Settlement Postpones Axing of Calif. Eldercare Program
Eastern Group Publications , News Report, Posted: Nov 30, 2011
California's Adults Day Health Centers won't have to close by Dec. 1, according to a court settlement with the state, but the clock is ticking.
Categories: Elders, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: adultdayhealthcare, californiabudgetcuts, eldercare, seniors
Leyendo con los niños para prepararlos para la escuela
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 30, 2011
A school in Southern California is training parents to read with their children so they could play a greater role in their education.
Categories: NAM en Español
Clinton Urges N. Korea to Take Steps on Nukes
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Nov 30, 2011
Secretary of State Hilary Clinton urged North Korea to demonstrate moves toward dismantling its nuclear program during a state visit to South Korea.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, War & Conflict
Tags: clinton, eastasia, myanmar, northkorea, nukes, pusan, seoul
Limited Career Options For AB 540 Undocumented Students
El Nuevo Sol, News Report, Posted: Nov 30, 2011
California's AB 540 law allows qualified undocumented students to attend state colleges and pay in-state tuition fees. However, the proof of citizenship for many science and federally subsidized fields of medicine and research still poses an obstacle and therefore limit career options for these students.
Categories: Economy, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration
Tags: ab 540, citizenship, education, immigration, students, tuition, undocumented, work
Occupy LA: Tents Gone, But Campaign Not Over
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 30, 2011
It took LAPD less than 30 minutes to dismantle the Occupy LA encampment, though protestors vow to continue the campaign.
Categories: Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: charliebeck, la, losangeles, occupy, ows, police, protests
Mayor Ed Lee and the Rise of Asian American Political Power
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Nov 30, 2011
San Francisco's adoption of ranked choice voting has helped fuel a historic rise in political power among the city's Asian American community.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Front Page, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: api, asainamerican, edlee, elections, jeanquan, mayor, rankedchoice, sanfrancisco
The Greatest Race: X Prize Enlists Elders in Quest for Vitality
RedwoodAge.com, News Report, Posted: Nov 30, 2011
What can we learn from seniors 100 or older? The Archon Genomics X Prize will award $10 million to the one who can sequence 100 at age 100 first.
Categories: Elders, Health, Intersections, Top Stories
Tags: centenarians, health, longevity, seniors, xprize
Seasonal Hiring Boosts California County
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Nov 29, 2011
Retailers are gearing up for holiday by hiring seasonal workers in anticipation of holiday sales.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections
Tags: california, inland empire, jobs, seasonal, unemployment, work
Enitan Bereola -- 21st Century Gentleman
New America Media, Video, Posted: Nov 29, 2011
Bereolaesque: be*re*ola*esque adj. Definition: highly appealing and pleasing to the human senses and/or mind; captivating.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Intersections, Video
Tags: african american, Bereolaesque, books, class, dress, style
Poll: Americans Support Fairer Wealth Distribution
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Nov 29, 2011
A majority, 60 percent, of Americans said society would be better off if the distribution of wealth were more equal.
Categories: African, Economy, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: american values survey, distribution, fair, pew research center, poll, public religion research institute., wealth
Malik Rhasaan: Expanding Occupation to the Hood
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Nov 29, 2011
About two months ago, when Malik Rhasaan first visited the Occupy Wall Street, he realized that he had his own ideas about the movement.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Occupy Protests
Tags: diversity, malik rhasaan, new york, occupy, people of color, wall st, working group
Dear OWS: Welcome to Our World
The Root, Commentary, Posted: Nov 29, 2011
Police brutality experienced by the Occupy Wall Street movement is nothing new in the black community.
Categories: African American, Occupy Protests, Top Stories
Tags: africanamerican, blackcommunity, occupy, OWS, policebrutality
Contradictory Immigration Laws Leave Families in Limbo
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Nov 29, 2011
When immigration laws change, people like Maria Teresa Fuentes risk being separated from their families in the U.S.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: IllegalImmigrationReformandImmigrationResponsibilityAct, immigration, immigrationandnationalityact, immigrationlaw
Chaos in Cairo Plays to the Advantage of U.S., Big Oil
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Nov 29, 2011
The violence in Cairo, the epicenter of a disastrous “Arab Spring,” augurs well for a future envisioned by the U.S., its allies and Big Oil.
Categories: African, Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: arabspring, bigoil, bp, egypt, exxonmobil, laralogan, libya, monaeltahawy, mubarak, petronas, presidentobama, royaldutchshell, tahrirsquare
Occupy LA Says 'Protests Will Go On'
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 28, 2011
As the midnight deadline for the Occupy L.A. camp to clear out came and went, the general consensus among police and protestors was one of resigned determination.
Categories: Economy, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: los angeles, occupy LA, OWS, police, protests, Villaraigosa
Undocumented Immigrant Teen Commits Suicide in Texas
Univision, News Report, Posted: Nov 28, 2011
Joaquín Luna, the young undocumented immigrant who committed suicide in Mission, Texas last Friday, citing his frustration and anxiety over his immigration status, will be honored this Friday by the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA).
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Gingrich Sees Immigrants as Humans
ColorLines, News Report, Posted: Nov 28, 2011
Can GOP voters stomach a presidential candidate who talks about undocumented immigrants without calling them “illegals”?
Categories: Immigration, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012, debate, elections, gingrich, gop, immigrations, perry, race, racism, romney, undocumented
S. Korea to Host World Aid Conference
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Nov 28, 2011
U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton is en route to South Korea to attend the world's largest forum in international aid.
Categories: Asian, Economy, International Affairs, Top Stories
Diné candidate: Time is right for Native in Congress
Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: Nov 28, 2011
With Arizona redrawing its congressional districts, Wenona Benally Baldenegro figures it's a good time to be throwing her hat in the ring
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Indigenous, Politics & Governance
Tags: arizona, congress, dine, hispanic, native american, redistricting, woman
Filipina Wins Fur-Free Fashion Competition
Asian Week, News Report, Posted: Nov 28, 2011
The Humane Society of the United States and The Art Institutes recently announced Filipina Johana Zara from The Art Institute of Vancouver as the grand prize winner of the seventh annual Cool vs. Cruel Fashion Design Competition.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: competition, environment, filipina, fur, miorities, philadelphia
Today’s Love: Wampanoag Tribe Revives Indigenous Language
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Nov 28, 2011
When the Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth Rock, it was the Wampanoag of Southern Massachusetts who met them. They are credited in history books with helping the settlers survive in their new surroundings.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Indigenous
Tags: it was the Wampanoag of Southern Massachusetts who met them. They are credited in history books with helping the settlers survive in their new surroundings., When the Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth Rock
Don’t Expect Much Diversity from “President” Romney
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Nov 27, 2011
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who came under fire for having a near-exclusive white male state house when he was governor of Massachusetts, will have to sooner or later answer questions on his views on diversity and race, should he get the GOP nomination.
Categories: Front Page, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: barring blacks, church, diversity, GOP nomination, Mitt Romney, Mormon, priesthood, race
Reading with Kids to Get Them Ready for School
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Nov 27, 2011
A school in Southern California is training parents to read with their children so they could play a greater role in their education and build the youngsters' capacity to learn.
