Wait Until Dark: Lessons on English, and Life, Can be Spooky
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Oct 31, 2011
For one Iranian-American, Hitchcock and Halloween offer haunting diversions from life's more troubling terrors.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Immigration, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: halloween, hitchcock, immigration, iran, monterey, pumpkin, revolution
Hopi Government Finances in Disarray
Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: Oct 31, 2011
Hopi government finances in disarray.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Indigenous, Politics & Governance
Black Buying Power Nears $1.1 Trillion
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Oct 31, 2011
Black buying power is expected to reach $1.1 trillion by 2015, according to The State of the African- American Consumer Report, recently released.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic
Oakland Occupy Votes for General Strike, March on Port
Oakland Local, Video, Posted: Oct 31, 2011
At a General Assembly of the Occupy Oakland movement, 1,484 of 1,607 people voted for a general strike and day of action in Oakland on Nov. 2.
Categories: Intersections, Occupy Protests, Top Stories
Tags: frank ogawa plaza, general strike, oakland, occupy, port of oakland
Free Health Clinics Highlight Growing Desperation
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Oct 31, 2011
More than 21 percent of Inland residents were not covered by private insurance or public programs such as Medi-Cal in 2010.
Categories: African American, Health, Intersections, Top Stories
Tags: clinics, dr. oz, free, health, inland empire, insurance, media-cal, poverty
How Cain Stacks Up Against Obama
Philadelphia Tribune, News Report, Posted: Oct 31, 2011
Since September 11, Cain has rocked the polling stratosphere, climbing from 4.3 percent on average to a space shuttle height of 26 percent by late October.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: herman cain, obama, polls, primary, republican
Lawson Sakai to Receive Congressional Gold Medal
Asianweek, News Report, Posted: Oct 31, 2011
Japanese American received congressional medal.
Categories: Asian, Elders, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: american, award, congressional medal, japanese, nisei, racism, veteran, wwii
Bank Law Firm Mocks Foreclosed Homeowners on Halloween
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Oct 31, 2011
There’s an important op-ed this week in the New York Times that marks the first anniversary of one of the most tasteless Halloween stunts in recent memory
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Foreclosures
Tags: foreclosures, halloween, homeless, homeowners, law firm, mocks
Latino Publishers: Economy, Education Top Issues Now
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 31, 2011
At a gathering of Latino community and media leaders in Las Vegas, housing and jobs topped the list of immediate concerns ahead of next year’s election, not immigration reform.
Categories: Economy, Education, Front Page, Immigration, Latino
Tags: education, foreclosures, immigration reform, jobs, Latino media makers, national association of hispanic publishers
Elders Seek Chinese Healers Despite U.S. Malpractice Threat
Epoch Times/New America Media , News Feature, Posted: Oct 31, 2011
Chinese elders in the U.S. often refuse Western remedies and seek Chinese medicine and healers, some of whom practice traditional care despite potential lawsuits.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Elders, Health, Immigration, Top Stories
Tags: acupuncture, chinesemedicine, immigration, malpractice, seniors, taichi
Se dispara la inscripción de latinos en la universidad ¿pero seguirá el ascenso social?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 30, 2011
El número de latinos que asisten a la universidad en los EE.UU. aumentó en un increíble 24 por ciento de 2009 a 2010.
Categories: NAM en Español
Latino College Enrollment Skyrockets, But Will Upward Mobility Follow?
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Oct 30, 2011
The yearning for upward mobility is drawing more and more young Latinos to U.S. colleges.
Categories: Education, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: college, enrollment, Latinos, spike, upward mobility, Young
Tears Flow as Asian Elders Learn California to Close Adult Care Center
Alhambra Source , News Feature, Posted: Oct 30, 2011
Frail Asian elders in Alhambra, Calif., are among those distressed by the state’s plan to halt funds for 318 adult day health centers statewide to save money.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Economy, Elders, Health, Immigration, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: adultdayhealthcare, alzheimers, asianelders, californiabudget, depression, seniors
Bearded Sikh Finally Allowed to Work in Calif. Prison
India-West, News Report, Posted: Oct 29, 2011
An Indian American Sikh, denied a job as a corrections officer in a California prison because of his beard, finally gets to work in the facility after a six-year battle.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Law & Justice, South Asian
Tags: beard, california prison, civil rights, largest settlement, oberoi
Occupy Berkeley, Why So Quiet?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 29, 2011
Berkeley, renowned for its unfettered activism in the 1960's, is taking a rather muted stand in the Occupation movement that has swept its neighbor, Oakland.
Categories: Education, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: corporate products, less radical, making money, no hijinks, Occupy Berkeley
Mexican Bus Drivers Condemn Extortion by Plain-Clothed Police
El Mensajero, News Report, Posted: Oct 29, 2011
On the roads of northwest Mexico, you have to watch out for organized crime and, sometimes, even the police.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: AFI, busdrivers, mexicanbusdrivers, mexicanbuses, mexicanpolice, plainclothedpolice
Carreteras mexicanas llenas de criminales
El Mensajero, News Report, Posted: Oct 29, 2011
Los que transitan deben cuidarse de los ‘guardianes del orden’ y la policía.
Categories: NAM en Español
‘Every Bloody Indian Cooperated’ to Nail Me: Rajaratnam
Firstpost.com, Commentary, Posted: Oct 28, 2011
Hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam believes his fall from grace stems from intercultural treachery, not personal failings.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Law & Justice, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: betrayed, Indians, Raj Rajaratnam, Rajat Gupta, South Asian
China Gives Minorities Greater Control
Xinhua News Agency, News Report, Posted: Oct 28, 2011
China has enacted laws to protect the rights and interests of the country’s ethnic minorities.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Tags: china, ethnicautonomy, minorities, riots, tibet, uyghur
Spirit of “Moving Forward” Pervades Arab American Celebration
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Oct 28, 2011
Hundreds of people gathered at San Francisco's City Hall to celebrate the citywide third Annual Arab American Heritage month.
Categories: Front Page, Middle Eastern
Tags: Annual Arab American Heritage month, Mayor Ed Lee, San Francisco
Save Our Schools -- A Video Diary of Oakland's Other Movement
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 28, 2011
A few weeks before Occupy Oakland moved into Frank Ogawa Plaza, the community of Lakeview Elementary School organized it's first action.
Categories: African American, Asian, Education, Intersections, Latino, Multimedia, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video
Tags: budget, closures, cuts, enrollment, oakland, parents, school, students, teachers
Middle Aged Members of Black Sorority Targeted By Dallas Rapist
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Oct 28, 2011
Texas officials are searching vigorously for the serial rapist that has been stalking and assaulting middle-aged African American women
Categories: African American, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Intersections, Law & Justice
Tags: black, dallas, delta sigma theta, middle aged, rapist, sorority, texas, women
NAM Radio: Democracy Now's Juan Gonzalez
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 28, 2011
The Co-Host of Democracy Now! tells NAM that race has been an integral part of American media since day one & ethnic journalists have, too.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Caribbean, Ethnic Media in the News, European, Immigration, Indigenous, International Affairs, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: biography, democracy now, epic story of race and the american media, ethnic, ethnic media, free press, independent media, joe torres, journalism, juan gonzalez, media, news for all the people, race
Earth Prepares for 7 billion Inhabitants
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Oct 28, 2011
The world's population is expected to reach 7 billion on Monday, a four-year delay due to China's one child policy.
Categories: Chinese, Front Page, International Affairs
Tags: 7 billion, China, one child policy, world population
President Obama: Don't Stop Democracy in Uganda
Black Star News, Editorial, Posted: Oct 28, 2011
n Uganda, where the United States has helped sustain General Yoweri Museveni for over 26 years in office, things are coming to a head.
Categories: African, African American, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: (LRA), africa, conflict, east africa, General Yoweri Museveni, joseph cony, lord's resistance army, obama, uganda
Will Federal Refi Program Help States Most in Need?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 28, 2011
Changes to a federal refinance program could offer a lifeline to 1 million homeowners nationally, but it may not have as big an impact in some states hardest hit by foreclosures.
Categories: Foreclosures, Top Stories
Tags: fannie mae, federal refinance program, forelcosure, freddie mac, homeowners, underwater
Human Trafficking: How One Hmong Girl Escaped From China
Pacific Links, First Person, Posted: Oct 28, 2011
A 13-year old Hmong girl was sold into sexual slavery but managed to escape back to Vietnam, and tell her story.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Law & Justice
Tags: abuse, border, china, chinese, hmong, human, poverty, sex, slave, trafficking, vietnam
How Chinese Seniors Navigate the U.S. Health Care System
Epoch Times/New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Oct 28, 2011
Elders from China may find themselves struggling to get needed health care, and some get caught between Chinese and U.S. systems.
