Latino Group Sues, Saying GOP Primary Schedule Hurts Hispanic Republicans
Tampa Bay Times, News Report, Posted: Jan 31, 2012
A local Latino group Monday sued Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus, contending that the GOP's primary schedule unconstitutionally dilutes the electoral clout of Hispanic Republican voters.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: hispanicgop, hispanicrepublicans, hispanicvote2012, latinogop, latinorepublicans, latinovote2012
Is Bachelor Pres. Aquino III Dating Korean TV Host—With Dragon Year’s Luck in Love?
ABS-CBNnews.com, News Report, Posted: Jan 31, 2012
Did President Benigno Aquino III go on a date with popular Korean TV personality Grace Lee last week?
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: bachelorpresident, BenignoAquinoIII, koreantv, koreasgracelee, presidentialdating, yearofdragon
DREAMers Declare Undocumented Youth Mental Health Day
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jan 31, 2012
Immigrant youth around the country are holding vigils as part of “Undocumented Youth Mental Health Day” in response to the imminent deportation of Yanelli Hernandez, a young undocumented immigrant who has attempted suicide while in detention.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: a young undocumented immigrant who has attempted suicide while in detention. Hernandez is slated for deportation to Mexico today., Immigrant youth around the country are holding vigils as part of “Undocumented Youth Mental Health Day” in response to the imminent deportation of Yanelli Hernandez
Indian Americans Take Up Guns in Wake of Robberies
India West, News Report, Posted: Jan 31, 2012
After a spate of violent home invasions and robberies in recent months, Indian Americans living in Roswell, a suburb of northern Atlanta, Georgia, are taking up guns.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Ethnicities, South Asian
Tags: crime, guns, indianamerican, robbery
Apple Set to Expand Presence in China
China Daily, News Report, Posted: Jan 31, 2012
China is not simply seen as a potential growth market for Apple products. The country often is regarded as the company's main production base.
Categories: Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Science & Technology
Tags: apple, china, economy, foxconn, jobs, manufacturing, technology
The Native American SOTU: A Call on Obama to Advance Indigenous Rights
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 31, 2012
Unless you’re tuned into American Indian law and policy, you likely missed the annual State of the Indian Nations address last week.
Categories: Ethnicities, Indigenous, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: declarationontherightsofindigenouspeople, indigenousrights, nativeamerican, obama, stateoftheunion
Vietnamese Director Brings Haruki Murakami's "Norwegian Wood" to U.S. Theaters
Pacific Citizen, Interview, Posted: Jan 31, 2012
Despite not speaking Japanese, director Tran Anh Hung adapted the popular Haruki Murakami novel for the big screen.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Top Stories
Tags: foreignfilms, harukimurakami, norwegianwood, trananghung, vietnamesecinema
Hondurans in Florida: With a Voice, but Without a Vote
El Diario La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Jan 30, 2012
Lurvin Luzardo has lived in Tampa for more than 20 years, and while she can’t vote in the upcoming elections, she aspires to one day be a voice for the state’s Hispanics.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: elections, florida, gop, honduras, immigration, obama, primary
African Americans in Dallas Target Korean Business
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: Jan 30, 2012
African Americans in south Dallas have been protesting a Korean-run gas station there for racially charged remarks by the owner.
Categories: African American, Asian, Ethnicities, Front Page
Tags: africanamerican, dallas, koreancommunity, naacp, nationofislam, race, racerelations
La gran mayoría de votantes latinos están a favor de la conservación, revela una encuesta
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 30, 2012
Los votantes latinos en el suroeste son aún más propensos que la población en general a apoyar la legislación a favor de la protección del medio ambiente.
Categories: NAM en Español
Vast Majority of Latino Voters are Pro-Conservationist, Poll Finds
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 30, 2012
Latino voters in the southwest are even more likely than the general population to support pro-environment legislation.
Categories: Environment, Latino, Original NAM Content, Polls, Top Stories
Tags: coloradocollegestateoftherockiesconservationinthewestpoll, conservation, hispanicaccessfoundation, latinovoters, publicopinionstrategies
Census: Native American Count Jumps by 27 Percent
Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: Jan 30, 2012
America's Native population climbed by nearly a third between 2000 and 2010, surprising U.S. Census Bureau data analysts and delighting managers of federally funded programs whose budgets depend on official head counts.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Indigenous, Politics & Governance
Tags: 2010, americans, census, growth, jump, native, navajo, population
A Critical Look at Occupy Oakland
Oakland Local, First Person, Posted: Jan 30, 2012
There is a current of white entitlement and paternalism running through Oakland's Occupy movement.
Categories: Occupy Protests, Top Stories
Tags: ganginjunction, occupymovement, occupyoakland, occupywallstreet
Activists Send Hundreds of Tacos to Conn. Mayor
MarioWire, News Report, Posted: Jan 30, 2012
The immigration rights organization Reform Immigration for America delivered 400 tacos to the office of East Haven’s mayor Thursday in protest of the mayor's statement that he would address accusations of anti-Latino bias by eating tacos.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance, food
Argentina’s La Nacion in Talks to Buy ImpreMedia
Portada, News Report, Posted: Jan 30, 2012
Two news sources (New York Post and New York One) report that Impremedia is in talks with Argentine newspaper group La Nacion, which is interested in acquiring it.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Media
Tags: buyimpremedia, impemediabuy, impremedia, impremedialanacion
Foster Care, Uncertain Futures Loom for Thousands of Immigrant Children
America's Wire, News Report, Posted: Jan 30, 2012
Thousands of immigrant children are languishing in state foster care nationwide, their parents having been detained or deported by federal immigration authorities.
Categories: Ethnicities, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: adoption, fostercare, illegalimmigration, immigration, immigrationreform, securecommunities
In Thailand, Elephant Sashimi is All the Rage
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 30, 2012
A growing taste for elephant meat in Thailand adds to the growing list of endangered animals winding up on people's plates.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Featured Columnists, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: andrewlam, ap, deforestation, elephant, endangered, environment, poaching, thailand
Filipino Cuisine Poised to Break Gastro Ceiling
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Jan 29, 2012
At a recent culinary showdown in San Francisco, Filipinos spoke about why their cuisine is set to catch fire in the American market.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Ethnicities, Health, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: adobo, Comcast, cuisine, fancyfoodshow, filipinofood, food, healthfood, Kulinarya, New America Now, Odette Keeley, On Assignment: Philippines, philippines
Future of U.S. Manufacturing Begins With Education
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jan 29, 2012
Pledges to keep U.S. manufacturing jobs onshore will go unfulfilled unless more value is placed on science and math education.
