"It's A Wonderful Occupation": Occupy Resolutions for 2012
Silicon Valley De-Bug, Video, Posted: Dec 31, 2011
In San Jose, California, Occupy protesters were asked: What is your resolution for Occupy in 2012?
Categories: Front Page, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Video, Youth Culture
Soda is Like Crack
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Dec 31, 2011
In Richmond, Calif., consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks like soda presents as much of a threat to community health as illegal narcotics.
Categories: African American, Health, Latino, Original NAM Content, Richmond Pulse, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: obesity, richmond, sodatax, sugarsweetenedbeverages
By Nature, Youth Need Second Chances, Not Incarceration
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Dec 31, 2011
Imprisonment as punishment for youth makes zero sense, when considering the way their brains develop.
Categories: Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: juvenilejustice, youthjustice
LIbrary of Congress Honors Filipino National Hero
Asian Journal, News Report, Posted: Dec 30, 2011
The original manuscript of Philippine national hero Dr. Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not) is on display at the Asian Reading Room of the Library of Congress from December 27, 2011 to January 5, 2012.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Filipinos Abroad, Gov'ts, Aid Flood Victims
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Dec 30, 2011
Donations and pledges, including aid from overseas Filipino communities, continue to pour in from all over the world for the victims of the deadly flooding that hit the Philippines' island of Mindanao and claimed more than 1,500 lives.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Coming Out Twice
New America Media / Salon.com, First Person, Posted: Dec 30, 2011
A young Cambodian from Long Beach finds solace in his father, who accepts him as gay.
Categories: Asian, Collaborative Reporting, Gender & Sexuality, Original NAM Content, Profiles, South Asian, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Dying to Live a Lie: How Symbol Replaced Substance in the Black Community
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Dec 30, 2011
Violence caused by the re-release of Air Jordan sneakers shows how far society has fallen under the spell of hollow status symbols.
Categories: African American, Economy, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: airjordan, jordans, jordanshoes, michaeljordan, nike, shoethieves
ICE Launches Hotline for Detained Immigrants
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 29, 2011
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on Thursday that it is setting up a toll-free hotline.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Argentina's New Anti-Terrorism Law Ignites Terror
Clarín, News Report, Posted: Dec 29, 2011
Critics argue that the law, which seeks to punish terrorists with up to 15 years in jail, defines "terrorism" so broadly that it could be used to prosecute anyone the government deems a threat to society.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance, War & Conflict
Tags: antiterroristlawargentina, argentinaterrorismlaw, argentinaterroristlaw
Boxing Shorts Undo Mexican Election Results
Rumbo, News Report, Posted: Dec 29, 2011
A boxer's shorts have led to the cancellation of the results in last month's mayoral election in Morelia.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance, Sports
Tags: boxershorts, boxingshorts, marquez, mexicanelection, moreliaelection, pacquiao
Puerto Rico's Status Goes to a Vote
Univision, News Report, Posted: Dec 29, 2011
Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño signed a referendum Wednesday that will put to voters the question of what the island's status should be.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance
NY: Murder Rate Drops, Domestic Violence Increases
El Diario/La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Dec 29, 2011
New York recorded a drop in murders and an increase in domestic violence and sexual assault cases this year.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Latino
Tags: crimerate2011, domesticviolence2011, newyorkcrimerate, newyorkdomesticviolence, rape, sexualassault
It's Easier to Be Gay Than Undocumented
New America Media / Salon.com, First Person, Posted: Dec 29, 2011
For one young man from the Bay Area, there is less comfort in being undocumented than there is in being gay.
Categories: Collaborative Reporting, Gender & Sexuality, Latino, Original NAM Content, Profiles, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Judge Finds Tucson's Ethnic Studies Program Violates Arizona Law
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Dec 29, 2011
Tucson's Mexican American studies program violates a new state law, according to an administrative judge in Arizona.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: arizonalaw, ethnicstudies, ethnicstudiestucson, latinostudies, mexicanamericanstudies
Iraq: The End of a War, and the Reaffirmation of U.S. Exceptionalism
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 29, 2011
The end of the Iraq War should have been the most significant event of 2011, yet it came and went with little fanfare.
Categories: International Affairs, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: iraqicasualties, iraqwar, u.s.exceptionalism, wariniraq
Chinglish Finds Takers Beyond China
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Dec 28, 2011
An increasing number of new English words and phrases are being coined in China.
Categories: African American, Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media in the News, Ethnicities, Front Page
Davan Maharaj Appointed Editor of LA Times
India-West, News Report, Posted: Dec 28, 2011
Forty-nine-year-old Davan Maharaj has been appointed editor of the Los Angeles Times, the 15th editor in the newspaper's 129-year history.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Media, South Asian
Tags: award-winning, Davan Maharaj, editor, los angeles times, Trinidad native
Latino Attitudes on Deportations, Obama, 2012 Election
Pew Hispanic Center, News Report, Posted: Dec 28, 2011
By a ratio of more than two-to-one (59 percent versus 27 percent), Latinos disapprove of the way the Obama administration is handling deportations of unauthorized immigrants.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: latinosobama, latinovote2012, pewhispanic
Video of Arpaio Sheriffs' Treatment of Dead Inmate
MarioWire, News Report, Posted: Dec 28, 2011
A video released last Friday from the Maricopa County Sheriff's office raises more questions about the Dec. 16 death of a Latino miltary veteran who was being held in custody.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: arpaiodeadinmate, arpaiovideo, atenciao, deadinmatemaricopa
2011: A Tough Year for Latinos
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Dec 28, 2011
The year 2011 was very tough for Latinos, especially for undocumented immigrants, according to an editorial in today's La Opinión.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latino
Racial Identity Is Changing Among Latinos
PhysOrg.com, News Report, Posted: Dec 28, 2011
Some 6 percent of Latinos in the United States do not identify ethnically as Hispanic/Latino, according to a recent USC Dornsife study.
Tags: censuslatinos, Hispanic/Latino, hispanicpopulation, latinopopulation
Vietnamese Actor Don Duong Dies at 55
Iexaminer.org, News Report, Posted: Dec 28, 2011
One of Vietnam’s best-known actors, Don Duong — once labeled a traitor by his country’s armed forces — has died of heart failure and a brain hemorrhage at age 55, relatives said.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: actor, death, dung, mel gibson, movie, soldiers, US, vietnam, vietnamese, war
師生比飆高 老師壓力大
New America Media/ World Journal, News Report, Posted: Dec 28, 2011
由於州府經費不足，佛利蒙聯合學區課堂平均學生人數大幅增加，師生比飆高是最嚴重的影響之一。
Categories: Chinese
Fearing Rejection, Gay Latino Teen Found Acceptance
New America Media / Salon.com, First Person, Posted: Dec 28, 2011
Growing up gay in a Catholic, Latino household in rural California, Andrés just assumed his father would reject him. He was wrong.
