Not Keeping Up: HBCU Athletes and Academics
The Root, News Report, Posted: May 31, 2011
According to a new NCAA report, a disproportionate number of historically black colleges and universities have been sanctioned because of poor academic performance by sports teams.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Youth Culture
Tags: African American students, college, HBCUs, Louisiana State, sports, University of Carolina, University of Florida
President Obama Grapples with Middle East Issues
The Final Call, News Report, Posted: May 31, 2011
In what was billed as a reprise of his 2009 Cairo-speech to the Muslim world, President Barack Obama attempted to lay down a new marker for U.S. Middle East policy at the State Department May 19.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Cairo, muslim world, president Obama, U.S. Middle East policy
Holder Urged to Support Retroactive Sentencing Reform
The Washington Informer, News Report, Posted: May 31, 2011
National civil rights organizations and sentencing reform advocates are strongly urging U. S. Attorney General Eric Holder to support retroactive application of the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s revised sentencing guideline for crack cocaine offenses.
Categories: Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance
Tags: crack cocaine, National Civil Rights organizations, reform, retroactive application, U.S. Sentencing Comission
Bishop Eddie Long Settles—Instead of Fighting As Promised
AFRO, News Report, Posted: May 31, 2011
The Atlanta pastor facing four civil lawsuits accusing him of sexual coercion settled the cases out-of-court, his church announced May 26, but the agreement leaves plenty of questions unanswered.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: atlanta, civil rights, lawsuit, pastor, sexual coercion
The Palin Show Is a Scam—and Everyone Knows It
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 31, 2011
Sarah Palin has no chance at winning the presidency. And that’s what makes the idea that she intends to run in 2012 both intriguing and amusing.
Categories: Featured Columnists, Front Page, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012elections, BarackObama, GOP, Republicans, SarahPalin
What Becomes of the Memory of "Vietnam" in Light of Afghanistan?
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 31, 2011
Who writes the memory of Vietnam? Will there ever be a day when “Vietnam” is no longer a synonym for failed foreign policy? A reading by Andrew Lam.
Categories: Asian, Middle Eastern, Video, War & Conflict
Tags: afghanistan, jung, karma, memories, Obama, psyche, syndrome, synonym, viet cong, Vietnam, war
Illinois House Passes State DREAM Act
Hoy Chicago, News Report, Posted: May 31, 2011
The Illinois House of Representatives passed the Illinois DREAM Act (SB 2185) in a bipartisan 61-53 vote.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: dreamact, illinoisdreamact, illinoisimmigration, illinoislatinos, patquinn
CA Prisons—"Cruel and Unusual" Punishment
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: May 31, 2011
California's prison system, according to the U.S. Supreme Court, constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Law & Justice
Telemundo Seeks Emmy for Novella
Hispanically Speaking News, News Report, Posted: May 31, 2011
In a first, Telemundo is campaigning hard to get its lead novella, “La Reina del Sur,” noticed for Emmy nominations.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Media
Tags: CatedelCastillo, Emmy, LaReinadelSur, Telemundo
More Than Immigration at Stake in Historic Effort to Recall AZ's Pearce
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 31, 2011
A bipartisan effort to recall state Senator Russell Pearce could signal a shift in the political climate in Arizona, even if it doesn’t result in his leaving office.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Economy, Education, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: anti-immigration, Arizona, divisive, recall, Russell Pearce, SB 1070
Japanese-American Eldercare Foreshadows Nation’s Aging Future
Rafu Shimpo , News Feature, Posted: May 31, 2011
The Japanese-American community has aged faster than the rest of the country. It provides the U.S. a look at the challenges of eldercare in coming decades.
Categories: Asian, Elders, Ethnic Media in the News, Health, Top Stories
Tags: assistedliving, babyboomers, elders, healthcare, japaneseamericans, nursinghomes, seniorliving
Why Vietnam’s Government Shouldn’t Fear Facebook and Social Media
Talk.Onevietnam.org, News Report, Posted: May 30, 2011
According to Dr. Jennifer Brinkerhoff of George Washington University, who has spoken at several security conferences regarding digital diaspora networks, extremist networks tend to become more liberal as their membership grows. The idea is that a network might start with an extreme point of view, but as they grow, that point of view becomes more centric. Extreme points of view are replaced with more centric, mainstream views. It’s a regression towards the mean, a well understood concept in statistics, being applied to social networks.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Science & Technology, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: change, facebook, government, middle east, police state, revolution, social media, uprising, vietnam
Behind Bars: For Black Girls, Acting Out Is a Crime
Equal Voice Newspaper, News Feature, Posted: May 30, 2011
To those who work with low-income African-American youth, the link between poverty, abuse, punitive school policies and the growing incarceration of young women is all too clear.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: africanamericans, Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers, children'sdefensefund, girls, juvenilejustice, LateefahSimon, LeaJayHarper, YoungMothers United Program at the Center for Young Women’s Development
Solicitor General: U.S. Erred in WWII Internment Cases
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: May 29, 2011
In a highly unusual admission of misconduct, the solicitor general posted a “Confession of Error” on the Justice Department’s blog regarding the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, War & Conflict
Tags: In a highly unusual admission of misconduct, the government’s top Supreme Court lawyer posted a “Confession of Error” on the Justice Department’s blog regarding the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Alabama Tornado Victims Fear Immigration Crackdown
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: May 29, 2011
Alabama's pending immigration bill has undocumented victims of the Tuscaloosa tornado afraid to come out of hiding.
Categories: Environment, Front Page, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: fearful, food, hiding, shelter, tornado, Tuscaloosa, undocumented
Cal Students Rally in Support of DREAM Act
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 29, 2011
Student groups in the University of California system are campaigning to support two state assembly bills introduced in January so the state can have its own DREAM Act.
Categories: Education, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Youth Culture
Tags: California, DREAM Act, state's coffers, UC students
School Churns Out College-Bound Grads in East Palo Alto
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 29, 2011
With 80 percent of Eastside alumni enrolled in or graduate of a four-year college, the school is building a college-going culture in East Palo Alto.
Categories: African American, Asian, Education, Latino, Top Stories, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: college, drop out, east palo alto, eastside prep school, education, high school, ivy league
Black Immigrants Join the Debate
The Root, News Report, Posted: May 28, 2011
Millions of African- and Caribbean-born people are missing from the immigration-reform conversation, but a few are starting to get involved.
Categories: African, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, International Affairs, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Africans, blackafricans, Haiti, Haitians, immigrationlaws, immigrationreform
Obama in Ireland: Uplifting—and Shrewd
Black America Web, Commentary, Posted: May 28, 2011
In his visit to the Irish home of his great great great grandfather, Obama is shrewdly—and wisely—making the most of his multicultural heritage.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Network, European, Front Page, International Affairs
Tags: 2012elections, Ireland, mixedrace, obama, visit
Homeowners Determined to Make Scammers Pay
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 28, 2011
Members of the Home Defenders League, a 2,500-strong homeowners group in California that is fighting foreclosures, are determined to make scammers pay.
Categories: African American, Asian, Caribbean, Chinese, Economy, European, Indigenous, Latino, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: defraud, foreclosures, homeowners, mortgage fraud, pay, scammers
Philippine Garment Exporters Seek Special Treatment
GMA News.tv, News Report, Posted: May 27, 2011
Philippine officials are asking the U.S. Congress to pass a bill granting special treatment to Philippine-made garments.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: Filipino, garmentindustry, SAVEAct, USCongress
Court Ruling Puts Three-Strikes Reform Back on Radar
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: May 27, 2011
More than half of the third “strikes” that have triggered a 25-to-life sentence in California involve neither serious nor violent felonies.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance
Tags: 25-to-life, 3 strikes, california, felonies, law, non violent
NY Dept. of Education Sued Over School Closings
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: May 27, 2011
A coalition has joined forces to block the Bloomberg administration and the Department of Education (DOE) from closing schools throughout New York City.
Categories: Education, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: bloomberg, closing, fight, naacp, new york, schools, unions
Economy Worries New College Grads
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: May 27, 2011
The poor state of the nation’s economy is giving chills to new college graduates as thousands face the real world this spring.
Categories: African American, Economy, Education, Intersections, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Labor Law, But It’s No Model for SB 1070
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: May 27, 2011
Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Labor Law, But It’s No Model for SB 1070
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Law & Justice
Tags: But It’s No Model for SB 1070, Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Labor Law
State Law Needed to Keep Insurers’ Greed in Check
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: May 27, 2011
If California wants to check the runaway spikes in health care insurance costs, it should pass key legislation pending in the state Assembly that would require insurers to obtain approval from state regulators before charging more for their plans.
