U.S. Starts Chinese Forums to Move More Immigrants to Citizenship
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 12, 2012
U.S. immigration officials will hold the first in a series of Chinese-language forums, Feb. 16, to answer questions about the U.S. naturalization process.
Categories: Chinese, Immigration, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: chineseamericans, immigration, investigations, obamaadministration, uscis, uscitizenship
Support for Japan Crosses Ethnic Lines, Historical Divides
New America Media, Roundup, Posted: Mar 19, 2011
Ethnic media headlines convey the extent to which aid efforts have cut across ethnic lines and in some cases, deep historical divides.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Ethnic Media in the News, Intersections, Top Stories
Tags: earthquake, ethnic media, japan, tsunami
NAM TV Interview: 'Upside': White House Open Comment Period
New America Media, Video, Posted: Feb 28, 2011
NAM TV anchor Odette Keeley recently interviewed Dilawar Syed of the President’s Advisory Commission on AAPIs on COMCAST's TV show "Upside," about the landmark effort making several government agency plans available online for public comment.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Intersections, Media, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Video
Tags: AAPI White House Initiative-AAPI, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Open Comment Period, small business
S.F. Latino Heritage Month Awardees Stress Latino Vote
New America Media, Video, Posted: Nov 01, 2010
Latino leaders honored recently at San Francisco's Latino Heritage Month, stressed the critical role of Latinos to vote at the midterm elections, as well as their voice in the continuing struggle for immigration reform.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media in the News, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Media, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video
Tags: Benjamin Bratt, El Mensajero, La Mission, Latino Heritage Month, Latinos, Mayor Newsom, San Francisco
Silicon Valley Raises Money for Pakistani Flood Relief
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 04, 2010
NAM's Odette Keeley and Silicon Valley entrepreneur Umair Khan discuss the "Us Now" Bay Area fundraiser for Pakistan flood victims.
Categories: International Affairs, South Asian, Top Stories, Video
Tags: floods, fundraiser, pakistan, relief, SiliconValley
New Philippines Pres. Aquino Vows to Clean Up Government
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jul 03, 2010
During his inauguration as the 15th president of the Philippines, Benigno Aquino III pledged to fight corruption and prioritize the Filipino people's needs above all else.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, Video
Tags: Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, elections, inauguration, philippines
Philippine Elections to Go Forward, Despite Computer Glitch
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 08, 2010
Regina Reyes of ABS-CBN International-The Filipino Channel explains why Filipino American voters don't want this Monday's presidential elections in the Philippines postponed -- despite technical malfunctions with the country's computerized voting machines.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Video
Tags: computerized voting machines, election, Filipino Americans, Filipino overseas absentee voters, Filipinos, Manny Villar, Noynoy Aquino, Philippine presidential elections, Philippines, Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Women's Rights Under Fire in Texas and Arizona
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jan 29, 2010
Undocumented pregnant women being held in detention centers have reason to worry; and, women in Texas are facing harsh obstacles in getting their license to practice eyebrow threading
Categories: Audio, Immigration, Video
Tags: eyebrow threading punishment texas, undocumented pregnant women detention centers
Positive Views From California Chinese Voters in The Field Poll
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Jan 22, 2010
Most Chinese Americans in California are pessimistic about the state’s economy but many also believe they're better off financially than others; and, a newly-launched regional news hub helps ethnic media in Louisiana expand online.
Categories: African American, Asian, Audio, Media, Original NAM Content, Video
Haitian Americans Pledge Relief; Pacquiao-Mayweather Mega-Fight Knocked Out
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jan 15, 2010
This week on "Stories from the Ethnic Media": Haitian Americans pledge relief for earthquake victims; and why the super-bout between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather collapsed.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Environment, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Video