Hair Braider Sues for Right to Work Without a License
Black America Web.com, News Report, Posted: Apr 30, 2011
Growing up in Sierra Leone,Jestina Clayton leaned to braid corn rows in her mother’s hair at the age of five. Now she's suing for the right to braid hair for a living.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Obama Aims to Reconnect with Loyal Black Voters
The Final Call, News Report, Posted: Apr 29, 2011
Critics say Mr. Obama may be taking the Black vote for granted as members of the Democratic Party have been accused of for years.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: Black vote, Democratic Party, Obama, politics
On Anniversary of LA Riots, Gulf Remains Between Blacks, Koreans
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: Apr 29, 2011
Nineteen years after the L.A. riots, Koreans and blacks remain at odds, while Koreans and Latinos have forged strong ties.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: April 29, Blacks, Hispanic, Korea town, Korean, LA riots
More Trump Nuttiness—Now It’s Obama’s Grades
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Apr 29, 2011
Now that the birther issue has been put to rest, the "controversy" over Obama's college grades has been resurrected—with the goal of questioning his competency as president.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: 2012election, affirmativeaction, birthers, donaldtrump, GOP, grades, obama, teaparty
NAM Radio: Luis Gutierrez, Raul Ramos, Abu Ghraib, Blitz the Ambassador
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Apr 29, 2011
New Show: America's 2nd most important Hispanic leader: Luis Gutierrez, 7th Anniversary of Abu Ghraib, Raul Ramos, Hip Hop's Blitz the Ambassador.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: abu ghraib, abuse, accra city blues, afghanistan, america libre, anniversary, blitz the ambassador, chicago, congress, congressman, detainee, detention, dream, dream act, ghana, hip hop, hispanic, house divided, illegal, illinois, immigrant, immigration, iraq, joshua phillips, latino, luis gutierrez, National Campaign for American Children and Families Tour, native sun, obama, political, public enemy, rap, raul ramos y sanchez, representative, samuel bazawule, seventh anniversary, soldier, torture, tour, undocumented
Gas Prices Put the Brake on DC Businesses
AFRO, News Report, Posted: Apr 28, 2011
Not so long ago, Northwest D.C. florist Karen Woods could plan to spend about $100 per week on gas to make whatever deliveries she needed to make in the region. But with the recent surge in gas prices, the weekly cost of gas for Woods has more than tripled to close to $350.
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William Reed: Marable’s ‘Malcolm X’ Makes Him ‘Just a Man’
NNPA, News Report, Posted: Apr 28, 2011
Two of Malcolm X’s daughters take issue with a recent biography of their father alleging that the marriage between Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz was strained, and that both partners may have been unfaithful.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: biography, Black Historians, Malcolm X, Manning Marable
Ca. Attorney General’s First 100 Days
Los Angeles Sentinel , News Report, Posted: Apr 28, 2011
Kamala Harris discusses her first three months in office with faith-based leaders in Los Angeles and thanks area churches for supporting her efforts.
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Prison Reformers Push to Stop Troy Davis’s Execution
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Apr 28, 2011
Over the years, Davis and his lawyers have exhausted avenues to prove his innocence. The court system has refused to grant him a new jury trial and has rejected new evidence his attorneys presented .
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: african american, black, court, davis, execution, murder, naacp, supreme court
Scams, Lies & Mortgage Fraud—How Homeowners Can Avoid the Traps
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Apr 28, 2011
The foreclosure crisis has given rise to new waves of scam artists, from low-grade to high-tech, who are looking to profit off of vulnerable and desperate homeowners.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Imam Yassin Aref Transferred from CMU
The Muslim Observer, News Report, Posted: Apr 26, 2011
New York Imam Yassin Aref, who was serving a ten year sentence inside the Communications Management Unit (CMU) in Illinois, was recently moved to the general prison population.
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Tags: Imam Yassin Aref, Islam, Prisions
CA Supreme Court Chief: Bench Must Reflect State’s Diversity
New America Media, Video, Posted: Apr 26, 2011
California Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye reflects on her first 100 days in office and discusses the next big case to go before the court this September: Prop 8, the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage.
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Tags: California supreme court, Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye, diversity, Prop. 8, rule of law
GOP Ploy --Use Pain at the Pump to Tank Obama
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Apr 26, 2011
The GOP certainly wasted no time in blaming President Obama for the oil prices, something politicians can do very little about.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: democrats, economy, election, energy, gas, gop, inflation, obama, oil, politics, prices, pump, washington
Thousands Line Up for McDonald's Jobs in Atlanta
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 22, 2011
At the Candler Road store in Decatur, more than 100 people were lined up to apply for jobs by 7 a.m.
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NAM Radio: Filipino Comedy, Overseas Chinese, Liberian Civil War
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Apr 22, 2011
New Show: What it means to be an overseas Chinese, a new memoir of post-civil war Liberia, Mae Ngai's new book, the 1st African American Olympic gold medalist, Rex Navarrete's comedy.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: africanamericans, ai weiwei, beijing, bird's nest, china, chinese, comedian, comedy, craig williams, far easter 6, filipino, gold, liberia, lost boy, mae ngai, olympian, olympics, overseas, rex navarrete
Trump Singlehandedly Revives Birther Issue
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Apr 21, 2011
Trump also had more shrewdness than GOP party regulars and much of the media gave him credit for.