Categories: African American, Asian, Caribbean, Chinese, European, Health, Indigenous, Latino, Middle Eastern, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: AB 52, ACA, California, health insurance, more powers, regulators
What Mexico Will Look Like in 2012
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: May 27, 2011
Mexican President Felipe Calderon's war on drugs has cost more than 34,000 lives in the last four years. There is mounting pressure for would-be presidential hopefuls to declare that, if elected, they would call off the war.
Categories: International Affairs, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 000 killed, 34, Calderon, drug cartels, local gangs, violence, war on drugs
Anger Grows in South Korea over U.S. Dumping of Agent Orange
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 26, 2011
Revelations emerging last week that United States Forces in Korea buried large amounts of hazardous chemicals there, including the defoliant Agent Orange, are diminishing the Koreans’ trust in their most important ally.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Health, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: accountable, Agent Orange, buried, health issues, South Korea, U.S. military
TRUST Act Passes California Assembly
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 26, 2011
The California Assembly passed a bill that would allow counties to opt out of the controversial Secure Communities program.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: fingerprints, scomm, securecommunities
Census: Hispanic Population Grew Four Times Faster Than Total U.S. Population
U.S. Census Bureau, News Report, Posted: May 26, 2011
The U.S. Census Bureau today released a 2010 Census brief that shows the Hispanic population increased by 15.2 million between 2000 and 2010.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Redistricting
Tags: census, census2010, censuslatinos, latinopopulation
Finglish: How Iranians Lost Their Language, and Everything Else Along With It
New America Media, First Person, Posted: May 26, 2011
For years I treated Finglish, that odd mix of Farsi & English, as a secret shame. Now I know why: all we've lost as Iranians began when we started losing our language.
Categories: International Affairs, Intersections, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: california, elite, english, farsi, farsi-english, finglish, iran, iranian, monterey, persian, prominent, tehrangeles
Oprah’s Conflicted, Empowering, Shaming Bond With Women Like Me
Colorlines, News Analysis, Posted: May 26, 2011
After 25 years on the air, Oprah’s very last episode of her daily talk show aired yesterday. And I for one am not going to miss Oprah Winfrey at all.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Intersections, Media, Multi-ethnic
Tags: attraction, last, oprah winfrey, show, women
Breaking the Stigma of Medical Marijuana
International Examiner, News Report, Posted: May 26, 2011
Another advocate thinks that marijuana should be legalized, regulated, and taxed just like alcohol. David Tran says his dispensary, Conscious Care Cooperative, is not about recreational use but providing “qualified patients with high quality medicine in a safe environment.” The co-operative is organized as a non-profit organization but Tran still looks at it like a business.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Health, Law & Justice
Tags: drugs, marijuana, medication, seattle, washington
Herman Cain and GOP Presidential Nomination an Oxymoron
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 26, 2011
The irrepressible talk show host and former Godfather Pizza CEO Herman Cain thinks he can stand the GOP on its head and get it to nominate him, an African-American, as its 2012 presidential standard bearer. But will his race come in the way?
Categories: African American, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: GOP, Herman Cain, no Obama, oxymoron, voting bloc, white voters
Minority Pedestrians Disproportionately Killed in California Accidents
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 26, 2011
It is dangerous to be a pedestrian in California, particularly so for minorities and the elderly, according to a report out this week.
Categories: African, African American, Asian, Caribbean, Chinese, Elders, Environment, Indigenous, Latino, News, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: crosswalks, dangerous, elderly, minority, Oakland, pedestrian, poor infrastructure
Why Was Latino Former Marine Shot 60 Times by Arizona SWAT Team?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 25, 2011
Another Latino has been shot dead in an Arizona home invasion – and the national media is once again ignoring the story.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: ArizonaLatinos, joseguerena, latinomarineshot, Latinoshot, shawnaford
YO! Thoughts: What Do You Think About the Schwarzenegger Scandal?
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 25, 2011
NAM hit the streets of San Francisco to get a pulse of how people feel towards the former governor of California following the news of his recent scandal.
Categories: Video, Youth Culture
Tags: arnoldschwazenegger, maid, maria shriver, politics
Beating Death of Vietnamese Elderly Man Leaves Family Stunned
Pacific Citizen, News Report, Posted: May 25, 2011
National JACL, in responding to the incident, has asked local police to look into the possibility that the victims may have been targeted because of their race.
Categories: Asian, Elders, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice
College Dream Eludes Immigrant Valedictorian
Richmond Pulse, First Person, Posted: May 25, 2011
Jessica Garcia wants to become a doctor, but being undocumented and poor is keeping her and hundreds of thousands of other young immigrants like her from realizing their dreams.
Categories: Education, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: contribute, dream act, obligation, opens doors, young people
67 Sueños -- Activating the Silent Majority Left Out of Dream Act
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 25, 2011
According to a recent study by the Migration Policy Institute, 67 percent of undocumented youth and young adults would not qualify for the Dream Act.
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: 67 sueños, dream act, media, oakland, undocumented, video, youth
Déja Vu: New Florida Law Hinders Voting Rights of Blacks, Poor
Black America Web, Commentary, Posted: May 24, 2011
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed into law a bill that's a blatant attempt at limiting the access of poor people to the polls.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: florida, GOP, republicans, RickScott, votingrightsact
Korean Americans Top Graduation Rates
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: May 24, 2011
The college graduation rate among Koreans in the United States is nearly double the national average, reports the Korea Times, with more than half holding a four-year degree or higher.
Categories: Asian, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: asianamerican, education, graduation, koreanamerica
Whites: "Reverse Racism" on the Rise
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: May 24, 2011
A new study finds that many white people feel that anti-white racism has increased and even surpassed racism towards black people.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: anti racism, black, race, relations, study, tufts, white
Malcolm X's Grandson Decries Marable Biography on 86th Birthday Observation
New York Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: May 24, 2011
Throwing a book at the book, “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention,” Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcolm X, is unimpressed with Manning Marable’s hefty tome written about his world famous relative.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Front Page
Tags: biography, Malcolm Shabazz, Malcolm X, Manning Marable
Defenders of Banker Strauss-Kahn Downplay Alleged Rape of Maid
AFRO, News Report, Posted: May 24, 2011
French defenders of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and accused rapist, are drawing sharp criticism from those who say his supporters are using, sexist language to defend him.
Categories: Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Multi-ethnic
Tags: dominique strauss kahn, international monetary fund, rape
Michigan Gov. Opposes Arizona-Style Immigration Law
Arab American News, News Report, Posted: May 24, 2011
Michigan governor Rick Snyder opposes passage of HB 4305, an Arizona-style immigration law.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance
Tags: arizona, immigration, latinos, michigan
Supreme Court Upholds Ruling to Reduce California Prison Population
San Francisco Bay View, News Report, Posted: May 24, 2011
The U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed a previous court order requiring the state of California to reduce dramatically the number of people in its horribly overcrowded state prison system.
Categories: African American, Economy, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: california, inmates, jails, overcrowding, prison
Scandal Grows Over U.S. Chemical Dump in Korea
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: May 24, 2011
New revelations about the secret dumping of toxic chemicals, including Agent Orange, by American military forces in Korea has sparked renewed mistrust in the country over the actions of its longtime ally.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Ethnic Media in the News, Health, Top Stories
Tags: Agent Orange, Chemical, Dumping, Environment, Health, Korea, Military, U.S.
Cutting Social Programs No Longer Taboo
Black Voices News, News Feature, Posted: May 24, 2011
In 2008 when Kenya Ruffin’s youngest daughter Inya, was born with cerebral palsy requiring hyperbaric oxygen therapy she wasn’t prepared for all of the health challenges she would face.
Categories: African American, Health, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: California Healthy Families Program, health, social programs
Vietnam-U.K. Direct Flights to Start This Fall
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: May 24, 2011
Officials from the United Kingdom and Vietnam have concluded discussions to facilitate direct flights between the two countries to take off this autumn.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines
Cops Gone Wild in Puerto Rico
El Diario/La Prensa, Editorial, Posted: May 24, 2011
Allegations of civil rights violations in Puerto Rico are on the rise, according to an editorial in El Diario/La Prensa.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Law & Justice
Tags: policebrutality, puertorico
新美國傳媒貧困指數: 儘管新科技發展迅速，三藩市人仍經濟受困
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 24, 2011
雖然三藩市正醞釀另一個高科技熱潮， 但仍有很多人仍生活在經濟困境中。
Tags: 三藩市貧困指數， 新美國傳媒， Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality， 格萊德紀念教堂
새로운 하이테크 호황에도 샌프란시스코 주민들 여전히 불경기 체감
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 24, 2011
경제전문가들에 따르면 하이테크의 붐이 일고 있는 샌프란시스코는 캘리포니아와 미국의 경제 회복에 일조를 하고 있다고 전망하지만, 최근 뉴어메리카 미디어(NAM)와 스탠포드 대학의 빈곤과 불균형 연구센터의 '디스트레스 인덱스 (Distress Index)' 연구결과에 따르면 아직도 지속적인 불경기의 타격을 받고 있는 샌프란시스코 주민들이 많다고 조사되었다.