Categories: Economy, Education, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: outsourcing, presdentobama, stateoftheunion, u.s.manufacturing
Muslim Americans to NYPD: Enough Already, the Commish Must Go
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jan 28, 2012
On Tuesday the New York Times reported that the New York Police Department showed nearly 1,500 of its officers “The Third Jihad,” a 72-minute documentary that casts Muslim Americans as ubiquitously engaged in “a strategy to infiltrate and dominate America.” It was the latest item in a growing list of revelations about the NYPD’s profiling and surveillance of Muslim Americans, and now it has prompted demands that the police commissioner, one of the city’s most powerful public figures, immediately step down.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Middle Eastern, Religion
Tags: ” a 72-minute documentary that casts Muslim Americans as ubiquitously engaged in “a strategy to infiltrate and dominate America.” It was the latest item in a growing list of revelations about the NYPD’s profiling and surveillance o, 500 of its officers “The Third Jihad, and now it has prompted demands that the police commissioner, immediately step down., On Tuesday the New York Times reported that the New York Police Department showed nearly 1, one of the city’s most powerful public figures
American Dreams Shift in Weak Economy
Investigative Reporting Workshop, News Report, Posted: Jan 28, 2012
Americans' expectations of what they can achieve for themselves and their children has changed during the last few years.
Categories: Economy, Ethnicities, Top Stories
Tags: americandream, economy, employment, youth
Miss Long Beach Contestant Shows Masculinity is Beautiful, Too
New America Media / Voicewaves, News Report, Posted: Jan 28, 2012
Janelle Hutcherson, a lesbian with masculine looks, challenged traditional ideas of attractiveness when she entered the Miss Long Beach pageant.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Gender & Sexuality, Original NAM Content, Profiles, Top Stories
Tags: beautycontest, Janellehutcherson, lgbt, mentoringyouththroughempowerment, misslongbeach
Civil Rights Advocates Meet in L.A. to Discuss Voter Suppression Laws
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 27, 2012
With the 2012 elections looming, states are passing laws that make it tougher for ethnic minorities and the poor to cast a ballot.
Categories: Events, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012elections, apalc, brennancenter, common cause, commoncause, lawyerscommittee, maldef, voteridentification
Proposed redistricting map in Boston falls on color lines
Bay State Banner, News Report, Posted: Jan 27, 2012
Advocates say the redrawing would create four districts where people of color make up a clear majority of the voting age population, giving them a stronger voice on the council.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: boston, colorlines, dorchester, election, massachusetts, politics, race, redistricting
China's Basketball Chief Rises to Challenge
China Daily, News Report, Posted: Jan 27, 2012
Stepping into the position as CEO of NBA China seven months ago, David Shoemaker could never have predicted just how quickly basketball in China was about to change.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Front Page, International Affairs, Sports
Tags: basketball, china, nba, sports
Teleconference - Conservation views and opinions of Western voters - Monday, Jan. 30th 1pm ET
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 27, 2012
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – The results from the 2012 Colorado College State of the Rockies Conservation in the West poll will be released on a call with pollsters Lori Weigel (Republican) and Dave Metz (Democrat) on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, at 1 p.m. EST. The survey reveals that voters across the political spectrum - from Tea Party supporters to those who identify with the Occupy Wall Street movement - support upholding regulations and strengthening protections for clean air, clean water, and America’s parks and public lands for the sake of the economy, and their way of life. Poll results include voter attitudes toward statewide elected officials in all six states (AZ, CO, MT, NM, UT, WY) and current preferences in key “toss-up” western Senate races.
Categories: Events
Rivera Introduces Military-Only Version of DREAM Act
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 27, 2012
Rep. David Rivera, R-Miami, introduced a bill that would provide a path to citizenship to young people who serve in the military.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance, War & Conflict
Tags: armsact, david rivera, davidrivera, dreamact, riveraimmigration
Presente.org Launches 'No Somos Rubios' Campaign
Presente.org, News Report, Posted: Jan 27, 2012
Latino advocacy organization Presente Action has launched the campaign “NO SOMOS RUBIOS."
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: floridaprimary, gingrichrubio, marcorubio, marcorubioflorida, newtgingrich
Calif. Investigates Skin-Lighteners for Dangerous Mercury
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 27, 2012
Starting next week, California health officials will collect and test a sampling of skin-lightening products in the Bay Area for possible mercury contamination.
Categories: Ethnicities, Health, Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: beautyproducts, facecream, health, mercury, mexico, skinlightener, womenshealth
Water Writes in Gaza
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 27, 2012
Bay Area muralist Josue Rojas recently joined a group of fellow artists on a trip to Gaza to highlight the struggle there to attain and preserve clean, drinkable water.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Middle Eastern, Multimedia, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: art, gaza, israel, mural, palestinian, water, waterrights
Group Forms to Aid S. Korean Indicted for Espionage
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: Jan 26, 2012
A group of Korean scholars recently launched a campaign to support a Korean-American indicted by the U.S. government on espionage charges.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Tags: espionage, northkorea, southkorea, spy
Film Reveals “The Invisible War” on Women in Our Military
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jan 26, 2012
The documentary “The Invisible War” is already bringing much needed attention to the problem of rape in the military.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, War & Conflict
Tags: american, gender, iraq, men, military, rape, soldiers, US, war, women
Hispanics Say They Have the Worst of a Bad Economy
Pew Hispanic Center, News Report, Posted: Jan 26, 2012
A majority of Latinos (54 percent) believe that the economic downturn that began in 2007 has been harder on them than on other groups in America, according to a new national survey by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: hispaniceconomy, latinoseconomy, pewhispanic
Op-ed: Waiver for NCLB the Right Choice for California
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jan 26, 2012
Applying for a waiver from No Child Left Behind would simplify and improve the way California schools are measured.
Categories: Education, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: academicperformanceindex, ayp, educationreform, educationtrustwest, nclb, nochildleftbehind
As Eldercare Grows, So Do Labor Battles
Investigative Reporting Workshop , News Report, Posted: Jan 26, 2012
Aging boomers will heighten demand for eldercare, and poor pay and job conditions are prompting unions to organize home care and nursing home workers.
Categories: African American, Economy, Elders, Health, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: boomers, directcareworkers, eldercare, healthcareworkers, homehealthaides, homehealthcare, laborunions, nursinghomes, seiu, seniors
Obama’s America: More Warren Buffett’s Secretary, Than Warren Buffett
First Post, News Analysis, Posted: Jan 25, 2012
Obama's State of the Union address had a muted tone, and that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Categories: Featured Columnists, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012stateoftheunion, obama, stateoftheunion
Colorblind Racism: The New Norm
The Root, Commentary, Posted: Jan 25, 2012
The GOP candidates don't see their racial rhetoric as offensive. You got a problem with that?