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Tags: birther, bitherism, election, gop, obama, presidency, sarah palin, tea party, trump
California Students Resist Racial Tension
BlackVoicenews.com, News Report, Posted: Apr 21, 2011
San Bernardino’s Cajon High School went on the offense this week against claims that their school is a hot bed of racial tension.
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Tags: Cajon high school, racial, San Bernardino, tension
Black Legislators on Frontline Against AZ-Style Immigration Bills
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 20, 2011
Black politicians have come out in defense of immigrants, questioning the morality of tough immigration laws in states from Nebraska to Georgia.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: blackcaucus, blacklawmakers, blacklegislators, blacksimmigrantrights, blacksimmigrants, copycatlaws, immigrationlaws, sb1070
GOP Blows It With Official’s Animal Depiction of Obama
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Apr 18, 2011
A recent email blast that depicted President Obama and his family as monkeys was sick. But the worst part was the GOP's reaction.
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Tags: california, davenport, gop, monkey, obama, racism, republican, scott baugh
House Vote Re-launches District School Vouchers Program
The Washington Informer, News Report, Posted: Apr 18, 2011
A bill to reinstate school vouchers in the District recently passed in the House of Representatives.
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Budget Deal a Relief and a Headache
BlackAmericaWeb.com, News Report, Posted: Apr 18, 2011
After a week of intense wrangling over money and social policy, Congress and the White House agreed to continue funding the federal government through this week, a deal that includes more than $38 billion in spending cuts.
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Tags: congress, federal government, fiscal, funding, spending cuts, white house
Health Care Reform: Charting A New Course
BlackVoiceNews.com, News Report, Posted: Apr 18, 2011
The anniversary of Congress passing landmark health care reform is provoking fresh debate over a law many Americans still remain confused about, even as its benefits are already taking effect.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: Americans, congress, debate, health care, reform
Arab Rappers in Solidarity With Uprisings in Middle East & North Africa
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 16, 2011
Many prominent Arab hip-hop artists, inspired by uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa, have released music in solidarity with protesters in the region.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: arab, arabian, arabian knightz, berkeley, cairo, canada, el general, excentrik, fredwreck, gadhafi, ghaddafi, hip hop, iraq, libya, logic, london, lowkey, middle east, mish b3eed, naima shalhoub, narcicyst, north africa, oakland, omar offendum, palestine, rais le bled, rap, raptivism, shadia mansour, solidarity, syria, tounes bladna, tunisia, united states
Remembering San Bruno Ave.'s Joe Johnson
San Francisco Chronicle, Editorial, Posted: Apr 15, 2011
Joe Johnson had passed away but the friendliness he projected will stay with San Francisco's San Bruno Avenue.
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Ethnic Media Still Lack Visibility at Media Reform Conference
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 15, 2011
NCMR is the biggest gathering of media makers, educators, journalists & policymakers in the country and ethnic media were largely missing from its conference this year.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: africanamericans, ethnic media, josh silver, media, national conference on media reform, ncmr, pakistani, reform
Media Warn AT&T/T-Mobile Deal Could Hurt Ethnic Communities
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Apr 10, 2011
Ethnic and community-media worry that AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile could escalate prices and curtail service for lower-income groups.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: at&t, business, ethniccommunities, fcc, mediaaccess, mobile, t-mobil
We Can't Afford Not to Fix Our Justice System
The Root, Op-ed, Posted: Apr 10, 2011
We cannot afford to wait another generation to turn around decades of failed policies that have caused our nation to hemorrhage money and human potential.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: criminaljustice, kamalaharris, NAACP, prison, prisonspending, softoncrime, toughoncrime
School Matters: Can Public Schools Really Do More With Less?
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Apr 09, 2011
A new report by the Center for American Progress suggests that some districts spend their money more wisely than others—and that most schools can become more efficient without sacrificing academic quality.
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Tags: centerforamericanprogress, productivity, publiceducation, UlrichBoser
States: Food Stamp, Welfare Bans for Drug Felons Counterproductive
America's Wire, News Analysis, Posted: Apr 09, 2011
Welfare reform allowed states to deny food stamps or family welfare to convicted drug felons. Now, some states say the rules are costly and ineffective.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
CBC Chair: Govt. Shutdown Will Hurt Black Households
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Apr 08, 2011
As Congress releases furlough notices to millions of government workers, the head of the Congressional Black Caucus calls a shutdown a lose-lose situation.
