the University of California is expected to remain stable for fall 2011, while the university projects the ethnic and geographic diversity of the incoming class will broaden, according to preliminary data released.
Categories: Asian, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Multi-ethnic
Tags: according to preliminary data released., university projects the ethnic and geographic diversity of the incoming class will broaden
ACLU Files Lawsuit Charging Alabama’s Racial Profiling Law is Unconstitutional
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 08, 2011
The ACLU filed a class action lawsuit Friday charging that Alabama’s anti-immigration law is unconstitutional.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: aclu, alabama, alabamaimmigrationlaw, hb56
The Unnatural Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad, India's Health Minister
Firstpost.com, Op-ed, Posted: Jul 08, 2011
India's Health Minister declared that "homosexuality is unnatural and it’s a disease” and triggered global protest.
Categories: Asian, Gender & Sexuality, Health, International Affairs, South Asian, Top Stories
Should California Deny Farm Workers Their Basic Rights?
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jul 08, 2011
If Google employees had to work in 100-degree heat in California’s Central Valley, it would be all over the news. For farm workers, it’s another story.
Categories: Health, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: agriculture, california, deaths, farm, food, labor, rights, sb 104, workers
Freedom From Fear Awards: “Coming Out” a Political Act for Queer Undocumented Youth
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 08, 2011
Undocumented students in Chicago used their experiences coming out as queer to encourage more students to come out as undocumented.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: chicago, fff, LGBT, LGBTimmigrants, queer, undocumentedyouth
Fewer People Migrating North
Hispanically Speaking News, News Report, Posted: Jul 07, 2011
As immigration hysteria is still raging in parts of America, the number of immigrants coming from Mexico has actually slowed.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: immigrationdrop, immigrationprinceton, lessimmigrants, mexicanimmigration
Korean American Mayor To Run for Congress
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Jul 07, 2011
Irvine Mayor Sukhee Kang, the first Korean American head of a major U.S. city, has declared his candidacy for the 2012 congressional race. If elected, he will become the only Korean American in Congress.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Network, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Congress, Election, Irvine Mayor, Korea, Korean American, Politics
Korea Becomes 6th Nation to Land Sports 'Grand Slam'
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Jul 07, 2011
A decade of passion, effort and frustration ended in tears of triumph for PyeongChang Thursday (KST) when International Olympic Committee (IOC) voters rewarded the Korean resort town on its third consecutive bid for the Winter Games.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: IOC, korea, olympics, pyeongchang, winter olympic
Census: Navajo enrollment tops 300,000
Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: Jul 07, 2011
It's official. There are more than 300,000 enrolled members of the Navajo Nation.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Indigenous
NAM Radio: True Stories of Detained Japanese Americans
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jul 07, 2011
The stories of the Japanese Americans interned in America during World War II -- in their own words.
Categories: Asian, Audio, Elders, Immigration, International Affairs, Intersections, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: brian komei dempster, detention, internment, japanese american, japaneseamericans, making home from war, pearl harbor, second world war, world war II
California Minority Groups Offer "Unity" Redistricting Map
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 07, 2011
The unity proposal came in reaction to the new redistricting commission’s first set of maps, which carved up many communities of color, diluting their political power in Los Angeles County, Coachella Valley, and San Jose.
Categories: African American, Asian, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: 2010Census, california, citizensredistrictingcommission, Latinos, MALDEF, redistricting, sacramento, TeaPArty, votingrightsact, wedrawthelines
Freedom From Fear Awards: Welder Frees Workers From Texas Labor Camps
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 07, 2011
An Indian welder was honored for his work helping to break up what could be the largest trafficking ring in U.S. history.
