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You Say Marriage, I Say Jobs

New America Media, Commentary, Jessica Arevalo, Posted: May 24, 2012

With all of this attention on same-sex marriage, we may be ignoring an even more important right: the right to work.

Categories: Economy, Gender & Sexuality, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories

Tags: ENDA, gaymarriage, LGBTQ, lgbtrights, marriageequality, samesexmarriage, transgender

A Bite of China: Food as Top Discussion in Chinese Blogosphere

World Journal, News Report, Posted: May 23, 2012

Taobao, one of China's biggest online shopping sites, reports that the volume of search on food items that were introduced by the documentary has increased to 4 million times within one week.

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Chinese, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines

Tags: china, documentary, food, taste

Oakland 'Bike Black' Group Goes National

Oakland Local, News Report, Eric Arnold, Posted: May 23, 2012

Since launching in 2010, Red Bike and Green has been a welcome addition to Oakland’s burgeoning bicycle culture.

Categories: African American, Environment, Front Page, Health, Living, Sports

Tags: bayareacyclists, bikeculture, blackcommunityinoakland, blackcyclists, redbikeandgreen

How to Make Our Election System Better: Modernizing Voter Registration

New America Media, Op-ed, Wendy Weiser, Posted: May 23, 2012

It is time to harness new technology to modernize the voting system — adding more than 50 million eligible Americans to the rolls.

Categories: Election 2012, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Voter Suppression

Tags: 2012, election, modernizing, politics, presidential, registration, suppression, vote, voters

Latino Parents With Autistic Children Face Major Hurdles

EGP News, News Report, Gloria Angelina Castillo, Posted: May 23, 2012

While the number of Latinos diagnosed with autism is growing, getting information in Spanish is challenging.

Categories: Economy, Health, Latino, Top Stories

Tags: access, autism, children, color, health, latino, parents, risks, spanish, speaker

African American Families Face Alzheimer's Disease

Twin Cities Daily Planet/New America Media, News Feature, Andrea Parrott, Posted: May 23, 2012

African Americans are two-to-three times more likely than whites to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Here is how two Minnesota families are coping.

Categories: African American, Elders, Health, Original NAM Content, Top Stories

Tags: africanamericanalzheimers, africanamericanelders, alzheimersassociationandblacks, blackfamilycaregivers, blacksanddementiacare; eldercare, minnesotaafricanamericanseniors

God, Gays, Ganja and Mexican Politics

Frontera NorteSur, News Report, Kent Paterson, Posted: May 23, 2012

In the U.S., evangelicals are at the forefront of pushing prayer in public schools. But in Mexico, they are in the vanguard in opposing it.

Categories: Election 2012, Ethnic Media Network, Gender & Sexuality, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict

Tags: mexicoabortion, mexicoarticle24, mexicodrugs, mexicogaymarriage, prayerinschool

Native Americans Protest Alleged Hate Crime in S. Dakota

Indian Country Today Media Network, News Report, Posted: May 22, 2012

Nearly 700 protestors met in Rapid City on Monday to march in support of Vernon Traversie, a Cheyenne River tribal member.

Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Indigenous, Law & Justice

Tags: cheyenne, rapidcityprotest, southdakotatribes, VernonTraversie

Vietnam: Four Religious Advocates Facing Trial for Social Activism

HRW, News Report, Posted: May 22, 2012

Vietnamese authorities should immediately release four Catholic activists accused of conducting propaganda against the state and drop the charges against them, Human Rights Watch said today.

Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice

Tags: arrests, dissidents, human rights, vietnam