Washington Easing Driver's License Rules for Koreans
Korea Joongang Daily, News Report, Posted: May 24, 2011
Washington state in the United States will issue driver’s licenses to people holding Korean licenses with a simple eye test, waiving written and driving tests. Korea will do the same for people holding Washington licenses.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: Driver's license, Korean, Politics, U.S.
How a Black Democrat Won Mayor's Race in Florida GOP Enclave
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: May 24, 2011
Alvin Brown, the tenacious hometown Democrat, made history Wednesday as the first black ever elected mayor of Jacksonville.
Categories: African American, Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Politics & Governance
Tags: AlvinBrown, Florida, GOP, Jacksonville, republicans
Worlds Collide in a Luxury Suite in New York
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 24, 2011
In an earlier era, the accusations of a chambermaid that she had been sexually assaulted by the head of the IMF might have been ignored. But her complaint has caused the upending of French politics and shaken the economy of Europe.
Categories: African American, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: arrest, chambermaid, IMF head, New York hotel, sexual assault
Europe, Arizona and My Plumber
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 24, 2011
Arizona, for Americans, has come to symbolize anti-immigrant hysteria codified into law. In Europe, Arizona arrived a generation ago -- with hardly a ripple of organized protest.
Categories: African American, Asian, European, Immigration, International Affairs, Latino, Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, culture, Europe, immigration, low birthrate, protests
New Tribal Jail On the Way to Navajo Nation
Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: May 23, 2011
Coming soon to a Navajo Nation community near you - a new tribal jail.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Indigenous, Law & Justice
Taxi Crimes Against Foreigners On the Rise in Vietnam
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: May 23, 2011
A Malaysian tourist reported to a popular taxi company in Saigfvietnon that she was overcharged for a short ride by a company taxi driver, but later it turned out she had ridden in an unlicensed taxi that imitated that company’s brand.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice
Tags: arnoldschwazenegger, crimes, economy, inflation, taxi, tourism, vietnam
Young and Homeless (Part III): Risking It All, For an Education
Vida en el Valle / New America Media, News Feature, Posted: May 23, 2011
Alone, at age 14, Antonio came to California, risking homelessness in pursuit of a high school education.
Categories: Collaborative Reporting, Education, Ethnic Media Network, Fellowships, Health, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Profiles, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: fresno, fresnounifiedschooldistrict, homelessness, projectaccess, tulare, youth, youthhomelessness
Students From S. Korea Dropping Out
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: May 22, 2011
According to a recent report in the Korea Daily, a growing number of South Korean students are dropping out of school in America.
Categories: Asian, Education, Front Page
Tags: Education, GED, High school dropout, Korean, Schools, Students
Young and Homeless (Part II): From the Streets to College
Vida en el Valle / New America Media, News Feature, Posted: May 22, 2011
Last year, Daniella was living at a transitional center for homeless youth. Today, she is a successful sophomore at Cal State Fresno.
Categories: Collaborative Reporting, Economy, Education, Ethnic Media Network, Fellowships, Health, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: fresno, homelessness, homelessshelter, transitionallivingcenter, youth, youthhomelessness
Hope for Resurgence of Sri Lanka's North Rests on Education
New America Media, First Person, Posted: May 22, 2011
Education will be key to a resurgence in Sri Lanka, but ten years of civil war has damaged the school system in unexpected ways.
Categories: Asian, Education, Front Page, War & Conflict
Tags: booksforasia, inasia, jaffna, srilanka, tamil, tamiltigers, theasiafoundation
Why Cornel West's Obama Slur Made Headlines
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 21, 2011
Calling Obama a "black puppet" says more about the name-caller than the President. But it still got the predictable headline.
Categories: African American, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: american, barack obama, black, black puppet, cornel west, feud, obama, president, puppet
Schwarzenegger's Maid -- Another Case of Domestic Worker Abuse?
La Opinión, Op-ed, Posted: May 21, 2011
Arnold Schwarzenegger's relationship with his Guatemalan housekeeper, Mildred Patricia Baena, has serious implications.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice
Tags: arnold'smaid, arnoldschwazenegger, domesticworker, mildredpatriciabaena, women'srights, womenimmigrants
Young and Homeless (Part I): Finding Stability at School
Vida en el Valle / New America Media, News Feature, Posted: May 21, 2011
A growing number of California's youth and families are becoming homeless, a crisis that could have ramifications for decades to come.
Categories: Collaborative Reporting, Economy, Education, Ethnic Media Network, Fellowships, Health, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: emergencyshelter, fresno, fresnounifiedschooldistrict, homelessness, homelessshelter, homelessyouth, housingcrisis
Obama's Arab Spring: Been There, Done That, Doesn't Work
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: May 21, 2011
US-backed instant revolutions in Tunisia & Egypt have left both nations in a limbo, & have violently stalled in Libya, Syria, Bahrain & Yemen -- but it's nothing new.
Categories: Economy, Eye on Egypt , Front Page, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, War & Conflict
Tags: arab, arab spring, ayatollah, deng xiaoping, dictator, elite, elitist, iran, khomeini, obama, president, velyat faqih, washington
Undocumented Immigrants Go Under the Knife to Erase Their Fingerprints
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: May 21, 2011
As the federal fingerprint program Secure Communities expands throughout the country, migrants are choosing risky ways to change their fingerprints.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: erasefingerprints, fingerprints, scomm, securecommunities
Índice de angustia de NAM: A pesar del nuevo auge de la tecnología, muchos en San Francisco siguen sufriendo
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 20, 2011
Para muchos residentes de San Francisco, especialmente los marginados, la gran recesión se prolonga y sigue.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: economíasanfrancisco, granrecesión, Índicedeangustia, recesión
Charter School Teachers Avoid Layoffs, Enjoy Flexible Curriculum
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 20, 2011
Charter school teachers at Oakland California's Dr. Herbert Guice Christian Academy share their views on the state of public education.
Categories: African American, Education, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: budget cuts, charter school, education, oakland, teachers
The Wavelength: Media Mega-Deals, Skyprosoft, AT&T/T-Mobile & More
The Media Consortium, Roundup, Posted: May 20, 2011
The latest Wavelength, The Media Consortium’s twice-monthly blog on media news and policy issues looks at the Microsoft/Skype merger, the FCC and more.
Categories: Media
Tags: alfranken, at&t, bobdylan, comcast, fcc, ladygaga, media, netneutrality, peteseeger, publicenemy, skype, telecoms, woodyguthrie
CA Redistricting: What's at Stake for Blacks
L.A. Sentinel, News Report, Posted: May 20, 2011
Understanding redistricting is of vital importance to African Americans especially in parts of California where black seats are threatened.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: californiaredistrictingcommission, karenbass, mikedavis, redistriciting
Filipinos Push for Medicare Portability to Philippines
Asian Journal, News Report, Posted: May 20, 2011
A Filipino-American group pushing for the portability of U.S. Medicare insurance to the Philippines has asked community leaders in Las Vegas for support.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Elders, Ethnic Media Headlines, Health, Immigration, International Affairs
Tags: Filipinos, medicare, portability
NAM Distress Index: Despite New Tech Boom, Many in SF Still Suffering
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 20, 2011
A jump in requests for homeless assistance is just one sign that, while the city’s rich are getting richer, the poor are a long way from economic recovery.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: centerforcontainingstudyofthecaliforniaeconomy, coalitiononhomelessness, distressindex, economicrecovery, glidememorial, greatrecession, homelessness, joblessness, sanfranciscodistressindex, sanfranciscofoundation, stanfordcenteronpovertyandinequality
Devaughndre Broussard: The Road to Double Murder
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 20, 2011
There are similarities between Derrick Lemon, a 24-year-old Chicago man who shot a family member and Devaughndre Broussard, confessed killer of Chauncey Bailey.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice
Tags: chaunceybailey, devaughndrebroussard, double murder, murder
Debunking the Top 7 Myths on Iran's Middle East Policies
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 20, 2011
Debunking the top 7 Iran myths -- all of which imply that nothing would be going wrong in the Middle East if it weren't for Iranian machinations.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , Latin America, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: america abroad, debunk, iran, myth, public radio international, shi'a, shiite, tehran, tehran rising
Headlines from the Dustbin of History (Afghan Dept.)
