Bandit Taxis Are the Rage in L.A. Ethnic Communities
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 30, 2010
Bandit taxis are a big business in Los Angeles, where many passengers prefer drivers who speak their own language.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Front Page, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: cabs, chinese, economy, korean, license, taxi, transportation, underground
6-Year-Old Filipina Is a Golf Champ
Asian Journal, News Report, Posted: Sep 29, 2010
A 6-year-old golf prodigy who happens to have a striking number of similarities to Tiger Woods— the same birthday (December 30), family background (Asian mother and African-American father), and hometown (Riverside, Calif.)—also had her first hole-in-one at the same golf course in Long Beach.
Tags: filipina, golf prodigy, similarities, tiger woods
As Flu Season Heats Up in Vegas, Health Officials Call for Vaccinations
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 29, 2010
Despite temperatures in the triple digits, the flu season is ramping up in Las Vegas. Yet many ethnic communities resist getting vaccinated.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Network, Ethnic Media in the News, Health, Intersections, Latino, News, Sections, Top Stories
Tags: API, CenterForDiseaseControl, Chinese, filipino, Flu, LasVegas, vaccines
Koreans Charged in Cooking Oil Heist
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Sep 25, 2010
Two Korean men were arrested in New Jersey and charged with attempting to steal 1,400 gallons of used cooking oil from a local eatery last week.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: arrested, korean men, new jersey, steal, used cooking oil
Japan Releases Captain After China Stops Rare Earth Metal Exports
Asian Weekly, News Report, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
Japan released the Chinese fishing-boat captain after China stopped exporting rare metals to Japan.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Front Page, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Obama Appoints Five Asian Americans to Key Posts
Asian Week, News Report, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
Obama announced his plans to appoint two female Laotian Americans to key administration posts.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: indianobama, laotianobama, Obama appointees, obamaappointees, obamaasian
19 Filipinos Win in Hawaii Primaries
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
A Filipino American is the Republican Party's nominee for lieutenant governor of Hawaii.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: asiancandidates, asianrepublicans, filipino, filipinocandidates, hawaii, primaryelections
New America Now: Making Changes for Future Generations
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
How women are helping women; why you should think more about pygmy's and the J-word you'd never considered.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Education, Ethnicities, European, Immigration, Indigenous, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Sections, Top Stories
Tags: dream act, eden hunter, human trafficking, japanese, pakistan, Skip horack, vietnamese, women
A Migration That Doesn't Cross Borders
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
Documentary filmmaker Lixin Fan discusses his new film about a Chinese family's migration from factory towns to their inland village in "Last Train Home."
Categories: Asian, Audio, Chinese, Ethnicities, Front Page, Multimedia, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Sections
Tags: china, documentary, last train home, migrants, migration
Gambling Addiction Breaks Up Vietnamese Families in San Jose
San Jose Beez, Commentary, Posted: Sep 23, 2010
Not all addictions get the same amount of attention, yet can still cause equally devastating impacts on families. One young author writes about how gambling addiction wreaked havoc on her family, and how she noticed similar struggles in other Vietnamese households.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Health, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: Addiction, Divorce, Families, Gambling, Marriage, Vietnamese
More Chinese Kids Use Both Parents' Names
Sing Tao Daily, News Report, Posted: Sep 22, 2010
Giving children both of their parents' last names is becoming increasingly popular in China as a result of the one-child policy.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: chinesenames, chineseparents, hyphenatednames, lastnames, onechildpolicy
“Compassion Is Contagious”—Vietnamese-American Radio Host Broadcasts Haiti’s Pain
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 22, 2010
A Vietnamese-American radio host from Houston talks about why she felt compelled to go to Haiti to help earthquake victims.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: earthquake, haiti, vietnam
Bridging the Achievement Gap—or Not
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Audio, Posted: Sep 21, 2010
This week on YO!Radio we take a look at the achievement gap, where many young people are left with the short end of the stick.
Categories: African American, Asian, Audio, Education, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: achievement gap, education, youth
Obama Picks Two Filipino Advisers
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2010
President Obama has appointed two prominent Filipino Americans as White House advisers on Asian-American issues.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: Asian American issues, Obama appointees, white house advisers
Asian-American Students Continue to Post Gains in SATs
Asianweek.com, News Report, Posted: Sep 20, 2010
Asian-American students continue to outperform all other test takers, according to new numbers published by the College Board.