Categories: Education, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: kindergarten, Latino, LAUSD, parents, reading with kids, struggle, training
Alabama News Network: Protecting Parental Rights in Alabama
Women's Refugee Commission, News Report, Posted: Nov 27, 2011
The Women's Refugee Commission has prepared a list of tips for parents in Alabama to inform them of their rights.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino
Tags: alabamanewsnetwork, parentalrights, womensrefugeecommission
First African-American Elected President of L.A. City Council
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Nov 27, 2011
Herb Wesson is the first African American president of the L.A. City Council.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: firstafricanamericanelected, herbwesson, lacitycouncilpresident
La Red de Noticias de Alabama: Protegiendo los derechos de los padres en Alabama
Women's Refugee Commission, News Report, Posted: Nov 27, 2011
La Comisión de las Mujeres Refugiadas ha preparado una lista de medidas para padres en Alabama para saber sus derechos.
Categories: NAM en Español
After BP Oil Spill, Future Uncertain for Vietnamese Fishers
Hyphen Magazine, News Feature, Posted: Nov 26, 2011
Vietnamese Americans whose labor makes up about one-third of the gulf’s seafood industry, any hard-won stability after Katrina suddenly vanished.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Environment, Front Page, Religion
Tags: asian, economy, fish, fishermen, industry, katrina, labor, new orleans, religion, seafood, survival, vietnamese
Rising Temperatures, Droughts, Storms on the Rise, Report Finds
InsideClimate News, News Report, Posted: Nov 26, 2011
The world's leading science panel studied the link between man-made warming and wild weather for the first time.
Categories: Environment, Top Stories
Tags: climate change, droughts, Durban, extreme weather, hurricanes, IPCC, rising temperatures
La Opinión: Gingrich Brings Common Sense to Immigration Debate
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Nov 26, 2011
Editors of La Opinión argue that the GOP presidential candidate brought common sense to the debate over immigration.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: gopimmigration, newtgingrich, newtgingrichimmigration, republicansimmigration
An Invisible Community: Korean Chinese in the U.S.
Hankyoreh, News Report, Posted: Nov 25, 2011
There are an estimated 70,000 ethnic Koreans from China living in the U.S., many working in jobs rejected by Korean Americans.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Front Page, Immigration
Tags: china, immigration, korea, koreanamerican, migration, nailsalon
Unique Collaboration Brings the Cambodian American Story to Life
International Examiner, News Report, Posted: Nov 25, 2011
Following the recent production of Michael Golamco’s play “Year Zero” by SIS Productions, the Cambodian American immigrant experience is again on stage.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Top Stories
Tags: cambodian, entertainment, experience, phnom penh, play, playwright
U.S. Challenges China's Power in Pacific Region
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Nov 25, 2011
The United States, seeing a need to counterbalance China's imminent rise in the Pacific region, is shifting its alliance to other Asian countries.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: america, detente, expansion plans, Middle Kingdom, Myanmar, oil, South China Sea, spratly, US
Indian Students in U.S. Drop 1%; Chinese Student Enrollment Up
India-West, News Report, Posted: Nov 24, 2011
For the first time in five years, the number of students from India studying in the U.S. fell, down 1 percent in the 2010-2011 academic year. At the undergraduate level, Chinese student enrollment increased a whopping 43 percent.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, International Affairs, South Asian
Tags: business program, Chinese students uptick, drop, Indian students, U.S.
Foreclosed Homeowners Re-Occupy Their Homes
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 24, 2011
More foreclosed homeowners are engaging in acts of civil disobedience to stay in their homes.
Categories: African American, Foreclosures, Top Stories
Tags: ACCE, Bayview Hunters Point, black, foreclosure, home defense, latino, predatory loans
Grandma Teaches Facebookers About Love
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Nov 24, 2011
About 60,000 strangers helped Lola Aurelia find her missing husband. In return, the 78-year-old woman taught them a lesson about love.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Science & Technology
White House Shooter Story Plays Differently In Spanish-Language Media
KUOW.org, News Report, Posted: Nov 23, 2011
When Univision landed an interview with the mother of the shooting suspect, they headlined it as a conversation with the "Mother of the Latino that fired at the White House."
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Media, War & Conflict
New Research Refutes Some ‘Anti-Immigrant’ Myths
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 23, 2011
A new study finds that immigrants today are integrating into American society at the same rates as previous generations of immigrants.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: Center for American Progress, education, homeownership, immigrant integration, Latinos, poverty
DOJ FIles Suit Against Utah Immigration Law
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 23, 2011
On Tuesday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit against the state of Utah to block the implementation of HB 497.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
ALIPAC: "Newt Gingrich is finished!"
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 23, 2011
The immigration restrictionist organization Americans for Legal Immigration PAC is predicting that the Gingrich campaign will implode in reaction to Speaker Gingrich's support for Dream Act Amnesty during last night's CNN debate.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Could Sheriff Joe Arpaio Be the Last Man Standing?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 23, 2011
The group behind Sen. Russell Pearce’s recall says the sheriff’s days in office are numbered.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, election, illegal, immigration, jan brewer, joe arpaio, russell pearce, SB 1070
If Clarence Thomas Was Not Justice Thomas He’d be Behind Bars
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Nov 23, 2011
This week, bipartisan critics called for Thomas to recuse himself from an upcoming court case on the health care reform law, citing conflicts of interest.
Categories: African American, Front Page
Tags: Clarence Thomas, disclosure, Ginni Thomas, health care reform, judicial ethics, recuse
Double XP on Junk Food in Call of Duty 3
New America Media/The kNOw, Commentary, Posted: Nov 23, 2011
Call of Duty 3 is offering players bonus points through a marketing camping that promotes food items even a soldier would turn their nose at.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Health, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: callofduty, games, junkfood, modernwarfare, mountaindew, videogames
N. Korean Capital Gets Major Facelift
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Nov 22, 2011
Brand new apartments, theaters and parks are popping up in Pyongyang, as has a new department store hawking Chanel and Armani.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: eastasia, kimjongil, korea, northkorea, pyongyang
Beijing Softens on South China Sea
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Nov 22, 2011
China is proposing to fund improved maritime cooperation in Southeast Asia, after President Barack Obama challenged its actions in the South China Sea.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Tags: ASEAN, bali, china, eastasia, maritime, obama, philippines, southchinasea, spratleyislands
Chinese Restaurants Raided in Maine
Sing Tao Daily, News Report, Posted: Nov 22, 2011
Several Chinese restaurants around Maine were raided last week, with the owners indicted on charges of hiring undocumented workers and money laundering.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration
Tags: chinese, immigration, maine, raids
Poor Management Blamed in Wenzhou Train Disaster
Sing Tao Daily, News Report, Posted: Nov 22, 2011
Nearly four months after a deadly train wreck in China, a team investigating the disaster cited “poor management” as the cause, reported the Sing Tao Daily.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Tags: accident, china, disaster, trainwreck, wenzhou
Tar Sands Oil Producers Eye California
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 22, 2011
The Obama administration's decision to delay the Canada-Texas Keystone XL pipeline has shifted attention to an alternate Pacific route.
Categories: Environment, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: canada, energy, environment, keystone, obama, oil, pipeline, tarsands
Tear Gas and Stones Fly in Egypt's Tahrir Sq.
