Students, Parents and Teachers Tell OUSD: Save Lakeview School
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 30, 2011
This week students, teachers, parents and concerned community members representing Lakeview Elementary School in Oakland Calif. protested it's proposed closing.
Categories: African American, Economy, Education, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: budget, closing, cuts, lakeview, oakland, ousd, school
Protesters Rush Wall St. Rallying Against Corporate Greed
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Sep 30, 2011
The movement grew when a largely Black crowd of about 2,000 people marched from Union Square to Wall Street to protest the execution of Troy Davis.
Categories: African, African American, Asian, Caribbean, Chinese, Economy, Education, Environment, European, Health, Immigration, Indigenous, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: 99 percent, corporations, greed, human, poverty, protests, rights, wall st., wealth
'Mother of Hip-Hop' Dies
The Root, News Report, Posted: Sep 30, 2011
Sylvia Vanterpool Robinson, known as the Mother of Hip-Hop, died today from congestive heart failure. She was 75 years old.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines, Youth Culture
Tags: africanamerican, hiphop, music, rap, SylviaRobinson
NAM Radio: Zahra's Paradise & the Iran Election Protesters
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 30, 2011
Every time Iranians pour into the streets to protest, some of them disappear. This is the story of one young man & the struggle to learn what happened to him.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, International Affairs, Intersections, Law & Justice, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: #iran, #iranelection, abuse, ahmadinejad, amir, evin, graphic novel, humanrights, iran, iran election, iranian, kahrizak, karroubi, khamenei, mousavi, prison, prison abuse, protester, rafsanjani, rape, torture, zahra's paradise
SF Mayoral Candidates Up Close with City College Students
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 30, 2011
Thirteen of the 16 S.F. mayoral candidates turned up to field questions from students at City College eager to be a part of the political debate.
Categories: Education, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video
Tags: City College, homelessness, job creation, mayoral debate, Muni free, public transportation
Federal Court Ruling Could Give Relief to Day Laborers
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 30, 2011
A recent federal court's ruling against one city's anti-solicitation ordinance could impact provisions in Arizona's SB 1070 related to day laborers.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: day laborers, Redondo Beach anti-solicitation ordinance, SB 1070, US. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
NAM Radio: Pakistani American Comedian Kumail Nanjiani
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 29, 2011
He is a television star and a top-rated stand up comedian, but Pakistani American Kumail Nanjiani hasn't let it get to his head.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Immigration, Intersections, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: comedian, comedy, franklin and bash, grinnell college, iowa, kumail nanjiani, pakistan, pakistani, pakistani american, pindar singh, punchline, stand up
Dr. Conrad Murray, Not Michael Jackson, is on Trial
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 29, 2011
One commentator says Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray should not be let off the hook in the entertainer's death.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Front Page, Media
Tags: celebrity, death, dr. conrad murray, drugs, michael jackson, trial
Through a Toddler's Eyes -- Growing Up Poor in the Bay Area
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 29, 2011
17-month-old Terreace lives in the Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco in low income housing.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Growing Up Poor in the Bay Area, Intersections, Youth Culture
Tags: buses, family, growing up poor, hunters point, parks, projects, stores, toddler
Inside the Shadow Economy -- A Growing Underworld Bazaar
New America Media/Salon, News Report, Posted: Sep 29, 2011
Amid the recession, an unregulated marketplace worth $1.4 trillion undermines our economy -- and our future.
Categories: African, African American, Asian, Economy, Immigration, Inside the Shadow Economy, International Affairs, Intersections, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: economy, government, growth, los angeles, salon.com, study, underground
Inside the Shadow Economy -- Touch Me for Money, Life as a Male Escort
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 29, 2011
When "Edward" needs cash fast he relies on the one thing he has complete control over: his body.
Categories: African American, Economy, Gender & Sexuality, Inside the Shadow Economy, Intersections, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: cash, economy, escort, male, oakland, salon.com, underground
School Districts Investigated for Civil Rights Violations
America’s Wire, News Report, Posted: Sep 29, 2011
School districts are being probed for possible violations, including failure to provide minority students with access to college- track courses.
Categories: African American, Education, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: AP, civil rights, department of education, education, special education, suspensions, Title 6
Dark September: Journalists' Deaths Mount in Mexico
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 28, 2011
In Mexico, many journalists have been forced to resign for “security reasons,” as they have become “targets” of organized crime.
Categories: International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: bloggers, drug cartels, Felipe Calderon, journalist deaths, Mexico, murders, twitter
Study: Many College Students are Part-Timers, Less Likely to Graduate
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Sep 28, 2011
Will today’s generation of young people be the first in history to be less educated than their parents? New findings from a study conducted by Complete College America, a non-profit founded two years ago with financing from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, suggests that may be the case.
Categories: Economy, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Youth Culture
Tags: economy, education, part timers, students, working
Nepali American Group Launches On-line Disaster Relief Site
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 28, 2011
Last week’s deadly quake that struck the Indian state of Sikkim on the eastern border of Nepal prompted one Nepli group to create an on-line relief site.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, South Asian
Tags: disasterrelief, earthquake, google, hackathon, Himalaya, India, Nepal, Quake, randomhacksofkindness
U.S. on a Collision Course with Pakistan and Iran
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 28, 2011
America’s involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq are doubtless impacting the pocketbooks of U.S. taxpayers, but pulling out from those two countries would allow Pakistan to take control of Afghanistan and Iran to move into Iraq. If that happened, Russia and China are not going to simply sit back and watch.
Categories: International Affairs, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Afghanistan, China war, economy, Iran, Iraq, move in, Pakistan, Russia, U.S. pullback
Students, Teachers Push to Halt Methyl Iodide Use in California Farms
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 28, 2011
Teachers and students in Watsonville, Calif., are going all out to put the word out that using methyl iodide as a fumigant on strawberry fields was endangering the health of children and adults, contrary to what the California Department of Pesticide Regulation may say.
Categories: Environment, Health, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, food
Tags: alternatives, health impact, methyl iodide, school curriculum, toxic, Watsonville
NAM Radio: The Biography of Obama's Father
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 28, 2011
In utter contrast to his son, Barack Obama, Sr. was a man whose public image was politically incorrect and rebellious, according to a new biography.
Categories: African, African American, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Immigration, International Affairs, Media, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: alcoholism, barack obama, barack obama sr, biography, dead, death, hawaii, immigration, journalist, kenya, kenyan, obama's father, sally jacobs, the other barack, the other barack the bold and reckless life of president obama's father
In Saudi Arabia, a New Era for Women
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 27, 2011
Saudi King Abdullah's speech last week hints at a dramatic generational shift that has been obscured by the stubborn longevity of the country’s ruling family.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Iran, KingAbdullah, oil, SaudiArabia, Saudiroyalfamily, ShuraCouncil, women, womensrights
La Opinión Calls for Two Latino Voting Districts in LA County
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Sep 27, 2011
Editors of La Opinión write that Los Angeles County supervisors should create a second Latino district.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: latinosla, latinosredistricting, latinovoters, twolatinodistricts
Journalist Beheaded in Mexico
Latino Print Network, News Report, Posted: Sep 27, 2011
Mexican police say killing of a woman journalist whose decapitated body was found near the U.S. border appears to be the work of a violent drug cartel.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Media, War & Conflict
Tags: mexicansocialmedia, mexicodecapitation, mexicodrugcartels, mexicowarondrugs
California’s Prison Hunger Strike is Back On
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Sep 27, 2011
Hunger strike is back on in Pelican Bay prison.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice
Tags: hunger, isolation, pelican bay, prison, prisoners, protest, rights, strike
Mayoral Forum at CCSF - Wednesday, Sept. 28th
New America Media, Event, Posted: Sep 27, 2011
Why: To educate students and the ethnic media about the candidates in the mayoral race and provide them with a forum where they can post questions to the candidates about their positions on issues of importance to both students and ethnic media.