Categories: Collaborative Reporting, Gender & Sexuality, Latino, Profiles, Top Stories, Youth Culture
In Az., Push to Revive Mexican Midwifery
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 28, 2011
In Arizona, undocumented mothers are finding solace, and much needed prenatal care, in the growing number of traditional Mexican midwives.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Health, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, healthcare, immigration, mexico, midwife, prenatalcare, sb1070
S. Korea, China Agree to Cooperate on NK stability
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Dec 27, 2011
South Korea and China have agreed to enhance cooperation to ensure peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula following the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Tags: china, kimjongil, kimjongun, korea, northkorea
China Disowns Filipino Communist Party
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Dec 27, 2011
The Communist Party of the Philippines no longer enjoys the support of of the 80-million member Communist Party of China.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Politics & Governance
Tags: banned, Chinese communist party, Communist Party of the Philippines, support, tirade, US
Confirmed: Facebook to be Unblocked in Vietnam in 2012
Talk Onevietnam, News Report, Posted: Dec 27, 2011
Talk.Onevietnam.org confirmed with a first-hand source that Facebook will be unblocked in Vietnam, likely in early 2012.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Science & Technology
Tags: china, Facebook, social media, unblock, Vietnam, vietnamese, Zuckerberg
Coming Out: How I Lost Myself at Church and Found Myself in a Jail Cell
New America Media / Salon.com, First Person, Posted: Dec 27, 2011
For a young Samoan from San Jose, coming to terms with her homosexuality was complicated by culture, family and religion.
Categories: Asian, Collaborative Reporting, Gender & Sexuality, Indigenous, Original NAM Content, Profiles, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: churchoflatterdaysaints, comingout, gay, lesbian, LGBT, mormonchurch, oceania, oneloveoceania
Ron Paul Flunks the R (Racism) Test, For Good Reason
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Dec 27, 2011
Ron Paul has very little political incentive to recant or distance himself from his past use of racially charged language.
Categories: African American, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012presidentialelection, goppresidentialcandidates, newtgingrich, ronpaul
Will Young Voters Steal the Show in 2012? Maybe, If Lawmakers Listen
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Dec 26, 2011
Before the 99 percent captured the world’s attention, another number helped energize an often overlooked part America’s electorate: 58 percent
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: 2012, 99%, democrats, election, obama, republicans, social media, top, vote, youth
Mom Finally Became Ally for Gay Daughter
New America Media / Salon.com, First Person, Posted: Dec 26, 2011
After years of dancing awkwardly around the issue of homosexuality, a mother becomes an ally to her gay daughter.
Categories: African American, Collaborative Reporting, Gender & Sexuality, Original NAM Content, Profiles, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: bisexual, coming out, gay, lesbian, LGBT
Massive Disaster Relief for Victims of Typhoon Sendong Launches
Asianweek, News Report, Posted: Dec 26, 2011
ABS CBN Foundation International launches an international disaster relief effort for the victims of Typhoon Sendong in Mindanao island, the southern region of the Philippines, through Sagip Kapamilya.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines
Democratic Election in China Through One Student's Eyes
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 26, 2011
The experience of free election stirred hope and ultimately disappointed the writer, who is a student at Beijing University.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: campaign, candidates, china, democratic, election, government, independent, social media, student
Calif. Schools Lead the Way Preparing Next Generation of Workers: Latinos
Equal Voice News, News Report, Posted: Dec 26, 2011
In 2011, for the first time, more Latino students than white students applied for admission to California State University’s 23 campuses.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Network, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: csu, hispaniccollegestudents, hispaniceducation, latinocollegestudents, latinoeducation, latinostudents
Recession or Depression -- Are We Really Better Off Than in the 1930s?
The Investigative Reporting Workshop, News Report, Posted: Dec 25, 2011
Equating the hard times of today with the Great Depression of the 1930s is mostly overblown rhetoric. Or is it?
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Top Stories
Tags: greatdepression, greatrecession
Blistering Barnacles: The Lost Adventure of Tintin
Firstpost.com, Commentary, Posted: Dec 25, 2011
Charles de Gaulle famously said, “My only international rival is Tintin.” Now Hergé’s Tintin will have his own rival — Spielberg’s Tintin.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Featured Columnists, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: 3d, belgium, childhood, colonial, entertainment, france, global, herge, india, movie, spielberg, tintin
Top 10 Immigration Stories of 2011
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 24, 2011
A look at New America Media's top immigration stories of the year.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
The Cost Conundrum for East and West
China Daily, News Report, Posted: Dec 24, 2011
U.S. retailers may turn to other sources as Chinese companies start to lose their manufacturing edge.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page
Tags: chinesecompanies, christmasshopping, madeinchina, madeinusa
Scientists Gleaning Longevity’s Secrets From Okinawa to Loma Linda
HealthPolicyForum, News Feature, Posted: Dec 24, 2011
Got longevity? Scientists are studying Okinawa, Sardinia and other “Blue Zones” high in those living to 100 for clues on how healthier living can benefit us all.
Categories: Asian, Elders, Health, Intersections, Top Stories
Tags: bluezones, centennarians, health, longevity, okinawa
Alabama News Network: Alabama’s Second Thoughts
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 23, 2011
Alabama’s stance on its extremist immigration law is shifting from defiance to damage control.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Immigration, Latino
Tags: alabamanewsnetwork
La Red de Noticias de Alabama: Alabama reconsidera
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 23, 2011
La postura de Alabama sobre su ley extremista de inmigración parece estar cambiando.
Categories: NAM en Español
The Dismantling of Joe Arpaio
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 23, 2011
America’s toughest sheriff seemed unstoppable, but what critics call his “reign of terror” may be coming to an end.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: arpaio, arpaiohearings, arpaioinvestigation, arpaioracialprofiling, arpaiosexscandal
“Tax Holiday” News Coverage Misses Democrats’ Social Security Breach
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 23, 2011
As Washington’s Democrats claim victory in extending the payroll tax cut, most media failed to report on a better way to help middle-class Americans.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: payrolltaxcut, socialsecurity, taxcut
Eight Soldiers Charged For the Death of Private Danny Chen
Asianweek, News Report, Posted: Dec 23, 2011
OCA, a national organization dedicated to advancing the political, social, and economic well-being of Asian Pacific Americans (APAs), applauds the United States Army’s swift action in conducting a full investigation in the case surrounding the death of Private Danny Chen.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice, War & Conflict
Tags: abuse, army, chen, death, harassment, military, private, racism, soldiers, suicide
La Opinión: Reform LA's Car Impound Policy
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Dec 23, 2011
Editors of La Opinión call for reforms in the city's car impound policy, which disproportionately impacts undocumented immigrants.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: carimpound, carimpoundpolicy, driverslicenses, undocumenteddrivers
Study: 77 Percent of Latina Retail Workers Earn Less Than $10/hr
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Dec 23, 2011
A new study shows a dramatic gender gap in wages in the retail industry — one in which black and Latina women are hit the hardest.
Categories: African American, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: gendergap, incomegap, latinaworkers, retailactionproject, womenimmigrants
Study Illuminates Dearth Of Lawyers in Immigration Courts
Fronteras, News Report, Posted: Dec 23, 2011
Less than half of all immigrants facing deportation proceedings have legal representation, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
San Diego Latino Voter Registration Lags Far Behind Population
North County Times, News Report, Posted: Dec 23, 2011
Latinos make up one-third of San Diego County's population, but only 17 percent of the county's registered voters.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: latinossandiego, latinovote, latinovoters, latinovotesandiego
Teachers Struggle to Feed Hungry Students in Order to Teach
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 23, 2011
We do what we can because we realize that even with the economic uncertainty we cannot afford to see our students fail.