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: May 20, 2011
Almost 10 years after the Bush administration invaded Afghanistan and proclaimed victory, we find ourselves in a state of déjà vu.
Categories: International Affairs, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: afghanistan, fragging, headlines, united states, war
IMF Rape Case: Victim-Bashing Run Amok
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 20, 2011
The alleged victim of Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been tried and convicted in the press since the moment her accusations went public.
Tags: imfrape, rapevictim, Strauss-Kahn
Una victoria en S.F. para jóvenes indocumentados
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 19, 2011
La victoria de San Francisco, limitado que sea, ayudará a muchas familias inmigrantes.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: gavinnewsominmigrantes, sfciudadsantuario, sfinmigrantes
SF Police Chief Orders Cops to Follow Local, Not FBI, Guidelines
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 19, 2011
Responding to allegations of racial profiling, SFPD chief says officers should abide by city regulations, not FBI regulations.
Categories: Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: aclu, fbi, humanrightscommission, racialprofiling, sanfrancisco, sfpd
China Denounces America’s Treatment of African Americans, Minorities
San Francisco Bayview, News Report, Posted: May 19, 2011
In a recent scathing report China condemned America’s treatment of its Afro-descendants and other minorities.
Categories: African, African American, Economy, Education, Front Page, Health, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: black people, china, human, report, rights, u.s.a., united nations
Abuelos latinos puestos a prueba al criar nietos
El Nuevo Sol/New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 19, 2011
Maria Olvera es una de las 2,6 millones de abuelos que son los principales cuidadores para sus nietos. Los ancianos latinos como ella tienen muchos desafíos y preocupaciones.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: abuelos, abueloslatinos, ancianoslatinos
Schwarzenegger, Strauss-Kahn and the Politics of Sex
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 19, 2011
Men and women alike are attracted by power. It would be foolhardy to think that politicians would remain sexually pure while practicing impurities of every other kind.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Gender & Sexuality, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bill clinton, clinton, dominique strauss kahn, Guinea, IMF, kahn, political, politician, politics, scandal, schwarzenegger, sex, sexual
S.F. Victory for Undocumented-Minor Immigrants
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 19, 2011
In contrast to President Obama's enforcement-only policies, San Francisco has just made concrete gains in the battle for immigration reform.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: central american resource center, deportation, ice, immigrant, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, san francisco, undocumented
Korean Students in Calif. Protest Acupuncture Exam Given in Chinese
California Watch, News Report, Posted: May 19, 2011
Korean students outraged to find bulk of exam in Chinese – a language most of them can barely read, if at all.
Categories: Asian, Education, Top Stories
Tags: acupuncture, californiaacupunctureboard, californiaacupuncturelicensingexamination, chinese, korean, koreanamericans
Graffiti or Art? Richmond Mural Causes Controversy
Richmond Pulse, Video, Posted: May 18, 2011
This spring a group of young people assembled at Richmond Ca. city council meeting to discuss freedom of expression.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Front Page, Multi-ethnic, Richmond Pulse, Youth Culture
Tags: art, civl rights, expression, graffiti, richmond city hall
In This Digital Economy, We Have the Most to Lose
Latina Lista, News Analysis, Posted: May 18, 2011
One key to long-term economic recovery and ameliorating the disproportionate jobless rates is minority entrepreneurship. Policies are needed to promote digital skills and encourage access to high speed Internet for diverse communities.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Latino, Science & Technology
Tags: broadband, businesses, digital, digital divide, minorities
Y-Plan Engages Kennedy High to Invest in Richmond's Community
Richmond Pulse, Video, Posted: May 18, 2011
Kennedy High School Y-Plan students recently presented their suggestions for the Richmond Greenway at City Hall.
Categories: Education, Multi-ethnic, Richmond Pulse, Science & Technology, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: city hall, Richmond California, Richmond Greenway, Y-Plans
Mehserle Shooting of Oscar Grant Considered a Non-Violent Offense
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 18, 2011
Johannes Mehserle could walk free in the next few weeks after serving less than one calendar year of his prison sentence.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Schwarzenegger Is Just the Latest in GOP Sexual Hypocrisy
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: May 17, 2011
Gov. Schwarzenegger was keeping a secret all these years: a child with a member of his household staff. But he's not the 1st GOP man caught with his pants down.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Gender & Sexuality, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arnold, democrat, GOP, governor, illicit, jim ensign, john edwards, kennedy, love child, maria shriver, out of wedlock, republican, schwarzenegger, sex, sexual, shriver
Accused Killer Takes Witness Stand at Chauncey Bailey Murder Trial
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 17, 2011
Antoine Mackey, one of the accused killers of Oakland Post editor Chauncey Bailey, took the witness stand in his own defense Tuesday.
Categories: Media, Top Stories
Tags: antoinemackey, chaunceybailey, devaughndrebroussard, yourblackmuslimbakery, yusefbeyiv
Immigrant Rights Groups Speak Out Against Georgia's HB87
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: May 17, 2011
Civil and immigrants’ rights groups across Georgia have rallied against the governor’s signing of House Bill 87, a controversial new law that mirrors legislation passed in Arizona, reports the Korea Daily.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration
Tags: Georgia, HB87, Human rights, Immigrant Rights, Immigrants, Immigration
DHS Ends Controversial Program
Migration Policy Institute, News Report, Posted: May 17, 2011
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it would end the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS).
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: DHS, immigrationprogram, NSEERS
Alabama Tornado Aftermath: The Forgotten Families
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 17, 2011
Families in the poorest sections of rural Alabama are most at risk of being left out as recovery efforts continue following the devastating tornadoes.
Categories: Economy, Environment, Ethnic Media Network, Top Stories
Tags: alabama, federal emergency management authority, federation of southern cooperatives, fema, recovery, tornado, tornadoes, weather
Who Asked Us? SFSU Student Sounds Off on Tuition Hikes
New America Media, First Person, Posted: May 17, 2011
As another tuition hike looms in the California State University system, one student gives her personal account of how this will affect the student population.
Categories: Economy, Education, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: board of directions, california state university, community college, cost, federal, hike, increase, loan, money, raise, register, registration, rising, san francisco state university, sfsu, student, tuition
Growing Dangers Despite U.S. Billions Invested in Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: May 17, 2011
The path now being taken by the U.S. in Pakistan and surrounding countries is putting the region - and the world - in unfathomable peril.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, South Asian, War & Conflict
Tags: afghanistan, foreignpolicymagazine, iraq, mostcorruptcountries, osama, pakistan, pakistaninterservicesintelligence, pakistannuclearweapons
Medicaid Cuts Would Hurt 4.5 Million California Kids
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: May 16, 2011
Two bills introduced by Republicans last week would repeal a provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and could hurt millions.
Categories: Economy, Health, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bills, californian, coverage CHIP, health, medicare, republicans, stability
Redistricting 2011: Power Shift in Chicago?
Equal Voice Newspaper, News Report, Posted: May 16, 2011
Chicago has watched its African-American population steadily ebb over the last decade, while its Latino population has surged.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: 2010Census, Chicago, Illinois, IllinoisVotingRightsAct, Redistricting
Malcolm X Uproar Stirs Community
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: May 15, 2011
The book "Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention,” looks to shed new light on the life of Malcolm X, but in the process has sparked a hurricane of criticism.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Media
Tags: book, forum, harlem, malcolm x, manning marabel, new york city
Allen West for President? Some Hope So
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: May 15, 2011
A growing number of Tea Partiers and conservative Republicans want to draft the black GOP lawmaker from Florida to run for president.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Garden Grove Ends Nude Vietnamese Coffee Houses
Talk.Onevietnam.org, News Report, Posted: May 15, 2011
Garden Grove Ends Nude Vietnamese Coffee Houses
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Youth Culture
Tags: coffee, culture, garden grove, little saigon, sex, vietnamese
Obama's Mother and Pakistan
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 15, 2011
Despite signs that he might have taken a different approach to foreign policy, Obama is carrying out many of the policies of his predecessor.