Categories: Events
Tags: city college of san francisco, Forum, Mayoral candidates, students
The Irvine 11: Disturbing Free Speech
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Sep 27, 2011
A court ruling last week against a group of Muslim students from the University of California raises questions about the right to free speech.
Categories: Asian, Education, Immigration, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: #irvine11, first amendment, freespeech, GazaWar, GoldstoneReport, Irvine11, Islam, israel, MichaelOren, UC
Does Cain’s Florida Win Prove the GOP Isn’t Racist?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 27, 2011
The straw poll win of GOP black presidential candidate Herman Cain does seem to suggest that there's no truth in the charge that the GOP is racist. But the win was more a message to Rick Perry that conservatives don't think him as presidential material.
Categories: African American, Front Page, News, Politics & Governance
Tags: Herman Cain. Florida, minor footnote, racist, Rick Perry, straw poll, win
Broken Black Relationships, Where is the Love?
Final Call, News Feature, Posted: Sep 26, 2011
The disproportionate number of unmarried Black women is being used as justification for professional Black women to marry non-Black men.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality
Tags: black, females, jails, males, marriage, non-whites, professionals
Report: Widespread Border Patrol Abuse Goes Unchecked
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Sep 26, 2011
Border patrol increase abuse.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latin America, Law & Justice
NAM Radio: The Rise & Fall of the American Teacher
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 26, 2011
Sixty-two percent of teachers leave the profession in the first five years, even though they love their jobs. Something has to give for the American teacher.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Economy, Education, European, Latino, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: american teacher, bureaucracy, documentary, education, hours, jonathan dearman, salary, statistics, teach, teacher, teacher salary project, vanessa roth, work, working hours
For the Love of the Game - High School Football Won’t Stop
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 26, 2011
Football players at San Francisco's Galileo High School say the risk of serious injury has not changed their love of the game.
Categories: Asian, Health, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories, Video
Tags: footballinjuries, galileofootball, galileohighschool, highschoolfootball, highschoolfootballinjuries
NAM Radio: Log Cabin Ranch
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 25, 2011
Just outside of La Honda, California, there is a juvenile probation center called Log Cabin Ranch where young men are incarcerated in a different kind of setting.
Categories: Audio, Collaborative Reporting, Education, Law & Justice, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: california, juvenile, log cabin ranch, radio, youth
Pomona CA Schools to Boost Students' Awareness About Bullying
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 25, 2011
Schools in Pomona, Calif., have launched a model art program to boost student awareness about bullying.
Categories: Education, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: bullying, california, education, ethnic, massachusetts, pomona, south hadly high, students, suicide
How to Restore Blacks' Upward Mobility?
The Root, Commentary, Posted: Sep 25, 2011
Saving the black middle class will require more than Obama's jobs program, says author Ellis Cose.
Categories: African American, Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page
Tags: blackjobs, jobsafricanamericans, obamablackamericans, obamaeconomy
NAM Radio: A Hundred Thousand Poets for Change
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 24, 2011
On September 24, 100,000 poets in 450 countries will gather to promote social, economic and environmental change.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Front Page, International Affairs, Intersections, Media, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, War & Conflict
Tags: 100 000 poets for change, economy, environment, michael rothenberg, poet, poetry, poets for change, september 24, social justice
Dispatch From Mexico—Reynosa, a City Under Siege
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 24, 2011
It takes 30 minutes to reach Reynosa, Mexico, from McAllen, Texas. But it only takes 30 seconds to realize that it’s a town under siege.
Categories: International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: death, drug cartel, economy, government, mcallen, mexico, migrants, murder, reynosa, siege, tamaulipas, texas
Troy Davis Protesters Occupy Wall Street
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Sep 24, 2011
Just hours after the Troy Davis execution, hundreds of protesters joined forces to occupy Wall Street.
Categories: African American, Economy, Intersections, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: #occupywallstreet, capital punishment, day of outrage, death penalty, demonstration, execution, force, nonviolent, nypd, occupy wall street, protest, protesters, rally, troy anthony davis, troy davis
New Treaty Brings Hope to Domestic Workers
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 24, 2011
It may take a long time for domestic workers worldwide to enjoy the protection of the Domestic Workers Convention.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content
Tags: abuse, children, convention, domestic, international, protection, rights, treaty, women, workers
Undocumented Students Push for California Dream Act
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 24, 2011
Undocumented students are calling on Gov. Jerry Brown to sign into law a bill that would allow them to apply for state scholarships.
Categories: Education, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: ab131, cadreamact, cadreamers, californiadreamact, undocumetedstudents
UN Report: California County Lacks Clean Water
Vida en el Valle, News Report, Posted: Sep 24, 2011
A United Nations report finds that unincorporated, majority-Latino communities in Tulare County have no access to clean drinking water.
Categories: Environment, Ethnic Media Network, Health, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: centralvalleycleanwater, centralvalleywater, cleanwater, uncleanwater
Vietnamese Radio Station in Houston Launching TV Programmings
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 23, 2011
Vietnamese radio station owner is launching a 24 hour a day television station for larger Houston area, catering to Asian American population.
Categories: Ethnic Media in the News, Video
OneVietnam Network Hosts New York Launch Event
Talk.OneVietnam.org, News Report, Posted: Sep 23, 2011
vietnam, diaspora, technology, facebook, network, new york, san francisco,.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Science & Technology, Youth Culture
Tags: diaspora, facebook, network, new york, san francisco, technology, vietnam
NAM Radio: Hollywood's Ukrainian American Star Vera Farmiga
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 23, 2011
Hollywood actress and now director Vera Farmiga tells NAM what it was like growing up Ukrainian-American.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, European, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Intersections, Media, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: actress, debut, director, higher ground, hollywood, interview, religion, religious, ukraine, ukrainian american, vera farmiga
Latinos Most Vulnerable to Air Pollution
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Sep 23, 2011
A report published Thursday by the Center for American Progress finds that the country’s Latino population is the most vulnerable due to air pollution.
Categories: Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
In San Francisco, Parking Tickets Are the New Taxation
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 23, 2011
Once a deterrent to bad behavior, ticketing and fines have become an important revenue stream in the cash-strapped city.
Categories: Economy, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: parkingtickets, sfparkingtickets
Report: Border Patrol Abuses on the Rise
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 23, 2011
The number of apprehensions of undocumented immigrants on the border has dropped, but reports of abuses are on the rise.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: borderapprehensions, borderdeaths, borderpatrol, borderviolence, deportations, detentions, humanrightsviolations, nomoredeaths, torture
Why Obama Couldn’t Prevent the Troy Davis Execution
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 23, 2011
Obama learned a bitter lesson early on: If you speak out on an issue that involves race, you will pay a heavy political price.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: obaamtroydavis
Obama Nominates Judge Jacqueline Nguyen to US Court of Appeals
Asian American Press, News Report, Posted: Sep 22, 2011
OBAMA NOMINATES JUDGE JACQUELINE H. NGUYEN TO US COURT OF APPEALS.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Law & Justice
Tags: appeals, court, dalat, judge, nguyen, nomination, obama, vietnamese, woman
300,000 Children Die in China Each Year
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Sep 22, 2011
According to official statistics, 300,000 children aged under 5 die in China every year, with more than 36 percent dying at home with poor access to healthcare.
Categories: Chinese, Front Page, Health, International Affairs
Tags: chidlren die at home, children in China, Chinese children die, poor healthcare
Justice Irrelevant in Davis Execution
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 22, 2011
As the Ferry Building’s clock tower rung four p.m. in San Francisco, the crowd joined hands to pray for the life of Troy Anthony Davis.