Categories: Economy, Education, Growing Up Poor in the Bay Area, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture, food
Tags: california, classroom, education, educators, food, hunger, meals, nutrition, poverty, students, teachers
‘Opium Nation’ -- The Women of Afghanistan’s Drug Trade
New America Media, Video, Posted: Dec 23, 2011
Fariba Nawa’s new book, “Opium Nation,” tells the stories of the drug trade of Afghanistan and the women who are caught in the middle.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Multimedia, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video, War & Conflict
Tags: afghanistan, afghanwomen, conflict, FaribaNawa, iraq, opiumnation, war, womenimmigrants
Federal Judge Blocks Key Provisions of South Carolina Immigration Law
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 22, 2011
U.S. District Judge Richard M. Gergel temporarily enjoined three provisions of South Carolina Act 69 and found a fourth provision likely to be overturned in future proceedings.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Suffering in Silence: Arab Americans Struggle to Overcome Mental Health Stigmas
The Arab American News, News Feature, Posted: Dec 22, 2011
Stigma attached to those seeking psychological help is especially significant in the Arab American community.
Categories: Front Page, Health, Middle Eastern
Tags: arabamericans, depression, mentalhealth
Rihanna Slams Dutch Magazine for Using N-Word
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 22, 2011
Pop singer Rihanna has started an international dialogue in social media, asking the question, "Are the Dutch that racist?"
Tags: nword, rihanna, rihannadutch, rihannadutchmagazine, rihannaracist
Ethnic Media Take Sober Look at US Intervention in Iraq
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 22, 2011
In the wake of the end of the Iraq war, U.S. ethnic media are taking a sober look at the last nine years of American military intervention in Iraq, and the meaning of the war in each of their communities.
Categories: Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: asian, blacks, change, end, iran, iraq, latino, media, military, minority, reaction, regime, war, wmd
Forgetting the Iraq War
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 22, 2011
Our troops are barely out of Iraq, and we can’t wait to move on. It’s as if Americans have a collective will to forget.
Categories: Featured Columnists, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: endofthewar, iraqvietnam, iraqwar, wariniraq
加州計畫協助因遭拒保的病人
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 21, 2011
一項新加州計劃將協助因有前病歷而遭保險公司拒保的病人獲得醫療保障。
Categories: Chinese
從三藩市訪谷初中看教學艱辛
New America Media/ Sing Tao Daily, News Report, Posted: Dec 21, 2011
每年都見到因加州政府空前財政赤字導致公共教育經費遭削減，導致校區要發出裁員通知、削減各類服務包括校車服務的事情發生。
Tags: 訪谷初中， 蔡玉鳳， 新僑課程，教師裁員，
Commentary: The Last Soldier to Die in Iraq Was Black
Bet.com, Commentary, Posted: Dec 21, 2011
Last week, after nearly nine years of fighting, America’s most recent war with Iraq ended. The remaining American soldiers left Iraq yesterday, rolling into Kuwait in a huge convoy, hooping and hollering all along the way.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines, Veterans, War & Conflict
Tags: after nearly nine years of fighting, America’s most recent war with Iraq ended. The remaining American soldiers left Iraq yesterday, hooping and hollering all along the way., Last week, rolling into Kuwait in a huge convoy
Alabama Judge Cites Anti-Latino Remarks in Blocking Parts of Immigration Law
Fox News Latino, News Report, Posted: Dec 21, 2011
A federal judge says anti-Latino comments by Alabama legislators led him to put part of the state's immigration law on hold.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Russia's Ban on Bhagavad Gita Incenses Indians
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Dec 21, 2011
The Russian archbishop who tried to malign Lord Krishna and the Indian sacred text, the Bhagavad Gita, should have known that hell hath no fury like 885 million Hindus scorned.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: ban, Bhagavad gita, india, indians, new delhi, orthodox, religion, russia
San Francisco’s Hellman Paved the Way for “Chinese City”
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 21, 2011
Business, civic and cultural leader Warren Hellman is being mourned for his efforts to establish San Francisco as the “Chinese City.”
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Immigration, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Suicide Rate Among National Guard Members Is a Call To Action
TC Daily Planet, News Report, Posted: Dec 20, 2011
As Minnesota’s National Guard members return from their deployment to Kuwait, the state can expect the problems faced by returning veterans to increase to a “tsunami” level.” Uppermost on that list is the potential for suicide.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Health, Veterans, War & Conflict
Older Workers Face Bleak Prospects, Program Cuts
Twin Cities Daily Planet, News Report, Posted: Dec 20, 2011
Contrary to media reports, older workers aren’t burdening the young by not retiring. They’re struggling and are most apt to be out of work for over 99 weeks.
Categories: Elders, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: babyboomers, economy, olderworkers, recession, unemployment
American Immigration Council Sues U.S. Immigration Agencies Over Asylum “Clock”
American Immigration Council, News Report, Posted: Dec 20, 2011
The American Immigration Council’s Legal Action Center filed a lawsuit against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
UN Issues First Report on LGBT Human Rights
UN News Service, News Report, Posted: Dec 20, 2011
The UN released the first ever report on the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality
Tags: gaybashing, hatecrimes, LGBT, LGBTviolence
Stuck in Cruise Control: Anil Kapoor in Mission Impossible
Firstpost.com, Commentary, Posted: Dec 20, 2011
Forget Tom Cruise. Anil Kapoor has single-handedly accomplished Mission Impossible. AFP.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Top Stories
Tags: bollywood, hollywood, impossible, india, kapoor, missile, mission, nail, sexy, tom cruise
After Iraq -- US Abandons Engagement for War on Tyrants
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 20, 2011
The Iraq War may well never be over since its objective of regime change continues to dictate U.S. foreign policy and spawn endless conflicts.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: afghanistan, assassination, bush, drones, engagement, hussein, invasion, iraq, korea, obama, pakistan, roosevelt, truman, war
Top PD Official Faces Cover-Up Accusations
Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: Dec 19, 2011
A senior criminal investigator for the Division of Public Safety has been put on investigatory leave with pay and the head of the division has been accused of being involved in a cover-up.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Indigenous, Law & Justice
Tags: criminal, investigation, navajo, police
캘리포니아 의료 프로그램 기존 병력 보유 환자에게 희소식
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 19, 2011
제 2형 당뇨병을 앓고 있는 개이브 챠베즈는 일년이 넘게 의료 보험이 없이 투병을 하고 있으며, 사는게 한마디로 끔직하다고 한다.
¿Tienes seguro? Programas de California ayudan a algunos negados debido a condiciones preexistentes
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 19, 2011
Un nuevo programa de la reforma de salud está ayudando a algunos pacientes negados debido a condiciones preexistentes antes de que empiezen las protecciones federales en 2014.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: ACA, cuidado de salud, PCIP, reforma de salud
U.S. Somalis Can’t Support Families During Famine, Thanks To Anti-Terror Laws
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Dec 19, 2011
Like a lot of small countries on the wrong side of post-colonialism, Somalia’s GDP is deeply dependent on remittances, money sent back home from abroad by migrants who leave the country to find work.