Categories: Immigration, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: ann sutoro, bahrain, barack obama, chandoo, dunham, friend, hyderabad, karachi, libya, mother, obama's mother, obamaosama, obamapakistan, obamasmother, occidental college, pakistan, soetoro, stanley ann, stanley ann soetoro, stanley ann sutoro, stanleyanndunham, sumroo, sutoro, yemen
Lives, Interrupted—China and the Three Gorges Dam
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: May 15, 2011
Even if it becomes the electric power source that feeds a global economic engine, it's essential to remember that China's Three Gorges dam has displaced millions.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Economy, Environment, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: china, chinese, displacement, economy, environment, homeless, migration, yangtze river
On Being an (Ex) Undocumented Immigrant Father
New America Media, First Person, Posted: May 14, 2011
My undocumented immigrant heritage is also my daughter's, just as my father’s anxieties are now mine.
Categories: Education, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: daughter, father, latino, legalization, undocumented
GOP Clamor to Release Bin Laden Photos Just Another Ploy
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 14, 2011
President Obama made the right decision not to release the photos of the body of bin Laden despite GOP's objections.
Categories: African American, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bin laden, bush, democrats, dirty, gop, obama, pakistan, photos, politics, terrorism
Redistricting: CA Bill Would Ban "Prison-Based Gerrymandering"
Capitol Weekly, News Report, Posted: May 14, 2011
Concerned that rural areas gain unfair political advantage from having state prisons in their voting districts, a move is afoot to force California to count inmates where they're from, not where they're incarcerated.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: 2010census, AssemblymanMikeDavis, prison-basedgerrymandering, prisons, redistricting
Osama Bin Laden Had Latinos on His Mind
El Diario/La Prensa, News Report, Posted: May 13, 2011
Bin Laden thought of Latinos as part of vulnerable and oppressed groups who could be "seduced by extremist terrorism."
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Latino, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: osamabinladen, osamalatinos
U.S. Carrier That Buried Osama Heading to Manila
INQUIRER.net, News Report, Posted: May 13, 2011
The USS Carl Vinson, the same warship that buried Osama bin Laden in the North Arabian Sea after the al-Qaida chief was killed, is scheduled to dock in Manila Bay this Sunday, May 15.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, International Affairs, Intersections, Middle Eastern, War & Conflict
Tags: al-Qaeda, bin Laden, Manila Bay, Osama's killing, Philippines, USS Carl Vinson
Peru: Fujimori's Daughter Has Slight Lead
Peru21, News Report, Posted: May 13, 2011
On June 5, Peruvians go to the polls for the presidential run-off election between left-wing Ollanta Humala and Keiko Fujimori.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino
Tags: AlbertoFujimori, KeikoFujimori, OllantaHumala, peruelections, poll
Less Talk, More Action on Immigration Reform
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: May 13, 2011
Editors of La Opinión write that Obama’s speech on immigration this week had little effect, and pale in comparison to the record number of deportations by his administration.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Census: Asian-Indian Population Explodes Across U.S.
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 13, 2011
Indians have surpassed Filipinos as the nation's second-largest Asian population after Chinese and in many Southern and Midwestern states, they are now the largest Asian subgroup.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Economy, Front Page, Immigration, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: 2010Census, AsianIndians, Filipinos, IndianAmericans, population, SiliconValley, South
Latino Grandparents Face Challenges When Raising Children Anew
Pasadena Star-News/New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 13, 2011
Maria Olvera is among 2.6 million U.S. grandparents doing primary childcare for their grandchildren.
Categories: Elders, Fellowships, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: childcare, children, economy, elder, grandparents, latino, parenting, poverty
Census: In California, More Empty Houses, More Families "Doubling Up"
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 12, 2011
The latest population data also show the state is getting older and more Asian, mirroring national trends.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: census, census2010, censuscalifornia, censushousing, foreclosure
Las convocatorias a la renuncia de Arpaio son cada vez más fuertes
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 12, 2011
La supervisora del condado de Maricopa Mary Rose Wilcox pidió la renuncia del sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Categories: NAM en Español
Johannes Mehserle Could Be Out of Jail in June
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 12, 2011
Johannes Mehserle, convicted of involuntary manslaughter of an unarmed Oscar Grant, may walk out of prison some time in June.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: bart, free, jail, manslaughter, mehserle, oakland, oscar grant, prision, sentencing
Immigration Reform -- Time for Business to Weigh In
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: May 12, 2011
Editors of La Opinión write that the time has come for the private sector to weigh in on immigration reform.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Minorities Account for 92% of U.S. Population Growth
Pew Hispanic Center, News Report, Posted: May 12, 2011
U.S. population growth over the past decade was driven almost exclusively by racial and ethnic minorities, the Pew Hispanic Center reports.
Categories: African American, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: 2010 census, Latinos, populationgrowth
SB 1070 puede continuar “estancada” en litigios
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 12, 2011
La futura implementación de la SB 1070 podría continuar “estancada” en litigios legales por años, según varios observadores legales.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: sb1070
Fil-Am Kids at High Risk for Kawasaki Disease
GMANews.TV, News Report, Posted: May 12, 2011
Filipino-American children in San Diego, Calif., compared with non-Filipinos, are at higher risk of contracting the "Kawasaki Disease" (KD), a heart ailment that may cause sudden death among children.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Health
Tags: Filipinos, Kawasaki Disease, prevalence, San Diego County
Census: Mexican Population Up by 35 Percent in California
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: May 12, 2011
California's Mexican population increased by 35 percent in the last decade according to the latest census figures.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Immigration Reform Might be Unconstitutional
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: May 12, 2011
An old adage says that the more laws you pass, the more criminals you make. That certainly pertains to immigration.
Categories: Immigration, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: constitution, e-verify, immigration, law, obama, reform, supreme court, undocumented
Calls for Arpaio’s Resignation Grow Louder
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 12, 2011
Citizen groups and politicians are calling on the Department of Justice to indict Sheriff Joe Arpaio for abuse of power.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Native Americans Offer Success Stories for Healthy Aging
USA Today, News Feature, Posted: May 11, 2011
One in six Native Americans has diabetes, an unusually high rate. Research increasingly shows that exercise in a prime solution for those in midlife or their later years.
Categories: Elders
Tags: diabetes, exercise, nativeamericans, seniors, usatoday
Elder Keeps Bikes Rolling in Oakland
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 11, 2011
Ben Johnson, a West Oakland native and community leader, following the death of his mother decided to open a bike shop in his neighborhood.
Categories: African American, Economy, Elders, Top Stories, Video, Youth Culture
Arizona’s SB 1070 Could Face Long Road to the Supreme Court
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 11, 2011
Gov. Jan Brewer announced this week that she plans to take Arizona's immigration law to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: arizonaimmigrationlaw, janbrewer, sb1070
Vietnam’s Booming Netizens Challenge the Marketing Community to Adapt
Onevietnam.org, News Report, Posted: May 11, 2011
Within the space of just a few years, the communication landscape in Vietnam has totally changed. Figures from the Ministry of Information & Communications show that internet penetration has grown from 4% in 2003 to 31% in 2010. There are more people online in Vietnam than Thailand or Malaysia.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Science & Technology, Youth Culture
Tags: communication, economy, hanoi, internet, netcitizen, saigon, social network, vietnam, youth
Analysis: Illiteracy in Detroit a National Shame
Black America Web, News Analysis, Posted: May 11, 2011
Detroit is facing another staggering calamity: Nearly half the adults in Motown are “functionally illiterate".
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: adults, africn american, detroit, education, illiteracy
Judge Blocks Utah’s Immigration Laws
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: May 11, 2011
Like Arizona’s SB 1070, the Utah law violates the Constitution and is even worse in requiring all Utahns to carry their ‘papers’ at all times to prove they are lawfully present.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Law & Justice
Tags: constitution, immigration law, sb 1070, undocumented, utah
First Family Easter Service Attendance Draws Racist Reaction
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: May 11, 2011
Racial threats were hurled at a D.C. Black church after a visit from President Barack Obama and The First Family on Easter Sunday.
Categories: Front Page, Intersections, Religion
Tags: church, easter, obama, pastor smith, shiloh babtist church
After Foster Care: What Happens Next?
The Root, News Report, Posted: May 11, 2011
African-American children, who, despite accounting for 14 percent of the U.S. child population, make up 30 percent of foster-care youths.
Categories: African American, Education, Intersections
Tags: african american, children, education, foster care, homeless
Coping With Supermarket Sticker Shock
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: May 11, 2011
Now, just as weary Americans are beginning to feel better about the country’s economic footing, the price of food is skyrocketing.