Categories: African American, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: capitalpunishment, deathpenalty, execution, georgia, SAFECalifornia, TraoyAnthonyDavis
Growing Up Poor - Bay Area Kids Tell the Stories Behind the Numbers
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 22, 2011
Young videographers discuss what it's like to grow up poor in California, where one in four children is now living in poverty.
Categories: African American, Economy, Growing Up Poor in the Bay Area, Health, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: cachildrenpoverty, californiachildren, growinguppoor, povertystatistics
Don't Dismiss Ahmadinejad's UN Speech
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 22, 2011
The Iranian President is a controversial but influential leader. It is easy for the mainstream media to dismiss some of the important things he said.
Categories: International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: #ahmadinejad, #UNGA, 9/11, ahmadinejad, ahmadinejad's speech, bin laden, distribution of wealth, general assembly, holocaust, iran, iranian, osama bin laden, poverty, reparations, slave, slave reparations, slavery, speech, un, united nations, wealth
The Model for Palestine 2011 - Israel in 1949
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 22, 2011
Palestinians should study Israel as a model when it comes to seeking statehood and membership with the UN.
Categories: International Affairs, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: barrack obama, israel, middle east, palestine, palestinian, peace, statehood, terrorism, UN, US
35 Bodies Dumped on Busy Street in Veracruz, Mexico
Al Jazeera English, News Report, Posted: Sep 22, 2011
Thirty-five bodies were found on Tuesday on a busy street in the Mexican state of Veracruz.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, War & Conflict
Tags: 35bodies, mexicodrugcartels, mexicoviolence
E-Verify Passes House Committee
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 22, 2011
The House Judiciary Committee approved the Legal Workforce Act Wenesday, legislation that would mandate the use of E-Verify.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Gutting Social Security Would Devastate Blacks and Hispanics
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Sep 22, 2011
Privatization of social security could devastate the millions who rely solely on it to survive.
Categories: African American, Economy, Elders, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: blacks, gop, hispanic, poverty, privatization, social security
Lessons in Freedom From the CIA
The Arab American News, Editorial, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
The CIA recently discontinued its advertising with Dearborn, Mich. based The Arab American News, "for undisclosed reasons."
Categories: Front Page, Media, Middle Eastern
Tags: advertising, arab, arabamerican, cia, muslims, spying
Pentagon Officially Ends "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
Yesterday, 18 years after it took effect, the Pentagon officially ended the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy."
Categories: Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Intersections, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: dadt, don'taskdon'ttell, gaymilitary, gayrights, leonpanetta, pentagon
Denial of Davis Clemency Sparks Shock, Anger
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
Barring dramatic 11th-hour intervention, Davis faces a death by lethal injection at 7 p.m. Wednesday for the death of Savannah GA police officer Mark MacPhail.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: clemency, death row, georgia, naacp, supreme court, troy davis
Are Schools Preparing Black Boys...for Prison?
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
A recent reports on African Americans in schools states that Black Male students are punished more severely than their White peers.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: black, chicago, expelled, males, prisons, public, punishment, schools, suspended
Obama’s U.N. Speech: Infomercial at Its Best
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
President Obama is the first infomercial president, taking his time to promise the moon.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: afghanistan, bin laden, death, iran, iraq, middle east. U.N., Obama, palestine, united nations, violence, war
United Blood/Crip Gang Draws Injunction from CA Authorities
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
Hustla Squad Clicc is a combination of Bloods and Crips two of the largest and most violent associations of street gangs in the United States.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: bloods, crips, gangs, injunction, judge, san bernardino, violence
China's March Through the Caribbean Continues
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
This week Beijing unveiled measures worth $6.3 billion aimed at sealing better relations with the 15-nation Caribbean trade bloc.
Categories: African American, Caribbean, Economy, International Affairs, Intersections, Top Stories
Tags: aid, caribbean, china, conference, grants, port of spain, soft loans, trade
La Opinión: Yes to "Buffett Tax"
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
Editors of La Opinión write that the United States must change the way it manages its economic policy.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: buffetttax, classwarfare, obamatax, obamataxcode
Three Black Female Playwrights Debut on Broadway
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
Black Female Playwrights Debut New Work on Broadway.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality
Tags: blacks, broadway, female, new york, playwright
SF Dems May Endorse APA For Mayor
Asian Week, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
The San Francisco Democratic Party will consider endorsing a third mayoral candidate on Sept. 21.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: EdLee, elections, LelandYee, SFmayoralrace
US Top Buyer of Korean Weapons
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
A report in the Korea Times notes that America was the largest importer of Korean military products between 2006 and 2011.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Tags: armsindustry, korea, trade, US, weaponsexports
Pentagon Ends "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
The Pentagon officially ended the "Do not Ask, Do not Tell" policy this week after 18 years.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Latino, War & Conflict
Tags: DADT, don'taskdon'ttell, gayLatinos, gaymilitary, gayrights, LGBT, LGBTLatinos
Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal Freed by Iran
Global Post, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
Iran freed Wednesday Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, who had been convicted of spying after being caught in the country.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Tags: freethehikers, shanebauer
Atlanta's March to Save Troy Davis
The Source, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
TheSource.com presents an eye-witness account of the march for the commute of Troy Anthony Davis' execution in Atlanta, Ga.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice
Tags: troydavis
Obama Medicare-Medicaid Cuts Would Pinch Rich, But Harm Other Americans
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
Medicare and Medicaid cuts in the President’s budget plan aims to spread the “pain” fairly, but does pinching the rich equal less accessible care for the rest of us?
Categories: Elders, Health, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: budgetdeficit, healthcare, medicaid, medicare, nationaldebt, obamacare
The Math Behind “Class Warfare”--A Middle Class Under Attack
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
“Class warfare?” Do the math: America’s upper 10 percent have taken most, while blacks and Latinos have lost big in the past 30 years.
Categories: African American, Economy, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: classwarfare, obamaclasswarfare, obamatax, taxcode
Asian GOP Officials Ascend—With Little Republican Help
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
Asian elected officials at the California Republican Party convention say the GOP needs to communicate better with Asian Americans.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Fellowships, Front Page, Immigration, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: Asian American, california, convention, GOP, voters
Obama’s Health Care Cuts Don’t Worry Advocates -- Yet
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
The biggest concern is not what is in the president’s proposal, but what might come out of a negotiation with Congressional Republicans.
Categories: Economy, Health, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: cutstomedicaid, cutstomedicare, healthcarecuts, obamahealthcare, obamamedicaid, obamamedicare
NAM Radio: Latinos and Redistricting
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
The politics of redistricting and how significant growth of the Latino population is likely to result in greater representation and political clout for the Latino community.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Audio, Immigration, Latino, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: census, cloud, community, hispanic, joaquin avila, latino, political, politics, population, redistricting
A Million Students in China Said No to College Last Year
Wen Wei Po, News Report, Posted: Sep 20, 2011
Last year, over a million Chinese students decided not to enter college. According to Wen Wei Po, a Hong Kong newspaper.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Fighting Obesity with No Money -- Growing Up Poor in the Bay Area
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 20, 2011
Altagracia Hernandez is raising two children with her husband on less than two thousand dollars a month. Both kids are struggling with obesity.
Categories: Growing Up Poor in the Bay Area
Tags: affordable, child, east palo alto, food, fresh, healthy, obesity, produce
Los Angeles Roundtable - Lawsuit abuse & its effects on minority small business owners - Thursday, Sept. 22nd
New America Media, Event, Posted: Sep 20, 2011
Los Angeles, CA – The Institute of Legal Reform of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will launch a public education and media campaign designed to help educate and engage Latino business owners who have been or may become victims of lawsuit abuse. The Institute of Legal Reform (ILR) has tracked a tremendous rise in frivolous lawsuits targeting minority/Latino business owners in an effort to educate them so they do not fall victims to lawyers who will scare them into settling a “lawsuit” or threaten to take them to court over inflated or made up violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (the ADA).