Categories: African American, Ethnicities, Front Page, Politics & Governance
Tags: elections, florida, gingrich, gop, racism, republicans, romney, ronpaul, santorum
National Council of La Raza Opines on State of the Union
Hispanic Business, News Report, Posted: Jan 25, 2012
The National Council of La Raza (NLCR) today reflected on President Obama's State of the Union address.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: hispanicsstateoftheunion, latinosstateoftheunion, nclrstateoftheunion, obamahispanics, stateoftheunion
Obama's State of the Union: Eleven Sentences Too Short
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 25, 2012
An undocumented student weighs in on President Obama's State of the Union Address, noting the president's rhetoric does little to resolve lingering uncertainties.
Categories: Education, Ethnicities, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: dreamact, education, greenjobs, immigration, jobs, obama, stateoftheunion
Ex. S. Korean Spy Gets Asylum
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Jan 25, 2012
A U.S. court has upheld a 2008 ruling to grant political asylum to a former South Korean intelligence agent who claims to face threats from both South and North Korea.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Tags: assylum, korea, northkorea, spy
Fox to Launch Spanish-Language TV Network this Fall
Hispanically Speaking News, News Report, Posted: Jan 25, 2012
Fox and the Colombian RCN Television Group announced Monday the launch of MundoFox, a new Spanish-language television network with general content targeting the U.S. Hispanic market.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Media
Tags: foxnews, mundofox, Spanish language media
Survey: Latina Moms Online Are Tech-Savvy and Politically Aware
Latina Lista, News Report, Posted: Jan 25, 2012
A new survey finds Latina moms online are tech-savvy and politically aware.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, Science & Technology
Tags: latinalista, latinamoms, latinamothers, mamiverse, mommybloggers
'Arizona Accord' Sets Humanitarian Immigration Principles
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 25, 2012
Bi-partisan business, community and religious groups in Arizona have signed an accord, seeking to leave behind the hostile climate created by SB 1070.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, arizonaaccord, immigration, jerrylewis, latino, russelpearce, sb1070, undocumented
One Year On, Arab Pride and the Long Road Ahead
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 25, 2012
January 25 marks the one-year anniversary of protests that toppled Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak and fueled a region wide uprising.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
African American, Hispanic High School Achievement Lagging
America's Wire, News Report, Posted: Jan 24, 2012
Academic performance among high school age African Americans and Hispanics has fallen to levels not seen in thirty years.
Categories: African American, Education, Ethnicities, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: achievementgap, africanamerican, education, educationpolicy, educationreform, highschool, hispanic, race
111-Year-Old Iraqi Chaldean Becomes Naturalized American
Arab American News, News Report, Posted: Jan 24, 2012
A 111-year-old immigrant from Iraq became the second-oldest person on record to gain citizenship in the United States.
Categories: Elders, Immigration, Middle Eastern, Top Stories
Tags: centenarian, chaldean, immigration, iraq
Liberty Ship Café Cooks Up Savory Small-Business Model
New America Media/Richmond Pulse, News Feature, Posted: Jan 24, 2012
Liberty Ship Café not only serves tasty Latin-fusion lunches at the Farmer’s Market in Richmond, Calif., it’s cooking up a cooperative business dream.
Categories: Economy, Health, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, food
Tags: businesscooperatives, farmersmarkets, food, latincuisine, libertyships, richmondcalif, smallbusiness
For the Record: George Bush is the Real ‘Food Stamp President
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jan 23, 2012
Other GOP candidates have made claims that African-Americans (or “blah” people) are the majority on public assistance in the United States. That’s also not true.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: blacks, bush, food stamps, gop, gringrich, newt, obama, racists, whites
Year of the Dragon Boosts Chinese Tourism to U.S.
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 23, 2012
More Chinese are traveling abroad for the New Year, bringing an injection of cash to tourism spots across the U.S.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: china, chinesenewyear, dragon, newyear, obama, tourism
Why Budget Cuts are Bad For Your Health, Part II
Iexaminer.org, News Report, Posted: Jan 23, 2012
Asian American elders in Washington are imperiled due to budget crisis that will cut basic services.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Elders, Health, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: asian, budget, crisis, elders, healthcare, homeless, seattle, washington
ACLU: Arizona Jail Does Not Meet ‘Basic Human Rights’
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 23, 2012
Human rights groups are calling on ICE to end its $13 million contract with an Arizona jail that is notorious for its "inhumane" conditions.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: aclu, arizonaimmigrationdetention, immigrantdetention, pinalcountyjail, puentemovement
Newt Gingrich Wins South Carolina Primary
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 22, 2012
Newt Gingrich won 40 percent of the vote in South Carolina, a state that since 1980 has consistently predicted the final GOP presidential nominee.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: gingrichsouthcarolina, newtgingrich, newtgingrichimmigration
Learning to See the Police in a Different Light
New America Media/Richmond Pulse, Commentary, Posted: Jan 22, 2012
By the end of that day, my opinion about the police had changed and I realized there are officers out there who actually care.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Richmond Pulse, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: arrest, cops, delinquents, marijuana, police, richmond, youth
Deportation Pilot Program Doesn't Go Far Enough, Activists Say
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jan 22, 2012
Local and national leaders compared the preliminary results of Obama's deportation pilot program in Denver and Baltimore, to a student who doesn't deliver.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: baltimoredeportations, denverdeportations, deportationpilotprogram
Why Washington Governor’s Proposed Cuts Will Hit Hard
Iexaminer.org, News Report, Posted: Jan 22, 2012
People are going to suffer. They are going to starve, predicted Tony Lee, one of the founders of the Asian Pacific Islander Coalition.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Elders, Health, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: budget crisis, elders, foodstamps, medicare, minorities, seattle, ssi, washington
APALC Condemns Anti-Immigrant Radio Show
Asian American Press, News Report, Posted: Jan 21, 2012
he Asian Pacific American Legal Center condemns derogatory remarks against Korean Americans expressed by co-host John Kobylt (KFI 640) during the Jan. 5 broadcast of Clear Channel’s “The John and Ken Show.”
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: american, asian, immigrants, john, ken show, khi 640, kobylt, korean, Los angeles, racism
Historical, Generational Trauma Haunt Vietnamese Seniors in U.S.
New America Media/Vien Dong, News Report, Posted: Jan 21, 2012
The Vietnam War continues in the depression of many Vietnamese seniors decades after moving to the U.S.
Categories: Asian, Elders, Health, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: abuse, depression, elders, illness, little saigon, psychology, US, vietnam, vietnamese, war
National Defense Authorization Act Targets Political Dissenters
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jan 21, 2012
Critics believe that with Obama's signing of NDAA, America has witnessed one of the most tragic reversals of civil liberties in its history.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Network, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: civilliberties, civilrights, islamophobia, nationaldefenseauthorizationact, NDAA
Just One in Six Deportations Cancelled in Obama’s Pilot Review
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jan 20, 2012
A review ordered by the Obama administration of almost 7,900 deportation cases before the immigration court in Colorado found 1,300 immigrants — 16 percent — posed no security risk and will be allowed to remain in the United States.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: deportationpilotprogram
Medicalizing HIV: Will Social Services Get Squeezed Out?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 20, 2012
Medical developments are causing a change in the dynamics of HIV/AIDS care – a shift that may squeeze out the social services sector.