Categories: African, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, International Affairs, War & Conflict
Tags: Like a lot of small countries on the wrong side of post-colonialism, money sent back home from abroad by migrants who leave the country to find work., Somalia’s GDP is deeply dependent on remittances
Philippine Flood Disaster was Foretold
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Dec 19, 2011
Environmentalists predicted flooding in the Philippines three years ago, but the warning was ignored.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page
Tags: flooding, philippinesflood
S. Korea Debates Sending Condolences to N. Korea
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Dec 19, 2011
The [South Korean] government weighed Monday whether to send condolences to North Korea over the death of its leader, Kim Jong-il.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Tags: kimjongil, kimjongun, korea, northkorea, pyongyang, seoul
Mental Health Taboos Fuel Korean Am. Suicides
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Dec 19, 2011
Taboos against openly discussing issues of mental health and a cultural fixation with success could be behind the high rate of suicides in the Korean American community.
Categories: Asian, Health, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Jean Yoo, Korean American, mental health, spike, suicides, taboo
Stockton Schools Reel from Foreclosures
New America Media/ Latino Times, News Report, Posted: Dec 19, 2011
Foreclosure crisis in Stockton, CA. is driving student enrollment down.
Categories: Collaborative Reporting, Education, Foreclosures, Top Stories
Tags: foreclosure, Stockton, studnet enrollment
Fears of Instability After N. Korean Leader's Death
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 18, 2011
North Korea’s reclusive leader Kim Jong-il has died, leaving the peninsula and the East Asia region on bated breath.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: china, kimjongil, kimjongun, korea, northkorea
Local Official Blames Illegal Logging for Floods in Southern Philippines
GMA News, News Report, Posted: Dec 18, 2011
Cagayan de Oro City's mayor blames illegal logging in the Southern Philippine mountains for causing the fatal flash floods in the region in the wake of Typhoon Sendong.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Front Page, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: Filipino flood victims, illegal logging, Philippine floods, Philippines, Southern Philippines, Typhoon Sendong, Typhoon Washi
La Opinión: Iraq War Was Built on 'Arrogance' and 'Lies'
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Dec 18, 2011
The Iraq war will be remembered as "an incomprehensible war whose repercussions will continue for a long time," according an editorial in La Opinión.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Latino, War & Conflict
Tags: end to war, endofthewar, iraqwar, iraqwarlatinos, wariniraq
Philippine Floods: Deadly Mix for Disaster
INQUIRER.net, News Report, Posted: Dec 18, 2011
The absence of a flood warning, high tide, darkness and a false sense of security proved disastrous for people of northern Mindanao when Tropical Storm “Sendong” came over the weekend.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: darkness and a false sense of security proved disastrous for people of northern Mindanao when Tropical Storm “Sendong” came over the weekend., high tide, The absence of a flood warning
Teachers Do More with Less But Learning Losses Inevitable
New America Media/ Sing Tao Daily, News Report, Posted: Dec 18, 2011
Teachers and administrators are doing more with less under the budget cuts.
Categories: Top Stories
Tags: pink slips, rainy day fund, teacher layoffs, Visitacion Valley Middle
Calif. Schools Get Failing Grade for Science, Study Finds
The Salinas Californian, News Report, Posted: Dec 18, 2011
As jobs in science and technology are expected to boom, the statewide survey found that two-thirds of teachers say they feel "unprepared" to teach science.
Categories: Education, Top Stories
Tags: California, education, jobs, no child left behind, Salinas, science, STEM, technology
Detenciones en Fort Payne, Ala. Continúan
Periódico Latino, News Report, Posted: Dec 17, 2011
Las detenciones de inmigrantes continúan a pesar de lo anunciado por diferentes medios.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, NAM en Español
DOJ Investigation Findings Renew Calls for Arpaio’s Resignation
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 17, 2011
Following findings by the U.S. Justice Department that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's agency engaged in racial profiling and abuse of Latinos, there are renewed calls for his resignation.
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, Latino, News
Tags: abuse, anti-immigrant, Arpaio, Latinos, racial profiling, SB 1070, Secure Communities
As Class Size Grows, More Chaotic Classrooms
New America Media/ World Journal, News Report, Posted: Dec 17, 2011
Under the budget cut, larger class sizes turn into chaotic classrooms.
Categories: Collaborative Reporting, Education, Top Stories
Tags: Ardenwood Elementary, class sizes, Fremont, librarian, teacher layoffs
The Scars Inside: An Iraqi Refugee Opens Up about PTSD
KALW Crosscurrents, Audio, Posted: Dec 17, 2011
About a third of the more than 1300 Middle Eastern refugees resettled in one Bay Area county are from Iraq, and many have suffered through violence related to the war.
Categories: Audio, Middle Eastern, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Iraq War, mental health, Middle Eastern, PTSD, refugees, trauma, violence
Turbaned U.S. Army Doctor Awarded Bronze Star
India-West, News Report, Posted: Dec 16, 2011
Dr. Kamaljit Singh Kalsi, currently serving in the U.S. Army, received a Bronze Star for his meritorious service as an emergency medicine physician while deployed in Afghanistan.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, South Asian
Tags: deployed in Afghanistan, er, Kamaljit Singh Kalsi Bronze Star
"Combo Classes" -- The Biggest Price Students Pay
New America Media/ La Oferta, News Report, Posted: Dec 16, 2011
"Combo classes" in San Jose are facing challenges under the budget cut.
Categories: Collaborative Reporting, Education, Top Stories
Tags: class sizes, combo classes, Gardner Academy, San Jose Unitied School District
Hispanic Bishops Give Hope to Millions of Immigrants in U.S.
Univision, News Report, Posted: Dec 15, 2011
Latino Catholic bishops wrote a public letter Monday telling undocumented immigrants they are not alone.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Religion
위기에 처한 캘리포니아 공립학교---30개 지역 교육구 설문조사 결과
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 15, 2011
지속되는 캘리포니아의 예산 위기와 불경기는 공립학교의 학생들이 유익한 학교 생활을 하기 힘든 처지로 몰아 넣고 있다.
Cuts Threaten Gains in Attendance and Achievement
New America Media/ El Mensajero, News Report, Posted: Dec 15, 2011
At James Lick Middle School in San Francisco, the loss of two bilingual counselors threatens gains in student attendance and achievement.