Categories: Events
Poor on Paper -- Growing Up Poor in the Bay Area
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 20, 2011
Gordon, 17, is a high school student living in San Francisco's Tenderloin District with his family. His family have received food stamps but he doesn't feel poor.
Categories: Growing Up Poor in the Bay Area
Tags: chinese, food stamp, growing up poor, san francisco, section 8, tenderloin
Down and Out in Dolores Park -- Growing Up Poor in the Bay Area
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 20, 2011
Vegas, 20, a "Crust punk" kid, lives off of the land in and around San Francisco's Dolores Park.
Categories: Growing Up Poor in the Bay Area
Tags: beer, dolores park, growing up poor, punk, san francisco, weed
Perry Fumbles with Hispanics in NY
El Diario/La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Sep 20, 2011
Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry yesterday attended an informal meeting with Latino leaders in Upper Manhattan.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
When the Family is Sentenced -- Growing Up Poor in the Bay Area
Silicon Valley De-Bug, Video, Posted: Sep 20, 2011
Moaseni Jr. Leasiolagi was recently convicted of a felony and had to turn himself into authorities leaving his fiance and kids to fend for themselves.
Categories: Growing Up Poor in the Bay Area
Tags: conviction, east palo alto, felony, growing up poor, welfare
El aumento de la población no les da a los latinos una ventaja en los planes de redistribución del estado
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 20, 2011
Aunque la población latina aumentó a nivel nacional, su poder político se ha mantenido estancado o incluso ha retrocedido.
Categories: NAM en Español
Body Found Indentified as Michelle Le
Talk.OneVietnam.org, News Report, Posted: Sep 20, 2011
Michele Le's body identified.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice
Tags: california, jealousy, kaiser, michele le, murder, vietnamese
Living in Storage -- Growing up Poor in the Bay Area
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 20, 2011
When Roseanna, 20, found herself without a place to stay, things fell apart. She had to drop out of college, deal with a medical issue be separated from her family.
Categories: Growing Up Poor in the Bay Area
Tags: forum, growing up, kidsdata .org, oakland, packard foundation, poverty, shelter, storage
Population Boost Isn’t Giving Latinos an Edge in State Redistricting Plans
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 20, 2011
As states from California to Nevada to Colorado and Texas map out new electoral districts, some argue that Hispanics are being shortchanged.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: 2012, arizona, census, colorado, elections, florida, hispanics, immigration, latino, latinos, MALDEF, NALEO, nevada, redistricting, texas, voting, voting rights act
Organ Trafficking Increasing in S. Korea
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Sep 19, 2011
A growing number of South Koreans are turning to the Internet to advertise the sale of their organs in order to overcome financial challenges, reports the Korea Times.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Health
Tags: economy, health, korea, organtrafficking, shadoweconomy
Asian American Women On the Challenges They Face Within Construction
NorthWest Asianweekly, News Report, Posted: Sep 19, 2011
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2008, while women made up 34 percent of lawyers, 61 percent of accountants, and 79 percent of social workers, they made up only 8 percent of construction managers.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality
Tags: asian, construction, social workers, women, work
Texas Redistricting Briefing - Protecting Minority Rights for the Next 10 Years - Tuesday, Sept. 20th
New America Media, Event, Posted: Sep 19, 2011
Learn how redistricting could increase or diminish minority voting power throughout Texas and what civic activists are doing to assure that new redistricting lines don't further dilute the power of black, Hispanic and Asian populations.
Categories: Events
Tags: ethnic minorities, redistricting, texas
How Do Ethnic Media Say “Illegal Immigrant”?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 19, 2011
Before publishing a story on immigration, every editor faces a question: What term should be used to describe an immigrant who is in the United States illegally?
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content
Tags: illegalimmigration, immigrantrights, immigration, media
NAM Radio: Precious Knowledge & Ethnic Studies in Arizona
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 19, 2011
When Arizona Attorney General Thom Thorne was Tucson's Superintendent of Schools he was known for his inflammatory remarks about ethnic studies & students.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Education, Immigration, Intersections, Latin America, Latino, Media, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: arizona, ethnic studies, hispanic, hispanic studies, la raza, latino, latino studies, mexican american, precious knowledge, thom thorne, tucson, tucson unified school district
New Consumer Bureau Could Especially Protect Ethnic Communities
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 19, 2011
From foreclosures to payday loans, ethnic communities have a big stake in Congress’ battle over the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Categories: Economy, Foreclosures, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: consumerprotections, elizabethwarren, financialcrisis, foreclosures, predatorylending, recession
Maya Roads: A Literary Journey Through the Central American Rainforest
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 18, 2011
Journalist and war correspondent Mary Jo McConahay recounts in her new book her unique explorations revealing the adaptation and resolve of the Mayan people.
Categories: Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: centralamerica, latinamerica, maryjomcconahay, maya, richardrodriguez
Maharashtra’s New Booze Law: Here Comes the Mommy State
First Post, Op-ed, Posted: Sep 18, 2011
In June, the Indian state of Maharashtra passed a new law raising the legal drinking age to 25, marking a definitive shift toward what Sandip Roy calls the “Mommy State.”
Categories: Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, International Affairs, South Asian
Tags: alcohol, bollywood, imratkhan, india, maharashtra, sandiproy
For Overseas Students: Where Is the Money for School?
NorthWest Asianweekly, News Report, Posted: Sep 17, 2011
Some students flourish and have relatively little trouble studying in the United States, but others falter.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Education, Front Page
NAM Radio: Greek-American Comedian Demetri Martin Lets Loose
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 17, 2011
Greek American comedian Demetri Martin who stars in the blockbuster film Contagion, tells NAM what it's like growing up Greek.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, European, Immigration, Intersections, Media, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: biography, comedian, comedy, comedy central, conan o'brien, daily show, demetri martin, greek, greek american, interview, orthodox, this is a book
The Invasion of Paris, Then and Now
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 17, 2011
A Chinese immigrant in Paris acknowledges the fear-mongering of xenophobic political parties, but says she can't recognize herself in the image they paint.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, European, Immigration, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Israelis and Arabs to Be Pawns in the Endless Spring
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 17, 2011
With the Arab Spring causing widespread instability, the United States and the Europe no longer need Israel to be a regional thorn in the Arabs' side.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: arabspriong, britishprimeminister, gazafloatilla, israel, libya, middleeast, nicolassarcozy, palestinianstatehood
Secure Communities Task Force Recommendations Fall Short
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2011
The Task Force on Secure Communities, appointed by the Department of Homeland Security, just announced its recommendations to reform this deeply flawed program.
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance
Tags: deportation, ice, immigrantrights, immigration, securecommunities
Cherokee Nation Pressured to Accept Descendants of Slaves
ColorLines, News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2011
The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs has ordered the Cherokee Nation to restore voting rights and benefits tto about 2,800 descendants of slaves once owned by Cherokee members.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: africanamerican, cherokee, government, indiancountry, indiannation, nativeamerican, slaves
In Mexico, Civil Society Asserts Itself Through Social Media
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2011
Mexicans are increasingly taking to social media in the battle against the nation's cartels - and may be winning.