New America Media, Photo Essay, Posted: Nov 21, 2011
Bloody riots in Egypt’s Tahrir Square entered their third day Monday, a week ahead of the nation’s first parliamentary elections.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Photo Galleries, Top Stories
Tags: arabspring, egypt, middleeast, mubarak, protests, tahrir, teargas
Latino Voters Could Swing Three States in 2012
The Hill, News Report, Posted: Nov 21, 2011
Latino voters' uncertain allegiance to the Democratic Party could put three states in play as possible swing states in the 2012 election, reports The Hill.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
Asian American Press, News Report, Posted: Nov 21, 2011
John Cho and Kal Penn reprise their title roles in “A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas,” which picks up six years after their last adventure. The film opened nationwide on Nov. 4 and should run through the holiday season.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: 3 d, asian, christmas, comedy, harold, john cho, kumar, movie, season
Student-Police Clash at UC Davis Reveals Campus One Percent
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Nov 21, 2011
Economic disparities on campus were brought into focus after UC Davis police used pepper spray on peaceful student demonstrators.
Categories: Front Page, Occupy Protests
Tags: Annette Spicuzza, Lt. John Pike, Occupy UC Davis, UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi
National Telebriefing - Study findings on the future of immigrant integration
New America Media, Event, Posted: Nov 21, 2011
Anti-immigrant laws are based on the idea that immigrants don't integrate into American society -- but a new study by the Center for American Progress finds that this is not true.
Categories: Events
Mercedes-Benz Executive Arrested Under Alabama Immigration Law
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 21, 2011
Tuscaloosa police arrested a German executive from Mercedes-Benz on Friday, charging him under the state’s immigration law HB 56 for not having proper identification, the Associated Press reports.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Members of Congress Hold Hearing in Alabama
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 21, 2011
Members Congress held an Ad Hoc Congressional Hearing at the Council Chambers of Birmingham City Hall today on HB 56.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: alabamaimmigrationlaw, alabamalaw, hb56
Clinton: Give Undocumented Kids a Chance to Stay
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Nov 21, 2011
Undocumented students who were brought to the United States as children should be given a chance to stay there, visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Nov. 16 in Manila.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Politics & Governance
The Global Revolt of 2011 - A Turning Point in History
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Nov 21, 2011
The Occupy movement may not change economic structures, but it has led to something far more powerful: a global shift in consciousness.
Categories: Economy, International Affairs, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: occupy, occupyoakland, occupywallstreet, ows
Which 2012 Candidate Will Improve U.S.-Latin American Relations?
Council on Hemispheric Affairs, News Report, Posted: Nov 21, 2011
A coherent and sustainable policy toward Latin America remains absent from the 2012 election campaigns.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: obamalatinamerica, romneylatinamerica, uslatinamerica, uspolicylatinamerica
Mom and Dad Are Moving In — A Reverse Recession Story
Koream Journal, News Report, Posted: Nov 20, 2011
Actress-comedian Kat Ahn's parents who moved in with her due to the recession, and that was just the beginning.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Elders, Front Page
Tags: actress, economy, korean, la, moving in, parents, poverty, recession
What Teachers Don’t Get About ‘Low-Performing’ Students
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Nov 20, 2011
Educators of “gifted” students focus on the individual. But students tagged as “low performing” are often lumped together.
Categories: Education, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: education, educationpolicy, lowperforming, schools, underachievement
A Kiss to Nowhere: Benetton’s Unhate Campaign
Firstpost.com, News Report, Posted: Nov 19, 2011
When USSR’s Brezhnev kissed East Germany’s Honecker in '79 that was a kiss. When Obama kisses Hu Jintao in 2011 that’s just an ad for Bennetton.
Categories: Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Intersections, South Asian, War & Conflict
Tags: benetton, gay, gorbachev, hu jintao, immigration law hb 56, kiss, obama, pope, world leaders
Sisters ‘Humiliated’ by Bikini Photos Fired From Hyatt
Silicon Valley De-Bug/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 19, 2011
The Reyes sisters were among many Hyatt employees whose faces were pasted on bikini-clad cartoon images.
Categories: Economy, Gender & Sexuality, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: housekeepers, hyatt, hyattbikini, marthareyes, reyessisters
Albama DREAMers Speak From Detention: ICE Is “Rogue Agenc
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Nov 18, 2011
Last week two undocumented, DREAM Act-eligible immigrant activists presented themselves to immigration agents in Mobile, Alabama, and were subsequently put in detention and placed in deportation proceedings, to prove exactly that point.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Law & Justice
Tags: agency, alabama, dreamers, education, homeland security, ice
Overloaded School Van Killed 18 Children in China
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Nov 18, 2011
When the collision happened, 62 children and 2 adults were traveling in the school bus, a vehicle converted from a nine-seat van.
Categories: Chinese, Front Page
Tags: car accident, children, china, China school bus, preschoolers, school bus
Dream Activists: Bring the Valle Brothers Home for Thanksgiving
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 18, 2011
Immigrant rights advocates are calling for the immediate release of Michell and Yasser Valle, two DREAM Act-eligible youth in New Jersey.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Survey Reveals ICE's Sporadic Exercise of Prosecutorial Discretion
Metro Latino USA, News Report, Posted: Nov 18, 2011
A new survey finds that ICE officers and attorneys are applying different standards on prosecutorial discretion.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Grim Snapshot: Job Seekers Pack Harlem Career Fair
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Nov 18, 2011
A good indicator of the deplorable unemployment rate in our region occurred this week at City College of New York.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections
Tags: career, economy, fair, harlem, jobs, new york, rangel, unemployed, work
Watching the G.O.P. War on Voting Rights
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Nov 18, 2011
Thirty-four state legislatures introduced bills requiring photo identification in order to vote. This legislation classifies several previously accepted IDs as unacceptable.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: 1964, 2012, act, democrats, election, rights, state, top, voting
Occupiers Snarl Traffic in Downtown Philadelphia
Philadelphia Tribune, News Report, Posted: Nov 18, 2011
Temporarily paralyzing Center City, about 500 members of Occupy Philly seized the John F. Kennedy Boulevard Bridge Thursday evening
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Occupy Protests
Tags: occupiers, philadelphia, traffic, wall st
Is New Reality Series ‘Cosby Show’ for Muslims?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 18, 2011
The series features five Shi’ite Muslim American families who all have roots in Lebanon, living in Detroit, Michigan.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: dearborn, islam, muslim, race, racism, reality, series, tlc, tv
In California, Health Reform ‘Nearly Impossible to Be Undone’
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 18, 2011
Regardless of what the Supreme Court decides, the health reforms enacted in California are expected to remain in place.
Categories: Health, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: aca, Affordable Care Act, californiahealth, healthreform, healthreformlaw
GOP Presidential Candidates Tongue-Tied on Paterno
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Nov 18, 2011
There’s a reason for the GOP’s deafening silence on the Penn State scandal: Joe Paterno is a GOP-made man.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: paterno, pennstatescandal
Seoul to Toughen Rules on U.S. Military Crimes
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Nov 17, 2011
Korea is seeking to have a greater authority to investigate and take custody of U.S. military personnel suspected of having committed felonies, multiple sources said Thursday.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: carter, Korea, U.S. military
DHS to Begin Review of Pending Deportation Cases
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 17, 2011
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today will begin its case-by-case review of some 300,000 pending deportation cases.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: prosecutorialdiscretion
Clinton Signs New US-Phil. Agreement During Manila Visit
GMA News, News Report, Posted: Nov 17, 2011
Secretary of State Clinton signed on Wednesday in Manila, the Partnership for Growth agreement which aims to help create more transparent and viable economic and business landscapes for the United States' partner countries including the Philippines.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Profiles
Tags: Filipinos, Hillary Clinton, Manila, Partnership for Growth agreement, Philippines
Puerto Rico Launches App to Aid Police
Caribbean Business, News Report, Posted: Nov 17, 2011
Have you witnessed a crime? If you are in Puerto Rico there is now an app for that.