Tags: asian americans, outperform, SAT scores, test takers
35 Years After War's End, Vietnamese Diaspora Finds Its Way Home
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 19, 2010
Every year, nearly 500,000 Viet Kieu—Vietnamese living overseas—return home, many to visit relatives, but others increasingly to work, invest and retire.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, Immigration, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: boatpeople, refugees, Vietnam, VietnameseAmericans
Ethnic Californians Know Little About Health Care Reform, Poll Finds
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 18, 2010
A new poll finds that ethnic adults believe Obama's health care reform law will benefit them, even though they don’t know much about it.
Categories: African American, Asian, Health, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Polls, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: ethnic Californians, health care reform law, insurance, poll, President Obama, small business
New America Now: Adoption Across Borders
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 17, 2010
An adoption special - stories from China, Korea and India explore how families grapple with the joys and perils of adoption.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Chinese, International Affairs, New America Now, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: adoption, china, india, south korea
Immigrant Advocates Pin Hopes on Dream Act
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 17, 2010
After a summer focused on fighting off Arizona’s hard-line SB 1070, immigrant advocates are seeking to regain momentum with an all-out push on the Dream Act.
Categories: African American, Asian, Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, Dream Act, immigrants rights advocates, immigration reform, SB 1070, washington
Filipino Vets Still Fighting for World War II Benefits From U.S.
LA Beez , News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2010
Provisions in Obama's stimulus package come up short for thousands who have outstanding claims and challenges on documentation.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Veterans
Tucson Group “Polices” the Police on Immigration
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2010
A Tucson-based coalition is using video to show how readily police are cooperating with Border Patrol, despite their vocal opposition to SB 1070 before it took effect.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Asian, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, Border Patrol, immigrants, Phoenix, police, SB 1070, Tucson, undocumented
Granny Nannies From India Exploited by U.S. Employers
New America Media/India West, News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2010
An army of elderly immigrant women in California are often exploited as household domestics by affluent people, also from their native India.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Elders, Top Stories
Tags: elder, exploitation, immigration
Vietnam to Offer Affordable Housing to its Poor
Nguoi-Viet.com, News Report, Posted: Sep 15, 2010
Vietnam is trying to be a socialist country. It has begun construction on affordable housing projects for its poor.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: affordable housing, low-income, Vietnam
Remittances to Vietnam: $7 Billion a Year
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: Sep 15, 2010
In 2008, Vietnam emerged as the 10th-leading recipient of immigrant remittances among developing countries, with $7.2 billion received.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Immigration, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: immigrant, money, remittances, vietnam
For the Sick and Poor, the Best Medicine May Be a Lawyer
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Sep 15, 2010
An innovative idea, medical-legal partnerships, puts doctors and lawyers in the same facility to remedy social problems that can lead to poor health.
Categories: African American, Asian, Health, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: doctors, health, immigrants, lawyers, medical-legal partnerships
Hong Kong-Bound Filipino Workers Cancelling Jobs
GMANews.TV , News Report, Posted: Sep 14, 2010
Job recruiters are worried over reports that several overseas Filipino workers bound for Hong Kong have been canceling their employment contracts following the backlash from the August 23 hostage tragedy in Manila, where eight tourists from the Chinese region were killed.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: canceling, employment, filipino, job recruiters, workers
Desperate Homeowners Line Up for Help at HUD Event
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 13, 2010
Dozens of troubled homeowners and renters showed up in Oakland to get free advice from housing counselors.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, European, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: banks, forclosure, frauds, housing crisis, mortgage, scammers
Controversial Ad Campaign Creates Headlines Nationwide
Asianweek.com, News Report, Posted: Sep 13, 2010
The controversial message, “Which one deserves to die?” featuring 10 smiling Asian American physicians, beauty queens, basketball players, family members and office workers has generated coast-to-coast buzz and headlines for the Hep B-free movement.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: ad, campaign, controversy, Hep B-free
Massive San Bruno Blaze Affects Filipino Americans
"Balitang America"-The Filipino Channel, Video, Posted: Sep 13, 2010
At least three homes belonging to Filipinos were destroyed in a blaze after a natural gas line exploded Sept. 9 in San Bruno, Calif. The town has more than 3,000 Filipino residents.
Categories: African American, Asian, Environment, Ethnic Media Network, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, Video
Tags: blaze, California, firefighters, gas line explosion, inferno, San Bruno, San Bruno fire, San Bruno fireball
Rate of C-Sections Higher at For-Profit Hospitals
California Watch, News Report, Posted: Sep 12, 2010
A California Watch investigation gives ammunition to those who say hospitals are performing more C-sections to boost profits.