Categories: Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: border, cartel, facebook, mexico, nuevolaredo, socialmedia, twitter, violence, zatera
First Deportation Hotline Launches in Illinois
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2011
The country's first 24-hour Deportation Family Support Hotline launches Sept. 19 to help Illinois families and children left behind in deportations.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
NAM Radio: San Francisco Latino Film Festival
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 16, 2011
Founder and Director Lucho Ramirez tells us what to look out for at this year's quirky as ever festival celebrating Latinos and Latino filmmaking.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: cine+mas, festival, film, latino, lou ramirez, lucho ramirez, san francisco latino film festival
Older Hispanics Unable to Recover from Recession
Equal Voice, News Feature, Posted: Sep 16, 2011
The recovery has been more like quicksand for Older Hispanics, whose homes are financially “under water” and jobs are more scarce than for younger workers.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Latino, Politics & Governance, Stimulus Watch, Top Stories
Tags: aarppublicpolicyinstitute, latinos, miami, mortgagecrisis, olderworkers, pewhispaniccenter, poverty, recession, scsepbudgetcuts, stimulus
Latina Tea Party Favorite Could Save Anti-Immigrant Senator in AZ Recall
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2011
A Latina candidate running with help from Mesa’s Tea Party president could help divert the vote in Arizona’s historic recall against the architect of SB 1070
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arizonarecallelection, immigrationreform, sb1070, senatorrussellpearce, taquilaparty, teaparty
Legal uncertainty — Are Asian Americans rethinking the law?
NorthWest Asianweekly, News Report, Posted: Sep 15, 2011
“The jobs are more scarce and there is more competition,” said Matsuoka.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice
Tags: america, asian, attorneys, law, lawyers, napaba, united states
In Mexico, Tweet and Die
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 15, 2011
The discovery of two mutilated bodies hanging from a bridge in Nuevo Laredo highlights the dangers of social media in a country racked by drug violence.
Categories: International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: calderon, cartel, drugwar, mexico, nuevolaredo, socialnetworking, torture, twitter, violence
9/11: THE NEXT 10 YEARS—Women Can Solve Immigrant Identity Crises
Turkish Philanthropy Funds , First Person, Posted: Sep 15, 2011
Şenay Özdemir, a Turkish Dutch Texas author says women today and the diversity they represent can help counter stereotypes of Muslims as religious zealots.
Tags: 911, 911. turkey, arabspring, dutch, muslimwomen, universityoftexas
Bad Teeth a Barrier to Health and Jobs
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 15, 2011
A dental clinic for low-income Californians gives hope to some, but exposes painful, costly state and federal policies.
Categories: Health, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, food
Tags: americandentalassociation, californiadentalassociation, dentalcare, health, healthcarereform, nutrition, poverty, publichealth, ravenswoodclinic, unisured
Getting Sick Doesn’t Pay
Equal Voice, News Report, Posted: Sep 15, 2011
Decades of progress in the fight for better employee benefits have been wiped out, putting families at risk of not being able to buy food, or losing their home over getting sick.
Categories: Economy, Health, Top Stories
Tags: benefits, economy, family, health, jobs, labor, laborrights, starbucks, unemployment
Rising Poverty Undermines Children and Dr. King’s Dream
America's Wire, Commentary, Posted: Sep 15, 2011
New census data show rising child poverty, especially for black and Latino children. England cut child poverty in half. Is racism keeping us from doing the same?
Categories: African American, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: 2010census, centerforamericanprogress, childpoverty, englishpoverty, martinlutherking, racism
Paying a High Price for 9-11 Paranoia
The Final Call, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 14, 2011
Cold War paranoia which has led to the rollback of many civil liberties, and three wars in Muslim countries, but there's hardly a greater sense of safety among many Americans, 10 years after the September 11, 2001 attacks, because a feeling of vulnerability to another attack still remains throughout the society.
Categories: Front Page, Middle Eastern, War & Conflict
Tags: 9/11, Americans, civil liberties, Muslim countries, safety
9/11 Commemorations and the Pernicious Power of Propaganda
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 14, 2011
It is doubtful that 9/11 will be remembered again with as great a degree of solemnity and sincerity as it was on its tenth anniversary.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, War & Conflict
Tags: 9/11, afghanistan, arab, iraq, islam, newyork, obama, terroristattacks, wmd, worldtradecenter, wtc
Oberlin and Detroit Were Important to the Underground Railroad
BlackVoicesNews.com, News Feature, Posted: Sep 14, 2011
Oberlin, OH is a small town with a big story and the Footsteps study tour participants stayed at the Oberlin Inn as they have done every year of the 14 year tour. Here, there it is full of primary source documents and items that tell this story of American History.
Categories: African American, Front Page
Tags: american history, Detroit, Oberlin, underground railroad
White House Rejects Bid for Marcus Garvey Posthumous Pardon
Los Angeles Sentinel, News Report, Posted: Sep 14, 2011
A bid to secure a posthumous presidential pardon for Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jamaica's first national hero, has been rejected out of hand by the Barack Obama White House in Washington.
Categories: African, Front Page, Politics & Governance
Tags: Barack Obama, Jamaica, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, national hero, pardon, rejected
Ex-Congressman Feared Dead in Libya, Returns Home
AFRO, News Report, Posted: Sep 14, 2011
Former U.S. Congressman Walter Fauntroy, who recently returned from a self-sanctioned peace mission to Libya, said he went into hiding for about a month in Libya after witnessing horrifying events in Libya's bloody civil war -- a war that Fauntroy claims is backed by European forces.
Categories: Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Teleconference - Money, Housing and the Racial Wealth Gap - What's at Stake for Communities of Color?
New America Media, Event, Posted: Sep 14, 2011
Please join New America Media and The Opportunity Agenda for a teleconference call for ethnic media on the battle over who the bureau's new director will be and how the results will impact ethnic communities.
Categories: Events
Tags: community forum, kidsdata.org, poverty, recession, youth
S. Korean President, Obama to hold summit in October
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Sep 14, 2011
S. Korean President Lee Myung-bak will make a state visit to the United States in mid-October for a summit with his U.S. counterpart President Barack Obama.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Tags: economy, fta, korea, northkorea, obama, politics, trade
Los Angeles School Board Approves 'Two-Tier' System in PSC Reform
Eastern Group Publications, News Report, Posted: Sep 14, 2011
The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education on last Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution to give in-house applicants first consideration in the Public School Choice (PSC) reform process to run newly constructed campuses.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Tags: achievement, choice, district, education, latino, los angeles, school board, test, tier
Working, but Still Poor
Investigative Reporting Workshop, News Report, Posted: Sep 14, 2011
The focus today is on job creation. But for millions of Americans, just having a job doesn’t mean prosperity or anything like it.
Categories: Economy, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: census, jobs, poverty, unemployment
2010 Census Shows 2 Million California Kids in Poverty
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 14, 2011
New data from the U.S. Census shows a rise is the number of California children in poverty leaving families caught between food banks and cheap fast-food meals.
Categories: Economy, Health, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture, food
Tags: 2010census, californiahealth, childpoverty, hunger, macdonalds, obesity, uninsured
Indian Actress Banned After Her Co-Star Shot His Wife
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Sep 14, 2011
A top Indian action hero shot his wife after she accused him of having an affair with a co-star. The co-star has been banned by the industry for being implicated.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Gender & Sexuality, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: actor, actress, affair, ban, banned, bollywood, cinema, darshan, film, gun, india, indian, infidelity, kannada, karnataka, nikita thukral, scandal, sex, shooting, shot, vijayalakshmi, wife
Workers Sue Local Salon Chain for Labor Violations
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 14, 2011
Current and former employees of a Bay Area nail salon chain have filed suit against their employers for withholding overtime pay and other violations.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: economy, jobs, laborrights, salons, unemployment, vietnamese
Parolees and Service Providers Describe the Challenges of Re-Entry
Silicon Valley DeBug/New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 14, 2011
Following new legislation mandating the transfer of near 40,000 inmates from parole to county supervision, parolees and service providers discuss their thoughts on getting out.