Categories: Collaborative Reporting, Education, Ethnic Media Network, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Bita Nazarian, budget cut, James Lick, Latino counselors, QEIA, San Francisco Unified School District, SFUSD
DOJ Report Slams Sherriff Joe Arpaio, DHS Restricts 287(g) and Secure Communities Programs
American Immigration Council, News Report, Posted: Dec 15, 2011
DHS is suspending its 287(g) cooperation agreement with the Maricopa County Sherriff’s Office, and limiting the office's access to immigration databases through Secure Communities.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Four Reasons Why Time Magazine Dissed Anna Hazare
Firstpost.com, Commentary, Posted: Dec 15, 2011
Just because India's Anna Hazare, the man who's been leading the country's anti-corruption movement, isn't young, hip and doesn't text, doesn't mean Time magazine should give him and his supporters barely a nod in their cover story on protestor of the year.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, Media, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Anna Hazare, dissed, ousting dictators, protests, social networking, Time magazine
Troops Are Home from Iraq, but the War Is Far from Over
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Dec 15, 2011
All indications suggest that the U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq does not mean an end to the drawn-out war that actually began in 1979.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, War & Conflict
Tags: end to war, internal conflicts, Iraq, Soviets, taxpayer dollars, US troop withdrawal
SF's Minimum Wage Tops in Nation, Concerns Chinese Biz
Sing Tao Daily, News Report, Posted: Dec 15, 2011
Chinese businesses say San Francisco’s minimum wage increasewill cause economic hardships for small businesses.
Categories: Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: Chinese businesses, immigrants, increase, living wage, minimum wage, poverty, San Francisco, workers
Chinese Paper: Occupy Losing Steam
Sing Tao Daily, News Report, Posted: Dec 15, 2011
"Sing Tao Daily's" Editor in Chief Joseph Leung wrote an editorial that the Occupy movement was going "downhill.”
Categories: Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: Chinese media, immigrants, occupy movement, port protests
La Red de Noticias de Alabama: Occupy Birmingham, Marcha en Montgomery
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 15, 2011
El funcionario legal más alto en el estado con influencia a la legislación inmigración más dura en el país, ha sugerido eliminar partes de la ley después de la impugnación por parte del gobierno federal y las fuertes protestas por los grupos empresariales y de derechos.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: reddenoticiasdealabama
Alabama News Network: Occupy Birmingham, Rally in Montgomery
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 15, 2011
Last week, members of the Occupy Birmingham movement marched with other Alabama civic and religious organizations.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Immigration
Tags: alabamanewsnetwork
Occupy Immigration: OWS Rally Aims to Recruit Immigrants
Fox News Latino, News Report, Posted: Dec 15, 2011
Occupy Wall Street’s latest effort to attract immigrants is a march for immigrant workers planned this weekend in New York City.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Occupy Protests
Tags: occupyimmigration
The Black Vote is Still the President's Trump Card
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 15, 2011
That black voters will again give President Obama a sky-high percentage of their vote in 2012 was never in doubt. What is in doubt is how many will make up that percentage.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Politics & Governance
Tags: bad economy, black voters, blame, GOP states, numbers, Obama
Ethnic Media: Where Do Immigrants Stand on Occupy?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 15, 2011
Why aren't more immigrants involved in the Occupy movement? Ethnic media say some support the message, but not the methods.
Categories: Immigration, Occupy Protests, Top Stories
Tags: ethnic media, immigrants, occupy, port protests, poverty, small businesses, wealth gap
SF Supervisors Vote to Limit Local Funds for ICE 'Holds'
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 14, 2011
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to limit the use of local funds to respond to immigration “holds” or “detainer” requests.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Korean Embassy in Beijing Shot At
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: Dec 14, 2011
A projectile was shot at the Korean Embassy in Beijing as tensions rise over the killing of a Korean Coast Guard officer by an illegal Chinese fisherman.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Tags: asia, beijing, china, coastguard, korea, koreanembassy, maritime
California Ballot Initiative Takes on Immigration
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Dec 14, 2011
An editorial in La Opinión calls the California Opportunity and Prosperity Act "a necessary initiative" for immigrants in the state.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: ca2012election, caimmigration, COPA
財政緊缺的加州學校：對加州30大校區的訪問調查
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 14, 2011
連年的預算危機和經濟不景氣使加州公立學校面對多重壓力，並危及學生的教育和學術表現。
Categories: Chinese
Tags: EdSource, 加州公立學校面對多重壓力, 壓力指數, 預算危機
加州中小學面臨巨大預算刪減
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 14, 2011
自經濟衰退以來，加州政府對K-12中小學刪減超過七十億元撥款。如今，每名學生的平均撥款較2007-2008年度同期少6%。
Categories: Chinese
Tags: K-12中小學刪減, 教育撥款， 98號提案
K-12 공립 학교 엄청난 교육예산 삭감 우려
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 14, 2011
불경기 여파로 캘리포니아 K-12 공립학교에 대한 주 지원금 70억 달러가 삭감되었다. 주정부는 2007-2008년 수준에도 못미치는 학생 당 $1,000 달러 꼴로 교육 예산금이 지불된다.
Los increíbles dólares disminuidos del estado para escuelas K-12
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 14, 2011
El financiamento de las escuelas publicas ha caido al nivel de 1990, resultando en una reducción de gastos de 6 por ciento por estudiante.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: escuelas de California, escuelas publicas, presupuesto de educacion, recortes presupuestarios
Escuelas estresadas de California --- Encuesta de los 30 distritos más grandes
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 14, 2011
Los efectos de la crisis presupuestaria de California están obligando a las escuelas públicas a hacer frente a las múltiples presiones que podrían poner en peligro que tan bien desempeñan los estudiantes en la escuela.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: budget, EdSource, escuelas de California, factores de estres
California’s Stressed Out Schools -- Survey of 30 Largest Districts
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 14, 2011
The cascading effects of California’s deepening budget crisis and sickly economy are forcing public schools to cope with multiple stresses that could threaten how well students do in school.
Categories: Economy, Education, Top Stories
Tags: budget cuts, class size, furloughs, short school year, shrinking workforce, teachers
The Incredible Shrinking State Dollars for K-12 Schools
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 14, 2011
State funding for California's K-12 public schools has fallen to the 1990 level, resulting in a 6 percent spending reduction per student.
Categories: Education, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
An Epidemic of Expulsions
iWatch News, News Feature, Posted: Dec 13, 2011
Kern County is at the leading edge of a contentious debate over where to draw the line in exacting school discipline, after the Central Valley's school districts are suspending and expelling students for a broad range of indiscretions. This piece first ran on iWatch News, a project of The Center for Public Integrity.
Categories: African American, Education, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: bullied, discipline, expulsions, parents, safety, school, teachers
Occupy’s Other Target - Winning Back Homes One at a Time
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Dec 13, 2011
Energized by the Occupy movement, foreclosed homeowners in a historically-black San Francisco neighborhood fight back.
Categories: African American, Foreclosures, Occupy Protests, Top Stories
Tags: African American, Bank of America, Bayview, foreclosures, occupy protests, reoccupying homes
After Multiple Suspensions, Fresno Student Hit Rock Bottom
New America Media, Video, Posted: Dec 13, 2011
A Fresno student shoulders the blame for her suspensions, but believes the schools could have done more to support her.
Categories: Collaborative Reporting, Education, Original NAM Content, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: expulsions, fresno, fresnounifiedschooldistrict, schooldiscipline, suspensions, zerotolerance
Street Singer is A Warm Light in The Shadow Economy
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Dec 13, 2011
The money she pulls in varies from day to day, but the 24-year-old street musician derives her joy from being able to connect with the community.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: improvised, locals, street musician, underground economy, violin, young
NYC Public Schools Compete to Become Greenest
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 13, 2011
With public schools accounting for a quarter of New York City's energy use, city officials are tapping students to help it save energy.