Categories: Chinese, Elders, Health, Immigration, Top Stories
Tags: chinese, elders, health, healthinsurance, immigration, medicaid, medicare
Oakland Unified Votes to Close Five Schools in June
Oakland Local, News Report, Posted: Oct 27, 2011
The Oakland Unified School District board approved a controversial new restructuring plan Wednesday that includes the closing of five elementary schools.
Categories: Education, Front Page
Tags: closures, Oakland Unified School District board, parents, protest
Bangkok Braces for Month of Floods
Inter Press Service, News Report, Posted: Oct 27, 2011
Low-lying Bangkok will be experiencing its worst flood in decades -- along with other countries in the region-- caused by excessive monsoon rains and poor water management.
Categories: Environment, Front Page, International Affairs
Tags: bangkok, climate change, closures, dams, disaster, flooding, floods, monsoons, rain
Seoul Elects Independent Mayor
Joongang Daily, News Report, Posted: Oct 27, 2011
Voters from their 20s to their 40s turn out to voice their disapproval for politics as usual.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: korean, mayoral election, politics, seoul
School-age Suicides Hit China
Sing Tao Daily, News Report, Posted: Oct 27, 2011
A spate of suicides involving elementary school-age children has hit China.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Why Homelessness is Becoming an Occupy Wall Street Issue
Tomdispatch.com, Commentary, Posted: Oct 27, 2011
Homeless people confront the same issues every day as those participating in Occupy Wall Street protests.
Categories: Economy, Foreclosures, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: homeless, indigent, latrine, less forberance, occupy wall street, pee, public
Home Alone: Adult Health Center Cuts Devastate Elders, Disabled
CHCF Center for Health Reporting, News Report, Posted: Oct 27, 2011
California is set to shut down its 330 adult day care centers for 38,000 elders and people with disabilities, at huge cost to the state -- and families.
Categories: Elders, Health, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: ADHC, clash, disabled, healthcarecosts. lowincome, Medi-Cal, safetynet, seniors
Attacks on SF Mayor Ed Lee Don't Faze Chinatown
World Journal, News Report, Posted: Oct 27, 2011
Despite a recent scandal, San Francisco mayoral candidate and current interim mayor Ed Lee has not lost the support of Chinatown.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: chinesemayor, edlee, lelandyee, sfchinesevote, sfmayoralrace
LA - News Briefing - An update on the Affordable Care Act - Thursday, Oct. 27th
New America Media, Event, Posted: Oct 26, 2011
Polls show most people still don't know what the benefits are and how to access them. Seniors, women, patients with pre-existing conditions, young people, uninsured children, small businesses, vulnerable populations all stand to gain but need information our media can provide.
Categories: Events
Tags: Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Los Angeles, Media
North Koreans in Libya Barred from Going Home
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: Oct 26, 2011
North Korea has banned its citizens in Libya from returning home in an apparent attempt to prevent the popular uprisings in the Arab world from reaching the isolated regime.
Categories: African, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, War & Conflict
Tags: arabspring, gadaffi, kimjungil, korea, libya, middleeast, north korea, pyongyang
Latinos in California's Central Valley Lag
Vida en el Valle, News Report, Posted: Oct 26, 2011
A Latino baby born in California's San Joaquín Valley can expect to have a shorter life span than Latinos in other regions of the state.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Health, Immigration, Latino
Tags: centralvalley, sanjoaquinvalley
The Occupied View the Occupiers in Oakland
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Oct 26, 2011
As police clash with protestors in Occupy Oakland movement, one commentator wonders if the occupiers are the real Oakland.
Categories: Occupy Protests, Top Stories
Tags: clash, occupy oakland, police, protestors, tear gar, violence
Images of Occupy Oakland Clash with Police
New America Media, Video, Posted: Oct 26, 2011
After weeks of mostly peaceful demonstrations as part of the Occupy Oakland movement, police clashed with protestors last night, hurling tear gas into the crowd.
Categories: Economy, Multimedia, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: images, oakland, occupy, policeclash, protests, teargas, wallstreet
Philippines and Vietnam Sign Naval Pact on Spratly Islands
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Oct 26, 2011
The Philippines and Vietnam signed a naval cooperation pact despite the continuing disputes among several countries claiming the resource-rich Spratly Islands.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Occupy Oakland Faces a Troubled Police Dept.—and Historic Mayor
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Oct 26, 2011
The sound of Miller’s ire shot across the protective masks of all of the officers standing at alert on the other side of the metal police fence, but her loudest, most acidic anger was saved for the baton-wielding officer who, like herself and other officers, was a young African-American woman.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines, Occupy Protests, Politics & Governance
3 Counties Must Provide Voting Help to Asian Indians
India-West, News Report, Posted: Oct 26, 2011
For the first time ever, languages spoken in the United States' South Asian communities have been included in the language assistance provision of the federal Voting Rights Act.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Politics & Governance, South Asian
Tags: mandate, south asian languages, three US counties, voting rights
Does America’s Fortune Ride on Two Numbers? - 9/11 and 99:1
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Oct 26, 2011
9/11 delineates a nation rallying under the flag, of unity against a common enemy. 99:1 speaks of the opposite, of disparity, disunion, and ultimately, disillusionment.
Categories: Economy, Featured Columnists, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: 9/11, 99:1, economy, foreclosures, middle class, occupy wall street, rich, san francisco
Why Diwali Doesn't Light My Fire
Firstpost.com, First Person, Posted: Oct 26, 2011
This year, the Hindu festival, Diwali, falls today. It celebrates the return to Ayodhya of Lord Rama after 14 years in exile, and is marked by religious ceremonies, new clothes and the ear-shattering explosion of fireworks. But if the West Bengal chief minister has her way, it could be a lot less noisy in her state, and a lost less scary for this writer.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Diwali, firecrackers, goddess Kali, masculinity, new year, noisy
Near Desert Paradise, Coachella Farm Workers Live in “Favelas”
California Watch, Video, Posted: Oct 26, 2011
In the Coachella Valley, some 30,000 farm workers live in overcrowded trailer parks – often without access to clean water, electricity and sewage systems.
Categories: Economy, Health, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video
Tags: arsenic, clean water, coachella valley, electricity, farm workers, health, sewage, unincorporated
Filipinos Send Home Huge Sums Despite Global Woes
Filamstar.net, News Report, Posted: Oct 26, 2011
Despite global economic woes, Filipinos abroad have continued to send home vast amounts of money.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: diaspora, economy, Filipinos, immigration, recession
NAM Radio: The German American Journey
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 25, 2011
Forty percent of Americans have at least 25 percent German ancestry -- but few know very much about Germany, its culture, food, and history.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, European, Immigration, International Affairs, Media, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, food
Tags: author, book, culture, food, german, germanamerican, germania, germany, history, simon winder, travel
El Mensajero Wins Seven NAHP Awards
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 25, 2011
NAM member El Mensajero was honored with seven awards this year by the National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP).
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Media
Tags: elmensajero, NAHPawards
Oakland School Closures Impact Black, Latino Families
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 25, 2011
Ahead of the school board vote on Wednesday, parents question why schools with large black and Latino student populations were targeted for closure.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Latino
Tags: black Latino, closures, oakland unified school board district small schools model Gates Foundation
District Court Orders Release of ICE Memos
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 25, 2011
A district court ordered the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency to publicly disclose by Nov. .
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: icememos, scomm, securecommunities
Mother-in-law Found Locked in Chicken Coop
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Oct 25, 2011
A Monterey woman was arrested last week for allegedly locking her mother-in-law in a chicken coop in the family’s backyard.
Categories: Elders, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: koreanamerican, monterey
Occupy Oakland encampments shut down by police
Oaklandlocal.com, News Report, Posted: Oct 25, 2011
Occupy Oakland encampments shut down by police, area fenced off...
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Occupy Protests, Politics & Governance
Tags: area fenced off, encampments, Oakland, Occupy, police, shut down
Libya and Iraq: Mirror Images in the Grip of Big Oil
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Oct 25, 2011
The United States knows that the more mired in internal instability oil-rich countries such as Iraq and Libya are, the more easily can it exact oil concessions from them.
Categories: African, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: concessions, countries, exact, Iraq, Libya, MENA, oil, oil-rich, United States, unstable
Healthy Aging: Senior services for Japanese Americans in California
Nichi Bei Weekly, News Report, Posted: Oct 25, 2011
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that 72.1 million people will represent the 65-year-old and older demographic by 2030.