Categories: Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: california, jerrybrown, parole, prison, recidivism
Bailing out the Iran Hikers: Don't Call it Ransom
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 13, 2011
With news that Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, are due to be released within days, the Internet and the American media are aflare with chatter.
Categories: Immigration, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: bauer, fattal, guantanamo, hikers, humanrights, immigration, iran, media
'Terrorism Is Not A Religion' -- Somali American Poet Speaks Out
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 13, 2011
Somli American poet and former marine Shirwa Hersi recalls his years as a Muslim in the American military and in a society deeply changed by 9/11.
Categories: African, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, War & Conflict
美洲杯帆船比賽是否能增加三藩市本地工作機會
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 13, 2011
三藩市通過新的本地雇用法(local hiring law)，但本地居民也許無法從兩年後舉辦的34屆美洲杯帆船比賽創造上千個工作機會中得益.
Categories: Chinese
Tags: 三藩市勞動力和經濟發展部, 本地雇用法, 美洲杯, 美洲杯帆船比賽
Hispanics and Blacks Missing in Gaming Industry
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 13, 2011
With studies showing blacks and Hispanics accounting for a majority of gamers, why do video game characters and story lines lack diversity?
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: africanamerican, angrybirds, diversity, gaming, hispanic, race, racerelations, videogames
Boycott Against Arizona Is Not Over, Say Grassroots Groups
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 13, 2011
The decision by the National Council of La Raza to call off a year-long boycott of Arizona is being met with opposition.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: anti immigration laws, Arizona, Hispanic, Immigrants, Immigration
50,000 “Indignant Mexicans” Protest Calderon's Policies
TruthOut , News Report, Posted: Sep 13, 2011
Over 50,000 workers filled Mexico City’s Zócalo Square to protest government policies that have millions out of work and thousands dead in the drug war.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance, War & Conflict
Tags: mexicandruggangs, mexicanpresident, poverty, privatization, superrich, unions, zolcalsquare
Puerto Rico Police Accused of Civil Rights Violations
Primera Hora, News Report, Posted: Sep 12, 2011
A report released by the U.S. Justice Department concluded that the Puerto Rico Police Department has committed systematic violations of civil rights, reports Primera Hora.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice
Tags: puertoricopolice
Keep Driver's Licenses for Undocumented in New Mexico
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Sep 12, 2011
Editors of La Opinión write that New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez wants to eliminate driver's licenses for the undocumented.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: driverslicense, newmexico, susanamartinez
Navajo Nation Allottee Decries Challenges to Cobell vs Salazar
Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: Sep 12, 2011
Four people or entities have announced they will appeal the long-awaited $3.4 billion settlement of Cobell v. Salazar, prompting head-shaking from a group representing Navajo allottees. "I don't understand why these people didn't opt out of the case when they had the chance," said Ervin Chavez, president of Shi Shi Keyah, speaking of the appellants.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Ethnic Media Headlines, Indigenous, Law & Justice
Tags: 3.4 billion, aging, cobell, indigenous, native american, navajo nation, poverty, salazar, settlement, suit
Latinos in Mississippi: A Force for Reconstruction
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 12, 2011
Hispanic immigrants helped rebuild Mississippi after hurricane Katrina but even that didn't alleviate the anti-immigrant climate.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Collaborative Reporting, Economy, Environment, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: anti-immigrant, hispanic, hysteria, immigration, katrina, latino, mississippi, poultry, reconstruction, severe, target
Old Debt Fueling Paydays for the Rich
Investigative Reporting Workshop, News Report, Posted: Sep 12, 2011
Americans are being blindsided by old debts, which are being purchased and resurrected by a new breed of collector: debt buyers.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Multi-ethnic
Tags: creditscam, debt, debtcollectors, ecnonomy, recession
Number of Kenyans Abroad Soars to 3 Million
Mwakilishi, News Report, Posted: Sep 12, 2011
Number of Kenyans abroad reached 3 million.
Categories: African, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration
Tags: african, diaspora, immigration, kenyan, million, remittances
9/11: The Latino Experience
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 11, 2011
A massive new multimedia project has collected the stories and voices of the Latino community in the aftermath of September 11.
Categories: Collaborative Reporting, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: aftermath, community, el diario, experiences, latino, multimedia, new york city, population, responders, september 11, survivors, voices
The Diverging Trajectories of China & the U.S. Since 9/11
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 11, 2011
After 9/11, China’s attitude toward the U.S. turned skeptical & condescending as it, and the world, witnessed America embark on a path of self-destruction.
Categories: Chinese, Economy, Front Page, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: 9/11, china, china-us relations, relations, relationship, september 11, trajectory, us
NAM Radio: The Post 9/11 Exclusion of Ethnic Journalists
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 11, 2011
The persisting lack of diversity in America's newsrooms has left out the voices & views of many Americans whose lives were profoundly affected by 9/11 & its aftermath.
Categories: African, African American, Audio, Chinese, Eye on Egypt , Immigration, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: afghan, arab, censorship, china, chinese, ethiopia, ethnic, ethnic journalist, exclusion, india, journalist, lack, laila al-arian, mainstream media, media, middle eastern, minority, misrepresentation, mizgon zahir darby, muslim, pakistan, palestine, portrayal, rong xiaoqing, sabahat ashraf, saqib mausoof, south asian, yayne abeba, zaineb mohammed
9/11 Raised Unrealized Hopes in US-Iran Relations
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 11, 2011
Bush's post 9/11 Axis of Evil speech against Iran transformed a reservoir of good feeling on the part of Iran into the serious deterioration of an already weak relationship.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: axis of evil, bush, deteriorate, iran, relations, relationship, speech, us, us-iran
Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post 9-11 Injustice
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Sep 10, 2011
Syrian-American journalist Alia Malek discusses her new collection of portraits of life in America in the decade since 9/11.
Categories: International Affairs, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: alia malek, amemsa, arab, latino, muslim, patriot act, patriot acts narratives of post 9-11 injustice, sikh, syrian american, white
9/11 and the Lies About Afghanistan and Pakistan
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 10, 2011
A PR genius decided to blame 9/11 on Afghanistan & Pakistan, even as the real culprits were lobbyists, energy executives, & their politician lackeys.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, South Asian, War & Conflict
Tags: 9/11, afghanistan, doha, lied, lies, pakistan, public relations, qatar, september 11, truth
Israeli Embassy Siege & Anti-Muslim, Anti-Arab Iconography
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 10, 2011
The events and images of the siege of the Israeli embassy in Cairo go a long way to further the iconographies of “Arab barbarism” and “Islamic Terror.”
Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: anti-arab, anti-islam, anti-muslim, cairo, iconography, israeli embassy, media, star of david, symbol
September 11, When Muslims Stay at Home
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 10, 2011
September 11 has become an unofficial "day of rest" for many Muslims, who would rather stay at home than risk harassment.
Categories: Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: 911, groundzero, racialprofiling, september11, transportationsecurityagency, tsa
Hispanic City, Mississippi: Between Jobs & Threats
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 10, 2011
A small town near Laurel, Mississippi, has provided jobs for many Hispanic immigrants, but also many worries.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Collaborative Reporting, Economy, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: census, economy, hispanic, hispanic city, howard industries, immigration, jobs, latino, laurel, mississippi, threats
The End of the UK, or the Start of a New Federation?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 10, 2011
These days, the United Kingdom is anything but united. In fact, it may just be on the verge of breaking up.
Categories: European, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: england, london, londonriots, scotland, ukriots, unitedkingdom
NAM Radio: Richard Rodriguez on 9/11
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 09, 2011
The author says that today the danger is not forgetting 9/11 but forgetting what America has become.