Categories: Economy, Health, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: aids, budget, california, case worker, drugs, hiv, medicine, patients, san francisco, social services
Filipinos Celebrate Historic L.A. District
Asian Journal, News Report, Posted: Jan 20, 2012
Last December, First Lady Michelle Obama named Historic Filipinotown in Los Angeles as one of the Preserve America communities.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: filipino americans, filipinotown, Los Angeles, Michelle Obama, Preserve America
Tigers: Man-Eaters Eaten by Man
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 20, 2012
Tigers are being poached, eaten, made into medicine, and the demand is at an all-time high even as they face extinction.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Environment, Featured Columnists, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, food
Tags: china, consumption, extinction, food, illegal, medicine, nature, poaching, tiger, vietnam, wild life
Mitt Romney Has Fences to Mend to Gain Hispanic Votes
Hispanic Link, News Report, Posted: Jan 20, 2012
Mitt Romney is attempting to reach out to Latino voters without confronting his own negative record on issues of concern to them.
Categories: Election 2012, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: hispanicvote2012, latinovote2012, romneyhispanics, romneyimmigration, romneylatinos
Republican Mistake in South Carolina
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Jan 20, 2012
Editors of La Opinión write that the race in South Carolina has become a competition over who is tougher on undocumented immigrants.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: gopimmigration, republicanprimary, republicansimmigration, southcarolina
Una mirada detrás de la disminución en la inmigración ilegal de EE.UU.
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jan 19, 2012
Michelle Mittelstadt, del Instituto de Política Migratoria, toma una mirada detrás de los números en el contexto de las tendencias de la migración global.
Categories: NAM en Español
Gingrich’s Racist Attack on Food Stamps Is an Old Ploy
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jan 19, 2012
Newt Gingrich looks to be winning the race-baiting competition this Republican primary season.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: blacks, election, foodstamps, gop, gringrich, martin luther king, newt, obama, race, racism
I Kept Warm by Burning Money: Climber Reveals How he Survived Two Days in Mountain Blizzard
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Jan 19, 2012
A seasoned mountaineer, who was lost for two days in a snowstorm on a mountainside, told rescuers he survived by burning dollar bills and dreaming of a sauna, the Daily Mail reported Wednesday on its online edition.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Bone Marrow Drive for San Mateo Boy
Asianweek, News Report, Posted: Jan 19, 2012
Asian Americans need to band together in order to help a fellow Asian American in need of some help.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Health
Tags: asian, bone, drive, help, marrow, mixed race, transplant, white
Chinese Look On With Envy At Taiwanese Elections
New Tang Dynasty, News Report, Posted: Jan 19, 2012
Taiwan's recently defeated presidential hopeful Tsai Ing-wen delivered what many consider to be one of the most moving speeches in the island nation’s history
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
A CALL TO ACTION: RECLAIMING THE RIGHT TO VOTE
New America Media, Event, Posted: Jan 19, 2012
On Tuesday, January 24th, NAM and California Common Cause will co-host a briefing in Los Angeles where a coalition of good government, civil rights, and progressive organizations will brief ethnic and mainstream media on the current state of voting rights. Bob Edgar, President and CEO of Common Cause, will moderate a panel of speakers who will highlight recent changes to laws across the country created to suppress voter turnout and efforts to restore voting rights. Additionally, speakers will discuss recent developments in redistricting.
Categories: Events
Tags: common cause, new america media, redistricting, voter suppression
Nebraska Rancher: Keystone Pipeline Decision Shows ‘Courage’
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Jan 19, 2012
Randy Thompson says Obama's decision to nix the Keystone pipeline has changed his mind about who he is going to vote for in November.
Categories: Environment, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: nebraska2012, nebraskakeystone, nebraskasandhills, obamakeystone, randythompson
Can the Triquis Go Home?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 19, 2012
It looks similar to the U.S. Occupy protests, but rather than fighting to remain in their tents, Triqui families have been fighting for the right to go home.
Categories: Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Photo Galleries, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: oaxaca, oaxacaprotests, triqui, triquiprotests
The American Dream has Emigrated to Europe
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jan 19, 2012
Republicans accuse Obama of hurtling America into a "European-style welfare state." In fact, Europe's indicators point to a healthier society.
Categories: Economy, European, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012, europe, gop, obama, perry, presidentialelection, romney, santorum
Vietnamese Elders Struggle With Depression Years After War
Vien Dong/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 18, 2012
Vietnamese people who came to the U.S. after the war often fall into depression as years pass. But the stigma of mental illness keeps many from getting help.
Categories: Asian, Elders, Health, Top Stories
Tags: depression, elders, illness, immigrants, vietnamese, war
Tips For Late-Career Entrepreneurs (For- or Non-Profit)
New America Media, Roundup, Posted: Jan 18, 2012
If the idea of retirement sounds to you like a one-way ticket to boredom, you’d to well to read personal finance writer Kerry Hannon’s latest group of articles.
Categories: Elders
Tags: civicventures, detroit, metlifefoundation, newamericamedia, olderworkers, purposeprize, socialentrepreneurs
Judge: Human Trafficking Law Covers Filipino Teachers' Case
Filamstar.net, News Report, Posted: Jan 18, 2012
A Los Angeles federal judge ruled that the case of Filipino teachers brought to Louisiana and then subjected to allegedly abusive conditions qualifies to be heard under the federal human trafficking law.
Categories: Asian, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration
A Look Behind the U.S. Drop in Illegal Immigration
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jan 18, 2012
Demographic and economic changes may eventually mean the U.S. will no longer be the number-one destination for migrants.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: dowellmyers, immigrationdrop, mpi, netzeroimmigration, usillegalimmigration, usimmigration
Elections for End Times: Mirror Races in U.S. and Mexico
Frontera NorteSur, News Report, Posted: Jan 18, 2012
The last time major U.S. and Mexican elections coincided, the results led to unimaginable events in both countries.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: mexicanelections, mexico2012, uselections2012, usmexicoelections
Puerto Rican Migration Continues at Record Pace
Caribbean Business, News Report, Posted: Jan 18, 2012
The exodus to the United States is accelerating, hurting the growth prospects in many industries in Puerto Rico.