Categories: Caribbean, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latin America, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
An Omen for Mexico 2012?
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Nov 17, 2011
Editors of La Opinión write that the recent gubernatorial election in Michoacán does not bode well for Mexico's 2012 presidential election.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance
Chinese Media Journalist Honored with Award
World Journal, News Report, Posted: Nov 17, 2011
Veteran journalist Kai Ping Lui of the World Journal received the Career Achievement Award by The Society of Professional Journalists- Northern California Chapter.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: chinese media, Kai Ping Lui, San Francisco, Society of Professional Journalists, World Journal
Migrant Farm Worker Housing as Shameful as Ever
Coachella Unincorporated/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 17, 2011
Alfredo lives in a tool shed. A cramped shed made of tin. He has no running water, electricity, heating… nothing.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: coachella, economy, farm california, immigration, labors, mexico, migrant, Mixtecos, rural, workers
Alabama News Network: The "Unintended Consequences" of HB 56
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 17, 2011
Republican senators plan to change Alabama's immigration law, citing "unintended consequences." Here's what they meant.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latino
Justice Department: Alabama Law Threatens "Basic Human Needs"
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 16, 2011
The U.S. Justice Department called Alabama's immigration law unconstitutional in a brief filed with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: alabamaimmigration, alabamaimmigrationlaw, alabamalaw, hb56
Occupy Silicon Valley, 'Wall Street of the West'
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Nov 16, 2011
Protest Wall Street -- but don't forget about that tech bastion of inequality to the south: the high-tech firms of Silicon Valley.
Categories: Economy, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: occupy101, occupyfacebook, occupygoogle, occupysiliconvalley, occupythe101, onepercent
Black Market for Human Eggs Grows in China
World Journal, News Report, Posted: Nov 16, 2011
An underground trade in human eggs from female students at prestigious universities is emerging in China.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Health
Tags: agency, china, donors, eggs, Hong Kong, insemination, surrogate, universities, US
SF State Students Stage Walkout in Solidarity With Occupy UC Movement
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 16, 2011
Students at San Francisco State University staged a walkout on Tuesday in solidarity with UC students.
Categories: Economy, Education, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: occupysf, occupysfstate, occupysfsu, occupyuc
Asian American Air Force Pilot is the Real ‘Top Gun’
Pacific Citizen, News Report, Posted: Nov 16, 2011
By the time Kari Asai was three years old, she had already asserted her independence. It became apparent one day when her mother Jan was helping her get dressed.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality
Tags: air force, asian, fighter, japanese, jet, libya, pilot, top gun, woman
Occupy Oakland Protester Faces Deportation
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 16, 2011
An Occupy Oakland protester is facing possible deportation to Mexico after being arrested Monday.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Occupy Protests
Study Maps Pollution Hotspots in CA's San Joaquin Valley
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 16, 2011
Researchers at UC Davis found the populations facing the biggest burden from pollution were concentrated in several urban centers and rural communities.
Categories: Environment, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bakersfield, california, davis, environment, hazards, pollution, studies, toxic
Sexual Abuse: Penn State vs. Immigrant Detention Centers
Hispanic Link News Service, Commentary, Posted: Nov 16, 2011
Three weeks before the Penn State scandal broke, ACLU and Frontline reported on the abuse of undocumented women in U.S. detention centers.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: detentioncenter, rape, sexualabuse, sexualassault, undocumentedimmigrants, womenimmigrants
Democrats Play Dangerous Game in Shunning Obama
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 16, 2011
Democrats in swing and conservative districts are afraid to rub shoulders with Obama when as they're up for reelection.
Categories: African American, Featured Columnists, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012, carter, democrats, election, gerald ford, gop, incumbent, obama, wall street
Abuso sexual: Penn State v. los centros de detención de inmigrantes
Hispanic Link News Service, Commentary, Posted: Nov 16, 2011
Tres semanas antes que estallara el escándalo en Penn State, dos fuentes informaron de la preponderancia de abuso sexual que sufren los indocumentados encerrados en centros de detención en los Estados Unidos.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: abusosexual, centrosdedetencion, inmigrantesmujeres, mujeresinmigrantes, violacion
Seoul Mayor Attacked, Called Communist
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Nov 15, 2011
Seoul’s new mayor, Won-soon Park, was attacked on Tuesday by a middle-aged woman during a civil defense drill in a local subway station.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Tags: elections, korea, mayor, northkorea, seoul
Majority of Hate Crime Victims are Latinos
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Nov 15, 2011
The FBI’s annual Hate Crime Statistics report was released on Monday, and the numbers show a dramatic spike in crimes against Latinos.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Law & Justice
Filipino DREAMer Faces Deportation
Filamstar.net/GMANews.TV , News Report, Posted: Nov 15, 2011
Supporters are lobbying to stop the deportation of 31-year-old Filipino, Jose Isabelo Librojo, who has been an undocumented immigrant since 1995 when he was only 15 years old.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration
MPI Report Documents Progress of Immigrant Youth
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 15, 2011
According to the report, second-generation Hispanic women have college enrollment rates equal to those of third-generation white women.
Categories: Economy, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Youth Culture
Mexico's PRI Wins in Michoacán
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Nov 15, 2011
Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) added the state of Michoacán to its list of state governorships.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: mexicanelections, mexicoPRI, michoacan, PRI
"Cyber-Banging": When Gangs Take It From the Street to the Web
Richmond Pulse/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 15, 2011
In Richmond, Calif., gangsters, wannabe-gangsters and felons are using social media to incite violence and make threats.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Science & Technology, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: cyberbanging, cybergangbanging, gangbanging, richmondcalifornia, richmondgangs, richmondpulse
Latino, Filipino Press Debate: Did Pacquiao Really Win?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 15, 2011
The contentious win of Manny Pacquiao over Juan Manuel Márquez on Saturday has sparked a heated debate in Latino and Filipino media.
Categories: Asian, Latino, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: boxing, filipino, latino, manny, marquez, media debate, pacquiao, win
City of Richmond Voices Support for Occupy Movement
Richmond Pulse, News Report, Posted: Nov 15, 2011
Unlike in Oakland, Richmond's mayor, Gayle McLaughlin, spoke to the crowd and voiced her support for the occupy movement.
Categories: Economy, Foreclosures, Growing Up Poor in the Bay Area, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: california, foreclosures, mayor, movement, oakland, occupy, protest, richmond, wall street
Start a Business?! How 'bout Occupy Entrepreneurship?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Nov 15, 2011
NAM contributor Chris Rabb argues that the values and ideas of the Occupy Movement must be turned toward creating a grassroots, community-oriented entrepreneurship.