Categories: Economy, Intersections, Top Stories
Tags: california, food, higher, prices, UNited Nations
Illinois Latinos Underrepresented in State Jobs
Latino Policy Forum, News Report, Posted: May 11, 2011
Over the past decade, just 150 Latino employees have been added to the state workforce.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: illinoislatinos, latinopopulation
DREAM Act Reintroduced in Congress
El Nuevo Herald, News Report, Posted: May 11, 2011
The day after President Obama called for Congressional action on immigration reform, three senators are reintroducing the DREAM Act in the Senate.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: dreamact, obamadreamact, obamaimmigration, obamalatinos
México: Fuera Calderón
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 11, 2011
Miles de personas marcharon para exigirle al gobierno y al crimen organizado un alto a la brutal violencia que vive el país.
Categories: NAM en Español
Nice Speech, Now Show Real Commitment
El Diario/La Prensa, Editorial, Posted: May 11, 2011
Editors of New York's Spanish-language newspaper El Diario/La Prensa call on Obama to act on immigration reform.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: latinovote2012, obamaborder, obamaimmigration, obamalatinos
Obama at the Border: Will Enforcement Strategy Backfire with Latino Voters?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 11, 2011
Obama’s enforcement-first strategy to win over Republican support for immigration reform could be alienating Latino voters in the process.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: latinovote2012, obamaborder, obamaimmigration, obamalatinos
Connecting Test Scores to Teacher Pay—Do It Right, or Not At All
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: May 11, 2011
69 percent of Californians say the state should tie student achievement to teachers' pay. One teacher argues that giving bonuses, not punishment, is the fairest approach.
Categories: Education, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: california, education, pay, public, salary, school, students, teacher, test
Obama: We Need to Pass Immigration Reform
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: May 10, 2011
President Barack Obama called on Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform in a speech from El Paso, Texas.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: immigration reform, obama, texas
Obama Says ¡Sí, Se Puede! to Immigration Reform
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: May 10, 2011
President Obama’s renew call for passage of the comprehensive immigration reform bill couldn’t have come too soon.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: border, democrat, election, gop, immigrants, immigration reform, obama, texas, undocumented
Mexicans Protest Violence, Demand Ouster of President Calderón
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 10, 2011
Thousands marched in Mexico City to condemn violence that has skyrocketed during the administration of President Felipe Calderón.
Categories: Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: felipecalderon, mexicandrugcartels, mexicanofficialcorruption, mexico, mexicocityprotest, mexicoviolence
A Woman in the Danger Zone: Interview With a Border Patrol Agent
Prensa Hispana, Question & Answer, Posted: May 10, 2011
Border Patrol agent Claudia Alvarado says women in the Border Patrol need to operate at the same level as their male colleagues.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latin America, Latino
Tags: borderpatrol
Se cierra el circulo en torno a controversial sheriff en Arizona
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 09, 2011
Han sido unas semanas bastante duras para Joe Arpaio, el sheriff del Condado Maricopa que se hace llamar el “más duro de América”.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: Arpaio
A Day on the Border - Crosses, Dreams, and Shades of Gray
Prensa Hispana, News Feature, Posted: May 09, 2011
When I reached the border, I saw crosses labeled with the names of immigrants who had died of thirst in the suffocating desert.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: arizonaborder, azborder, border, prensahispana, usmexicoborder
Short on Cash, Costa Rican Filmmaker Raises Funds on the Web
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: May 09, 2011
A little online intervention allows a Costa Rica-born director to get his film, The Return, off the ground.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Caribbean, Economy, Ethnic Media in the News, Front Page, Latin America, Latino, Media, Multi-ethnic, News, Original NAM Content
Tags: crowdfunding, Hernán Jiménez, kickerstarter.com, online grassroots funding, The Return
Tornado-Ravaged Alabama Begins to Rebuild
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: May 08, 2011
A little more than a week after killer tornadoes swept through Alabama, the signs of recovery can be heard in the sound of buzzing saws and debris removal equipment.
Categories: African American, Environment, Ethnic Media Network, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: African-Americans, Alabama, FEMA, Tornados
Bay Area Hometown Hero Helps Mothers of Slain Victims
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 08, 2011
The Second Annual Hometown Heroes Awards – a partnership of Comcast and the Bay Area News Group -- recognized once again the outstanding, but often untold efforts of individuals and organizations making a difference in communities across the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: Bay Area News Group, COMCAST, communities, Hometown Heroes, honor, mothers, slain children, violence, walk for peace
Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Creating More Jobs for Americans
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 08, 2011
Amidst the highly charged debates on immigration and our economy, a remarkable fact often goes unmentioned: Many Americans owe their jobs to immigrant entrepreneurs.
Categories: African, Asian, Caribbean, Economy, European, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, South Asian
Tags: entrepreneurs, immigrants, jobs, smallbusiness
Digital-Divide Issues Blindside Ethnic Communities
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: May 08, 2011
Gigabytes, broadband, big-media deals—ethnic media are learning to translate high-tech jargon for communities hit with rising costs and reduced access.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Media, Multi-ethnic, Science & Technology
Tags: digitaldivide, ethnicmedia, mediapolicy
Blacks With Bulimia: A Secret in Plain Sight
The Root, News Report, Posted: May 08, 2011
Debunking stereotypes, a growing body of research shows that black women are actually more likely than whites to be bulimic. Yet it's a problem hardly anyone is talking about.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Network, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Top Stories, Youth Culture, food
Tags: anorexia, blacks, bulimia, eatingdisorders, mentalhealth, mentalillness, self-esteem, sexualabuse
Angered by "Knockdown," Pacquiao Dominates Mosley
GMA News, News Report, Posted: May 07, 2011
Quickly bouncing back from a "knockdown" that wasn't, Manny Pacquiao dominated American Shane Mosley to successfully defend his world welterweight title.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Intersections, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: boxing, Filipinos, Las Vegas, Manny Pacquiao, MGM Grand, Pacman, Philippines, Sugar Shane Mosley, WBO Welterweight title
Why Strokes Kill More Blacks
The Root, News Report, Posted: May 07, 2011
Instead of calling 911 when suffering a stroke, most African Americans call a friend or relative, significantly decreasing their chances of survival,
Categories: African American, Elders, Ethnic Media Headlines, Health, Science & Technology
Tags: 911, africanamericans, blacks, strokes
Op-ed: Texas Redistricting Plan Fails to Reflect Surge in Latinos
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 07, 2011
A redistricting map recently approved by the GOP-controlled state House of Representatives fails to acknowledge the explosive growth of Hispanics.
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: 2010Census, Carlos Uresti, Democrats, GOP, Latinos, latinospolitics, redistricting, Texas, U.S.Congress
Latino Paradox: Hispanics Live Longer—But Sicker
Mariowire, Commentary, Posted: May 07, 2011
Researchers know Latino elders in the U.S. outlive even whites. But they age with more illness, especially those who spent decades here. Who will care for them?
Categories: Elders, Health, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: chronicillness, economy, latino, longevity, seniors
Grounds Work More Deadly for Immigrant Latinos
Hispanically Speaking News, News Report, Posted: May 06, 2011
Latino immigrants who work as grounds-maintenance workers are much more likely to die in work-related accidents, a new study concludes.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Health, Immigration, Latino
Tags: grounds-maintenanceworkers, Latinos, occupationalaccidents, occupationalfatalities
Fla. Welfare Recipients Must Pass Drug Tests
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 06, 2011
A bill that would require adult welfare recipients to pass a drug test before collecting benefits is headed to Florida Gov. Rick Scott for signing.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance
Tags: drugtesting, Florida, RickScott, welfare
Groups Unite on Illinois Redistricting Map
Hispanically Speaking News, News Report, Posted: May 06, 2011
The United Congress of Community and Religious Organizations has released a “unity" redistricting map aimed at protecting voting rights of communities of color in Illinois.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: 2010Census, Illinois, Latinos, Redistricting
Muslim Woman Leads ACLU Fight for Pastor’s Right to Condemn Islam
Freedom Forum Diversity Institute, News Report, Posted: May 06, 2011
When a Quran-burning Florida pastor traveled to Michigan to denounce Islam at North America’s largest Muslim center, he found a fierce defender of his First Amendment rights.