Tags: 9/11, forgetting, remembering, richard rodriguez, september 11
Ban on Styrofoam to Hurt Korean Businesses
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Sep 09, 2011
Korean restaurants say a potential ban on Styrofoam across the state would undermine sales and threaten business.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: economy, environment, food, jobs, Korean, restaurant, SB568, styrofoam
A Homeless Shelter Reacts to Obama's Jobs Speech
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 09, 2011
Residents of a homeless shelter in California watched Obama's jobs speech & wondered what it meant for them & the millions of other unemployed Americans.
Tags: california, congress, economy, homeless, jobless, jobs, obama, richmond, shelter, speech, unemployment
Latina Journalist Reflects on How 9/11 Still Haunts Today's Immigrants
LatinaLista, News Report, Posted: Sep 09, 2011
Univision news anchor Maria Elena Salinas reflects on what it was like to cover the attacks of September 11, 2001 as a journalist.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: 9/11immigrants, 9/11immigration, 9/11latinos, latinos9/11
Fil-Am TV Visits 9/11 Memorial Museum Near Ground Zero
"Balitang America" - The Filipino Channel, Video, Posted: Sep 09, 2011
Filipino TV newscast "Balitang America" previews the 9-11 Memorial Museum in New York just before the 10th anniversary of the attacks, which also honors 18 Filipino victims.
Tags: 9-11, 9-11 10th anniversary, 9-11 attacks, 9-11 Memorial, 9-11 Memorial Museum, Balitang America, Filipino 9-11 victims, Filipino descent, Ground Zero, New York, terrorist attacks, The Filipino Channel
6 Simple Things That Can Turn Deadly in Richmond, CA
Richmond Pulse, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 09, 2011
Three youth reporters share their thoughts on the various ways violence gets sparked on the streets of Richmond, CA.
Categories: Health, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Richmond Pulse, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: richmond, richmondkillings, richmondpulse, richmondshootings, richmondviolence
Growing Up Muslim in a Post 9/11 World
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 09, 2011
For Muslim and Sikh high school students, the post 9/11 America has not been an easy time.
Tags: 9/11, bully, bullying, california, coping, high school, islamic school, media, muslim, public school, sikh, terrorists
Green Jobs: A Promise Unfulfilled
Investigative Reporting Workshop, News Report, Posted: Sep 08, 2011
Green job-training initiatives implemented during Obama's presidency have fallen far short of the hype.
Categories: Economy, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Stimulus Watch, Top Stories
Tags: economicstimulus, greeneconomy, greenjobs, obama, unemployment
The Troy Davis Case: Will America Execute Another Innocent?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 08, 2011
He is convicted of killing a cop in Georgia but many people believe Troy Davis will be the next in line in a list of innocent Americans who were wrongly executed.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: cop killer, death penalty, execution, georgia, georgia board of pardons and paroles, innocence, innocent, stay, troy davis
Miss Korea Believes In Aliens, Wants To Be An Oyster
Koream Magazine, News Report, Posted: Sep 08, 2011
Miss South Korea wants to be an oyster and believes in ufos, aliens.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality
Tags: beauty, korea, miss seoul, oyster, pageant, ufo, universe
Fox Sports Cancels "The College Experiment" After Racist Video
8asians, News Report, Posted: Sep 08, 2011
Racist Fox show does it again.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Media
Tags: accent, chinese, fox, murdoch, network, racism, show, tv, usc, wife
Post 9/11, Is Coming to America Still Worth the Journey?
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Sep 08, 2011
For the prospective immigrant, is the journey to a post-9/11 America even worth the trouble?
Categories: Immigration, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: 9/11, 9/11anniversary, andrewlam, civilliberties, immigration, september11
Public Transportation Blues in San Francisco Bay
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Sep 08, 2011
Though the prices and enforcement are on the rise for public transportation in the San Francisco Bay, the quality of the ride doesn't seem to be improving at all.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: bart, bay area, johannes mehserle, K9, muni, oscar grant, police, policeshooting, prices, public transportation, san francisco
Will Climate Change Affect Migration?
Multi-American, News Report, Posted: Sep 07, 2011
A report released today by the Migration Policy Institute finds that climate change will have a "profound effect" on human settlement patterns.
Categories: Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: cliamtechangeimmigration, climatechange, mpiimmigration
Community Forum: Growing up poor in the Bay Area - Wednesday, Sept. 14th
New America Media, Event, Posted: Sep 07, 2011
The number of California children living in poverty has risen since the recession began, even as key institutions serving young people and their families are cutting programs. Get the latest data about the youngest Californians and learn from a panel of youth story tellers who translate these data into real lives.
Categories: Events
Tags: community forum, data, poverty statistics, youth
What’s Long and Hard on a Black Man? How Katt Williams Blew It
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 07, 2011
My issue with the Katt Williams and Michael Richards incidents is not that they used hateful language or pushed racial buttons, but that they weren't funny.
Tags: humor, immigrant, jokes, katt williams, mexican, michael richards, racist, rant
The Navajo Nation Suffers From Drawn-Out Drought
Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: Sep 07, 2011
Climate data, admittedly spotty on the reservation, show a drying trend since 1944 and a warming trend since the mid-1970s.
Categories: Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines, Indigenous
Tags: climate change, drought, native americans, navajo, reservation, water, weather
How 9/11 Led to an Attack on Immigrants
El Diario NY, News Report, Posted: Sep 07, 2011
A decade ago, President Bush said, “The object of terrorism is to try to force us to change our way of life.” It has done just that.
Tags: 9/11, 9/11immigration, 9/11Latinos, 911
CA Senate Passes “E-Verify” Bill
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 07, 2011
The California State Senate passed a bill giving businesses the right to decide whether or not to use the “E-Verify” employment verification system.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: everify
Goodwin Liu Confirmation Gives CA Court Majority of Asian Justices
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Sep 07, 2011
Senate Republicans blocked his appointment to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this year because he was “too liberal”, citing what they called a “scathing” 2006 testimony against the appointment of now Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito as proof.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice
Tags: 9th circuit, appeals, goodwin, judge, liberal, liu, republicans
Evidence of British & Pakistani Complicity on 9/11
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 07, 2011
The United States should rid itself of such toxic “allies” as Pakistan and even Britain, whose governments consider Americans gullible and easy to manipulate.
Categories: European, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: 9/11, 9/11 commission report, ahmed omar saeed sheikh, asif ali zardari, bob graham, bp, britain, british, condoleezza rice, daniel pearl, exxon mobile, gaddafi, gadhafi, isi, john ashcroft, mahmoud ahmed, mi6, mohamed atta, mumbai, osama bin laden, pakistan, pakistani, pervez musharraf, petronas, porter goss, pranab mukherjee, qaddafi, richard armitage, royal dutch shell, september 11
Can Perry Duplicate Bush and Win Over Black Evangelicals?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 07, 2011
If Rick Perry wins the GOP nomination, his wooing of black evangelicals could pose a political threat to the Obama campaign.
Categories: African American, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: blackevangelicals, obama, rickperry
Healthy is the New Skinny: Group Challenges Body Image Stereotypes
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 07, 2011
A fashion model and a doctor are joining forces to change the way young people see their bodies.
Categories: Health, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: bodyimage, eatingdisorders, healthyisthenewskinny, perfectlyunperfectedproject
Filipina's Natural Food Business Tops in UK
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Sep 06, 2011
A Filipina-owned natural-food [http://bit.ly/nRYQlc] company is in the running for the Top 100 small businesses in the United Kingdom.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: england, filipinas, gourmet, naturalfoods
Korean Parents 'Meddling' in Kids' Schools
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: Sep 06, 2011
A report in the Korea Daily highlights a trend among Korean parents of gift giving and other means of gaining special treatment for their children in public schools.