Categories: Economy, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: movement, occupy, wall street
The "Prince" of North Richmond’s Projects
Richmond Confidential, News Report, Posted: Nov 15, 2011
In his songs and videos, Crummie is “Macho,” the North Richmond everyman. But the real Crummie is hopeful, witty, and funny.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Youth Culture
Tags: crummie, macho, northrichmond, richmondconfidential, richmondpulse
Health Center Closures Will Send Seniors, Employees Down Unknown Path
America Commercial News, News Feature, Posted: Nov 15, 2011
Due to state budget cuts, Chinese elders in L.A. are among the frail and disabled Californians about to lose help enabling them to stay safe and at home.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Economy, Elders, Front Page, Health, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: adultdayhealthcenters, californiabudget, chineseamericans, elders, medicaid, unemployment
Latinos Surpass Blacks Living in Poverty, Census Study Shows
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Nov 14, 2011
For the first time, the share of Hispanics living in poverty surpassed that of African-Americans based on new U.S. Census data.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Immigration, Latino
Tags: black, census, data, latino, poverty, study, united states
San Francisco's Homeless Black Youth Invisible
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 14, 2011
San Francisco harbors a distressing urban trend, a growing number of black youth uncounted as homeless, but who haunt the city’s streets and buses through the night.
Categories: African American, Economy, Growing Up Poor in the Bay Area, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: africanamerican, economy, homeless, jobs, sanfrancisco, unemployment
Is a Woman President ‘Macho’ Enough for Mexico?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Nov 14, 2011
With women taking up leadership positions across Latin America, NAM contributor Louis Nevear asks whether Mexicans are ready to elect a female president.
Categories: International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: calderon, cartels, elections, JosefinaVazquez-Mota, mexico, warondrugs, zetas
Haiti Jails U.S. Deportees in Filthy Conditions, Without Cause
Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, News Report, Posted: Nov 14, 2011
The Obama administration continues to deport Haitians despite knowing many will be illegally jailed and risk cholera exposure upon arrival.
Categories: Caribbean, Ethnic Media Network, Health, Immigration, Top Stories
Tags: deportedhaitians, haiti, haitideportations, haitijails
Arizona Hero Daniel Hernandez Jr. Wins School Board Seat Near Tucson
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Nov 13, 2011
He’s the quick-thinking former Congressional intern who helped save Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ life.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Tags: arizona, gifford, hernandez, racism, school board, tucson
Love, Sex and the "Dhokha" of Pushing the Bollywood Envelope
First Post, News Feature, Posted: Nov 13, 2011
Bollywood’s hot new film era was the talk of Thinkfest in Goa. But Sandip Roy asks if screen sex is merely a cultural "dhokha," an enticing fraud of the privileged set.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Media, South Asian
Beyond Health, Calif. Senior-Care Closings Would Isolate Filipinos’ Elders
Asian Journal, News Feature, Posted: Nov 13, 2011
The Dec. 1 closing of California adult day care centers for frail, low-income seniors is causing fear and confusion statewide, such as for Filipino elders in L.A.
Categories: Asian, Collaborative Reporting, Economy, Elders, Health, Immigration, International Affairs, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: adultdayhealthcare, californiabudget, filipinoelders, governorjerrybrown, healthcarecuts
New Program Aims to Close Digital Divide for Minorities
New America Media, Video, Posted: Nov 12, 2011
Comcast’s Internet Essentials program aims to help low-income families gain easier access to the Web primarily by providing low-cost Internet rates.
Categories: Education, Front Page, Multi-ethnic, Multimedia, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Video
Tags: comcast, digitaldivide, Internet, minorities, technology, youth
Hot Dog Cart Bound for the Future
New America Media/Salon, First Person, Posted: Nov 12, 2011
A young entrepreneur is making his ends meet by selling hot dogs to hungry customers in San Francisco's DoloresPark.
Categories: Economy, Inside the Shadow Economy, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: carts, hot dogs, mission district, san francisco, shadow economy
California Dogs Abandoned After Foreclosures
Coachella Unincorporated , Profile, Posted: Nov 12, 2011
One woman with a mission has become dogs’ best friend in California’s Eastern Coachella Valley, where foreclosures have put a new class of paws on the street.
Categories: Economy, Intersections, Latino, Profiles, Top Stories
Tags: animalrescue, caninebreeds, coachellavalley, dogs, foreclosures
Does Race Explain Penn State’s Blind Eye to Sex Scandal?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 12, 2011
Jerry Sandusky bragged that it was in the business of helping “underprivileged” youth, always the code word for poor young blacks and Hispanics.
Categories: African American, Education, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: abuse, black, boys, jerry sandusky, joe paterno, penn st., poor, sexual
Occupy Oakland Reacts to Violence
Oakland Local, News Report, Posted: Nov 11, 2011
Thursday marked the one-month anniversary of Occupy Oakland, but instead of a planned birthday celebration, the Occupy camp turned into a somber vigil.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Occupy Protests
Obama busca llegar a los latinos, por contraste con republicanos en reforma migratoria
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 11, 2011
El presidente Obama habló sobre una gran variedad de asuntos con representantes de los medios latinos.
Categories: NAM en Español
Raising Cain in Post Racial America
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Nov 11, 2011
Herman Cain's ability to remain a viable candidate for the Republican presidential nomination is the clearest sign ever that America is a post-racial society.
Tags: 2012, gop, herman cain, misconduct, nomination, obama, sexual harassment
Wooing Latinos, Obama Cites GOP Contrast on Immigration Reform
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 11, 2011
President Obama met Wednesday with Latino media, including New America Media’s Khalil Abdullah, to address concerns of Hispanic voters.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Arizona Watch, Economy, Immigration, International Affairs, Intersections, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012election, deportation, dreamact, gop, hb56, immigration, latinovote, obama
Traveling While Latino -- Immigration Agents on NY Trains
El Diario/La Prensa, Editorial, Posted: Nov 11, 2011
Instead of routing out security threats, transportation raids are netting immigrants with long roots in our state.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: immigrationbuses, immigrationtrains, travellingwhilelatino
Postville Deportees Push for Change in Guatemala
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 11, 2011
Three years after the raid on a meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, a group of workers deported to Guatemala are organizing for change in their hometown.
Categories: Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: cartel, deportation, elections, guatamala, immigration, latinamerica, mexico, postville
NAM Launches Alabama News Network
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 11, 2011
The Alabama News Network is an editorial exchange to share content and some of the facts and figures behind the new immigration law.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: alabamaimmigration, alabamaimmigrationlaw, alabamalaw, alabamanewsnetwork, HB56
ACLU: Latino Students Singled Out in Alabama School
MarioWire, News Report, Posted: Nov 10, 2011
In a video released Thursday, Alabama father Cineo Gonzales recounts how his daughter received a pamphlet explaining HB 56.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: alabamaimmigrationlaw, alabamaschools, hb56, hb56school
UCLA Releases Study on Radio Hate Speech
EFE, News Report, Posted: Nov 10, 2011
Scholars at UCLA released the results of a pilot study of hate speech on commercial talk radio this week.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Media
Tags: hatespeech, radiohatespeech, uclahatespeech
Koreans Hit by Cuts to Adult Day Care
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: Nov 10, 2011
The expected closure of an adult day care center threatens a vital source of care for one Korean family.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Elders, Health, Top Stories
Tags: ab96, adultdaycare, alzheimers, california, health, koreanamerican, medical, seniors
Red de Noticias de Alabama
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 10, 2011
La Red de Noticias de Alabama es un intercambio noticial para compartir artículos y algunos de los hechos y las cifras detrás de la nueva ley de inmigración.