Categories: Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: Arab, Dearborn, Islamophobia, Koran, Muslim, Terry Jones
U.S. Muslims Still Live in Climate of Hate
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: May 06, 2011
News of Osama bin Laden’s death has not come without more incidents of backlash towards American Muslims.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance, Religion
Tags: American, bin laden, hate, islam, middle east, racism, religion
Osama, Obama and Undocumented Immigrants
Al Día, Commentary, Posted: May 06, 2011
I never imagined that the terrorist attacks planned by Osama bin Laden would end up hurting undocumented immigrants.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 911, osamabinladen, osamaobama, sept11, september11, undocumentedimmigrants
Obama Heads to Texas-Mexico Border
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: May 06, 2011
President Barack Obama will travel to El Paso, Texas on Tuesday, where he will speak about immigration.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: immigrationreform, obamaborder, obamaimmigration, obamalatinos
Maryland "DREAM Act” Passes
Koream Magazine, News Report, Posted: May 06, 2011
Maryland passes Dream Act.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Law & Justice
Tags: college, dream act, education, immigration, maryland, scholarship, students, texas, undocumented
Corruption Probes Beleaguer Arizona’s “Toughest” Sheriff
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 06, 2011
It's been a tough week for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who faces state and federal corruption probes on multiple fronts.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Profiles, Top Stories
Tags: corruptionprobe, immigration sweeps, JoeArpaio, maricopa county sheriff's office
En Tucson, la lucha de derechos de los inmigrantes se traslada a las aulas
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 05, 2011
Los jóvenes se han convertido en la fuerza impulsora detrás del movimiento de derechos de los inmigrantes – desde los partidarios de la Ley DREAM hasta los que luchan contra las leyes en contra de inmigrantes de Arizona.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: 1 de Mayo, Arizona, derechos inmigrantes, estudios étnicos, Tucson, UNIDOS
Afghans Paid Heavy Price in War on Terror, Yet Are Ignored by Media Now
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 05, 2011
The Afghan people paid one of the heaviest prices in the war on terror, yet their role is hardly acknowledged by the media as they report on the worldwide reaction to the killing of Osama bin Laden.
Tags: Afghan people, ignored, Osama bin Laden, role, war on terror
Demanda: cartas racistas impulsaron a Arpaio a incrementar las redadas de inmigración
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 05, 2011
Cartas racialmente cargadas enviadas al sheriff del condado de Maricopa, Joe Arpaio por sus electores - presentadas el viernes como pruebas en una demanda de perfil racial de tres años de duración, -podría revelar las motivaciones detrás de las redadas de inmigración por el sheriff más duro de Estados Unidos.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: ACLU, condado de maricopa, joe arpaio, perfil racial, redadas inmigraciones
Telemundo Lags Behind NBC in Local News Coverage
Latino Print Network, News Report, Posted: May 05, 2011
A new report reveals disparities between the amount of local news offered on Comcast's English- and Spanish-language stations.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Media
Tags: comcasttelemundo, nbctelemundo, telemundo
Yee Backs Down on Acupuncture Bill After Korean Community Outcry
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 05, 2011
California State Sen. Leland Yee amended a bill that would have put the word "Chinese" in the name of the state's acupuncture licensing agency.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Front Page, Health, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: Acupuncture, AlternativeHealing, Chinese, Chinesemedicine, Korean, LelandYee, sharkfin
Zero-Tolerance Policy Creates a School-to-Prison Pipeline
New America Media, Interview, Posted: May 05, 2011
Schools across the nation are increasingly adopting punitive measures as a way to control and deter violence and other disruptive behaviors.
Categories: African American, Asian, Caribbean, Education, European, Indigenous, Latino, Middle Eastern, Top Stories
Tags: ineffective punishment, school-to-prison pipeline, schools, zero tolerance
Suspended Again: The Struggle To Resolve Student Conflicts
New America Media, First Person, Posted: May 05, 2011
Amelia knows her fights with other high school students were mostly her fault, but she’s struggling to graduate and thinks better counseling could have helped her.
Categories: Education, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: counseling, school student, suspension, temper
Attention President Obama: Osama Was No Geronimo
Indian Country Today, Commentary, Posted: May 05, 2011
President Obama should not have let his military give Osama bin Laden the code name "Geronimo" after the Apache hero.
Tags: americanindian, geronimo, indiancountry, navyseals, OsamabinLadendeath, presidentobama
Illinois Pulls Out of Secure Communities Program
Chicago News Cooperative, News Report, Posted: May 04, 2011
Illinois is the first state in the nation to withdraw from the Secure Communities program.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Why Obama Is Right Not to Release bin Laden Photos
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: May 04, 2011
Perhaps the most important reason is one that Obama did not state, having to do with the reactions to bin Laden’s death among Americans themselves.
Categories: Featured Columnists, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: AmericanreactiontobinLaden's death, Obama, OsamabinLadendeath, OsamabinLadenphotos
Georgia’s New Immigration Law—"Unjust and Un-American"
Khabar Magazine, Op-ed, Posted: May 04, 2011
The Georgia state House and Senate recently passed an immigration bill modeled on Arizona's SB 1070.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: arizonaimmigrationlaw, georgiaimmigrationlaw, hb87, nathandeal, sb1070
NY Chinatown Business Owners: Reopen Park Row
Sing Tao Daily, News Report, Posted: May 04, 2011
Residents of New York's Chinatown hope the New York Police Department will reopen Park Row, the main street of Chinatown.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: chinatown, nychinatown, osamabinladen, parkrow
Chinese 9/11 Victims and Osama Death
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 04, 2011
Sing Tao in New York reports that many Chinese family members of 9/11 victims are finding relief in the death or Osama bin Laden.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: Chinese, Newyork, OsamabinLadenkilling, September11, waronterror
Going Hungry for Ethnic Studies
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 04, 2011
Hungry students and their supporters sit for the seventh day in front of University of California at Berkeley’s California Hall, to protest cuts in the ethnic studies program.
Categories: African American, Asian, Education, Front Page, Indigenous, Latino, Middle Eastern, News, South Asian
Tags: ethnic studies, hunger strike, people of color, target, UC Berkeley
Foreclosed Homeowners Vent Anger at Wells Fargo
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 04, 2011
A Wells Fargo shareholders meeting in San Francisco turns ugly as homeowners demand that the bank place a moratorium on all foreclosures.
Categories: African, Asian, Caribbean, Chinese, Economy, Front Page, Indigenous, Latino, Middle Eastern, News, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: anger, arrests, exploitation, foreclosures, homeowners, moratorium, protests, Wells Fargo
Marrakesh Bombing, Osama Death Evoke Moroccan Reflections on Arab Spring
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: May 04, 2011
Bin Laden’s death and last week's Marrakesh bombing came as shocks to usually peaceful Morocco. A teacher and his students reflect on the Arab Spring.
Tags: bombings, education, internationalaffairs, morocco, OsamabinLaden, waronterror
No-Drama Obama Keeps His Cool—and Trumps His Critics
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: May 04, 2011
Obama cracked wise against his foes at the White House Correspondents Dinner a day after he had secretly green-lit a Navy SEALs mission to take out Osama bin Laden.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: BarackObama, DonaldTrump, NavySeals, OsamabinLadenkilling, WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner
Could bin Laden Killing Help Patch Up US-Pakistan Relations?
Common Ground News Service, News Analysis, Posted: May 03, 2011
If the US government acknowledges and addresses the valid concerns of the Pakistani public, bin Laden’s death could actually prove a high point in American diplomacy.
Categories: International Affairs, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: binLadenDeath, CIA, Inter-ServicesIntelligenceAgency, ISI, OsamabinLaden, Pakistan, Pakistani military, RaymondDavis
After Nine Years, DHS Finally Drops "SB 1070 for Muslims"
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: May 03, 2011
the Department of Homeland Security has quietly announced the end of NSEERS, one of the most explicitly racist, underreported initiatives in post-9/11 America.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance, South Asian
Tags: 9/11, DepartmentHomelandSecurity, DHS, Muslim-American, Muslims, NSEERS, SB1070
Journalists Call for Iran Hikers' Release
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 03, 2011
On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, journalists from across the United States are calling on the Islamic Republic of Iran to release their colleague, Shane Bauer, and his friend Josh Fattal, who have been held in detention for more than 21 months.
Categories: International Affairs, Media, Top Stories
Tags: call for release, detention, hikers, Iran, journalists, Shane Bauer, World Press Freedom Day
APA Members of Congress React to bin Laden’s Death
Rafu Shimpo, News Report, Posted: May 03, 2011
Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus have issued statements on the death of Osama bin Laden, praising the Obama Administration and the armed forces but warning that the threat of terrorism continues.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: arabian, asian, caucus, congressional, dead, death, obama, osama bin laden, reaction
Local TV Programming Coming to Navajo Reservation
Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: May 03, 2011
he first areas to get the new channels will be Window Rock, Tohatchi and Shiprock. He added that the signal will reach communities around these towns.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Ethnic Media Headlines, Indigenous, Media
Tags: channels, indian, media, navajo, programs, reservation, television, tv
Filipino Teachers Shine in Cambodia
Philippine Daily Inquirer, News Feature, Posted: May 03, 2011
Seeking better opportunities outside their country, 257 Filipino teachers have found jobs in private schools in Cambodia.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: cambodia, education, philippines, teachers
"Geronimo," bin Laden Code Name, Insults Native Americans
Indian Country, News Report, Posted: May 03, 2011
America regarded Osama bin Laden as a Hitler, but the U.S. military code-named him "Geronimo," an insult to the memory of a great Apache leader and Native America.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Indigenous, Politics & Governance
Tags: military, nativeamerican, navyseals, OsamabinLaden, waronterror
Young Africans Who Want to Be Porn Stars
The Root, News Report, Posted: May 03, 2011
Hundreds of youths try to escape poverty by going into Africa's porn industry. Few realize how difficult and unsafe it can be.