Categories: Caribbean, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latino
U.S. Base’s Move May Hinge on Okinawa Growth Plan
The Japan Times , News Report, Posted: Jan 17, 2012
With U.S. officials pressing Japan to make major progress on the long-stalled relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma within Okinawa, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and his new defense minister will have their work cut out getting locals to accept the move.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Arab Americans Meet with Latinos, Advocates on Immigration
Arab American News, News Report, Posted: Jan 17, 2012
Arab Americans met with Latino community members and national advocates last week to discuss immigration reform and strengthening community partnerships.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: arabamericans, greencards, immigration, latinos
US Presses Seoul to Cut Iranian Oil
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Jan 17, 2012
A senior U.S. official urged Korea to reduce its crude oil imports from Iran, Tuesday, as part of a U.S.-led sanctions campaign over Tehran’s alleged nuclear weapons program.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Middle Eastern
Tags: embargo, iran, korea, middleeast, northkorea, nuclearweapons, obama, oil, sanctions
Daughter of Farmworker Becomes SF's First Out Bisexual Supervisor
El Mensajero / Bay Area Reporter, News Report, Posted: Jan 17, 2012
Christina Olague, 50, became San Francisco's first out bisexual supervisor.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: bisexual, christinaolague, daughteroffarmworker, sfsupervisor
Black Women Historians Say ‘The Help’ is Distorted
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jan 17, 2012
According to the historians about the only thing that’s true in the film is that working black women in the South often labored as domestic servants in white homes.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality
Tags: black, blacks, distortion, domestic, film, help, historian, maids, movie, racism, south, white
Hispanic GOP Group Endorses Newt Gingrich
Somos Republicans, News Report, Posted: Jan 17, 2012
Somos Republicans, which calls itself the largest Hispanic Republican group in the country, with some 6,000 members, announced on Monday that it is endorsing Newt Gingrich as the best Republican candidate for 2012.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: hispanicgop, hispanicrepublicans, latinogop, latinorepublicans, newtgingrichimmigration, somosrepublicans
Bilingual Future for Calif.’s Spanish-language Media?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 17, 2012
A younger Latino demographic in the state's Central Valley is spurring a switch to bilingual content in Spanish-language newspapers.
Categories: Economy, Top Stories
Tags: bilingual, Central Valley, economy, El Sol, Fresno, Latino, newspapers, Spanish language media, Univisions
Transitional Kindergarten Facing the Ax under Brown’s Proposal
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 16, 2012
A new pre-kindergarten program, which readies children for kindergarten, is supposed to take off this coming November, but is now in danger of being gutted before it can be fully implemented.
Categories: Education, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: budget cuts, mandate, pre-school, prepare, transitional kindergarten
Om My God, Who Wrecked our Yoga?
Firstpost.com, Commentary, Posted: Jan 16, 2012
With 20 million Americans doing yoga today, and several, several million more people worldwide, even deep breathing and chanting could do little to keep them from getting hopping mad at a recent New York Times article that painted a dirty picture of this ancient, holistic practice.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: dangerous, HAF, health, New York Times, statutory warning, yoga
Coming Out as Undocumented in the Suburbs
Alhambra Source, News Feature, Posted: Jan 16, 2012
A new movement has emerged in Southern Calif.’s San Gabriel Valley, attempting to transform undocumented status into a point of empowerment and engage Asian youth.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Youth Culture
Tags: Asian, detension, DREAM Act, immigration, Latino, undocumented students
APIs Urged to Let Voices Be Heard in Redistricting
Rafu Shimpo, News Report, Posted: Jan 15, 2012
Whether Little Tokyo will remain in the 9th Council District or Koreatown will be united into one district will depend on the redrawn map of the Los Angeles City Council. A 21-member citizens commission is seeking input from the public and Asian Pacific Islanders are urged to get involved.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: Little Tokyo leaders seek to keep neighborhood in the 9th Council District
Can an LGBT Film Help Change Attitudes About Homosexuality in Vietnam?
Talk.Onevietnam.org, News Report, Posted: Jan 15, 2012
Billed as the first Vietnamese film to positively depict gay romance, the film tells the story of 20-year-old Khoi as he ventures to Saigon after being disowned by his family
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Youth Culture
Tags: actors, boys, film, gays, GLBT, homosexuality, movie, prostitution, romance, saigon, sex, Vietnam
99% to NYT’s David Brooks: Get Real, Not Simple
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jan 15, 2012
The New York Times’ David Brooks says seniors are wealthier than the young and should agree to Medicare cuts. But ethnic elders live in a tougher reality.
Categories: Elders, Health, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: cut Medicare, David Brooks, ethnic elders, racial gaps, recession, retirement, rich seniors
Mexican Media Question Secret U.S. Military Actions
Hispanic Link, Op-ed, Posted: Jan 15, 2012
Two op-eds in Mexico City's Excelsior and Reforma newspapers take a skeptical look at U.S. military policy in Latin America.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, War & Conflict
Tags: obamaadministration, unitednations, usmilitary, war
Royce Challenges Obama Administration on Vietnam Human Rights
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 14, 2012
Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) joined several members of Congress, including the Chairman and top Democrat of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in writing to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging the State Department to substantially improve its annual human rights reporting on Vietnam.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Religion
Tags: abuse, hanoi, human rights, obama, vietnam, white house
Protesters Call For Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Conviction
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 14, 2012
Protestors want Arpaio to be arrested, not just step down, for revelations of civil rights abuses and abuse of power.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, DOJ civil rights, immigrants, investigations, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, SB 1070
Most Minority Voters Rejected Miss. Voter ID Bill, Study Finds
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 14, 2012
A majority of Mississippians approved a voter ID bill last November, but a closer look shows few minority voters supported it.
Categories: African American, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Department of Justice, Initiative 27, Misssissippi, Section 5, voter ID bill, voter supression laws, Voting Rights Act
La guerra y la paz y la arrogancia
Hispanic Link, News Analysis, Posted: Jan 13, 2012
Con un presupuesto considerable, hoy los Estados Unidos está activo en más de 75 países, 15 más que en el 2009.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: administraciónobama, laguerra, las fuerzas militares de ee.uu, nacionesunidas
Overseas Voters Key to Taiwanese Presidential Election
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 13, 2012
Nearly 5,000 Taiwanese have returned home to cast their ballots in the tight race, Chinese media report.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: DPP, KMT, President Ma Ying-jeou, San Francisco, Sillicon Valley, Taiwan, Taiwanese Americans, Tsai Ing-wen
Few Keystone XL Jobs Would Go to Residents on Pipeline Route
InsideClimate News, News Report, Posted: Jan 13, 2012
Unemployment is below the national average along most of the route, so few local workers would benefit.
Categories: Economy, Environment, Top Stories
Tags: jobs, keystone xl pipeline, nebraska, obama, transcanada, unemployment
Nigeria’s Arab Spring? - Fuel Subsidy Cuts Spur Protests
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 12, 2012
Nigerian Americans show solidarity with their countrymen at Occupy Nigeria rallies this week.