Categories: Asian, Elders, Health, Top Stories
Tags: 2030, aging, care, demographic, elder, japanese, services
A Welfare Symbol Dies a Slow Death
Korea Daily, Commentary, Posted: Oct 24, 2011
As soon as I entered the library, I saw the sign announcing that the library would be closed on Sundays beginning this month. Every visitor stopped and read that sign.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Education, Front Page
Tags: economy, jobs, library, mlklibrary, washingtondc
Senate Apologizes to Chinese for Past Discrimination
Pacific Citizen, News Report, Posted: Oct 24, 2011
Senate Apologizes to Chinese for Past Discrimination.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: act, apologies, chinese, citizens, discrimination, exclusion, government, racism, senate, wwii
Why Los Angeles Police Can’t Ticket Students on Their Way to School
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Oct 24, 2011
After a four-year community-led campaign, Los Angeles is moving to replace a punitive anti-truancy policy targeting the city’s most vulnerable school kids with an approach that actually works.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice
Tags: community, eduction, kids, la, los angeles, police, school, students, ticketing, truancy, vulnerable
Korean Builders Expect Boom Following Gadhafi's Death
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Oct 24, 2011
Korean construction companies said Thursday that they expect a boom in construction business with the death of Moammar Gadhafi.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, War & Conflict
Tags: asia, construction, gaddafi, korea, libya, middleeast
Zah: Delegates Support Scholarship Trust Fund for Navajo Students
Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: Oct 24, 2011
Zah said he's met with most of the 24 Council delegates and most of them support the idea.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Indigenous, Politics & Governance
Tags: delegates, education, navajo, peabody, scholarship, students, zah
Occupy Wall Street Draws Collective Yawn in Latin America
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Oct 24, 2011
The Occupy Wall Street protests have failed to capture the imagination of Latin America. where economies are on the rise.
Categories: Economy, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: brazil, economy, jobs, latinamerica, mexico, OWS, protests, wallstreet
Calif. Job Growth Up, But Future Depends on Washington and World Economy
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Oct 24, 2011
California, with the second highest jobless rate in the U.S., saw small but hopeful gains in the past two months.
Categories: Economy, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
NAM Radio: A Social History of Iranian Cinema
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 23, 2011
The first Iranian film ever was made at the turn of the 20th century and Professor Hamid Naficy is one of the few people ever to have seen it.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Gender & Sexuality, International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: artisanal era, film, first iranian film, hamid naficy, iran, iranian, reza shah, shah, social history of iranian cinema, tehran
Brain Drain: Destroying Iran One University Graduate at a Time
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Oct 23, 2011
U.S. efforts to punish Iran overlook one glaring fact: Iranians have long been their own worst enemies, allowing their best and brightest to leave the country in droves.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Science & Technology, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: globalization, iran, middleeast, plot, saudiambassador, tehran
Stutterer Finds Her Voice Via YouTube
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Oct 23, 2011
I used to think the universe had a vendetta against me. While born with the wonderful ability to write at a young age, I had been cursed with the inability to speak.
Categories: Education, Health, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: disability, kingsspeech, socialmedia, speech, stutter, youtube
ICE May Deport Hundreds of Former Students of Sham College
India West, News Report, Posted: Oct 22, 2011
U.S. authorities might deport hundreds of a California college’s former students, because their college was found guilt of visa fraud.
Categories: Immigration, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: deportation, immigration, trivalleyunversity, uscis, visas
Will There Be Justice in a ‘Sundown Town’?
Indian Country, News Report, Posted: Oct 22, 2011
Four months after Patty Dawson was chased and beaten by three suspects believed to be associated with white supremacists, she faced her alleged attacker.
Categories: Indigenous, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: clovis, hatecrime, indiancountry, indigenous, nativeamerican, race, racism
Chất Độc Da Cam và Tác hại đến Sức Khỏe: Người Mỹ gốc Việt có bị bỏ quên không?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Oct 21, 2011
Tuy nhiên, như một con rồng đang ngủ, một di sản chiến tranh khác có thể đang bắt đầu trổi dậy nơi người Mỹ gốc Việt : Những hậu quả có thể ảnh hưởng đến sức khỏe do bị nhiễm Chất Độc Da Cam trong thời chiến.
Categories: Asian, Health, Original NAM Content
Tags: bệnh bạch cầu, Bộ Cựu Chiến Binh Hoa Kỳ, các dị tật bẩm sinh nơi con cái, Chất Độc Da Cam, dioxin, Người Mỹ gốc Việt, quân đội Miền Nam Việt Nam, ung thư
From Tahrir With Love
New America Media, Editorial, Posted: Oct 21, 2011
Standing amid the crowd – awed by the diversity and palpable camaraderie – I felt myself transported back to Tahrir, a proud Arab in post 9/11 America.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , Front Page, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Youth Culture
Tags: arabspring, cairo, egypt, middleeast, mubarak, occupywallstreet, OWS, protest
Villain or Hero? Desert Lion Perishes, Leaving West Explosive Legacy
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Oct 21, 2011
Muammar Gaddafi stood up for Africa ruthlessly, but without this flawed Desert Lion, who can the West blame for the bloody aftermath likely to come?
Categories: African, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: 9/11, gaddafi, gadhafi, islamists, libya, middleeasternoil, terrorists
NAM Radio: Craig Thompson's Habibi
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 21, 2011
It looks like a holy book but Thompson's 672-page new graphic novel is anything but.
Categories: African, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Intersections, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: comic, craig thompson, graphic novel, habibi, islam, muslim, slave, slavery
S-Comm Silences Domestic Violence Victims
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Oct 21, 2011
Secure Communities has heightened the fear of immigrant victims of domestic violence, causing them to remain silent in the face of abuse.
Categories: Asian, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: abuse, domesticviolence, immigration, scomm, womensrights
Why Cain Was Applauded for Trashing the Unemployed
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 21, 2011
Cheers for Herman Cain at Tuesday’s GOP debate showed too many share his notion that their fellow Americans are to blame for being poor or unemployed.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: africanamericans, gopcandidates, hermancain, obama, povety, recession, unemployment
Arab Media: Gaddafi’s Death a Relief and a Concern
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 20, 2011
New America Media surveyed Arab media, editors and publishers, across the country for their reactions to the death of Libya’s former leader, Muammar Gaddafi.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: arabspring, gaddafi, libya
More Somali Refugee Families Homeless in Minneapolis
TC Daily Planet, News Report, Posted: Oct 20, 2011
She is one of 39 homeless Somali families in the shelter, who, like Isse, have recently come from a refugee camp in Ethiopia. Isse lived there for more than 20 years
Categories: African, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration
Tags: ethiopia, families, homeless, immigrants, Minneapolis, refugees, somali
Herman Cain Defends Plans for Border ‘Technology’ in GOP Debate
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Oct 20, 2011
He initially backed away from that statement, calling it a joke, before telling reporters in Arizona, “it might be electrified
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Politics & Governance
Tags: border, Cain, candidate, electric fence, gop, herman, immigration, technology
Nuevos documentos revelan abuso sexual a detenidos
Investigative Reporting Workshop, News Report, Posted: Oct 20, 2011
Más de 170 acusaciones de abuso sexual fueron presentadas por inmigrantes indocumentados en centros de detención.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: abusosexual
Gaddafi Leaves Behind a Legacy of Rage and Dysfunction
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 20, 2011
Gaddafi's death and the legacy he leaves behind augurs a tumultuous period ahead for the region and the world.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: arabspring, gaddafi, libya, middleeast, qaddafi, quadaffi
New Documents Detail Sex Abuse of Detained Immigrants
Investigative Reporting Workshop, News Report, Posted: Oct 20, 2011
Undocumented immigrants held in U.S. immigration detention facilities filed more than 170 allegations of sexual abuse over the last four years.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: abuse, detentioncenter, frontline, immigration, pbs, sexualabuse, willacy
Former Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi is Dead
Arab America, News Report, Posted: Oct 20, 2011
Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is dead after suffering from wounds as fighters overtook his hometown of Sirte, Libya after an eight month battle for democracy in Libya, reports Arab America.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Middle Eastern
Tags: arabspring, libya, qaddafidead
Arizona Latinos at Center of Redstricting Process
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 20, 2011
As Arizona redraws its political maps, the state once again finds itself in the center of debate over immigration, voting rights and the political power of the minorities.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, hispanic, immigration, miorities, redistricting, russellpearce, sb1070, votingrightsact
Central Valley Teens Farm for College Tuition
New America Media/South Kern Sol, News Report, Posted: Oct 20, 2011
A high school graduate in California's central valley takes to farm work to save up for college amid record-high tuition hikes at most public universities.
Categories: Education, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: bakersfield, california, centralvalley, college, education, farmwork, kerncounty, tuition
Retirement Investments Keep Elder Black Women Afloat
Louisiana Weely/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 20, 2011
Financing retirement is tough in the recession, but many black women have tapped their experience to rebound from their losses.
