New America Media: Andrew Lam

¿Cuándo se convirtieron los inmigrantes en el enemigo?

New America Media, Commentary, Andrew Lam, Posted: Apr 25, 2012

Escritor Andrew Lam considera la pregunta de la exsecretaria de estado, Condoleeza Rice: ¿Cuándo se convirtieron los inmigrantes en el enemigo?

Categories: NAM en Español

Tags: andrewlam, condoleezariceinmmigrantes, inmigranteenemigo, inmigrantesenemigos

When Did Immigrants Become the Enemy?

New America Media, Commentary, Andrew Lam, Posted: Apr 20, 2012

Commentator Andrew Lam considers the question raised by former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice: When immigrants became the enemy, instead of America’s strength?

Categories: Economy, Featured Columnists, Immigration, Intersections, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories

Tags: AmnestyInternational, civilrightsandimmigrants, condoleezariceonimmmigrants, HumanRightsWatch, immigrationdebate, megwhitman, sheriffbabeau, waronterrorismandimmigrants

Human Trafficking a Growing Global Scourge

New America Media / SF Public Press, News Feature, Andrew Lam, Posted: Feb 24, 2012

Human trafficking is the fastest-growing criminal business in the world, though its victims remain hidden from view.

Categories: African, Asian, Collaborative Reporting, Immigration, International Affairs, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories

Tags: humantrafficking, sexslaves, sextrade, slavery, trafficking

In Thailand, Elephant Sashimi is All the Rage

New America Media, Commentary, Andrew Lam, 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

Tigers: Man-Eaters Eaten by Man

New America Media, Commentary, Andrew Lam, 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

Iraq’s Unfinished Story—Millions of Refugees Abandoned by U.S.

New America Media, Commentary, Andrew Lam, 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

Forgetting the Iraq War

New America Media, Commentary, Andrew Lam, 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

Does America’s Fortune Ride on Two Numbers? - 9/11 and 99:1

New America Media, Commentary, Andrew Lam, Posted: Oct 26, 2011

9/11 delineates a nation rallying under the flag, of unity against a common enemy. 99:1 speaks of the opposite, of disparity, disunion, and ultimately, disillusionment.

Categories: Economy, Featured Columnists, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict

Tags: 9/11, 99:1, economy, foreclosures, middle class, occupy wall street, rich, san francisco