Categories: Immigration, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: fff, freedomfromfear, freedomfromfearawards, trafficking
Thousands March Against Georgia’s Anti-Immigration Law
Mundo Hispánico, News Report, Posted: Jul 06, 2011
The day after Georgia’s Arizona-style immigration law went into effect, protestors from Georgia and other states converged on Atlanta to demonstrate against it on Saturday.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
More Latinos in U.S. Identifying as Indian
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jul 06, 2011
A growing number of Latinos in the U.S. are identifying as Amerindians—a term used to identify indigenous people of the Americas.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Indigenous, Latino, Law & Justice
The Shea Butter Economy: Big Money and Exploitation
The Atlanta Post, News Report, Posted: Jul 06, 2011
Shea Butter is in everything from soothing hair and skin care products to lip balms and exfoliating creams -- increasing demand across the globe.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page
Tags: cosmetic, demand, global need, shea buter
Rebels Committing Atrocities in Libya, Charges Ex-Lawmaker
The Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jul 06, 2011
Former Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney didn't want to be fooled again by the American media's bad track record of reporting the truth behind this government's military actions in foreign countries.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, War & Conflict
Tags: American media, Cynthia McKinney, foreign countries, military actions
Casey Anthony is Not O.J. in White Female Face
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jul 06, 2011
A young, irresponsible, no-name white woman should never be compared to O.J. Simpson and the real trial of the century.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: caseyanthony, caseyanthonymurdertrial, oj, ojsimpson
Casey Anthony Imprisoned in Hollywood Fantasy
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jul 06, 2011
Casey Anthony’s not-guilty verdict for her daughter’s death lets her out of jail, but she remains imprisoned by the Hollywood fantasies that fed her tragedy.
Categories: Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Companies Profit From Increased Immigrant Detention Rate
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jul 06, 2011
The detention of immigrants is a thriving business that seems likely to continue to grow.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration
NAM Radio: The Black History of the White House
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jul 06, 2011
Black people have not only lived in the White House before the Obamas, but they actually built it, in more ways than one.
Categories: African American, Audio, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: african, african american, american, barack obama, black history, black history of the white house, clarence lusane, michelle obama, obama, president, slavery, white house
It's Time to Leave Afghanistan—Or Is It?
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jul 06, 2011
A Taliban-run Afghanistan will almost certainly recover its attraction as a sanctuary, training ground for militant extremists
Categories: International Affairs, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: afghanistan, afghans, americans, bombings, bosnia, cambodia, obama, refugees, troops, withdrawals
"Day Without Immigrants" Hits Atlanta's Korean Business Community
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: Jul 05, 2011
A labor strike organized by immigrants rights activists in Atlanta protesting House Bill 87, which took effect Friday and targets the state's undocumented population, took a major toll on the city's Korean businesses, reports the Korea Daily in Atlanta.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: HB87, immigration, korean
Programa de apoyo para estudiantes tiene beneficios comunes
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 05, 2011
Un programa pionero junta a estudiantes con autismo y estudiantes con dificultades académicas para beneficiar a ambos.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: autismo, Calavera Hills, Carlsbad, Coyote Crossroads, educacion, estudiantes
La Opinión: Jerry Brown Fails to Stand Up for Farm Workers
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jul 05, 2011
An editorial in La Opinión calls Gov. Jerry Brown's veto of a recent farm worker bill "unacceptable."
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
NAM Radio: What Is Patriotism?
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jul 05, 2011
There's a division amongst Americans between those who feel comfort in patriotism and those who worry about its dangers.
Categories: Audio, International Affairs, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Veterans, War & Conflict
Tags: bin laden, fourth of july, july 4th, july fourth, patriot, patriotic, patriotism, richard rodriguez, shirin sadeghi, USA
Freedom From Fear Awards: UCLA Student Sheds Light on Shadow Population
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 05, 2011
The night before he announced he was undocumented, David Cho wrote a farewell letter to his friends and family.
Categories: Asian, Education, Immigration, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: davidcho, DREAM, DREAMAct, DREAMer, fff, freedomfromfear
The Wavelength: FCC Decries Lack of Media Diversity, Stymies Low-Power TV
The Media Consortium, Roundup, Posted: Jul 04, 2011
The Media Consortium’s latest roundup in articles links to pieces on the FCC’s undermining of low-power TV, Facebook’s lapse on free speech and more.
Categories: Media
Tags: at&tmerger, facebook, fcc, kochbrothers, localism, lowpowertelevision, mediadiversity, newamericamedia, retirementage, socialsecurity, themediaconsortium
Freedom From Fear Awards: Immigrant Rights a New Frontier for Black Activist
New America Media, Profile, Posted: Jul 04, 2011
Attorney Chokwe Lumumba fought for black’s rights for four decades. Now he’s won a Freedom From Fear Award for championing Latino immigrants in Mississippi.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Front Page, Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Profiles
Tags: africanamericans, civilrights, freedomfromfearawards, Immigrantrights, latinos
For Asian Students, the Hard Part Is Getting In
Hyphen Magazine, News Feature, Posted: Jul 03, 2011
How Asian-Americans teenagers are being forced to navigate the racially charged politics of the college admissions process.