Categories: African, International Affairs, Occupy Protests, Top Stories
Tags: Arab Spring, fuel subsidies, IMF, Occupy Nigeria, President Jonathan Goodluck, World Bank
Iran’s Ahmadinejad Visits Four Latin American Countries
Council on Hemispheric Affairs, News Analysis, Posted: Jan 12, 2012
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Caracas on Sunday night in the first stop of a four-nation tour of Latin America.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino
Tags: barackobama, iran, latinamerica, mahmoudahmadinejad
Advocates Launch Campaign to Get Anti-Trafficking Bill on State Ballot
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 12, 2012
A new measure advocates hope to get on the November ballot would increase penalties against human traffickers in California. The campaign was launched yesterday to coincide with National Human Trafficking Awareness Day,
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: ballot, CASE Act, e-mail, human trafficking, pimps, prostitutes, sex offenders
Latinas — The Main Victims of Cervical Cancer in California
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Jan 12, 2012
Latinas have the highest rates of cervical cancer in Los Angeles.
Categories: Fellowships, Front Page, Health, Latino
Tags: cervical cancer, cultural, deaths, latinas, preventable, stigma
Ruling S. Korean Party to Drop 'Conservative'
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Jan 11, 2012
The interim emergency committee of the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) has allegedly decided to shed the expression “conservatism."
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Tags: asia, conservative, korea, politics
Catholics Stunned by News of Bishop Fathering Two Sons
Eastern Group Publications, News Report, Posted: Jan 11, 2012
It's been three decades since Auxiliary Bishop Gabino Zavala, 60, led mass and religious functions at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in East Los Angeles, but his recent resignation and admission that he fathered two sons now living out of state has shocked faithful parishioners.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Religion
Tags: adultery, affair, bishop, catholic, children, marriage, sex
Justin Bieber Reppin’ the Vietnamese at CES in Las Vegas
Talk.Onevietnam.org, News Report, Posted: Jan 11, 2012
The surreality of “Justin Bieber” and “Vietnamese robot firms” being in the same sentence aside, who’s excited to see what Vietnam has to offer in the latest robotics technology?
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Science & Technology
Tags: bieber, firms, idol, justin, robot, technology, teen, tv, vietnam, vietnamese, xbox
Lucas Had Hard Time Funding Films With Black Leads
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jan 11, 2012
Even George Lucas Had a Hard Time Finding Funding for Film With Black Leads.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: blacks, films, funding, hollywood, lucas, race, racism, wwII
Taliban Talks Frighten Afghan Americans
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 11, 2012
As the US and Taliban negotiate a ceasefire, Afghans in the United States are wondering what will happen to their families and friends inside Afghanistan.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: afghanistan, engagement, opium, peace, refugees, taliban, US, war, women
Looking After Grandma, Learning Responsibility
New America Media/ Richmond Pulse , News Report, Posted: Jan 11, 2012
Many people ask me, “What is daily life like for you, taking care of your grandmother?” I honestly enjoy it.
Categories: Economy, Education, Elders, Growing Up Poor in the Bay Area, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: care, elder, grandmother, primary caregiver, youth
Telltale Signs: The Blunder of an Arroyo Lawyer, Hitler Fan
Asianweek, News Report, Posted: Jan 11, 2012
Ignoring a constitutional ban against making “midnight” appointments in the last three months of her term, former Philippine Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA) went ahead and appointed her personal manicurist, Nitz Carpon, as director of a government housing agency and her personal gardener, Armando Macapagal, as Deputy Director of the Luneta Park Administration.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: Armando Macapagal, as Deputy Director of the Luneta Park Administration., as director of a government housing agency and her personal gardener, former Philippine Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA) went ahead and appointed her personal manicurist, Ignoring a constitutional ban against making “midnight” appointments in the last three months of her term, Nitz Carpon
Pakistan Has Always Been a Negative Identity: Aatish Taseer
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Jan 11, 2012
Noon is a novel but in Aatish Taseer’s work, the lines between fiction and non-fiction, novel and memoir can appear blurry.
Categories: Featured Columnists, Politics & Governance, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Aatish Taseer, identity, indian, islam, Kashmir, noon, pakistan, violence
New Hampshire City Debates Moratorium on Refugees
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 10, 2012
A New Hampshire city that has been a traditional destination for refugees says it is too broke to take in any more.
Categories: Election 2012, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: newhampshire, newhampshireimmigration, newhampshireprimary, nhprimary
First Suicide of 2012 in LA Korean Community
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Jan 10, 2012
A Korean man in his thirties reportedly hanged himself in Los Angeles late last week in what appears to be the first case of suicide in the community this year.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: koreanamerican, koreancommunity, losangeles, mentalhealth, suicide
Korean Students Passed Up by UCs
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Jan 10, 2012
Korean students in California say they are being shunned by the state’s public universities in favor of international students, many from China.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Economy, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: china, economy, education, korean, universityofcalifornia
Calling Asians Racist Slurs on Fast Food Receipts is Now a National Trend
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jan 10, 2012
A third incident has been recorded where a fast-food worker called an Asian customer a derogatory and racist name on the receipt.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: asian, chinky, racism, receipts, restaurants
Cecilia Muñoz Appointed Director of White House Domestic Policy Council
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 10, 2012
The White House announced Tuesday that Cecilia Muñoz will replace Melody Barnes as the director of the White House's Domestic Policy Council.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: ceciliamunoz, latinovote2012, obamaimmigration, obamalatinos
Professor, Youths Track Climate Change Globally
NW Asian Weekly, News Report, Posted: Jan 10, 2012
A university professor sheds light on drastic climate change in Alaska, Sri Lanka, and Mongolia with the help of local youths.
Categories: Environment, Science & Technology, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: change, climate, global, mongolia, professor, sri lanka, university, warming, washington, youths
La Opinión Calls ICE 'Absurd' for Making S-Comm Mandatory
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Jan 10, 2012
ICE's decision to make the Secure Communities program mandatory as of 2013 is "absurd," write editors of La Opinión.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: ice, scomm, securecommunities, securecommunitiesmandatory
Ecuadorean Columnist on Chevron, Money and Nature
El Comercio, News Report, Posted: Jan 09, 2012
Columnist Milagros Aguirre writes for Quito's ElComercio.com that the 18-year case against the Chevron Corporation marked what she called "the trial of the century."
Categories: Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino
Tags: chevronecuador
Services Not Reaching Atlanta’s Elder Koreans
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: Jan 09, 2012
Korean seniors in Atlanta are receiving fewer social services then their counterparts in the mainstream, despite the fact that their numbers are on the rise.