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Tags: CBC, congressionalblackcaucus, EmanuelCleaver, furloughs, GOP, governmentshutdown, johnboerner, obama
NAM Radio: Maxine Hong Kingston, Youth Incarceration, Koran Burning
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Apr 08, 2011
New show: Maxine Hong Kingston's new book, Koran burnings, a teenage girl in prison for life, small biz & race relations, anime & tsunamis.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: anime, burning, cyntoia, cyntoia's story, dan birman, earthquake, florida, i love a broad margin to my life, imprisonment, incarceration, japan, juvenile, koran, maxine hong kingston, pastor, prison, race relations, richard rodriguez, small business, tsunami, youth
One Year Later, Health Care Reform Brings Positive Change
BlackVoiceNews.com, News Report, Posted: Apr 07, 2011
This first anniversary of health care reform is provoking fresh debate over a law many Americans still remain confused about, even as its benefits are already taking effect.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: health, health care, medicare, reform
Taxpayer Beware: Predatory Lenders Want a Piece of Your Refund
Equal Voice Newspaper, News Report, Posted: Apr 07, 2011
Walmart has teamed up with Jackson Hewitt, the tax preparation company, to offer "refund anticipation loans"—a scam that low-income minorities may find especially hard to resist.
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Tags: incometax, IRS, JacksonHewitt, predatorylending, RALs, refundanticipationloans, taxrefund, Walmart
What Does Clarence Thomas Have Against Black People?
Black America Web, Commentary, Posted: Apr 06, 2011
In throwing out a $15. 5 million judgment in a prosecutor misconduct case , Thomas once again sides with the (mostly white) power elite and against a black man seeking justice.
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Tags: clarencethomas, deathsentence, johnthompson, prosecutorialmisconduct, supremecourt, wrongfulconviction
New Black TV Network: MLK's Son Is Founder
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 05, 2011
On the 43rd anniversary of his father's death, Martin Luther King III announced the upcoming launch of Bounce TV.
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Communities of Color Growing In Minnesota
AA Press, News Report, Posted: Apr 05, 2011
The Twin Cities metro area’s population grew to 2.85 million in 2010, according to 2010 Census counts released last week.
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Tags: census 2011, diversity, growth, hmong, minnesota, minorities, population, race
Bitter Battle Over Voter ID Laws: Prevent Fraud or Exclude Voters?
The Root, News Report, Posted: Apr 05, 2011
Republican-controlled legislatures are pushing strict voter-identification laws—just in time for the 2012 elections.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: 2012, civilrights, GOP, NikkiHaley, southcarolina, voterfraud, voterID, voters, votingrightsact
Pandering Politicians Refuse Pardons—Perpetuate Injustice
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Apr 05, 2011
In refusing to pardon the Scott sisters, despite calls for mercy, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour joins politicians of both parties who deny pardons unjustly.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: democrats, gop, haleybarbour, michaeldukakis, mississippi, presidentialcandidates, scottsisters, williehorton
Supreme Court Dismisses Troy Davis Appeal
The Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Apr 04, 2011
Family and supporters of Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis say they remain optimistic in their fight to save him from execution despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to reject his appeal, Monday.
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Trial Begins for New Orleans Cops Accused of Fatal Beating
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Apr 04, 2011
The Department of Justice is not done prosecuting New Orleans cops. Today marks the beginning of the third federal trial for NOPD officers accused of misconduct in a string of cases that ended with the violent deaths of black men. Veteran cop Melvin Williams and his rookie partner Matthew Dean Moore have been accused of fatally beating Raymond Robair in 2005.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: beating, cops, criminal, fatality, justice, new orleans, police, trials
Hidden Dangers: Falls Injure More Seniors Than Violent Crime
The Inquirer , News Feature, Posted: Apr 04, 2011
Nationally, falls are the leading cause of injury death for seniors, and racks up billions of dollars in medical costs yearly.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: seniors elders health preventable falls hospital readmissions hip injuries
On SF's San Bruno Ave, Businesses Promote Common Ground
NAM/SF Chronicle/KTSF, Video, Posted: Apr 03, 2011
Joe Johnson and Nelson Liang grew up on opposite sides of the world but they’ve ended up working on the same block on San Francisco’s San Bruno Avenue, where they share a view of a rapidly changing neighborhood.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: African Americans and Asian Americans, District 10, interracial relations, San Bruno Avenue
New Research Team to Investigate Mystery Behind Premature Births
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 02, 2011
A collaborative venture between the March of Dimes and Stanford Medical School will investigate one of the most elusive of medical mysteries— why some babies are born prematurely.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: March of Dimes, neo-natal deaths, premature babies, Stanford University
NAM Radio: Obama in Latin America, Steroids, and Japanese Americans
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Apr 01, 2011
This week on New America Now Radio: Obama in Latin America, Barry Bonds and steroids, women in politics, & Japanese-American internment camps.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: andrew lam, barry bonds, brazil, brian komei dempster, chile, detention, el salvador, giants, herbal, imprisonment, iran, japanese, japanese american, latin america, libya, maxine hong kingston, obama, perjury, san francisco, steroids, undetectable, world war two
Ethnic Media Weigh U.S. Military Action in Libya
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 01, 2011
A New America Media survey of ethnic media coverage – both here and abroad – found mixed reactions and support for U.S. involvement in Libya.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: brazil, china, diaspora, india, korea, libya, mexico, muammar gadhafi, obama, russia, un security council