Categories: African American, Asian, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Science & Technology, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: C-sections, CaliforniaWatch, for-profit, hospitals, nonprofit, pregnancy
Model-Minority Myth and the ‘Miracle Drug’
Pacific Citizen, News Report, Posted: Sep 11, 2010
Asian-American college students are increasingly misusing dangerous prescription drugs like Adderall to help get good grades.
Categories: Asian, Education, Health, Top Stories
Tags: asian, drugs, education, grades, prescription
First Study of Nail-Care Workers Finds No Increased Cancer Risk
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 11, 2010
A new study finds no significant increase in cancer rates among manicurists, but researchers caution that long-term followup is needed.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Front Page, Health, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: cancer, manicurists, nailsalons, Vietnamese
Bay Area Vets Cheer Ruling Against "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 10, 2010
Federal judge calls military policy on gays and lesbians unconstitutional
Categories: African American, Asian, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories, Veterans
Tags: don't ask, don't tell, gay and lesbian, military, unconstitutional
New America Now: When East and West Collide Over the Kitchen Table
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 10, 2010
NAM editor Andrew Lam talks about how food culture has gone come a blended smoothie of tastes and locations.
Categories: Asian, Audio, Ethnicities, Gender & Sexuality, Intersections, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Andrew Lam, East Eats West, food, food culture, food fusion
Friendly Fire May Have Killed Some Manila Hostages
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Sep 10, 2010
Some of the eight victims in the August 23 hostage-taking tragedy died due to “friendly fire,” according to forensic findings from the Philippine police.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: friendly fire, hostage, Philippines
Obama Plan on Export Reform—Win-Win for China and Silicon Valley?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 09, 2010
Export-control reform could strengthen U.S.-China relations and simplify the lives of ethnic Chinese professionals working in high-tech industries.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Economy, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: China, export control, Obama, US
Hanoi to Close 200 Internet Cafes Near Schools
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: Sep 09, 2010
Hanoi authorities have identified 204 gaming shops to be disconnected from Internet service providers as they are located too close to schools.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Science & Technology
Tags: internetcafe, vietnam, vietnaminternet
Could Vietnam Be America’s New Counterweight to China?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 08, 2010
Hillary Clinton sent shock waves through East Asia at the ASEAN summit, leaving the government of Vietnam in a Catch-22 situation.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: ASEAN, China, HillaryClinton, Vietnam
Meet Rich Cho, the First Asian-American GM in the NBA
Hyphen Magazine, Question & Answer, Posted: Sep 08, 2010
Last month, Rich Cho of the Portland Trail Blazers became the first Asian American General Manager in the NBA.
Categories: Asian, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: rich cho nba portland
Korean Man Wins $10 Million Jackpot
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: Sep 07, 2010
A Korean man recently joined the millionaire's club after his numbers came up in the state lottery, the same set of numbers he says he dreamed of years earlier.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: dream, Korean, lottery, millionaire, numbers
The Ethnic Cleansing of American Ethnic Studies
International Examiner, Commentary, Posted: Sep 04, 2010
Arizona is home to HB 2281, a law that will effectively ban ethnic studies programs in that state.
Tags: arizona, arizonaimmigrants, college, education, ethnic studies, racism
Filipinos Students Most Improved in English, Math
Filamstar.net, News Report, Posted: Sep 03, 2010
Filipino students showed the most improvement on the English-language and math portions of state standardized tests for the past eight years.
Categories: Asian, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: education, english proficiency, filipino american students
New America Now: "Freedom" Summer Is Over, Back to School
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 03, 2010
The extraordinary people that gave 1964 the name Freedom Summer and a mass migration of Chinese from inland villages to factories on the coast
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Chinese, Education, Middle Eastern, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: 1964, arab countries, Bruce Watson, china, education, Freedom summer, last train home, migration, Pakistan floods
Quietly Mad With Island Fever
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 02, 2010
Race relations explored in a fiction novel set in Japan.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Ethnicities, European, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, Top Stories
Tags: David Mitchell, dutch, japanese, nagasaki, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Why Abortion Rate Among Asian-American Women Is So High
Hyphen Magazine, News Feature, Posted: Sep 02, 2010
For thousands of years, Asian women have accepted abortion as a practical way out of an unwanted situation.
Categories: Asian, Gender & Sexuality, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: abortion, asian women, gender, sexuality
18K Undocumented Filipinos Flew Home in '09
Filamstar.Net, News Report, Posted: Sep 02, 2010
More than 18,000 undocumented Filipinos in the United States voluntarily went home last year, avoiding possible detention and deportation.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: bad economy, Filipinos, homeland, U.S. crackdown, voluntary return