Categories: Environment, Top Stories
Tags: carbon footprint, energy efficiency, green, Green Labs, New York City public schools, savings
National Home Improvement Chain Discontinues Advertising on Muslim-American Reality Show
The Arab American News, News Report, Posted: Dec 12, 2011
The retail chain, Lowe's, has discontinued advertising on the TLC reality show, following compaints from the Florida Family Association which called the series propaganda that hides the Islamic agenda.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: advertising, discontinue, Islamic agenda, TLC reality show
Cambodia Imposes Age & Income Limits on Foreign Marriage, Vietnam Next?
Talk Onevietnam, News Report, Posted: Dec 12, 2011
The Cambodian government has decided to enact a new policy banning foreign men from marrying Cambodian women unless the men are 50 years in age or younger and have a monthly income of at least $2550.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Law & Justice
Tags: cambodia, children, sex, slaves, trafficking, vietnam, women
H'Wood to Make 'Bling Ring' Film
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: Dec 12, 2011
A gang of Hollywood thieves headed by a 21-year-old Korean American could be made into the subject of their own film.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: blingring, burglary, crime, entertainment, hollywood, korea, movies
Korean Workers Protest US Army's Layoff Plan
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Dec 12, 2011
Hundreds of Korean workers employed on U.S. Army bases in South Korea rallied on Monday against a plan to lay them off as part of cost saving efforts.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, War & Conflict
Got Insurance? Calif. Program Helps Some Denied Due to Pre-existing Conditions
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 12, 2011
A new health reform program in California is aiding some patients once denied insurance due to prior health conditions before federal protections kick in in 2014.
Categories: Health, Intersections, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: AffordableCareAct, healthcarereform preexisting conditions, low enrollment
Nevada County to Include Tagalog Ballots
Asian Journal, News Report, Posted: Dec 12, 2011
Nevada's Clark County Election Department will include a Tagalog option in the 2012 election ballots.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: 2010 Census, Ballots, Election 2012, Filipino, Tagalog
Children’s “Wish for the Holidays” - Keep Our Families Together
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 12, 2011
Over 5,000 children nationwide sent letters to Congress last week calling for more humane deportations than current policies harming children and their families.
Categories: Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: alfranken, congress, deportation, herbertkohl, immigration, youthculture
Latino LGBT Youth Coming Out At Their Own Pace
South Kern Sol , News Feature, Posted: Dec 11, 2011
Latino LGBT youth speak of rejection by their family and classmates, but an expert advises they be patient and build a circle of those they can trust over time.
Categories: Education, Latino, Profiles, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: bullying, coming out, gay, latinos, lesbian, lgbt, youthculture
More Asian Pacific Americans Hold Public Office
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: Dec 10, 2011
More Asian Pacific Americans hold public office in the United States than at any other time in U.S. history.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: american, asian, california, demographic, election, politicians, politics
Philadelphia Story: Voices of Asian American Bullying Victims
Hyphen Magazine, News Report, Posted: Dec 10, 2011
Asian American teens bear the brunt of bullies, but a group of Philadelphia teens shows it can be stopped.
Categories: Asian, Top Stories
Tags: abuse, asian, bullying, ethnic, philadelphia, racism, victims, vietnamese
UC Davis Students Recall 'Terror' of Being Pepper Sprayed
New America Media, Video, Posted: Dec 10, 2011
Student protestors at UC Davis describe their experience being pepper sprayed by campus police at a recent rally calling for the resignation of the school's chancellor.
Categories: Education, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: 1stamendement, education, lindakatehi, occupy, pepperspray, protest, ucdavis, universityofcalifornia
Young and Old Protest in DC for Jobs, Unemployment Benefits
Investigative Reporting Workshop , News Report, Posted: Dec 10, 2011
Young and old protested Thursday on the Mall in Washington calling on Congress to extend the payroll tax holiday and unemployment benefits.
Categories: Economy, Education, Elders, Intersections, Occupy Protests, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: congress, education, elders, jobs, occupyprotests, payrolltax, unemployment, whitehouse, youth
Sikhs Shocked by Unprovoked Fresno Attack
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 09, 2011
A bloody attack on a 56-year-old Sikh preacher in the city of Fresno last week has rattled the local Sikh community.
Categories: Front Page, Original NAM Content, Religion, South Asian
Tags: california, fresno, hatecrime, racism, sikh
Filipino Drug Trafficker Executed in China
INQUIRER.net, News Report, Posted: Dec 09, 2011
The Filipino man convicted of drug-trafficking and was executed Thursday in China, is among the estimated thousands of people executed in China every year.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, International Affairs, Intersections, Law & Justice
Tags: China, Chinese executions, Filipino drug trafficker, Filipino executed in China, Philippines, Pre. Aquino III, President Hu JIntao
Number of Immigrant Women Entrepreneurs Nearly Doubles
Immigration Policy Center, News Report, Posted: Dec 09, 2011
The number of immigrant women entrenpreneurs has nearly doubled in the last 10 years.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino
As Denver Reviews Deportations, Families Left in Limbo
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 09, 2011
A new pilot program in Denver aimed at screening out "low-priority" deportation cases leaves a number of undocumented immigrants in legal limbo.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: denver, deportation, elections, hispanic, ice, immigration, latino, obama, scomm
Plan B Pill Restrictions Dangerous for Young Latinas
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 09, 2011
The FDA's decision to maintain restrictions on access to over-the-counter contraception reinforces a harmful climate that leaves Latina youth without options.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Health, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: contraception, FDA, latino, morningafter, planb
Nepal Climate Loans Violate 'Polluter Should Pay' Principle
Inter Press Service, News Report, Posted: Dec 09, 2011
The Nepalese government agreed to a $110 million loan on climate change, but ecologists object that the loan is unnecessary and too costly.
Categories: Asian, Environment, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: climatechange, climatetalks, durban, environment, nepal, pollution, southafrica, worldbank
Geography of the San Francisco Bay Area’s Dope Game
Richmond Pulse, News Report, Posted: Dec 09, 2011
San Francisco Bay Area youth and police map out the region’s drug preferences – and link the results to health risks and violence.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Richmond Pulse, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: bayarea, crime, drugabuse, richmondcalifornia, sanfrancisco, violence, youth
What Arpaio Didn’t Do This Time: Over 400 Sex Crimes Ignored
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Dec 08, 2011
Arizona’s notorious Sheriff Joe Arpaio has another scandal to add to his reputation—but this time it’s what the self-proclaimed “toughest Sheriff in America” didn’t do, particularly for the children of undocumented families that he so often maligns.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Law & Justice
Tags: allegations, arizona, arpaio, immigration, sexual abuse
Sex Abuse in Immigrant Detention at Center of Political Storm
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Dec 08, 2011
According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), since 2007 in California alone, there have been at least 17 complaints of sexual abuse in prisons.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino
Tags: PREA, rapeinprison, sexualabuse
After Recall, Arizona Considers Humane Treatment of Immigrants
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 08, 2011
Leaders of November’s recall of Arizona Senator Russel Pearce, who authored the state’s harsh anti-immigrant law, are urging passage of the humane Mesa Compact.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: alabama, arizona, immigration, mesa, russelpearce, sb1070, utahcompact
Occupy Oakland Takes on Foreclosure Crisis
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 08, 2011
Oakland protesters joined national Occupy Our Homes day by taking over foreclosed homes and calling for banks and mortgage lenders to start playing fair.