Categories: African American, Economy, Elders, Gender & Sexuality, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: blackwomen, irainvestments, louisiana, olderworkers, recession, retirementsecurity, seniors
Hispanic GOP Leaders Do Little to Improve Image
Hispanic Link News Service, News Report, Posted: Oct 19, 2011
Republicans created the Hispanic Leadership Network last year in an attempt to re-capture the Latino vote it lost in the 2008 presidential election.
Categories: Ethnic Media in the News, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: GOPlatinos, hispanicleadershipnetwork, hispanicrepublicans, republicanslatinos
Witnesses "Regret" Not Helping Injured 2-Year-Old
World Journal, News Report, Posted: Oct 19, 2011
A video released last week in China showing a two-year-old girl being run over and then ignored by passersby has caused a firestorm among Internet users.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: caraccident, china, guangzhou, worldjournal
Líderes hispanos republicanos poco hacen por mejorar la imagen
Hispanic Link News Service, News Report, Posted: Oct 19, 2011
Los republicanos crearon la Hispanic Leadership Network (HLN) el año pasado intentando recapturar el voto latino que perdieron.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: republicanoshispanos, republicanoslatinos, susanamartinez
SFPD to Launch Human Trafficking Unit
SF Public Press, News Report, Posted: Oct 19, 2011
The need to focus investigations on cases of suspected human trafficking led to the reorganization of the SFPD’s Special Victims Unit this week.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Law & Justice
Tags: humantrafficking, lawenforcement, massageparlor, police, sanfrancisco, sextrade, sfpd
U.S. Radio Reporter Barred from Entering India
India-West, News Report, Posted: Oct 19, 2011
India barred David Barsamian, founder and director of the Boulder, Colo.,-based Alternative Radio, entry into the country, possibly because of his previous reporting from Kashmir.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: alternative radio, barred, David Barsamian, entry, Kashmir, reporting
Agent Orange Studies Overlook Vietnamese Americans
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Oct 19, 2011
Little has been done to examine the impact of Agent Orange on the Vietnamese American community, even as symptoms continue to emerge.
Categories: Asian, Elders, Health, Immigration, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: agentorange, defoliant, health, veterans, vietnameseamericans, vietnamwar
Reports Show Social Security Cuts Would Hit People of Color
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 19, 2011
Two new reports say minorities and women, both hard hit by the recession, would struggle more in retirement, if Congress cuts Social Security.
Categories: African American, Economy, Elders, Gender & Sexuality, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: africanamericans, congress, entitlementreform, greatrecession, latinos, nationaldebt, obama, poverty, retirement, rockefellerfoundation, socialsecurity, supercommittee, women
Santa Clara County Ends Collaboration with ICE
New America Media, Video, Posted: Oct 18, 2011
Santa Clara County today voted in a new set of guidelines that in effect ends the county’s collaboration with Immigration and Custom Enforcement.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: ice, immigration, sanjose, santaclara, scomm
"Ad Messages Lie," Says Soda Sucks Winner
New America Media, Video, Posted: Oct 18, 2011
William Haynes, 17, drinks much less soda since he made a video about the harm too much can do—a video that won the Soda Sucks competition.
Categories: African American, Education, Growing Up Poor in the Bay Area, Health, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture, food
Tags: filmmaking, obeisity, richmondcalifornia, soda, teenagers, youthculture, youtube
Soaring Eagles: Preserving Tradition Among Native American Youth
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Oct 18, 2011
A San Diego dance troupe is inspiring a generation of young and urban Native American youth to rediscover ancestral traditions.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Fellowships, Front Page, Indigenous, Original NAM Content, Religion, Youth Culture
Tags: barona, cherokee, culture, dancetroupe, nativeamerican, powwow, soaringeagles, tradition
Record Number of Deportations
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 18, 2011
On Tuesday the Department of Homeland Security released its total for the number of deportations it carried out in fiscal year 2011, which ended Sept. 30.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: 2011deportations, deportations, obamadeportations, obamaimmigrants, obamalatinos, recorddeportations
CIR: Border Corruption on the Rise
Center for Investigative Reporting, News Report, Posted: Oct 18, 2011
The Center for Investigative Reporting and the Los Angles Times published an investigation this week into the increase in allegations of corruption on the border.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Media
Tags: bordercorruption, cbpcorruption
The Story Behind 'Lost in Detention'
Investigative Reporting Workshop, News Report, Posted: Oct 18, 2011
Investigative Reporting Workshop announces the release of a years long study into abuses within America's immigrant detention system.
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Media, Multi-ethnic
Tags: frontline, ICE, immigrantdetention, immigration, obama, pbs, SCOMM
Split Decision on Alabama's Immigration Law
Migration Policy Institute, News Report, Posted: Oct 18, 2011
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a split decision on Alabama's new immigration law, enjoining some parts of HB 56 while allowing other provisions to be implemented.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice
Tags: alabamaimmigration, alabamaimmigrationlaw, hb56, immigrationlaws, sb1070, stateimmigrationlaws
Youth Homelessness on the Rise in Richmond, CA
Richmond Pulse, News Feature, Posted: Oct 18, 2011
Richmond, CA. has seen a spike in the number of homeless youth in the city as the economy continues to put pressure on the most vulnerable.
Tags: california, contracosta, homelessness, richmond, youthservices
Latinos Protest 'John and Ken' Show, Advertisers Listen
Multi-American, News Report, Posted: Oct 18, 2011
Verizon and AT&T Wireless have pulled their advertising from the "John and Ken" show in response to a call by Latino organizations for KFI to fire the two talk show hosts
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Media
Tags: johnandkenshow
Report: Medicaid Cuts Would Harm Minorities
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 18, 2011
A new report shows that GOP-proposed Medicaid cuts would especially harm low-income black and Latino patients.
Categories: African American, Elders, Health, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: affordablecareact, congress, democraticgovernors, familiesusa, GOP, healthaccess, laraza, medi-cal, medicaid, naacp, reppaulryan, supercommitee
S. Korean Leader a Harbinger of Good Tidings in Detroit
Korea Daily, News Analysis, Posted: Oct 17, 2011
Auto workers in Detroit welcomed a visit by South Korean President Myung-bak Lee, even as a trade agreement with the U.S. threatens to flood the local market.
Categories: Asian, Economy, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: autoindustry, chrysler, detroit, freetrade, GM, hyundai, kia, korea, leemyungbak, obama
Occupy Wall Street Protests Go Global While Focus Stays on the Poor
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Oct 17, 2011
Occupy Wall Street Movement continues unabated.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: economy, MLK, movement, poor, protest, recession, Wall street
Father Solalinde: Sheltering Mexico's Migrant Population
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Oct 17, 2011
Father Alejandro Solalinde is one of Mexico's leading advocates for Central American migrants journeying north.
Categories: Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: calderon, cartel, elsalvador, honduras, immigration, Mexico, religion, solalinde, zeta
New Recipients for Subsidized Vegetables: College Graduates
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 17, 2011
The new subsidized recipients for farmers' vegetables distribution are not just minorities but unemployed college graduates.
Categories: Economy, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: anxiety, churc, college, educated, farmers, food, grads, neighborhood, new york, organic, price, recession, unemployment
Are You Really Dead Until You are Dead on Facebook?
Firstpost.com, News Report, Posted: Oct 16, 2011
Once there were obituaries.Now we have Twitteruaries. So get ready for the facebook funeral.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, Science & Technology, Youth Culture
Tags: death, facebook, funeral, mourning, online, social media, technology, twitter, twitteruraries, valid
Unlikely Organizers Bring Occupy Movement to Chico
Chicosol.org, News Report, Posted: Oct 15, 2011
Residents of the rural California town of Chico have brought the Occupy Wall Street movement to the heart of Tea Party territory.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Occupy Protests, Youth Culture
Tags: california, chico, occupywallstreet, poverty, protest, teaparty
Return to Sender: The Closing of Rural Post Offices
Equal Voice, News Report, Posted: Oct 15, 2011
residents talk about the U.S. Postal Service’s proposed plan to close the post office and the effects on rural life.