Categories: Asian, Elders, Ethnic Media Headlines, Fellowships, Health
Tags: adultdaycare, aging, gerontologicalsocietyofamerica, health, healthcare, koreancommunity, seniors
Study: Black children form identity through race
Louisiana Weekly, News Report, Posted: Jan 09, 2012
Black children in the same age group tend to form their identity more strongly by the color of their skin than a shared language, according to a new study.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines, Youth Culture
Tags: african american, black, children, education, identity, race, relations, study, whites
Pew: U.S. Foreign-Born Population Increases 1.6 Percent
Pew Hispanic Center, News Report, Posted: Jan 09, 2012
The foreign-born population in the U.S. increased by 616,000, or 1.6%, from 2009 to 2010, according to the Pew Hispanic Center.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Republican Primaries: the Quest for the Ultimate Outsider
Firstpost.com, News Analysis, Posted: Jan 09, 2012
Everyone who wants to move into the White House spends all their time trying to emphasise how they don’t really belong there.
Categories: Featured Columnists, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012, d.c., election, Gingrich, gop, newt, primary, republicans, romney, ron paul, washington, white house
Romney to Latino Voters: My Father Was Born in Mexico
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jan 09, 2012
Romney boasts that his padre es de México to attract Latino votes.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Politics & Governance
Ed Lee Promises to be Mayor for the 100%
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 09, 2012
San Francisco's first elected Chinese American mayor emphasized the economy and uniting the city's residents at inauguration.
Categories: Chinese, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: CHinese American mayor San Francisco Ed Lee jobs unemployment Occupy movement
Gay Latino Online Magazine Launches in Texas
KTSM, News Report, Posted: Jan 09, 2012
"Fuerte Men" is an online magazine dedicated to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual Hispanic community.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino
Tags: gaylatino, gaylatinomagazine, latinoLGBT
As Brazil Booms, So Do New Drug Routes
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 09, 2012
As Mexico’s Drug War drives out the cartels, drug rings are now shipping to the U.S., Africa and elsewhere with Brazil at the epicenter of activity.
Categories: Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: brazil, drugcartels, drugtrafficking, mexicandrugwar, saopaulo, westafrica
LA Voters' Political Voice Hangs on Redistricting Commission
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 09, 2012
Voting in Los Angeles is getting a facelift. A city commission will re-map 15 districts that will affect everything from schools to ethnic representation at City Hall.
Categories: Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: koreatown, lanuageaccess, littletokyo, losangeles, losangelescitycouncil, losangeleslatinos, redistricting
Q&A: Bay Area Cambodians and the Khmer Rouge Trials
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Jan 08, 2012
Stanford University psychiatrist Dr. Daryn Reicherter reflects on how Bay Area Cambodians are responding to the Khmer Rouge trials.
Categories: Asian, Health, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: cambodia, khmerrougetrial, killingfields, mentalhealth, ptsd, refugee
Black Fraternities Form Obama Super PAC
The Root, News Report, Posted: Jan 08, 2012
Two historically black fraternities aim to raise $1.5 million toward training and organizing African-American voters in key battleground states to re-elect President Obama.
Categories: African American, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012, africanamerican, elections, hbcu, obama, romney, superpac
Axing Access for Community College Students
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 08, 2012
Proposals aimed at tying funding to students who fast track their way through California's community colleges could deny access to those in need.
Categories: Economy, Education, Ethnicities, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: budget, citycollege, communitycollege, economy, education, jerrybrown, students
Rediscovering the Joy of Quiet: Thank You, Pico Iyer
First Post, Commentary, Posted: Jan 07, 2012
We live in a world these days where happiness is really about happen-iness. Ask not for whom the Blackberry pings, it pings for thee.
Categories: Religion, Science & Technology, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: facebook, india, picoiyer, quiet, sandiproy, technology
California Governor’s Budget Could Hit Most Vulnerable With Deepest Cuts
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 07, 2012
California Gov. Jerry Brown proposed deep budget cuts this week that could especially impact those from low-income ethnic communities.
Categories: Economy, Education, Health, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: californiabudget, educationcuts, jerrybrown, poverty, unemployed
Texas Troopers To Patrol Rio Grande For Mexican Cartels
Fronteras, News Report, Posted: Jan 06, 2012
The Rio Grande Valley has become the nerve center for Mexican drug cartel cross-border activity.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Missing Teen Girl Mistakenly Deported to Colombia
Hispanically Speaking News, News Report, Posted: Jan 06, 2012
The missing Dallas teen who was mistakenly deported to Colombia was repatriated to the United States on Friday.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino
Tags: accidentaldeportation, missingteen, teendeported, teendeportedcolombia
USCIS Proposes Change to Keep Families Together
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jan 06, 2012
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced Friday it is introducing a change that will allow certain visa applicants to file their family unity waivers from inside the United States.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: familyseparation, keepingfamiliestogether, uscis, uscisvisa, visawaiver
Effort to Repeal CA Dream Act Fails
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 06, 2012
A campaign to place a referendum on the November ballot to repeal California's newly enacted Dream Act has failed to gather enough signatures.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Castigo escolar a los hispanos
New America Media/El Mensajero, News Report, Posted: Jan 06, 2012
El recorte al presupuesto de las escuelas públicas dificultará el porvenir de la comunidad latina en California
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: El Mensajero, James Lick Middle School, públicas dificultará
Dispatch From Detention: A Rare Look Inside Our ‘Humane’ Immigration Jails
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jan 06, 2012
The interiors of detention centers might as well be black sites, cast off the political map.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: detentioncenter, immigrantdetentioncenters, immigrationdetention
Iraq’s Unfinished Story—Millions of Refugees Abandoned by U.S.
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 06, 2012
After its withdrawal from Iraq, America appears ready to wash its hands of millions of displaced refugees struggling in the wake of our exit.
Categories: Asian, Featured Columnists, Immigration, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: egypt, foreign policy, hmong, iraq, middleeast, refugee, syria, United states, vietnam, war
Uncertainties Hover Over California DREAM Act
New America Media/Richmond Pulse , News Report, Posted: Jan 06, 2012
California’s DREAM Act gave bright undocumented students new hope for going to college, but issues like low funding could undermine the act for many.
Categories: Education, Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Richmond Pulse, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: californiadreamact, collegeadmission, dreamact, immigration, latinoyouth, undocumented
Immigrant Left Disabled In Work Accident Dies After Deportation
ColorLines, News Report, Posted: Jan 05, 2012
Quelino Ojeda Jimenez, who was deported to Mexico by a Chicago-area hospital in 2010, passed away on Sunday.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Health, Immigration, Latin America, Latino
Tags: deportation, health, humanrights, immigration, labor, quelinojimenez
Kimchi in Tricky Spot With NY Inspectors
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Jan 05, 2012
Korean restaurant owners in New York are fuming over violations from health inspectors, who insist that a staple food item must be kept in cold storage.
Categories: Asian, Health, Top Stories, food
Tags: business, economy, food, health, kimchi, korean, newyork, restaurant
New York Struggles to Educate Indigenous Mexican Immigrants
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 05, 2012
NAM contributor Louis Nevaer argues that New York is experiencing firsthand what has been Mexico's long struggle to educate its indigenous population.