Categories: African American, Economy, Elders, Intersections, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: affordablehousing, africanamericans, fanniemae, foreclosures, occupyoakland, subprimemortgages
Alabama Law Is Sinking State Further into Poverty
Latino News, Op-ed, Posted: Dec 08, 2011
Alabama already ranks among the poorest states in the nation. Now its new immigration law could be sinking it further into poverty.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Economy, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: alabama, alabamaeconomy, alabamaimmigrationlaw, alabamanewsnetwork, hb56
U.S. Government Salutes World War II Vets on Pearl Harbor Day
Rafu Shimpo, News Report, Posted: Dec 07, 2011
On the 70th anniversary of the United States’ entry into World War II, the men and women of the Department of Veterans Affairs salute the members of “America’s greatest generation” for their sacrifice, love of country and concern for their fellow Veterans.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: love of country and concern for their fellow Veterans., On the 70th anniversary of the United States’ entry into World War II, the men and women of the Department of Veterans Affairs salute the members of “America’s greatest generation” for their sacrifice
Pilar Marrero Honored in L.A.'s First 'Latinas in Media Day'
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 07, 2011
Pilar Marrero of La Opinión is one of three leading Latina journalists to be honored Dec. 9 in the city's first annual "Latinas in Media Day."
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Media
Tags: latinasinmedia, pilarmarrero
Study: Korean American Caregivers Face Barriers to Help
Baltimore Sun, News Report, Posted: Dec 07, 2011
Korean family caregivers in Maryland and Virginia lack knowledge about programs that could help them, a problem affecting access to care for many immigrants.
Categories: Elders
Tags: accesstocare, caregivers, elders, englishproficiency, immigrants, koreanamerican
A Day of Infamy Incites Lifetime of Activism
Nichi Bei, News Feature, Posted: Dec 07, 2011
On the anniversary of the attacks on Pearl Harbor, two iconic Japanese Americans recall the event that changed the fate of their community.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, War & Conflict
Tags: activism, anniversary, hawaii, internment, japan, japanese, manzanar, pearlharbor, race
Ley de Alabama está hundiendo la economía del estado
Latino News, Op-ed, Posted: Dec 07, 2011
La ley de inmigración HB 56 está hundiendo cada vez más la economía del estado de Alabama.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: economiadealabama, leyalabama, leydeinmigraciondealabama
When Schools Tolerate Violence, For Money
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 07, 2011
Disciplinary action against unruly or violent students often gets trumped by concerns about school funding, creating a dangerous environment for both students and teachers.
Categories: Education, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: education, expulsion, sanfrancisco, schools, suspension, teachers, zerotolerance
UC Davis Pepper Spraying Should Bring “Zero Tolerance” for Brutal Policing
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 07, 2011
After UC Davis police pepper sprayed peaceful Occupiers, the university hired a company to investigate—associated with brutal policing from L.A. to Baghdad.
Categories: Law & Justice, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: altegrity, Occupy UC Davis, pepperspray, williambratton, zerotolderance
Thousands of Unemployed Workers Expected to Protest in D.C.
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Dec 06, 2011
Thousands of unemployed workers and activists from around the country will begin to “Take Back the Capitol.” The protesters will spend today setting up an encampment on Capital Hill and K Street in Washington, DC.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Occupy Protests, Politics & Governance
Tags: 99%, d.c., economy, occupy, poor, protest, rich, unemployment
A Wish for the Holidays -- NAM Teleconference Wed. Dec. 7, 9:30 am PST
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 06, 2011
New America Media and the We Belong Together campaign are hosting a teleconference on Dec. 7 on a campaign to keep families together.
Categories: Events
Tags: awishfortheholidays, keepfamiliestogether, webelongtogether
Korean Immigrant Restaurant Workers Recover Over $30,000 in Unpaid Wages
AALDEF, News Report, Posted: Dec 06, 2011
In New Jersey, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund’s New Jersey-Asian American Legal Project recovered over $30,000 in unpaid wages for Korean workers from the Pokoo Sushi & Sashimi Restaurant.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines
SC Edison, Tribes Fight Over Revenues from Shuttered Coal Power Plant
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 06, 2011
Navajo and Hopi leaders petitioned California regulators to distribute proceeds from the ongoing sale of pollution credits to fund tribal-owned renewable energy projects.
Categories: Environment, Indigenous, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: carboncredits, coal, energy, environment, hopi, indiancountry, navajo, reservation, southerncaliforniaedison, triballand
Vietnam: Authorities Launch Violent Attack on Catholic Crowd
Vietcatholic, News Report, Posted: Dec 06, 2011
Hundreds of priests and parishioners were attacked by a large contingient of police and militiamen this morning (Friday) in the capital of Hanoi after they submitted a petition appealing for the authorities not to build a sewage treatment plant on church land.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance, Religion
Tags: catholic, church, communists, confiscation, hanoi, land, vietnam
With Cain Out, Turn the Glare on Gingrich’s Racial Skeletons
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 06, 2011
The rise of Newt Gingrich as the GOP front-runner should alert the nation to his history of thinly veiled race bigotry.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: birthers, gopcandidates, hermancain, mittromney, newtgingrich, obama, racebaiting, racialbigotry
Occupy Birmingham: Immigrant Rights Are Crucial for the 99 Percent
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Dec 05, 2011
Occupy Birmingham says it has a long list of objections to the law, H.B. 56, but it names the jailing of people for profit as one of the factors that ties the Occupy movement with immigrant rights.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Occupy Protests, Politics & Governance
Tags: birmingham, immigrants, occupy, protest
Toys for Tots Defies Recession in Navajo Nation
Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: Dec 05, 2011
With the country still in the grip of economic recession, Michael Lee feared it would be an even grimmer-than-usual Christmas for many Native American children in Arizona.
Categories: Economy, Indigenous, Occupy Protests, Religion
Tags: christmas, economy, high tech, Navajo, recession, toys
Older Chinese Riled by Proposed SF Bag Fee
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 05, 2011
A proposal to extend a ban on single use plastic bags to all businesses in San Francisco has some in the Chinese community worried.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Elders, Environment, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: chinatown, chinese, davidlee, economy, environment, mirkarimi, plasticbags, sanfrancisco
Has Western Media Overhyped Divide Between Egyptian Copts, Muslims?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Dec 05, 2011
Some Egyptians say Western media reports have focused too much on the divisions between Coptic Christians and Muslims in their country.