Categories: Economy, Front Page
Tags: Arkansas, closure, isolated, mail, poor, post office, rural, service, towns
New Cal Law Could be Game-Changer on Elder Poverty
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Oct 15, 2011
A new California law gives agencies on aging a more realistic measure of elders’ needs than the U.S. poverty line.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: california, costs, elder, law, living, minorities, poverty, poverty line
A Third of S.F. Chinese Voters Unaware of Ranked Choice
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 14, 2011
A survey conducted by the Chinese-language Sing Dao Daily found that nearly one-third of Chinese voters in San Francisco don't know about ranked choice voting.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Media, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: chinese, elections, mayor, media, rankedchoice, sanfrancisco
Fil-Ams Liken Occupy Protests To Phil. People Power
"Balitang America"-The Filipino Channel, Video, Posted: Oct 14, 2011
Filipino Americans who joined the Occupy SF protest likened the movement to the Phils.' 1986 People Power Revolution.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, International Affairs, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Occupy Protests, Video
Tags: EDSA, filipino americans, occupy movement, occupy SF, philippines people power revolution
Irvine 11 Conviction Sets a Dangerous Precedent, Attorney Says
The Arab American News, News Report, Posted: Oct 14, 2011
11 Southern Calif. college students who protested the Israeli Ambassador's speech at UC Irvine in 2010, were recently sentenced to three years probation.
Categories: Front Page, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern
Tags: Arab Americans, freespeech, gazawar, irvine, islamaphobia, israeliambassador, palestine
HB 56 Reigniting Civil Rights Movement in Alabama
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Oct 14, 2011
As fear and doubt about the future swells within Alabama’s immigrant community, a diverse group of activists work to provide information and sometimes even protection.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: alabama, civilrights, hb56, hispanic, immigration
Federal Appeals Court Blocks Controversial Parts of Alabama Immigration Law
El Diario La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Oct 14, 2011
The most controversial parts of Alabama immigration bill HB 56 were blocked Friday.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration
Tags: alabama, HB56, immigrationlaw
AL Davis Was a Champion of Diversity
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Oct 14, 2011
Al Davis, the legendary head coach-turned owner of the football franchise Oakland Raiders, blazed a path toward greater diversity in the NFL.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Original NAM Content, Sports
Chris Tucker Facing Foreclosure on Mansion
The Root, News Report, Posted: Oct 14, 2011
The "Rush Hour" star was hit with a staggering $11 million tax bill last year (10) after allegedly falling behind on fees in 2001, 2002 and 2004 through to 2006.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: bill, chris, foreclosure, rush hour, star, tax, tucker
The Unthinkable: A Cain Versus Obama Match-Up
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Oct 14, 2011
Though unlikely, Cain’s quick rise to the top of the GOP candidate heap makes Cain vs. Obama at least thinkable.
Categories: African American, Featured Columnists, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: black, cain, conservative, democrats, gop, herman, obama, president, presidential, votes, vs.
The Unfinished Legacy of 2010
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Oct 14, 2011
A precipitous drop in turnout among progressive and young voters in 2010 led to the current crisis fueling Wall Street protests.
Categories: Economy, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012, congress, elections, obama, OWS, progressives, protests, teaparty, wallstreet
Pushing Yuan Bill Won't Help U.S. Recovery
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Oct 14, 2011
A bill aimed at pressuring China to revalue its currency in order to resuscitate America's job market is a clear case of China bashing.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Economy, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bashing, bill, china, congress, currency, dolla, money, renminbi, United States, yuan
Occupy Mike Bloomberg
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Oct 13, 2011
As part of the 1 percent of wealthy Americans, New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg is the epitome of what the Wall Street protesters oppose.
Categories: Economy, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: bloomberg, newyork, OWS, protests, wallstreet, zucottipark
Poll: Herman Cain Leads the Way Among GOP Contenders
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Oct 13, 2011
Fueled by Tea Party supporters, conservatives and high-interest GOP primary voters, Herman Cain is leading the way among GOP presidential contenders according to several national polls released this week. His rants calling Occupy Wall Street protestors lazy un-Americans who just want to ride someone else’s Cadillac seem to be helping him.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: 2012, black, candidates, election, gop. obama, herman cain, poll, presidency, tea part
Occupy San Francisco: Protesters Take to the Streets
New America Media, Video, Posted: Oct 13, 2011
Occupy SF protestors took to the streets and protested outside Wells Fargo Bank in downtown San Francisco yesterday.
Categories: Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: 99%, jobs, movement, occupy, protest, san francisco, wells fargo
Facebook Comment Results in Death of Dominican Teen
El Diario La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Oct 13, 2011
A teenager, enraged by Facebook comments against her, allegedly stabbed another young woman in the Dominican Republic.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, News
Coptic Christians Share Agony Via Facebook
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Oct 13, 2011
Egypt's Coptic community and activists in the country say the ruling military regime may be behind Sunday's violence.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: cairo, coptic, egypt, January6, middleeast, protests, salafi, sectarian
Obama’s Failing Emails: Where Did the President’s Mojo Go?
TomDispatch, Commentary, Posted: Oct 13, 2011
Obama's pending decision on the Keystone XL Pipeline will test his commitment to change on climate and big business.
Categories: Environment, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: climate, elections, environment, mckibben, obama, occupywallstreet, oil, tarsands
Q&A: Eddie Colla and the 99:1 Movement
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Oct 13, 2011
New Jersey-native Eddie Colla is a Bay Area based artist whose work has taken on iconic status with the Occupy Wall St. movement.
Categories: Economy, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: eddicolla, guyfawkesmask, occupywallstreet, ows, protest, wallstreet
Iranian Assassination Plot: Cousins Are Nothing But Trouble
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Oct 12, 2011
An Iranian-American perspective on the alleged Iranian assassination plot.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs
Tags: Adel A. Al-Jubeir, assassination, Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Gholam Shakuri, iran, Manssor Arbabsiar
Occupy Wall Street Spreads to Seoul
Joongang Daily, News Report, Posted: Oct 12, 2011
The Occupy Wall Street movement against the U.S. financial system that began in New York last month looks set to spread to Seoul.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: financial system, politics, wall street, wall street occupation
U.S. Overreach in Tying Assassination Plot to Iran
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 12, 2011
Washington's rush to tie Tehran to an assassination plot aimed at a Saudi diplomat could backfire.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: ambassador, Arbabsiar, assassination, Iran, plot, saudiarabia
Racial Gap in School Suspensions Widens
The Root, News Report, Posted: Oct 12, 2011
What's more, white students were disciplined most often for easily documented offenses, such as vandalism and use of explicit language, while black students were disproportionately disciplined for offenses that may have required more judgment on the part of the teacher, such as being disrespectful and being loud in class -- suggesting that blacks may be singled out when it comes to more subjective infractions.
Categories: African American, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: such as being disrespectful and being loud in class -- suggesting that blacks may be singled out when it comes to more subjective infractions., such as vandalism and use of explicit language, What's more, while black students were disproportionately disciplined for offenses that may have required more judgment on the part of the teacher, white students were disciplined most often for easily documented offenses
From Jim Crow to Juan Crow: Alabama's Civil Rights Legacy
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Oct 12, 2011
New America Media’s Paul Kleyman, who was on the 1965 Selma march, reflects on Alabama’s anti-immigrant law -- and the use of water as a racial divide.
Categories: African American, Alabama News Network, Featured Columnists, Immigration, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 60s, alabama, baby boomers, blacks, civil rights, hispanics, immigrants, racism, segregation, selma, water
New York, Athens, Cairo: What Are They Marching For?
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Oct 12, 2011
The global impasse cannot be shouted down, argues NAM contributor Behrouz Saba, who says Wall Street protestors must articulate more innovative ideas for the future.
Categories: Economy, Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: 991, arabspring, athens, egypt, europe, libya, madrid, occupywallstreet, protest, revolt, wallstreet
Women Left Behind in Recovery
Investigative Reporting Workshop, News Report, Posted: Oct 12, 2011
A higher percentage of women are unemployed than men, according to numbers released today by Gallup.
Categories: African American, Economy, Gender & Sexuality, Top Stories
Tags: economy, gallup, jobs, jobtraining, recession, unemployment, women, youth
Occupy Oakland Protestors Want More Diversity in Movement
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 11, 2011
Monday's kick-off rally of Occupy Oakland stressed that the movement needs more diversity to give truth to its motto, “We are the 99%.”
Categories: Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: 99%, diversity, minorities, oakland, occupy, protest, wall st.
Jerry Brown Signs Bill to Reduce CA Checkpoint Impounds
California Watch, News Report, Posted: Oct 11, 2011
On Sunday, Brown authorized AB 353, which prohibits police at checkpoints from seizing a car solely because the driver is unlicensed.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: ab1389, ab353, cacarimpound, carimpound, jerrybrowncarimpound
Recession to Claim 10,000 More Wall Street Jobs in 2012
El Diario La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Oct 11, 2011
NEW YORK—Wall Street firms alone could lose another 10,000 jobs in 2012, according to a report by New York's Comptroller, says El Diario La Prensa.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: financial sector, jobs, newyork, recession, unemployment, wallstreet
Supreme Court Upholds Mumia Appeal: Death Sentence Was Unconstitutional
Philadelphia Tribune, News Report, Posted: Oct 11, 2011
The Supreme Court rejected a request by the Philadelphia DA to overturn a decision declaring the defendant’s death sentence unconstitutional.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: federal appeals court, mumia abu jamal, philadelphia, supreme court, william faukner
Reunión de Medios Étnicos Explica el Proceso Complicado de la Redistribución de Distritos en Florida
Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, News Report, Posted: Oct 11, 2011
Miembros de diversos sectores de los medios étnicos de Florida se reunieron en Miami para aprender más acerca de cómo la redistribución afectará a sus comunidades.