Categories: Education, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: education, immigration, indigenous, maya, mexico, mixteca, newyork, zapotec
Redistricting Mobilizes San Francisco Filipinos
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 05, 2012
Redistricting plans for San Francisco have galvanized the city's Filipino community as it seeks to protect and possibly enhance its political clout.
Categories: Asian, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: asian, edlee, filipino, redistricting, sanfrancisco, voting
Occupy Protestors Demand Release of S. Korean Lawmaker
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Jan 04, 2012
Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York have issued a rare statement in support of a former South Korean opposition lawmaker.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Occupy Protests
Tags: 99percent, korea, occupy, wallstreet
People's Party wins in Jamaican Election
Bay State Banner, News Report, Posted: Jan 04, 2012
Another four years was needed to make it happen, but “woman time” has arrived in this Caribbean nation.
Categories: Caribbean, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: election, female, jamaica, labor party, Portmore, prime minister, socialist
National Urban League Charges Santorum With Race Pandering
The New Orleans Agenda , News Report, Posted: Jan 04, 2012
National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial today charged Presidential candidate Rick Santorum with pandering to racist elements within his party.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: 2012, caucus, elections, gop, iowa, newhampshire, presidentialrace, race, racism, santorum
Paul’s Fetish on Civil Rights
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 04, 2012
GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul’s opposition to the 1964 Civil rights Act threatens to undermine efforts to bolster existing anti-discrimination laws.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012, civilrightsact, gop, iowa, presidentialrace, race, racism, republican, ronpaul
Alzheimer’s Studies May Help Prevent Shrinking Brains, “Silent Strokes”
CNN Health, News Report, Posted: Jan 04, 2012
New Alzheimer's disease studies suggest new ways scientists might eventually understand how to preventing the fatal brain disease.
Categories: Elders, Health, Top Stories
Tags: alzheimersdisease, health, mentalhealth, nutrition, omega3, seniors
Will Migrants Matter in the Mexican Election?
Frontera NorteSur, News Report, Posted: Jan 04, 2012
Since they got the power to vote in 2006, few Mexican migrants have participated in their country's elections.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: mexicanelection, mexicanmigrantsvote, mexico2012, mexicovote, migrantsvote
Hong Kong, China on Bird Flu Alert
Sing Tao Daily, News Report, Posted: Jan 03, 2012
Chinese authorities in the southern city of Shenzhen are still trying to determine how a 39-year-old bus driver contracted the deadly H5N1 virus, otherwise know as bird flu.
Categories: Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, Health, International Affairs
CA Dream Act Goes into Effect
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jan 03, 2012
The first part of California's Dream Act, Assembly Bill 130, will provide access to private scholarships and financial aid to undocumented immigrants.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
In Iowa, Hispanics ‘Used Like a Punching Bag’
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jan 03, 2012
Hispanics make up one third of the residents in Perry, Iowa, but say they have been all but ignored by GOP presidential contenders.
Categories: Election 2012, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012, caucus, elections, gingrich, hispanic, immigration, iowa, perry, romney, ronpaul
Korean Beauty Trend To Hit U.S.
Koream Journal, News Report, Posted: Jan 03, 2012
Flawless skin is something just about every woman wishes she had. For people who are not blessed with good genes and naturally impeccable skin, expensive (and time consuming) skin care treatments are what prevent them from achieving the age-defying skin that celebrities seem to have.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Health
Tags: age-defying skin, beauty, celebrities, korean, products, star, US
Mientras Denver revisa las deportaciones, familias se quedan en el limbo
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 03, 2012
Raúl Cárdenas acaba de tener su caso de deportación suspendido, pero él no se siente que mucho ha cambiado.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: denverdeportaciones, denverhispanos, denverinmigración, denverinmigrantes
Residents of Coachella Valley Suffer High Rates of Sickness
California Watch, News Report, Posted: Jan 03, 2012
Governmental neglect and lack of access to affordable care has meant that for many Coachella Valley residents, "dodging death" is a daily ritual.
Categories: Health, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: affordablecareact, california, coachella, diabetes, health, insurance, latinos, poverty
The Future of Old Age in America
Unsilent Generation, Commentary, Posted: Jan 03, 2012
Bipartisan attacks on Social Security and Medicare mark an American turning point—away from compassion for elders to imagining them as “greedy geezers”?
Categories: Collaborative Reporting, Elders, Health, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: aging, entitlements, greezers, health, lgbtelders, medicare, SimonedeBeauvoir, socialsecurity, supercommittee, throdoreroszak
“Healing Spices” Author Cooks Global Flavors for Better Health
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Jan 03, 2012
"Healing Spices," the new book by University of Texas professor Bharat B. Aggarwal, shows how the world’s kitchens are also delicious medicine cabinets.
Categories: Health, Intersections, South Asian, Top Stories, food
Tags: Alzheimers, cancer, cooking, healing, health, healthfood, naturalfood, spices
Romney Promises to Veto DREAM Act if Elected President
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jan 02, 2012
GOP Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said he doesn’t support in-state tuition last September, but now he’s finally said as president he would veto the DREAM Act if the bill ever passed congress.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: congress, dream act, education, immigration, latino, mitt, romney, top, veto, vote
44 Years After Walkouts, Are Latino Students Better Off?
New America Media / South Kern Sol, Commentary, Posted: Jan 02, 2012
Nearly 44 years after the Chicano-led high school walkouts of 1968, Latinos are still under-achieving academically.
Categories: Education, Latino, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: 1968schoolwalkouts, chicanomovement, highschooldropouts, salcastro, truancy
Jobs Program for Older Americans Struggles
RedwoodAge.com, News Report, Posted: Jan 02, 2012
Congress didn’t cut the nation’s only jobs program for low-income older workers for 2012. But 85 percent fewer seniors will get help than two years ago.
Categories: African American, Economy, Elders, Top Stories
Tags: jobcuts, jobsprogram, seniorjobs
Romney Promises to Veto DREAM Act
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 01, 2012
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said on Dec. 31, 2011 that he would veto the federal DREAM Act if elected president.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: DREAMact, dreamact, romneydreamact, romneyimmigration
Future of Anti-Immigrant State Laws on the Line for 2012
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 01, 2012
2012 could be a decisive year for the future of anti-immigration state laws, from the Supreme Court to the White House.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012immigration, 2012immigrationlaws, alabamalaw, arizonalaw, immigrationlaws
90-Year-Old Latina Brings Art to Life and Life to Her Art
Mundo Hispánico, News Report, Posted: Jan 01, 2012
After 45 years in Atlanta, artist and art teacher Gloria Patiño just turned 90, bringing a new spirit to the growing number of Georgia’s Latino elders.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Elders, Ethnic Media Network, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: elderlatinos, latinaartist, latinoartist, latinoelders