Categories: NAM en Español
Will Ed Lee Be a Mayor for SF Chinese?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 10, 2011
Some in the Chinese community say Ed Lee's victory in San Francisco's mayoral race isn't necessarily a victory for their community alone.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Immigration, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: chinese, edlee, elections, exclusionact, immigration, mayor, politics, rankedchoice, sanfrancisco
Social Justice Groups Engage Occupy Movement
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 10, 2011
Local nonprofits are finding that the Occupy movements are presenting a unique opening to engage in dialogue on the widespread wealth disparity in the country.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content
Tags: nonprofit, occupywallstreet, protest, socialjustice, wellsfargo
Ethnic Media Confront Humanitarian Crisis in Alabama
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 10, 2011
Members of the black, Latino and other ethnic media met in Birmingham to explore their best responses to Alabama’s anti-immigration law.
Categories: African American, Alabama News Network, Immigration, International Affairs, Intersections, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: alabama, arizonarecall, civilrights, deportation, hr65, immigration, latinos
Cain, Penn State Scandals Should Make America Face Everyday Sex Abuse
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Nov 10, 2011
Americans should see the Herman Cain and Penn State sexual abuse scandals as a chance to confront everyday assaults against women and children.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Intersections, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: childabuse, gopcandidates, groping, hermancain, paterno, pennstatesexscandal, sandusky, sexualabuse
Latino Voters Are Winners in SF Mayoral Election
El Mensajero/EFE, News Report, Posted: Nov 09, 2011
Latino voters in San Francisco are celebrating that a Latino candidate could have a shot at becoming mayor.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: dennisherrera, johnavalos, latinosf, latinovote2011, sfelection, sfmayor, sfmayoralelection
The ‘All-American Muslim’ Reality TV Show
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Nov 09, 2011
TLC will premiere “All-American Muslim”, a reality TV show that follows the lives of five American Muslim families in Dearborn, Michigan..
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Ethnic Media Headlines, Religion
Tags: a reality TV show that follows the lives of five American Muslim families in Dearborn, the Michigan town that’s home to one of the nation’s largest Muslim communities., unday TLC will premiere “All-American Muslim”
Univision Poll: Two-Thirds of Latinos Approve of Obama
Univision, News Report, Posted: Nov 09, 2011
A new Univision News - Latino Decisions poll of Hispanic registered voters finds that two-thirds of Latinos indicate approval of Obama's job performance.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: hispanicvote2012, latinovote2012, obamalatinos, univisionlatinodecisions, univisionpoll
Crips and Bloods Find Common Ground in Occupy Atlanta
American Friends Service Committee, News Report, Posted: Nov 09, 2011
Rival gang members of the Crips and the Bloods have joined forces to support Occupy Atlanta.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines, Occupy Protests, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: cripsbloodsoccupy, occupyatl, occupyatlanta
Mesa Voters Recall SB 1070 Architect
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 09, 2011
Voters in Mesa, Arizona have recalled State Senate President Russell Pearce,the architect of SB 1070.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, elections, immigration, recall, russellpearce, sb1070
Tomb of the Unknown Migrant
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 09, 2011
A town in California just north of the Mexico border is home to a cemetery of unmarked graves for migrants who never made it.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, border, california, desert, immigration, mexico
Budget Cuts Clip Senior-Care Wings of Native Alaskans
Alaska Public Radio Network/New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Nov 09, 2011
Native elders in Alaska’s rugged, isolated villages are receiving less community care to keep them at home in places like Eagle in the Yukon.
Categories: Audio, Economy, Elders, Health, Indigenous, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: alzheimers, budgetcuts, elders, longtermcare, nativealaskans, recession, ruralhealthcare
As Calif. Cuts Senior Care Funds, Workers Worry About Jobs -- And Patients
Latino California, News Report, Posted: Nov 09, 2011
California’s pending closure of 310 senior care facilities may dismantle an important health program that keeps elders out of nursing homes.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Health, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: adultdayhealth, californiabudgetcuts, latinos, losangeles, seniors, unemployment
Redistricting Could Cut Caribbean American Voices
Caribbean Today, News Report, Posted: Nov 08, 2011
Redistricting threatens to undermine minority voting power across the country, including that of the Caribbean community.
Categories: Caribbean, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: caribbean, immigration, miami, minorities, redistricting, vote
Greece, BofA, Netflix: Recalls Show Grownups Failing to Run World
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Nov 08, 2011
A flurry or recalls across the globe reflects the institutional hubris of business and political leaders at a time of extreme social angst.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: bank, bankofamerica, greece, iran, netflix, protests, recall
Alabama Radio Host Embarks on 14-Day, 14-City Walk for Dialogue on HB 56
La Jefa Radio, News Report, Posted: Nov 08, 2011
The largest Spanish-language radio station in Alabama has launched a 14-city, 14-day walk to get Alabamans of all backgrounds talking to one another about Alabama’s new immigration law.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: alabama, alabamaimmigrationlaw, alabamalaw, hb56
Latinos March to Wall Street
El Diario/La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Nov 08, 2011
After walking 11 miles over six hours, more than 1,000 Latino and African-American demonstrators arrived at Zuccotti Park.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Occupy Protests
Tags: latinosoccupy, latinosoccupywallst
Census: Alabama Latino Population Up 145% in 10 Years
El Diario/La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Nov 08, 2011
Although they only account for 3.9% of the population, the number of Latinos living in Alabama increased 145% in the last decade.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Cuba's Reforms Ring Hollow in Miami
El Nuevo Herald, News Report, Posted: Nov 08, 2011
Cuban dissidents are skeptical about the economic changes taking place in Cuba, arguing that they are no substitute for democratic reforms.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance
Arizona's Russell Pearce Faces Recall Today
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Nov 08, 2011
The architect of Arizona’s immigration law SB 1070 faces a recall election today, the culmination of a campaign that could change the political landscape in Arizona.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: arizonaelections, arizonalatinovote, russellpearce, russellpearcerecall
Farmworkers Stranded For Refusing Work Under Minimum Wage
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Nov 08, 2011
Farmworkers refuse to work under minimum wage are stranded in Washington state.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Mayoral Candidates Lost in Translation
Sing Tao Daily, News Report, Posted: Nov 08, 2011
Chinese translations of campaign pages can do more harm than good.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: chinese, elections, mayor, sanfrancisco
Ouster of AZ Redistricting Chair Discourages Latino Voters
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 08, 2011
The effort to recall Arizona's Independent Redistricting Commission Chair Colleen Mathis has dented voter sentiment among Latinos.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, colleenmathis, immigration, janbrewer, latino, redistricting
Fourth Herman Cain Accuser Speaks Out
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Nov 08, 2011
Sharon Bialek spoke about an incident she encountered 14 years ago, in which Cain allegedly put his hand up her skirt.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: 2012, gop, harassment, herman cain, job, national restaurant association, race, sexual, sharon bialek
Is the Gulf Coast Safe for Immigrant Women?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Nov 08, 2011
A ballot initiative in Mississippi and Alabama's recently-enacted anti-immigration law are turning the Gulf Coast into hostile terrain for immigrant women.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: abortion, alabama, gulfcoast, hb56, immigration, initiative26, mississippi, women
New Data Show a Few Less Children, More Seniors in Poverty
Investigative Reporting Workshop, News Report, Posted: Nov 08, 2011