Categories: African, Eye on Egypt , Front Page, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content
Tags: arabspring, copticchristians, egypt, egyptianelections, islamicbrotherhood, masperomassacre, mubarak
Eva Longoria Takes on Newt Gingrich Over 'Poor Children' Remarks
The Hill, News Report, Posted: Dec 04, 2011
Actress Eva Longoria, a prominent Obama supporter, blasted Newt Gingrich for his comments on the work habits of poor children.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Study: Elder Abuse a Serious Problem for Chinese Seniors
Sing Tao Daily , News Report, Posted: Dec 04, 2011
The growing problem of elder abuse has special dimensions for Chinese elders, researchers in Chicago found in a five-year study.
Categories: Chinese, Elders, Fellowships, Front Page, Health, Original NAM Content
Tags: chineseamericanservicealliance, elderabuse, gerontologicalsocietyofamerica, journalofagingandhealth
Koreatown Schools at Forefront of Education Reform
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Dec 04, 2011
Pilot schools in L.A.’s Koreatown are at the forefront of the education reform movement, and Korean Americans are at the helm.
Categories: Asian, Education, Fellowships, Top Stories
Tags: educationreform, koreanamerican, koreatown, losangeles, pilotschools, rfkcommunityschools
Getting High at School: It’s On You, Mom and Dad
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 03, 2011
Smoking weed before class has become the norm for many high school students, and the blame starts at home.
Categories: Education, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: drugsatschool, highatschool, highschooldruguse, highschoolteachers, marijuana, pot, teenagedruguse, weed
US Vows to Speed Up Visa Process
China Daily, News Report, Posted: Dec 03, 2011
Chinese citizens applying for US visas will face shorter wait times in the future as the US embassy vowed to speed up the visa application process.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Front Page, Immigration, International Affairs
Shopping Big Draw for Chinese Tourists
China Daily, News Report, Posted: Dec 02, 2011
Shopping is a major draw for Chinese tourists to the U.S., with the average visitor spending around $1000, more than double that of their American and Japanese counterparts.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: blackfriday, china, shopping, tourism
Three Fil-Ams Honored in Philippine Heroes Memorial
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Dec 02, 2011
Two Filipino Americans murdered in Seattle in 1981 by operatives of the Marcos dictatorship are among the first three Filipino Americans to be included in the Philippines’ roll of heroes of democracy.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: and Arturo Taca, Bantayog ng Mga Bayani (Wall of Remembrance), ferdinand marcos, Silme Domingo, Viernes Viernes
Report Debunks Myth that High-Skilled Immigrants Steal American Jobs
Immigration Impact, News Report, Posted: Dec 02, 2011
U.S.-born STEM graduates are more likely to go into other career paths where their skills are in high demand.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Science & Technology
Burmese Refugees in Oakland Living in Extreme Poverty
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 02, 2011
A report released by researchers at San Francisco State University shows a majority of Oakland's Burmese refugee community is living in extreme poverty.
Categories: Asian, Health, Immigration, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: aungsansukyi, burma, clinton, democracy, myanmar, poverty, refugees
Food Aid Can Change North Korea
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 02, 2011
A humanitarian aid worker who spent five years in North Korea says food aid can bring positive change to the country.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: eastasia, famine, foodaid, hunger, korea, northkorea, unitednations, worldfoodprogram
School Zero Tolerance Kills Dreams, Hurts the Economy
Equal Voice, News Report, Posted: Dec 02, 2011
Each year, more than a million students leave high school without graduating, curtailing job opportunities and damaging the overall economy.
Categories: African American, Economy, Education, Front Page, Multi-ethnic
Tags: economy, education, expulsion, graduation, highschool, jobs, schools, suspension, unemployment
HIV Positive Women in Oakland Demand, “Count Us In”
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 01, 2011
On World AIDS Day in Oakland, women of color rallied to emphasize the need for equity in treatment and prevention services.
Categories: Health, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: AIDS, HIV, positivewomensnetwork, womenorganizedtorespondtolifethreateningdiseases, worldaidsday
Honor Student Awaits Deportation Review After Traffic Stop
chicoSol, News Report, Posted: Dec 01, 2011
Victor Escobar's deportation case will be reviewed under the new policy of prosecutorial discretion.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latino
Baltimore Police Put Down Student Homelessness Demonstration
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Dec 01, 2011
According to reports released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 643,046 Americans live on the street every night.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice
Tags: baltimore, homeless, police, protest, street, students
Running as a DREAM Act Republican
Fox News Latino, News Report, Posted: Dec 01, 2011
Joseph “Tony” Carlos has no interest in a political career. He just wants to change the attitude of the GOP's attitude about immigration.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: hispanicrepublicans, latinorepublicans, latinovote2012
Right to Work Campaign for AIDS Patients in China
China Daily, News Report, Posted: Dec 01, 2011
A social justice group in China has launched a campiagn seeking to promote employment rights for the country's HIV/AIDS patients.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Health, International Affairs
Tags: aids, china, employment, hiv, humanrights, jobs, socialjustice
Latino Birth Rate Drops During Recession
NewsTaco, News Report, Posted: Dec 01, 2011
Since 2007, the number of Latino babies born in the U.S. has dropped by 11% — or below 1 million in 2010.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: hispanicbirthrate, hispanicrecession, latinobirthrate, latinorecession
Majority of People Living With HIV in U.S. Aren’t in Successful Treatment
Color Lines, News Report, Posted: Dec 01, 2011
Roughly half of those living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S. are black, as are roughly half of those who are newly infected each year.
Categories: African American, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: africanamerican, aids, hiv, minorities, treatment, worldaidsday
Pew Report: Two-Thirds of Undocumented Have Lived Here for Over 10 Years
Pew Hispanic Center, News Report, Posted: Dec 01, 2011
Nearly two-thirds of unauthorized immigrants in the United States have lived here for at least 10 years and nearly half are parents of minor children.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Second Businessman Charged Under Alabama Immigration Law
ColorLines, News Report, Posted: Dec 01, 2011
A Japanese Honda employee was ticketed under the state’s immigration law, a week after the arrest of a German Mercedes-Benz executive.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: alabamaimmigrationlaw, alabamalaw, hb56, honda, mercedes
Washington D.C. Job Hopes Rest on Tech and Real Estate
Washington Informer, News Report, Posted: Dec 01, 2011
"Real estate and technology are crucial to the District's economic well-being as they drive growth and productivity in the city," asserts A. Scott Bolden.
Categories: African American, Economy, Intersections, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: economic, growth, jobs, real estate, tech, washington d.c.
Controversy Over Appointment of U.S. Embassador to El Salvador
El Diario La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Dec 01, 2011
The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to ratify the nomination of Mari Carmen Aponte for the position of Ambassador of El Salvador, but only by a little.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance
Study: Recession Hits Low-Income, Older, Ethnic Women Workers Hardest
Redwood Age, News Report, Posted: Dec 01, 2011
Older low-income workers—especially blacks, Latinos and women—have four-times the unemployment rate of affluent seniors, says new research.
Categories: African American, Economy, Elders, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: economy, elders, employment, jobs, labormarket, recession
'Naptime Activism': Mommy Blogger Tackles Immigration Debate
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 01, 2011
Mother and activist Elisa Batista found time during her children's naps to take on one of the nation's thorniest issues: immigration.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: activism, dailykos, DREAMAct, facebook, hispanic, immigration, mothers, parenthood, socialmedia, timdonnelly, twitter