New America Media: Suzanne Manneh

Door Not Yet Shut on Florida’s Medicaid Expansion

New America Media, News Report, Suzanne Manneh, Posted: Mar 15, 2013

Florida’s Gov. Scott reversed his pledge not to add a million uninsured to Medicaid under Obamacare, but the legislature said no this week. Advocates respond.

Categories: Health Care Reform, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, The Movement to Expand Health Care Access, Top Stories

Tags: arkansasgovbeebe, floridagovscott, floridalegislatureandaca, floridamedicaid, medicaidexpansionandhealthreform, obamacareandmedicaid

Florida Health Care Law Enactment is Not a Done Deal

New America Media, Question & Answer, Suzanne Manneh, Posted: Feb 25, 2013

Governor Scott's endorsement was a victory of common sense over ideology, but it is not a done deal in Florida.

Categories: Health Care Reform, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, The Movement to Expand Health Care Access, Top Stories

Tags: aca, expansion, florida, law, medicaid, republican, reversal, scott

New Study Calls For Eliminating Bail Bonds

New America Media, News Report, Suzanne Manneh, Posted: Sep 26, 2012

Some states have eliminated money bail requirements for those arrested, and others might do the same.

Categories: African American, Economy, Law & Justice, Top Stories

Tags: arrest, bail bonds, blacks, incarceration, justice, money, prison, race, trial

Arab American Media: Egyptian People Will Not Accept ‘Old Regime’

New America Media, Roundup, Suzanne Manneh, Posted: Jun 23, 2012

Egyptians are filling Tahrir Square again, this time protesting actions by the military. Here’s a roundup of reactions by the Arab media in the U.S.

Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories

Tags: arabspring, egyptianmilitaryconstitutionaldeclaration, egyptianmilitarydeclaration, egyptianprotests2012, egyptpresidentialelection, tahrirsquare2012protests, usarabmedia

American Children Born to Immigrant Parents Trailing Behind, New Study Finds

New America Media, News Report, Suzanne Manneh, Posted: Jun 13, 2012

American children with immigrant parents are more likely to live in poverty, lack health insurance benefits, and less likely to graduate from high school.

Categories: Economy, Education, Immigration, Top Stories, Youth Culture

Tags: children, education, foreign, health, immigrant, insurance, opportunity, school, study

Small Tobacco Retailers Worry Prop. 29 Would “Shut Them Out”

New America Media, News Report, Suzanne Manneh, Posted: Jun 04, 2012

California’s voters appear split on the Prop. 29 tobacco tax to fight cancer, but small, local tobacco sellers fear their profits will go up in smoke.

Categories: Economy, Health, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories

Tags: californiaproposition29, californiatobaccosellers, filedpollprop29, latino smokers, noon29, publicpolicy institute of california prop 29, yeson29

Voter Suppression Laws 'Biggest Setback in Decades'

New America Media, News Report, Suzanne Manneh, Posted: Apr 26, 2012

Voting rights advocates warned during a telebriefing for ethnic media this week that new voting laws in several states represent the "biggest setback" in decades.

Categories: Election 2012, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories

Tags: disenfranchisement, elections2012, minorityvoters, voterid, votersuppressionlaws, votingrightsact