A new way to measure poverty shows that fewer children but more seniors are impoverished, findings that belie the limits of the official U.S. poverty line.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Elders, Health, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: africanamericanpoverty, childpoverty, hispanicpoverty, povertyline, seniors, uscensus
Organizaciones latinas defienden a Cecilia Muñoz, en medio de llamados para su renuncia
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 07, 2011
Un bloguero pidió la renuncia de Cecilia Muñoz a su puesto en la Casa Blanca debido a la defensa que hiciera de la política de deportaciones del gobierno.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: angelicasalas, ceciliamunoz, deepakbhargava, mariosolis-marich, mariowire, robertolovato
Latino Vote Grows Across the U.S. -- CA, FL See Biggest Increase
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Nov 07, 2011
The number of Latino voters has consistently increased with each election, and the gap among those who are eligiable to vote and those who actually go to polls is decreasing
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: election2011, hispanicvote, hispanicvote2011, latinovote, latinovote2011, latinovote2012
Alabama Refuses DOJ Request to Cooperate with HB 56 Inquiry
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Nov 07, 2011
Alabama will not let the battle over its breathtakingly harsh anti-immigrant law, HB 56, be fought just in the courts.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: Alabama will not let the battle over its breathtakingly harsh anti-immigrant law, be fought just in the courts., HB 56
Sacramento - News Briefing - An update on the Affordable Care Act - Thursday, Nov. 10th
New America Media, Event, Posted: Nov 07, 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, benifits, health care, health coverage
Black Press Award Presented at the White House
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 07, 2011
Author and political analyst Earl Ofari Hutchinson won the prestigious Black Press Radio Magazine Columnist of the Year Award for 2011.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: award, black press, journalism, media, radio, whitehouse
Chinese Americans Fear Ranked-Choice Voting Could Cost Them Mayor
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 07, 2011
There is growing worry that confusion over ranked-choice voting could cost San Francisco its first elected Chinese-American mayor.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: edlee, rankedchoicesf, rankedchoicevoting, sfchinesemayor, sfchinesevote, sfmayor
Congress Using Iran to Handcuff Obama on Foreign Affairs
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Nov 07, 2011
HR1905 would set a dangerous precedent by restricting the President's diplomatic communications with the Iranian government.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: AIPAC, foundationfordefenseofdemocracies, hr1905, Iran, iranthreatreductionact, joshfattal, sarahshourd, shanebauer
Greek Prime Minister 'Expected to Step Down'
Al Jazeera English, News Report, Posted: Nov 06, 2011
George Papandreou, Greece's prime minister, is expected to resign as soon as a deal for an interim coalition government is agreed.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, European, Politics & Governance
Tags: greece, greekpm, greekprimeminister
Avalos Campaign Sparking More Civic Engagement from Arab Community in SF
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 06, 2011
Arab Americans in San Francisco are organizing for a city election like never before, and they are doing it for John Avalos.
Categories: Front Page, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: arabamerican, arabresourceorganizingcenter, arabvoters, arabyouthorganizing, johnavalos, sfmayoralelection
Living in Industry’s Shadow: After Years of Illness, Family Seeks Answers (Part II)
California Watch, News Feature, Posted: Nov 06, 2011
A Latino family from one of the most polluted cities in the nation gets their blood test results, as they seek to explain their chronic illnesses.
Categories: Health, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: arsenic, contaminatedwater, industrialbyproducts, pollution, toxicchemicals
Colombia's El Tiempo: Bring FARC to Negotiating Table
El Tiempo, Editorial, Posted: Nov 05, 2011
The government, editors write, needs to convert Cano's death into a final push to bring the guerillas to the negotiating table.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, War & Conflict
Tags: alfonsocano, colombia, farc
5,000 S-Comm Foster Kids -- 'Intolerable and Outrageous'
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Nov 05, 2011
"These are the cruel, sad consequences of a poorly planned and even worse executed deportation program," editors write.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: deportation, familyseparation, fostercare, fosterkids, ice, scomm, securecommunities
Historians Condemn Honoring of Kissinger
Asian American Press, News Report, Posted: Nov 05, 2011
In a letter sent yesterday, more than 110 historians urged the New-York Historical Society (N-YHS) to “withdraw the name of Henry Kissinger as an honoree” at its upcoming event scheduled for November 7, 2011.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: atrocities, honor, kissinger, protest, war
Living in Industry’s Shadow: After Years of Illness, Family Seeks Answers (Part I)
California Watch, News Feature, Posted: Nov 05, 2011
A Latino family deals with chronic illness in Maywood, Calif., a city surrounded by 2,000 industrial factories in southeast LA County.
Categories: Health, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: arsenic, biomonitoring, contaminatedwater, contamination, maywood, pollution
Faces of the 99 Percent -- Lives and Stories Behind Occupy San Jose
Silicon Valley De-Bug / New America Media, Video, Posted: Nov 05, 2011
San Jose residents hit by the economic recession tell the personal stories that led them to join the Occupy movement.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Occupy Protests, Video
Tags: occupy, occupysanjose, occupywallstreet, ows, recession
Anti-Immigrant Laws Are Being Used as a Smoke Screen
La Noticia, Commentary, Posted: Nov 04, 2011
What happens when politicians fail to create jobs? The answer is simple: create a smoke screen of anti-immigrant laws.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: antiimmigrantlaws, frankiler, frankilernc, immigrationlaws, northcarolina, northcarolinaimmigration
On Election Eve Philly Mayor Talks Tough on Crime, Race
Philadelphia Tribune, News Report, Posted: Nov 04, 2011
Refusing to be politically correct just because he’s up for re-election, Mayor Michael Nutter is trying to rally the Black community behind him.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: black, crime, education, election, mayor, michael nutter, people, philadelphia
Black Libyans Endangered, Refugees in Limbo
Amsterdam News, News Analysis, Posted: Nov 04, 2011
American military played a brutal role in toppling Gaddafi and are responsible for the large number of displaced people in the war-torn country.
Categories: African, African American, Front Page, Immigration, Intersections, War & Conflict
Tags: africa, africanb, arabs, blacks, killings, libya, qaddafi
Movement Brewing to Divest Money From Big Banks
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 04, 2011
With Saturday's "Bank Transfer Day" looming, more and more fed up people are choosing to divest money from their banks.
Categories: Economy, Foreclosures, Multi-ethnic, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: bankofamerica, banktransferday, creditunions, divestment, foreclosure, occupywallstreet
In Mexico, Social Media Turns Against the Narcos
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 04, 2011
Members of Anonymous issued a direct challenge to drug cartels in a YouTube video that is making the rounds on social media sites.
Categories: International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Media, Science & Technology, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: anonymouszetas, loszetas, mexicanblogs, mexicandrugwar, mexicosocialmedia, mexicoviolence
Las leyes anti-inmigrantes son usadas como distracción
La Noticia, Commentary, Posted: Nov 04, 2011
¿Qué pasa cuando los políticos fracasan? La respuesta es simple: generar una cortina de humo creando leyes anti-inmigrantes.
Categories: NAM en Español
Young Occupy Oakland Protesters Cite Education, Jobs as Motivation
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 03, 2011
Young protesters interviewed in Oakland say what they want more than anything else are jobs and an affordable education.
Categories: Multi-ethnic, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: generalstrike, occupyoakland
Floods Show Bangkok Ill-Prepared for Climate Impacts
Inter Press Service, News Report, Posted: Nov 03, 2011
Bangkok's 8 million people are paying the price of ignoring warnings over many years concerning its climate vulnerability.
Categories: Asian, Environment, International Affairs
Tags: bangkok, cambodia, climate change, floods, laos, sea level rise, thailand, vietnam
Howard University Adds Its Voice to Occupy Movement
Washington Informer, News Report, Posted: Nov 03, 2011
The protestors joined people who are using Occupy D.C. and Occupy Wall Street to express their extreme dissatisfaction with the status quo.
