Poet Who Fought Femicide in Juarez Becomes Latest Victim
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 13, 2011
The grisly mutilation and murder of a well-known poet and critic of local authorities refocuses attention on the plight of women in Ciudad Juarez.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Indigenous, International Affairs, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: ciudad juarez, drug cartel, femicide, human rights, Mexico, murders, Susana Chavez, women
Prisoners Locked Down, Exploited and Mistreated
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jan 13, 2011
Inmate advocates argue that the nearly $70 billion being spent nationally on corrections each year could be better used on non-vengeful alternatives.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Indigenous, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
When Eating Organic Was Totally Uncool
Salon.com, First Person, Posted: Jan 13, 2011
Before hipsters got rooftop gardens, my poor, refugee family ate that way because we had to. And we were ashamed.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Health, Indigenous, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, South Asian, Top Stories, food
Tags: farmers market, farming, hmong refugees, nutrition, organic food, sustainable food
How the P'urhépechas Came to the Coachella Valley
New America Media, Photo Essay, Posted: Jan 12, 2011
Sitting on an Indian reservation in the southern California desert, the Duros trailer camp is now home to a large number of indigenous Mexican migrants, the P'urhépecha people.
Categories: Immigration, Indigenous, Latino, Photo Galleries, Top Stories
Tags: coachella, coachellavalley, duros, duroville, farmworkers, indianreservation, indigenousmigrants, nativeamerican
CA Budget Can Benefit from Health Care Reform—and Vice Versa
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jan 12, 2011
Health care reform can boost the state budget through increased revenues.
Categories: African American, Asian, Health, Indigenous, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: children's health, governor herry brown, healthy families, medi-cal, proposed budget cuts, reform
New America Now: A Decade in Review
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Jan 07, 2011
With another decade behind us, NAM takes a look back at the past 10 years through the eyes of the ethnic media.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Ethnicities, Immigration, Indigenous, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multimedia, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Sections, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: bhutto, ethnicmedia, year in review
Biggest Newsmakers of the Decade—The Ethnic Media Nominees
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 01, 2011
Who was the biggest newsmaker of the decade, according to the Sing Tao Daily? Or Prensa Hispana? Or Arab Detroit?
Categories: African American, Asian, Chinese, Indigenous, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: ethnic media, Gary Locke, Helen Thomas, Hoopa, John Liu, Manny Pacquiao, newsmaker