Categories: African, Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Intersections, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: africa and the sex industry, African porn, human trafficking and African pornography, Mayina Amely-James Koh Bela, nigeria pornography, pornography in Africa, sex trafficking in Africa, South African porn, X-rated movies from South Africa
For Many It’s Gas, Food or Rent!
Los Angeles Sentinel, News Report, Posted: May 03, 2011
The community has been under siege by high unemployment and massive foreclosures and now, here comes escalating gas prices ... what's next?
Categories: African American, Economy, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Foreclosure Continues Decline of Maryland Golf Course
AFRO, News Report, Posted: May 03, 2011
Villages of Marlborough (VOM) residents were informed that Marlborough Country Club was foreclosed, in a continuing and frustrating saga.
Categories: African American, Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page
Tags: decline, foreclosure, home owners, Marlboro Golf Course
Africa Union Chairman visits U.S., Frustrated Over Preconditions for Peace in Libya
The Final Call, News Report, Posted: May 03, 2011
Dr. Jean Ping, chairperson of the African Union Commission, and his high level delegation recently paid an official visit to the United States.
Categories: African, Front Page, International Affairs, Politics & Governance
Tags: African Union Commission, delegation, Dr. Jean Ping, Libya, peace, United States
We Killed Osama bin Laden, Now Let’s Kill the Myth
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 03, 2011
Osama bin Laden has been killed, but it will be some time before history catches up with the myth around him and the al-Qaeda organization, as well as the fact that he had outlived his usefulness as a bogeyman for the West.
Categories: Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: bogeyman, fatwas, luxury neighborhood, myth, Osama bin Laden, political Islam
Why Did 15 Million Latinos Sit Out 2010 Elections?
MySanAntonio.com/NewsTaco.com, Commentary, Posted: May 03, 2011
The alarming truth: Latinos largely ignored the midterm elections. If Latinos hope to translate 2010 Census figures into political clout, they have to get to the polls.
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Media, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: 2010census, 2010elections, Latinos, vote
Letter From Pakistan: Gotcha!
Dawn.com, News Analysis, Posted: May 03, 2011
As CNN and BBC were showing thousands of Americans outside the White House, cheering the news of bin Laden's death, the sounds and sights coming from Pakistani TV were at best bizarre.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: CIA, conspiracytheorists, Osama bin Laden, pakistan, Pakistanimilitary, pridebrigade
Bin Laden's Death and the Meaning of American Patriotism
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 02, 2011
Patriotism is not the same thing as cheering in the streets when your side wins the Super Bowl. How many young people celebrating bin Laden's death at the White House have imagined themselves actually enlisting to fight in Afghanistan?
Categories: Featured Columnists, Front Page, International Affairs, Intersections, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: 9/11, collegestudents, obama, OsamabinLaden, patriotism, PatTillman, September11, waronterror
Osama bin Laden: One Gangster Down, Many Waiting in the Wings
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: May 02, 2011
The hit on bin Laden was quintessential gangsterism, a sleazy offering by the suspect Pakistani intelligence, with President Obama posing as Elliot Ness.
Categories: International Affairs, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: 9/11, ElliotNess, gangsters, Ground Zero, obama, OsamabinLaden, pakistan, TheUntouchables, White House
Shackled Immigrant Mom Wins Case
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: May 02, 2011
A Tennessee judge has ruled in favor of immigrant mother Juana Villegas, who was shackled during labor and after giving birth while being held in the custody.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Immigration, Intersections, Latino
Texas Redistricting Map Challenged
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 02, 2011
Texas state Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Houston, has sent a letter to the U.S. Justice Department challenging the new redistricting map passed by Republican Texas lawmakers last month.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: 2010 Census, Latinos, redistriciting, Republicans, Texas, U.S. Justice department, Voting Rights Act
American Role in Creating the Osama Monster
Oh My News, News Report, Posted: May 02, 2011
As crowds gathered across the U.S. to celebrate the killing of Osama bin Laden, ending a more than decade long hunt for the number one suspect in the World Trade Center bombings of 2001, a report in Korea's citizen journalist publication Oh My News urges Americans to reconsider their own country's role in creating bin Laden "the monster."
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, War & Conflict
Tags: Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, War, war and conflict
Obama Crushes Osama! Terrorism War Not a Pep Rally
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 02, 2011
The end of Osama bin Laden is welcome. But the “USA! USA!” cheers in strip bare America’s simplistic perspective on our increasingly complex world.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: middleeast, obama, OsamabinLaden, politics, terrorism
NY Delegation Hears Testimony of Police Abuse of College Students in Puerto Rico
El Diario/La Prensa, News Report, Posted: May 02, 2011
A delegation led by the ACLU is traveling to Puerto Rico this week to hear testimony on the civil liberties violations against students.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice
Tags: policebrutality, puertorico
Soft on Terrorism? Bin Laden Kill Shatters Another Obama Myth
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 02, 2011
With elections looming in 2012, the bin Laden action comes at the worst possible time for the GOP and its plans to bash Obama yet again as soft on America's enemies.
Categories: African American, Front Page, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: 2012, Democrats, GOP, Obama, OsamabinLaden, Republicans, softonterrorism
Latin American Media Respond to Death of Osama bin Laden
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 02, 2011
The news that Osama bin Laden had been killed sparked a number of reactions from Latin American media, from hope to skepticism.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Latino, Politics & Governance, War & Conflict
Eye on Arab Media: Killing bin Laden Will Not Make America Safer
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: May 02, 2011
The killing of bin Laden will have little impact on the war in Afghanistan, while the war on terrorism will only increase.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: afghanistan, bin laden, election, obama, presidency, revenge, terrorism, war
“Renpin” Factor—Why Asian Elders Sometimes Support Mixed Marriages
New America Media/Sing Tao Daily, News Feature, Posted: May 02, 2011
High rates of interracial marriage among Asians can result in conflicts with older parents, but other elders welcome non-Asians in the positive spirit of "renpin.”
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Elders, Fellowships, Immigration, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: asian, culturalconflict, intergenerational, interracialmarriage, mixedmarriage
As Housing Shortage Worsens, Tribes Forced to Use FEMA Trailers
America's Wire, News Report, Posted: May 02, 2011
The housing shortage for Native American families has become so critical that FEMA trailers, meant to be utilized during disasters, are being converted into living quarters.
Categories: Economy, Indigenous, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: FEMA, housingshortage, HUD, mobilehomes, nativeamerican, trailers
Lawsuit: Racist Letters Spurred Arpaio to Step Up Immigration Sweeps
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 01, 2011
Racist letters from Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's constituents could be key evidence in a racial-profiling lawsuit brought by civil rights groups.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: ACLU, immigration sweeps, joe arpaio, maricopa county sheriff's office, racial profiling
Another View From Japan: As Officials Falter in Disaster, Citizens Lead
New America Media, First Person, Posted: May 01, 2011
Contrary to reports that some Fukushima victims are being shunned, what has impressed this journalist most is the extraordinary solidarity displayed by the Japanese people.
Categories: Asian, Environment, International Affairs, Media, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: earthquake, fukushima, japan, nucleardisaster, TEPCO, tsunami
In Tucson, Immigrant Rights Fight Moves to the Classroom
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 01, 2011
A youth coalition in Arizona that has been organizing against efforts there to dismantle a popular ethnic studies program Tucson schools.
Categories: Education, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic
Tags: Arizona, ethnic studies, immigrant rights movement, May 1, School District, students, Tucson, UNIDOS
Reforms That Helped Elect Candidates of Color in SF, Oakland Under Attack
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: May 01, 2011
Ranked-choice voting—which helped elect Oakland Mayor Jean Quan (above) and gave San Francisco the most diverse Board of Supervisors in its history—has triggered a backlash.
Categories: African American, Asian, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: davidchiu, donperata, instantrunoffvoting, jeanquan, leelandyee, maliacohen, oakland, philting, rank-choicevoting, RCV, sanfrancisco, sanfranciscochronicle