Categories: African, Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Occupy Protests, Politics & Governance
Tags: black, district of columbia, howard university, occupy, protests, students, wall st
Occupy Oakland Shuts Down the Port
New America Media, Video, Posted: Nov 03, 2011
Thousands of Occupy Oakland protesters shut down the Port of Oakland in the city's first general strike since 1946.
Categories: Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
NBA Lockout Puts Season in Jeopardy
Los Angeles Sentinel, News Report, Posted: Nov 03, 2011
After three-days of negotiating to get a collective bargaining agreement deal, the players and owners held a press conference calling out one another
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: 2011, dave stern, games, lockout, nba, owners, players, season, union
Ban on Sending Filipino Workers to 41 Countries Mulled
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Nov 03, 2011
The Philippine government moves to halt the flow of Filipino migrant workers to at least 41 countries that have allegedly failed to protect workers.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Multi-ethnic
Tags: abuse, domestic, foreign workers, manilla, migrant, philippines
California Redistricting Maps Show Drop in GOP Support
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Nov 03, 2011
Editors of La Opinión argue that it was political extremism that led to the drop in support for the Republican Party in California.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: californiagop, californiaredistricting, californiarepublicans, latinosredistricting, redistricting, redistrictingcommission
Hundreds of Families Join Occupy General Strike
Oakland Local, News Report, Posted: Nov 03, 2011
Carrying "Occupy our Future" posters colored in bright blues, greens and pinks, about 300 children and parents marched in their own Occupy Oakland parade on Wednesday afternoon in solidarity with the day's general strike.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Occupy Protests
Tags: economy, oakland, occupy, protest, wall street
U.S. Deports 46K Parents With Citizen Kids in Just Six Months
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Nov 03, 2011
Between January and June of 2011, the United States carried out more than 46,000 deportations of the parents of U.S.-citizen children, according to previously unreleased federal data obtained by Colorlines.com’s publisher, the Applied Research Center.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: children, citizen, deportation, immigration, parents
Affordable Care Act: Outreach to People of Color Will Be Critical
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 03, 2011
Under the ACA, millions of Americans - mostly people of color - will be eligible for health benefits. But will they know how to access them?
Categories: Health, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: aca, affordablecareact, greenlininginstitute, healthbenefitexchange, healthcarereform
Forget About a Dream Job, College Grads Just Taking Whatever They Can
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 03, 2011
In a dismal economy, many college grads are putting their dreams on hold and taking jobs they never imagined themselves doing.
Categories: Economy, Education, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Immigrant Rights Group Sues Wisconsin Over Redistricting Map
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 02, 2011
Wisconsin's Voces de la Frontera filed suit over a new redistricting map they say deprives the Latino community of an effective voting majority.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Occupy Oakland General Strike--Words From the Streets
Oakland Local, News Report, Posted: Nov 02, 2011
Thousands of protestors gathered in the streets of downtown Oakland Wednesday to show solidarity with the city's general strike.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Occupy Protests, Top Stories
Tags: oaklandlocal, occupyoakland
Philippines Ranks 8th in Gender Equality
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Nov 02, 2011
The Philippines ranks eighth this year among 135 countries with the least gender gap.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, International Affairs
Tags: filipinas, genderequality, philippinesgenderequality, worldeconomicforum
How to Save at UCLA
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: Nov 02, 2011
Christine Kim is a Korean American student at the University of Los Angeles who, according to a report in the Korea Daily in San Jose, has made a name for herself on campus by sharing tips with her fellow Bruins on how to save money.
Categories: Asian, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines
Latino Orgs Defend Cecilia Muñoz, Amid Calls for Her Resignation
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 02, 2011
When a Latino blogger called for the resignation of the highest ranking Latina in the White House, immigrant advocates stepped in.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: ceciliamuñoz, deportations, immigrationreform, mariosolis-marich, obamadeportations, presente.org, scomm, securecommunities
Thousands of Kids Taken From Parents in U.S. Deportation System
ColorLines, News Report, Posted: Nov 02, 2011
At least 5,100 children whose parents are detained or deported are currently in foster care around the United States.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latino
Tags: childrendeportation, familiesdeportation, kidsdeportation, separationoffamilies, shatteredfamilies
Agent Orange--Vietnam’s Last Battle
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 02, 2011
Agent Orange is still leaving its pernicious effects on the people and the environment more than three decades after the guns went silent.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Health, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: agentorange, vietnam, vietnamwar
Real Cost of Teacher Layoffs is Our Future
Equal Voice Newspaper, News Report, Posted: Nov 02, 2011
By the time school started in September some 60,000 teachers across the country had lost their jobs.
Categories: Economy, Education, Ethnic Media Network, Top Stories
Tags: teacherlayoffs
U.S. Soldier Gets 10 Years in Korea
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Nov 01, 2011
An American soldier was sentenced to 10 years by a Korean court for the rape of a teenage girl.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Travel Blogging Pays in China
China Daily, News Report, Posted: Nov 01, 2011
Online travel writing has become a high paying gig for young Chinese lucky enough to land the job.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines
New Program Aimed at Slowing U.S.’s Brain Drain
NW Asian Weekly, News Report, Posted: Nov 01, 2011
Each year, many American employers, including Microsoft’s Bill Gates, lobby Congress to lift the H1B cap, stating that it is too restrictive and companies cannot hire the workers they need.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Politics & Governance
Tags: brain drain, immigration, us
Minnesota's Somali Population Continues to Grow
TC Daily Planet, News Report, Posted: Nov 01, 2011
When University of Minnesota student Faduma Abdulle’s moved to the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood from Somalia in 1993, only three other Somali families lived there.
Categories: African, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration
Tags: only three other Somali families lived there., When University of Minnesota student Faduma Abdulle’s moved to the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood from Somalia in 1993
Alabama Ethnic Media Hold First Convening on Immigration Law HB 56 - Tuesday, Nov. 1st
New America Media, Event, Posted: Nov 01, 2011
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – New America Media, with support from the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice, is hosting the first-ever convening of Alabama’s ethnic media to discuss how to build stronger cross-racial communications in the wake of immigration law HB 56. The meeting, to take place today, Nov. 1 at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, represents the first time the state’s ethnic media have come together across all communities, including news outlets serving Alabama’s Hispanic, African American, Asian American, Arab American, Jewish and Native American residents. Leaders of the state’s ethnic media will strategize with representatives of immigrant rights, civil rights and women’s rights organizations on how to work together to document the effects of the immigration law and to protect the civil rights of all Alabamans.
Categories: Events
Tags: civil rights, immigrant communities, immigration law hb 56, woman's rights
CA Budget Cuts Make Latino Elders Struggle for Care Alternatives
Eastern Group Publications , News Report, Posted: Nov 01, 2011
Gov. Brown’s decision to defund California’s adult care centers means 38,000 frail seniors and others, many Latino, must scramble for new care by Dec. 1.
Categories: Chinese, Economy, Elders, Health, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: adultdayhealthcare, californiabudget, famlycaregiving, governorjerrybrown, latinoelders, seniors
2011 Elections Will Determine Liberia’s Political Maturity
African Arguments Online, Op-ed, Posted: Nov 01, 2011
The presidential runoff on Nov. 8 will determine whether or not Liberia can truly call itself a champion of democracy.
Categories: African, Front Page, International Affairs
Tags: contracosta, EllenJohnsonSirleaf, liberianelection, WinstonTubman