Categories: NAM en Español
Obama Name a Big Sell in China
Sing Dao Daily, News Report, Posted: Oct 11, 2011
While Obama struggles to sell the American public on policy, across China his image is selling like the proverbial hotcake.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
In Alabama, All Doors Closed to Immigrants
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Oct 11, 2011
The new law has an impact on every aspect of daily life for immigrants and by extension their U.S. born children.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Immigration, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: alabama, children, HB 56, illegal, immigrants, immigration, law, legal, Mexico
Muslim Woman Kicked Off Southwest Flight After ‘It’s a Go’ Mix-Up
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Oct 11, 2011
Southwest Airlines flight officials did not let her re-board because the crew was “uncomfortable” with her on the plane.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Middle Eastern, Religion
Tags: cell, flight, hijab, kicked off, muslim, religion, southwest
Alabama Law Isn’t Just for Immigrants
Black America Web, Commentary, Posted: Oct 11, 2011
Laws, like Alabama’s HB56, unfairly target immigrants, and consequently people of color, under the guise of immigration enforcement.
Categories: African, African American, Alabama News Network, Asian, Front Page, Immigration, Intersections, Law & Justice
Tags: alabama, federal court, HB56, immigration, law, people of color, undocumented
Organizers of “Occupy Wall Street” Ignite D.C. Protests
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Oct 11, 2011
Unlike the Occupy Wall Street movement, the D.C. movement called “October 2011” was pre-planned, but the message is the same.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: corporations, dc, greed, movement, occupy, unemployed, wall st, washington dc
Why No Demands? Occupy Wall Street is a Rebellion, Not a Protest.
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Oct 11, 2011
This movement has issued no demands. It is not a protest. It’s an occupation. Rebellions don’t have demands.
Categories: Economy, Occupy Protests, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: 99, america, corporation, corruption, greed, new york, occupy, protest, rich, wall street, wallstreet, youth
The Korean Fantasy of Reunification
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Oct 11, 2011
Support among South Koreans for unification of the two Koreas is at a new low, according to recent reports.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: cumings, kimjungil, korea, leemyungbak, northkorea, pyongyang, reunification, seoul
Three Women Honored By Nobel Prize, Millions are Missing
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Oct 11, 2011
A report indicated that 1.3 million girls are not born in China and India every year because of overt discrimination.
Categories: Economy, Gender & Sexuality, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: abortion, china, gender bias, india, infanticide, nobel, peace, prize, vietnam, violence, women
What They’re Yelling About on Wall Street
YC Teen Mag, News Report, Posted: Oct 10, 2011
Something unusual has been happening near Wall Street. People have been camping out, protesting, exchanging ideas.
Categories: Economy, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: activism, occupy, online, protest, teen, wall street, youth
LGBT Couples Facing Increased Immigration Tensions
La Raza, News Report, Posted: Oct 10, 2011
Kevin Goodman and Anton Pulung-Hartanto, a native of Indonesia, are among 36,000 same sex, bi-national couples living in the U.S. facing increased immigration tensions.
Categories: Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino
Residents Question Newark NJ High Marks for Senior Living
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Oct 10, 2011
Chicago-based Bankers Life and Casualty Company announced that Newark was No. 10 on its list of the 50 best places in the country for senior citizens.
Categories: African, African American, Economy, Elders, Front Page, Health, Intersections
Tags: bankers life and casualty, elderly, living, new jersey, newark, senior
The Psychology of Black Unemployment
NNPA, News Report, Posted: Oct 10, 2011
According to the Los Angeles UCLA Black Worker Center, the demographic of the working class is probably the most invisible in the African American community.
Categories: African, African American, Economy, Education, Front Page, Health, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: black, department of labor, family, jobs, psychology, study, ucla, work
NAM Radio: A Guide to Occupy Wall Street
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 10, 2011
What is Occupy Wall Street and who is involved? Here is a primer, from someone in the midst of it all.
Categories: African American, Asian, Audio, Economy, Education, Environment, European, Foreclosures, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Immigration, Indigenous, International Affairs, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: #occupywallstreet, #ows, bert cannavelli, demands, description, guide, introduction, manifesto, movement, occupy the nation, occupy wall street, what is occupy wall street, who
Black America Is Moving South—and to the ‘Burbs. What’s It Mean?
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Oct 10, 2011
The U.S. Census Bureau released findings from the 2010 Census this month that reveal a dramatic migration underway within black America. Over the past decade, hundreds of thousands of black people have relocated to the South and, around the country, have moved from the cities to the suburbs.
Categories: African American, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Foreclosures
Tags: 2010, black, census, demography, moving, population, south, suburb
Phoenix, Arizona - Redistricting Briefing - Protecting Minority Rights for the Next 10 Years - Tuesday, Oct. 18th
New America Media, Event, Posted: Oct 10, 2011
As Arizona redraws its political maps to reflect the results of the 2010 Census, the state once again finds itself in the center of the U.S. debate over immigration, voting rights and the political power of the minorities. The state's population grew 26 percent over the past decade-much of that due to Latinos-resulting in one new congressional seat, but the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission has been under attack by the GOP.
Categories: Events
Tags: ethnic media, minority vote, Redistricting, redistricting commission, voting rights
Dispatch From Pelican Bay: Why I Joined the Hunger Strike
SF Bay View, First Person, Posted: Oct 10, 2011
A prisoner at Pelican Bay State Prison in Northern California explains what compelled him to join the hunger strike.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Network, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: californiaprisons, pelicanbay, prisonconditions, prisonhungerstrike, securehousingunit, shu
Alabama Pastor Speaks Out as First HB56 Victim
La Opinion, News Report, Posted: Oct 10, 2011
A prominent Hispanic pastor in Anniston, Alabama, is among the first to experience the impact of the state's harsh new immigration law.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
The Occupy movement takes roots in Minneapolis
TC Daily Planet, News Report, Posted: Oct 09, 2011
Other officials, including Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and Minneapolis City Council Member Cam Gordon, also stopped by to support the demonstrators.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Occupy Protests, Politics & Governance
Green Oil in Africa: Development Opportunity or Threat to Food Security?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 09, 2011
Do bio-fuels represent a new development opportunity for Africa, or a new form of colonization?
Categories: African, European, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: africanfamine, biofuels, colonization, ethiopia, foodsecurity, hornofafrica, kenya
NAM Radio: The Theatre of Armenian Genocide
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 09, 2011
Night Over Erzinga is the adaptation of one Armenian American family's story.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, European, Immigration, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: armenian, armenian genocide, genocide, golden thread, night over erzinga, san francisco, theatre, torange yeghiazarian
Going Insane in a CA Prison: An Inmate's Call for Help
SF Bay View, First Person, Posted: Oct 09, 2011
One California inmate describes the unclean conditions and lack of health care that are causing him mental anguish.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic
Tags: caprisonconditions, corcoran, pelicanbay, prisonhungerstrike, securehousingunit, shu
Vietnamese Colonel Reunites With Cambodian Refugee, 26 Years Later
New America Media, Video, Posted: Oct 09, 2011
A former refugee from Cambodia finds the man he calls his "hero" in Oakland, CA, three decades after the war that changed their lives.
Categories: Asian, Elders, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Profiles, South Asian, Top Stories, Video
Tags: cambodia, refugeecamp, refugees, thailand, vietnam
Ethnic Media Convening Breaks Down Florida’s Complex Redistricting Process
Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, News Report, Posted: Oct 08, 2011
Members of Florida's diverse ethnic media sector gathered in Miami to learn more about how redistricting will impact their communities.
Categories: Ethnic Media in the News, Events, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: BadiliJones, JohnGarcia, JuanCartagena, LatinoJustice, LeonRussell, NAACP, NewAmericaMedia, RalphDeLaCruz, Redistricting
Filipino Maid Made History in Hong Kong
Global Nation, News Report, Posted: Oct 08, 2011
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Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration
Tags: china, filipino, hong kong, immigration, maid, residency, status
Ballet Austin to dance to Trinh Cong Son music in the OC
Bolsavik.com, News Report, Posted: Oct 08, 2011
Ballet Austin to dance to Trinh Cong Son music in the Orange County.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Youth Culture
Tags: american, ballet, culture, dance, dao, music, thang, trinh cong son, vietnamese
California's Prison Hunger Strikers Seek Support from Hip Hop
SF Bay View, Press Release, Posted: Oct 08, 2011
An open letter from prison hunger strikers in CA to the greater hip-hop community, asking for their support.
