New York Could Add 1 Million Voters in 2013
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 23, 2012
An estimated one million potential voters could be added to New York state’s rolls should forthcoming legislation be enacted.
Categories: Occupy Protests, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Voter Suppression
Tags: 2012, election, gianaris, law, legislation, new york, politics, registration, repression, voter
Connecticut’s New Voter Law Bucks National Trend
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 17, 2012
Amid a nationwide push for tighter voter restrictions, Connecticut is now poised to move in the opposite direction by enacting election-day registration.
Categories: Election 2012, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: edr, minorityvoters, novemberelections, samedayregistration, voteridlaw, votersuppressionlaws
Padres: El Elemento Ausente Detrás de la Reforma Escolar
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 27, 2012
Una serie primerísima de foros reúno a reformadores de la educación en primera línea y representantes comunitarios de los medios de comunicación en Atlanta, Memphis, Miami y Nueva Orleans.
Tags: escuelas, gates, reformaescolar
Voter IDs: The ‘Hanging Chads’ of 2012
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 23, 2012
Voter ID laws in a growing number of states threaten to disenfranchise millions of elderly, youth and minority voters.
Categories: Elders, Election 2012, Ethnicities, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012presidentialelection, elections, voterIDbill, voteridentification, votersuppression, votersupressionlaws
HUD Secretary Details Homeowner Help in $25 Billion Settlement
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 11, 2012
HUD Secretary Donovan detailed Friday how the $25 billion mortgage settlement will help homeowners. Blacks and Latinos were especially hit hard.
Categories: African, Economy, Foreclosures, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: bankofamerica, citibank, foreclosures, housing, hudsecretarydonovan, mortgagesettlement, predatorylenders, underwatermortgages, wellsfargo
Nigeria’s Arab Spring? - Fuel Subsidy Cuts Spur Protests
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 12, 2012
Nigerian Americans show solidarity with their countrymen at Occupy Nigeria rallies this week.
Categories: African, International Affairs, Occupy Protests, Top Stories
Tags: Arab Spring, fuel subsidies, IMF, Occupy Nigeria, President Jonathan Goodluck, World Bank
Wooing Latinos, Obama Cites GOP Contrast on Immigration Reform
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 11, 2011
President Obama met Wednesday with Latino media, including New America Media’s Khalil Abdullah, to address concerns of Hispanic voters.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Arizona Watch, Economy, Immigration, International Affairs, Intersections, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012election, deportation, dreamact, gop, hb56, immigration, latinovote, obama
GOP’s Texas Redistricting Targets Latino Voting Potential
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 07, 2011
A surge in the Latinos between 2000-2010 has enabled 8 states to expand their Congressional delegations, and Texas tops the list.
Categories: Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: redistricting, texas
NAM Briefing: In Post-Katrina New Orleans, Redistricting Is Just the Start
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 30, 2011
At a June 21 meeting, news organizations discussed how to assure that ethnic minorities don't lose ground as post-Katrina political maps are drawn.
Categories: African American, Asian, Collaborative Reporting, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: neworleans, redistricting
The True Cost of Oil: Revisiting the Conflict in the Niger Delta
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 13, 2011
As uprisings in the Middle East send the price of petroleum soaring, a symposium addressed the much higher price paid by the Ogoni people in Nigeria's long relationship with Shell Oil.
Categories: African, Environment, Front Page, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: americanuniversity, KenSaro-Wiwa, NigerDelta, Ogoni, Ogoniland, oilpollution, ShellOil