Categories: Asian, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines
U.S. Embargo of Cuba, Half a Century Later
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 06, 2011
President Obama should let the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba expire on September 14th. It would be change Latin America can believe in.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: cuba, cubanembargo, embargo, fidelcastro, obama, u.s.embargo
Immigration Divides GOP Mormons in Arizona Recall Election
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 06, 2011
Arizona’s first recall election of a State Senate president is pitting Mormon Republicans against each other.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: arizonaelection, arizonarecallelection, jerrylewis, mormonsimmigration, russellpearce, russellpearcerecall
Banned Pesticide Use Remains High in CA Strawberry Fields
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 06, 2011
In some of California's top strawberry-growing counties, levels of banned methyl bromide are only slightly lower than they were a decade ago.
Categories: Economy, Environment, Health, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: banned, california, cancer, epa, farmworkers, latinos, methyl bromide, pesticide
NAM Radio: The Dire Future of Urban Radio
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 06, 2011
The future of minority owned and urban formatted radio is now in question.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Media, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: bankruptcy, black owned radio, inner city media, joe miller, joint center for political and economic studies, minority, radio
Meth Led to Cessation of OTC Productions in Vietnam
Talk.OneVietnam.org, News Report, Posted: Sep 05, 2011
A glance at the insidious illicit drug operations in Viet Nam.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Health, Law & Justice
Tags: addiction, crystal, hanoi, ice, illegal drugs, meth, otc, police, saigon, vietnam, youth
Ten Years After 9/11: Korean Families Still Hurting
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 05, 2011
"Ten years is an epoch, but our hearts remain as black as charcoal," said the mother of Jun-koo Kang, who died at the World Trade Center on 9/11.
Categories: Asian, Elders, Ethnic Media Network, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: 9/11, koreans, new york, terrorism, war, world trade center
Chinese Americans & 9/11: The Changed & Unchanged
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Sep 05, 2011
For many Chinese Americans, life has moved on since 9/11. But for many others, old wounds haven't healed and they shouldn’t be overlooked.
Categories: Chinese, Collaborative Reporting, Front Page, Health, Immigration
Tags: 9/11, chinatown, chineseamericans, chineseimmigrants, garment workers, hotel workers, new york, new york city, september 11
9/11 Through New York’s Ethnic Media Lens
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 05, 2011
A decade after the terrorist attacks, New York ethnic media are still covering the aftermath of 9/11 on the city's immigrants.
Tags: 9/11, 9/11ethnicmedia, newyorkethnicmedia
Latino Families Remember Relatives Lost on 9/11
El Diario La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Sep 05, 2011
Ten years later, Cecilia Hidrovo is still not resigned to the idea that her son, a pastry chef at Windows on the World, is dead.
Tags: 9/11, 9/11latinos
Q&A: Rare Earths and America's Green Future
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 04, 2011
Michael Klare of Hampshire College discusses the role of rare earths in the green economy and how China's control over the supply of this resource impacts the U.S.
Categories: Chinese, Economy, Front Page, International Affairs, Science & Technology
Tags: China, greeneconomy, greentech, jobs, Obama, prius, rareearths, solarpanels, solyndra, stimulus
No Messiah for Indian Football, But At Least There’s Messi
Firstpost.com, News Report, Posted: Sep 04, 2011
There is no news in Kolkata these days except Messi-spotting. The problem is the Argentine football superstar says next to nothing.
Categories: Asian, South Asian, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: argentine., fans, football, india, soccer
For Mexico, Years Since 9/11 Are a Lost Decade
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 03, 2011
Many Mexicans blame the U.S.-led “war on terror” for their own government's failure to move against their country’s drug cartels.
Tags: mexico9/11, mexicolostdecade, thelostdecade, usmexico9/11, usmexicorelations
Social Media Widens the World—Even at 101
The Atlantic, News Feature, Posted: Sep 03, 2011
Assisted and independent living residents struggling with loneliness are learning how to use -email, Facebook and Twitter to reconnect with old friends
Categories: Education, Elders, Front Page, Media, Science & Technology
Tags: assistedliving, centenarians, depression, facebook, gerontology, independentliving, seniorcenters, seniorcomputing, socialmedia
CA Assembly Passes Dream Act
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 02, 2011
The California State Assembly voted on Friday in favor of part two of the California DREAM Act (AB 131) and it now heads to Governor Brown’s desk.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: ab131, cadreamact, californiadreamact, dreamact
A Decade After 9/11: Turkey Redefines Political Islam
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 02, 2011
The Turkish economy now ranks ahead of such highly-developed nations as Australia and the Netherlands, and oil-giant Saudi Arabia.
Categories: Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: 911. turkey, economy, islam, saudi arabia
Texas African-Americans Advise Looking at the Real Rick Perry
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Sep 02, 2011
Perry's standard line is that he can do for the nation what he has done for Texas, which he says is create jobs. Black residents of the state, tell a different story.
Categories: African American, Economy, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: black, health, jobs, president, rick perry, texas, unemployment
Congressional Black Caucus Job Fairs Draw Thousands
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Sep 02, 2011
Thousands upon thousands of recession-weary job seekers lined up for hours at a time to attend each of a national series of job fairs.
Categories: African American, Economy, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: atlanta, congressional black caucus, detroit, fairs, jobs, unemployed
¿Llegarán trabajos locales con la Copa América?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 02, 2011
La gente de San Francisco tal vez no serán los primeros en línea para los miles de puestos de trabajo creados para la regata de la 34 ª Copa América.
Categories: NAM en Español
Back-to-School Shoppers Greeted With Shrinking Quality, Higher Prices
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Sep 02, 2011
Kids are preparing for their return to the classroom and the telltale signs of rising cotton prices and a sluggish economy are everywhere.
Categories: African American, Economy, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Youth Culture
Son Pleads for Terminal Mom's Release from CA Prison
San Francisco Bayview, News Report, Posted: Sep 02, 2011
My mother, who was incarcerated in 1991, is diagnosed with fourth stage terminal cancer. She is severely incapacitated.
Categories: African American, Elders, Health, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: california, jerry brown, mark leno, medical parole, patricia wright, prisons, senate bill 1399
NAM Radio: Director John Madden on History & Film
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 02, 2011
Hollywood director John Madden discusses how obscured international stories can return to the light of day when someone makes a film about them.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, European, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: film, history, hollywood, interview, john madden, opinion, the debt, war criminal, world war II
Students and Parents Tell LA Truancy Task Force to End the Tickets and Fines
California Endowment, News Report, Posted: Sep 02, 2011
Truancy tickets and fines of students are not a solution to better education.
Categories: Education, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: education, fines, poverty, students, truancy, young people
Green Cards for 9/11 Families
El Diario La Prensa, Editorial, Posted: Sep 02, 2011
Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, families of the workers in the Windows on the World restaurant who died in the attacks are still waiting for a fix to their immigration status.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: 9/11, immigration, latino
Study: Kids Who Get Out of Class Do Better in Class
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 02, 2011
New research shows that children who spend time outside the classroom do better academically, socially and emotionally.
Categories: Education, Health, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: physed, physicaleducation, playworks, sportsinschool
How Prisons Imperil Black Voting Power in Post-Katrina Louisiana
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 01, 2011
Prisons are skewing Louisiana’s political process, shifting power from urban areas to rural ones and further disenfranchising black communities suffering from racism and Hurricane Katrina.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: Angolaprison, census, GOP, Louisiana, NewOrleans, prison-basedgerrymandering, Prisons, redistricting, votingrightsact
From Struggling to Self-Sustaining: Artists Try to Stay Afloat
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 01, 2011
It's not easy to make a living as an independent artist in the United States, but many people are trying.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Youth Culture
Tags: artists, economy, grafitit, music, musician, poetry, singers, street arts, surviving