President Obama: Don't Stop Democracy in Uganda
Black Star News, Editorial, Posted: Oct 28, 2011
n Uganda, where the United States has helped sustain General Yoweri Museveni for over 26 years in office, things are coming to a head.
Categories: African, African American, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: (LRA), africa, conflict, east africa, General Yoweri Museveni, joseph cony, lord's resistance army, obama, uganda
North Koreans in Libya Barred from Going Home
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: Oct 26, 2011
North Korea has banned its citizens in Libya from returning home in an apparent attempt to prevent the popular uprisings in the Arab world from reaching the isolated regime.
Categories: African, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, War & Conflict
Tags: arabspring, gadaffi, kimjungil, korea, libya, middleeast, north korea, pyongyang
Libya and Iraq: Mirror Images in the Grip of Big Oil
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Oct 25, 2011
The United States knows that the more mired in internal instability oil-rich countries such as Iraq and Libya are, the more easily can it exact oil concessions from them.
Categories: African, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: concessions, countries, exact, Iraq, Libya, MENA, oil, oil-rich, United States, unstable
Villain or Hero? Desert Lion Perishes, Leaving West Explosive Legacy
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Oct 21, 2011
Muammar Gaddafi stood up for Africa ruthlessly, but without this flawed Desert Lion, who can the West blame for the bloody aftermath likely to come?
Categories: African, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: 9/11, gaddafi, gadhafi, islamists, libya, middleeasternoil, terrorists
NAM Radio: Craig Thompson's Habibi
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 21, 2011
It looks like a holy book but Thompson's 672-page new graphic novel is anything but.
Categories: African, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Intersections, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: comic, craig thompson, graphic novel, habibi, islam, muslim, slave, slavery
More Somali Refugee Families Homeless in Minneapolis
TC Daily Planet, News Report, Posted: Oct 20, 2011
She is one of 39 homeless Somali families in the shelter, who, like Isse, have recently come from a refugee camp in Ethiopia. Isse lived there for more than 20 years
Categories: African, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration
Tags: ethiopia, families, homeless, immigrants, Minneapolis, refugees, somali
Alabama Law Isn’t Just for Immigrants
Black America Web, Commentary, Posted: Oct 11, 2011
Laws, like Alabama’s HB56, unfairly target immigrants, and consequently people of color, under the guise of immigration enforcement.
Categories: African, African American, Alabama News Network, Asian, Front Page, Immigration, Intersections, Law & Justice
Tags: alabama, federal court, HB56, immigration, law, people of color, undocumented
Residents Question Newark NJ High Marks for Senior Living
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Oct 10, 2011
Chicago-based Bankers Life and Casualty Company announced that Newark was No. 10 on its list of the 50 best places in the country for senior citizens.
Categories: African, African American, Economy, Elders, Front Page, Health, Intersections
Tags: bankers life and casualty, elderly, living, new jersey, newark, senior
The Psychology of Black Unemployment
NNPA, News Report, Posted: Oct 10, 2011
According to the Los Angeles UCLA Black Worker Center, the demographic of the working class is probably the most invisible in the African American community.
Categories: African, African American, Economy, Education, Front Page, Health, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: black, department of labor, family, jobs, psychology, study, ucla, work
Green Oil in Africa: Development Opportunity or Threat to Food Security?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 09, 2011
Do bio-fuels represent a new development opportunity for Africa, or a new form of colonization?
Categories: African, European, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: africanfamine, biofuels, colonization, ethiopia, foodsecurity, hornofafrica, kenya
NAM Radio: Manufacturing Immigrant Hysteria in America
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 04, 2011
It's never been easy being different in America, what with all the scapegoating, surveillance and hysteria that surrounds "the other."
Categories: African, African American, Arizona Watch, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Caribbean, Chinese, European, Immigration, Indigenous, International Affairs, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: history, hysteria, immigrant, immigration, jay feldman, manufacturing hysteria, manufacturing hysteria a history of scapegoating surveillance and secrecy in modern america, media, scapegoating, secrecy, surveillance
Concern Grows Over Immigrant Detainee Deaths in UK
New America Media, Video, Posted: Oct 03, 2011
Despite a rise in mysterious deaths and incidences of self-abuse in UK detention centers, the government has released little information to the public.
Categories: African, Caribbean, Immigration, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Britain, detainees deaths, Home Office, immigrant detention centers, immigration, UK
Somali Elder Helps Seattle Refugees Be Buried Affordably with Dignity
Runta/New America Media, Profile, Posted: Oct 02, 2011
After leaving his job eight years ago, Omar Abatiyow Mohamed, now 84, began helping other Somalis in Seattle gain the dignity of a proper and affordable burial.
Categories: African, African American, Elders, Front Page, Health, Immigration, Profiles
Tags: culturalcompetency, funerals, seattle, seniors, somalirefugees