Categories: Asian, Education, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Youth Culture
Tags: asian-americans, collegeadmissions, GPA, grades, Harvard, IvyLeague, Princeton, SAT
Strauss-Kahn, Casey Anthony & the Whitewashing of American Justice
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jul 03, 2011
The right thing to do would have been to remand Strauss-Kahn to the custody of the State of New York -- not everyone who is lily white is innocent.
Categories: African, African American, European, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: africa, african, assault, casey anthony, court, de tocqueville, diallo, dominique, dominique strauss-kahn, dsk, france, french, ghana, immigrant, immigration, islam, justice, law, maid, mother, muslim, nafissatou diallo, new york, oral, politician, poverty, power, rape, rights, scandal, sex, sexual, single, single mother, strauss-kahn, truth, wealth, whitewash, women, women's rights
Crossing the Border: Immigration & the Founding Fathers
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jul 03, 2011
The Founding Fathers knew all too well about immigrants crossing borders and the value of American independence.
Categories: African, African American, Arizona Watch, European, Front Page, Immigration, Indigenous, Intersections, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, War & Conflict
Tags: 4th of july, american, border, constitution, control, crossing, founding fathers, fourth of july, ideals, immigration, independence, independence day, july 4th, july fourth, slavery, undocumented
For Women, Strauss-Kahn Case Is One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jul 02, 2011
The rape case against former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is collapsing. But is this another case of a woman’s word being unfairly dismissed?
Categories: African, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Anita Hill, ClarenceThomas, DominqueStrauss-Kahn, France, NicolasSarkozy, rape, women'sgroups
California Utility Answers Ethnic Media on Green Energy, Smart Meters and Costs
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 02, 2011
As home-energy use spike in the summer sun, Southern California Edison responded to concerns of ethnic media about rising bills, smart meters and more.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Environment, Front Page, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology
Tags: californiapuc, energybills, greenenergy, renewableenergy, smartmeters, southerncaliforniaedison
“Loaded” With Illicit Cargo, Unknowing U.S.-Mexico Drivers Cross Into Nightmare
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 02, 2011
Despite high risk, a few each week try crossing the U.S.-Mexican border with illegal drugs. For some, unaware they are carrying contraband, life becomes a nightmare.
Categories: Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: drugtrafficking, juarez, mexico, usborder
Filipino Journalists on Pulitzer Winner’s Coming Out
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 01, 2011
The admission by Pulitzer Prize-winning Filipino journalist Jose Antonio Vargas that he is undocumented is bringing mixed reactions from Filipino media.
Categories: Education, Front Page, Immigration, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: dreamact, filipinoamerican, immigration, Joseantoniovargas, media
Rick Perry's Anti-Latino Agenda Goes Down to Defeat
Mario Wire, News Report, Posted: Jul 01, 2011
The Texas Senate adjourned this week without a final vote on the “Sanctuary Cities” legislation that was one of Gov. Rick Perry’s “emergency” items at the start of the year.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: anti-immigration, GOP, RickPerry, sanctuarycities, SEIU, Texas
UN Blasts Pending Execution of Mexican National in U.S.
Hispanically Speaking News, News Report, Posted: Jul 01, 2011
The top UN human rights official has appealed to Texas governor Rick Perry to commute the death sentence of a Mexican national scheduled to be executed for murder next week,
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, International Affairs, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: HumbertoLealGarcia, NaviPillay, RickPerry, UNHighCommissionerforHumanRights
Hugo Chavez Has Cancer
Hispanically Speaking News, News Report, Posted: Jul 01, 2011
Everyone knew something was wrong with Hugo Chavez. Now the “new battle that life has placed” before the Venezuelan leftist president has been identified as cancer.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Health, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: Cancer, Cuba, HugoChavez, Venezuela
Journalist Vargas to Media: "Immigrant Struggle Is About Us, Not Them"
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jul 01, 2011
Pulitzer Prize winner Jose Antonio Vargas sparked controversy after coming out as undocumented in an article he wrote for the New York Times.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, Immigration, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: dreamact, filipinoamerican, immigration, Joseantoniovargas, newyorktimes, pulitzerprize, undocumented
NAM Radio: US Soldiers & Fragging Assaults in Vietnam
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jul 01, 2011
The number of fragging incidents during the Vietnam War still remains uncertain, but a new in-depth study of the practice and its origins might have some clues.
Categories: Asian, Audio, International Affairs, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories, Veterans, War & Conflict
Tags: fragging, fragmentation device, friendly fire, george lepre, soldier, united states, vietnam, war, Why US Soldiers Assaulted Their Officers in Vietnam