Categories: African American, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: pelicanbaystateprison, prisonabuse, prisonhungerstrike, securehousingunit, shu, solitaryconfinement
Alabama Immigration Law Hurting Small Businesses
La Opinion, News Report, Posted: Oct 08, 2011
As immigrants flee Alabama in the wake of HB56, small business owners who rely on their patronage are paying the price.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Front Page, Immigration, Intersections, Latino
Tags: alabama, alabamaimmigrationlaw, albertville, hb56, immigration
GOP’s Texas Redistricting Targets Latino Voting Potential
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 07, 2011
A surge in the Latinos between 2000-2010 has enabled 8 states to expand their Congressional delegations, and Texas tops the list.
Categories: Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: redistricting, texas
Yusuf Bey IV Finally on His Way to Prison for Murdering Journalist, Two Others
The Chauncey Bailey Project, News Report, Posted: Oct 07, 2011
Former Your Black Muslim Bakery leader and convicted triple killer Yusuf Bey IV is finally on his way to state prison after prosecutors dropped the last remaining case against him Friday.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: Chauncey Bailey, journalist, murder, trial, Yusuf Bey IV
Unions Stand with ‘Occupy’ Protesters
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Oct 07, 2011
They filled up Foley Square in Lower Manhattan. They were a mix of union members, students, politicians and people who just couldn't take it anymore. These people gave new life to the Occupy Wall Street protesters.
Categories: Economy, Media, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Manhattan, occupy wall street, protest, unions
Families Optimistic as Parolees Move Closer to Home
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Oct 07, 2011
Thousands of low-level offenders were transferred from state prison facilities to county jails last Saturday, October 1 under a new law aimed at cutting costs to direct money toward other services while reducing state prison populations.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice
Tags: county jail, cutting post, money, prison population, services, state prison
Asians Joined Occupy Wall Street Movement
Sing Tao Daily, News Report, Posted: Oct 07, 2011
Asian civil rights groups were among the demonstrators during the latest large “Occupy Wall Street” protest on October 5 protest in New York City.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Occupy Protests
Tags: asian americans, discrimination, immigration, new york city, occupy wall street, tenants rights
"Naked" Wedding for Poor Chinese Couples
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Oct 07, 2011
A "naked marriage" is a Chinese term that refers to getting married without any financial burden apart from 9 dollars cost for the legal marriage registration fee.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Front Page
Tags: Chinese, naked wedding, post-80s
NAM Radio: 10th Anniversary of the War in Afghanistan
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 07, 2011
October 7th marks exactly ten years since the war in Afghanistan began -- the longest war in U.S. history.
Categories: Audio, Immigration, International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, Veterans, War & Conflict
Tags: afghan, afghan american, afghanistan, anniversary, child brides, decade, fariba nawa, opium, opium nation, tenth, war
Flat-Lining the Middle Class: Economic Numbers to Die For
TomDispatch, News Report, Posted: Oct 07, 2011
In recent months, new data has laid bare the dilapidated condition of the American economy, & particularly of the once-mighty American middle class.
Categories: Economy, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, food
Tags: american jobs act, economy, income, job, middle class, paychecks, poor, poverty
NYC Latinos React to Wall Street Demo in Different Ways
El Diario, News Report, Posted: Oct 07, 2011
On the streets of NYC's financial district, Latino reactions to the Wall Street demonstration have been mixed.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Latino, Top Stories
For Working Poor, Jobs Opened a World That Once Seemed Out of Reach
Silicon Valley De-Bug, News Report, Posted: Oct 07, 2011
In Silicon Valley, there is a connection between those who innovate the technology and the working poor, who are often immigrants.
Categories: Multi-ethnic, Science & Technology, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: apple computers, macintosh, stevejobs
Saudi Arabia: A Soft Revolution or Pacifying the Tide?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Oct 07, 2011
The Saudi King's royal decree allowing women the right to vote in 2015 is not in jest.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: drive, driver, iran, king abdullah, royal decree, saudi arabia, sharia, shayma, shura council, vote, women
Steve Jobs: The Visionary Is Gone, Long After the Music Died
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Oct 06, 2011
American art forms have been on a downward spiral, despite the innovations in information technology pioneered by Steve Jobs.
Categories: Multi-ethnic, Science & Technology, Top Stories
World iSad: Filipino Netizens Join Cybermourning for Steve Jobs
INQUIRER.net, News Report, Posted: Oct 06, 2011
Filipino netizens are expressing sadness and admiration for Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, mostly through the very devices he invented.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, International Affairs, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Science & Technology
Tags: Apple, cybermourning, Filipino netizens, IPhone, Jobs, Steve Jobs
Arab Americans Fundraise for Somalia Famine
Arab American News, News Report, Posted: Oct 06, 2011
Arab Americans in Dearborn, Mich. raised funds to dig fresh water wells for 50,000 families in famine-ravaged Somalia.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Middle Eastern
Tags: Arab Americans, drought, Ethiopia, famine, food scarcity, horn of African, kenya, Somalia, wells
23 More People Arrested in Wall Street Protests
El Diario La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Oct 06, 2011
Twenty-three protesters participating in the "Occupy Wall Street" movement were arrested today after a large march through lower Manhattan.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: banks, jobs, NYPD, occupy wall street, police, protestors, protests, unions, youth
Chinese Pay Respects to Steve Jobs
Sing Tao Daily, News Report, Posted: Oct 06, 2011
Steve Jobs' death drew fans to Apple's headquarters in Cupertino and his house in Palo Alto, including Chinese Americans and Chinese tourists.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: apple, chinese americans, chinese tourists, death, engineers, respect, steve jobs
Will Jobs' death cause Samsung, Apple to reconcile?
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Oct 06, 2011
Steve Jobs' death comes as Korean tech giant Samsung is locked in a legal dispute with Apple over patent rights.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, International Affairs, Science & Technology
CDCR Clamping Down as Resurgent Prison Hunger Strike Grows
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Oct 06, 2011
Inmates at twelve CA prisons are back on hunger strike, and despite efforts by the CDCR to limit their influence, momentum is building.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: californiaprisons, cdcr, humanrights, pelicanbay, prisonhungerstrike, securehousingunit, shu
Kamala Harris to Ethnic Media: Inform Your Communities About Foreclosure
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 06, 2011
California's Attorney General has proposed a new course of action to address foreclosure in the state, and ethnic media has a key role.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media in the News, Foreclosures, Latino, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: californiaattorneygeneral, californiabanksettlement, ethnicmedia, foreclosure, kamalaharris
Steve Jobs Was an Arab American
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Oct 05, 2011
He was born to a Syrian Muslim father who was living in Wisconsin.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Immigration, International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: abdul fattah jandali, apple, apple computers, arab american, biography, biological, biological father, homs, islam, jandali, joanne schieble, john jandali, mona simpson, muslim, steve jobs, syria, syrian
High Interest Loans Forced China's Business Owners to Flee
Sing Tao Daily, News Report, Posted: Oct 05, 2011
Increasing debts and high interest loans are causing small business owners to flee the city of Wenzhou, China.
Categories: Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: China, Debts, high interest loans in China, inflation, Wenzhou
Chinese Media: Pushing Yuan Bill Won't Help U.S. Recovery
Xinhua News Agency, News Report, Posted: Oct 05, 2011
Blaming China’s handling of its currency won't help the U.S. economy, states an editor with Xinhua News Agency, China's state media.
Categories: Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: chinascurrencymanipulation, tradeprotectionism, ussenatebill, ustradebalance, xinhuanewsagency, yuan
Latinos Abandon Alabama Homes, Classrooms, Churches After HB 56
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Oct 05, 2011
Latinos have continued to leave Alabama in large numbers since a federal judge in the state upheld most provision of HB 56, the country’s toughest immigration enforcement law.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: alabama, exodus, immigration, latino
DA Launches Program for Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 05, 2011
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón held a press conference with ethnic media yesterday to announce the launch of a domestic violence program.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, Health, Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, South Asian
Tags: crimeandpunishment, districtattorney, domesticviolence, ethnicmedia, immigration, womenshealth
Yemen Strikes Perpetuate America’s False Sense of Security
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 05, 2011
The recent killing of two American members of al Qaeda in Yemen highlight America's misguided approach in its battle against terrorism.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: alqaeda. droneattack, awlaki, Islam, middleeast, samirkhan, terrorism, waronterror, yemen
Tibetan Suicide Protests Violate Buddhist Ethics
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 05, 2011
A recent spate of suicides involving the self-immolation of Tibetan monks to protest Chinese rule falls afoul of Buddhist morality.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: augustine, china, dalailama, immolation, protest, religion, suicide, tibet, vietnam
NAM Radio: Manufacturing Immigrant Hysteria in America
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 04, 2011
It's never been easy being different in America, what with all the scapegoating, surveillance and hysteria that surrounds "the other."
Categories: African, African American, Arizona Watch, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Caribbean, Chinese, European, Immigration, Indigenous, International Affairs, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: history, hysteria, immigrant, immigration, jay feldman, manufacturing hysteria, manufacturing hysteria a history of scapegoating surveillance and secrecy in modern america, media, scapegoating, secrecy, surveillance
Occupy Wall Street Movement Births Newspaper
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 04, 2011
Since the occupation began in Liberty Square in lower Manhattan on Sept. 17, dozens of cities across the U.S. have gotten into the act.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Occupy Protests, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: corruption, fat cats, occupy, protest, unemployment, wall street
Report: New Restrictive Voting Rules Could Hurt 5 Million Americans
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Oct 04, 2011
ssary.” “They especially hurt those who have been historically locked out of our electoral system, like minorities, poor people, and students,” Weiser wrote. “Often they seem precisely targeted to exclude certain voters.”
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: 2012, election, minorities, poll, restriction, rights, voters, votes
Miami, Florida - Redistricting Briefing - Protecting Minority Rights for the Next 10 Years - Thursday, Oct. 6th
New America Media, Event, Posted: Oct 04, 2011
In the 2010 Census, Florida's population grew by nearly 18 percent -- far outpacing the national growth rate -- adding 2.8 million residents and two congressional seats. With Hispanics now comprising nearly a quarter of the state's population and blacks making up another 15 percent, Florida is on pace to overtake New York as the third most populous state in the 2020 Census. But despite vows of transparency in how congressional boundaries will be redrawn, and driven by fears that ethnic voters could swing Democratic, the GOP-dominated Florida legislature has not release redistricting maps to the public. This is raising concerns that the new plan could divide the Latino, African-American, and Asian populations and dilute their political strength. Learn how redistricting could increase or diminish minority voting power throughout Florida 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 media, miami, minority voting power, redistricting
Anti-Immigrant Legislation Hits Alabama Factories
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Oct 04, 2011
Alabama's recently passed legislation, HB56, has caused many immigrants to flee, hitting many factories dependent on immigrant labor.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latino
Tags: anti immigration laws, hispanic, immigrant communities, immigrantlabor, latinos
American GI Arrested for Rape in S. Korea
Chosun Daily, News Report, Posted: Oct 04, 2011
A report South Korea’s Chousun Daily notes that an arrest warrant was issued for an American serviceman accused of raping a teenage South Korean girl.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Tags: Korea, military, sexualassault
Mexico Leans to the Right on Abortion
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 04, 2011
A decision last week by Mexico's supreme court threatens to turn women into criminals for making decisions about their bodies and their future.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: abortion, Calderon, health, Mexico, presidential elections, women's rights
Hire Teenagers: A Solution to Joblessness in America
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Oct 04, 2011
Give youth jobs now, and they will have higher lifetime earning potential - and the habit of employment and better health.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: hire, hiring, jobless, joblessness, obama, teenagers, unemployment, youth
Cain and the GOP Can’t De-Brainwash Blacks
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Oct 04, 2011
GOP candidate Herman Cain joined the fray of racial attacks when he accused blacks of blindly backing the Democratic Party.
Categories: African American, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: black, black voters, brainwash, cain, congressional black caucus, gop, voters
Financial Planner Pleads Guilty to Stealing Millions from Elderly
Rafu Shimpo, News Report, Posted: Oct 03, 2011
Financial Planner Pleads Guilty to Stealing Millions from Elderly
Categories: Asian, Economy, Elders, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice
Tags: elderly, embezzlement, money
Reform Panel Bill Skirts High Court Ruling
Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: Oct 03, 2011
It's taken more than 14 months for the Navajo Nation Council to begin restoring the office overseeing government reform since being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court, but some delegates have radical changes in mind for it.
Categories: Indigenous, Politics & Governance
Tags: Navajo, supreme court
A Communal Prayer for World Peace
India Currents, News Report, Posted: Oct 03, 2011
About 8 million prayers have been recited by Sikhs in more than 50 countries worldwide this year. Congregations have hosted interfaith events, involved their local neighbors and formed unique ways of sharing the experience of Sikh prayer with their wider communities.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Religion, South Asian
Tags: About 8 million prayers have been recited by Sikhs in more than 50 countries worldwide this year. Congregations have hosted interfaith events, involved their local neighbors and formed unique ways of sharing the experience of Sikh prayer with their wider communities.
Chinese Techies in Silicon Valley Disappointed in Obama
Sing Tao, News Report, Posted: Oct 03, 2011
Chinese immigrant workers in Silicon Valley expressed disappointment following a visit by President Obama to the headquarters of the social media company LinkedIn.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration
Tags: AliBaba, China, hightech, immigration, SiliconValley, Yahoo
Homeowners to Banks: Clean Up the Mess You Left in Our Neighborhood
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Oct 03, 2011
Homeowners to Banks: Clean Up the Mess You Left in Our Neighborhood
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Foreclosures
Tags: Homeowners to Banks: Clean Up the Mess You Left in Our Neighborhood
NAM Radio: The Legacies of Chemical Warfare in Vietnam
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 03, 2011
Most of us have little understanding of how Agent Orange came to be used in Vietnam & how it is still hurting people & the environment to this day.
Categories: Asian, Audio, Environment, Health, International Affairs, Intersections, Law & Justice, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories, Veterans, War & Conflict
Tags: agent orange, american, birth defect, chemical warfare, environment, fred wilcox, health impact, scorched earth legacies of chemical warfare in vietnam, veteran, veteran's administration, vietnam, vietnamese
Concern Grows Over Immigrant Detainee Deaths in UK
New America Media, Video, Posted: Oct 03, 2011
Despite a rise in mysterious deaths and incidences of self-abuse in UK detention centers, the government has released little information to the public.
Categories: African, Caribbean, Immigration, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Britain, detainees deaths, Home Office, immigrant detention centers, immigration, UK
As Supreme Court Begins New Term, Immigration Looms Large
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 03, 2011
As the U.S. Supreme Court begins its new term, Arizona’s SB 1070 is likely to be front and center.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: ACLU, Alabama, Arizona, Hazelton, HB56, illiegalimmigrant, Immigration, in-statetuition, s undocumentedimmigrants, SB1070, SupremeCourt
Mom Struggles in Aftermath of Deportation
Richmond Pulse/New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Oct 02, 2011
A mother struggles to support her three children after her husband is arrested and deported to Mexico for having no papers.
Categories: Economy, Latino, Richmond Pulse, Top Stories
Tags: dad, deported, food stamps, ICE, mother, richmond, shelter, three children
Somali Elder Helps Seattle Refugees Be Buried Affordably with Dignity
Runta/New America Media, Profile, Posted: Oct 02, 2011
After leaving his job eight years ago, Omar Abatiyow Mohamed, now 84, began helping other Somalis in Seattle gain the dignity of a proper and affordable burial.
Categories: African, African American, Elders, Front Page, Health, Immigration, Profiles
Tags: culturalcompetency, funerals, seattle, seniors, somalirefugees
California Atty. General’s Office Pulls out of Settlement with Banks
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 01, 2011
California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced yesterday that she's pulling out of a pending 50-state settlement with banks over wrongful foreclosures, because she didn't want to give the banks blanket immunity.
Categories: Foreclosures, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: $20 million, banks, foreclosures, kamala harris, no leverage, pullout, settlement
Cal’s Pay-by-Race Bake Sale Gets Yawn from Asian Students
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 01, 2011
SB 185 would allow public universities in California to consider race and other factors when admitting applicants, running counter to Prop. 209, the initiative passed in 1996 and currently in force. But UC Berkeley’s Asian students don’t seem to care too much about it, one way or the other.
Categories: African American, Asian, Education, Front Page, Multi-ethnic, South Asian
Tags: admissions, asians, pay-by-race bake sale, race, SB 185, uc berkeley
Fresno Officials Withdraw Health Plan for Low-Income People
Vida en el Valle, News Report, Posted: Oct 01, 2011
The Fresno County Board of Supervisors earlier this week withdrew its application for a federally funded low-income health program for the indigent, a program that would have provided a bridge for the implementation of the new health care reform law.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Health, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: federal dollars, Fresno County, indigent, low-income health program, undocumented, withdrew