Undocumented Journalist Talks About Pulitzer in 2009 Filipino Channel Interview
"Balitang America"—The Filipino Channel, Video, Posted: Jun 24, 2011
In a 2009 interview with The Filipino Channel, undocumented journalist Jose Antonio Vargas talked about his life in America and what it meant to win the Pulitzer.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Intersections, Media, Top Stories, Video
Tags: Dream Act, Filipino Americans, Filipinos, illegal alien, Philippines, Pulitzer Prize, undocumented Filipino journalist, Washington Post
Filipino Pulitzer Winner Outs Himself As Undocumented
GMA News, News Report, Posted: Jun 23, 2011
Filipino-American advocates for the Dream Act rally around Pulitzer-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas who revealed his undocumented status in a New York Times interview.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: Filipino undocumented immigrant, illegal alien, Jose Antonio Vargas, Jose Vargas, New York Times, Philippines, TNT, undocumented Pulitzer winner, Virginia tech shootings, Washington Post writer
Another Admission 'War on Drugs' Has Failed
The Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jun 23, 2011
The war on drugs has failed and international policymakers need to implement reforms now, urged a commission of world leaders.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: drugs, policy makers, reforms, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, war
Wal-Mart v. Dukes Case—The Back Story
Rosenburg Foundation, Video, Posted: Jun 20, 2011
The story of the women who waged a battle against sex discrimination is an inspiring tale of perseverance in face of tremendous odds.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic
Tags: discrimination, lawsuit, ruling, sex, supreme court, wal-mart
Kreayshawn and White Girl Mob Take Over the Net, Radio
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jun 18, 2011
East Oakland's own Kreayshawn and her White Girl Mob crew have combined multi-media and rap to break into the music world big time.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, European, Front Page, Intersections, Youth Culture
Tags: hip hop, kreayshawn, Lil Deb, oakland, radio, tumblr, white girl mob, you tube
Chauncey Bailey's Killer: I Want the Families to Know I Am Sorry
Chauncey Bailey Project, News Report, Posted: Jun 17, 2011
The man who gunned down journalist Chauncey Bailey and a second man in 2007 apologized to the victims' families.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice
Tags: chauncey bailey, devaughndre broussard, murder, prison, you black muslim bakery, yusef bey IV
NAM Radio: Weinergate & Gender, Iran Hiker's Mother, Journalist Deaths, Mambo King Hijuelos, Ahmed's Just Like Us
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 17, 2011
New Show: Weinergate & gender politics, Iran hiker's mother speaks, journalist deaths across the globe, Oscar Hijuelos's new memoir, comedian Ahmed Ahmed.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Eye on Egypt , Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Intersections, Law & Justice, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: #weinergate, 2012 project, ahmed ahmed, anthony weiner, chauncey bailey, cindy hickey, death, divorce, documentary, gender, huma abedin, iran, journalist, just like us, mambo kings, mary hughes, memoir, oscar hijuelos, politics, resign, resignation, shane bauer, thoughts without cigarettes, weinergate
Michigan Ethnic and Minority Media Organizations Forge Landmark Partnership
The Arab American News, News Report, Posted: Jun 16, 2011
Two southeast Michigan media organizations recently forged a new partnership spotlighting contributions of the region's ethnic, minority and immigrant entrepreneurs.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Ethnic Media in the News, Front Page, Intersections, Media
Tags: ethnicmedia, immigrantentrepreneurs, Michigan, NewMichiganMedia, smallbusiness
CNN's Education Guru Faces Backyard Backlash
Hartford Guardian, Commentary, Posted: Jun 15, 2011
Steve Perry is facing growing fire in his adopted hometown for his pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps message.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: black people., cnn, education, hartford co., principles, steve perry
Chinese Culture and the Politics of "Kung Fu Panda"
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 15, 2011
In the age of globalization, there’s a caveat that often rings true: You know your culture is a big hit when somebody else is trying to sell it back to you.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Chinese, International Affairs, Intersections, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, food
Tags: appropriation, china, chinese, critic, criticism, critics, culture, integration, kung fu, kung fu panda, panda, pho, rachael ray, steven spielberg, vietnamese
Bey IV, Mackey Guilty of Murdering Chauncey Bailey
Chauncey Bailey Project, News Report, Posted: Jun 09, 2011
Yusuf Bey IV, 25, faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole.
Categories: African American, Collaborative Reporting, Intersections, Law & Justice, Media, Top Stories
Tags: chauncey bailey, chauncey bailey project, guilty, jourmalist, murder, oakland, yusef bey IV
Fil-Am Miami Heat Coach Spoelstra Focused on Winning NBA Championship
Balitang America-The Filipino Channel, Video, Posted: Jun 07, 2011
Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, the first Asian, first Filipino-American coach to make the NBA Finals took time at the beginning of the series to share his goal to win the championship .
Categories: African American, Asian, Ethnic Media Network, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Sports, Top Stories, Video
Tags: Coach Erik Spoelstra, Dallas Mavericks, Filipinos, Miami Heat, Pat Riley
Ethnic Media Convene to Discuss Northern Virginia Redistricting Plan
New America Media, Photo Essay, Posted: Jun 06, 2011
Ethnic media gathered in D.C. to discuss a Virginia redistricting plan that would weaken the political power of ethnic communities, despite their growing numbers.
Categories: Ethnic Media in the News, Events, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Photo Galleries, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: ethnicmedia, hazeledney, newamericamedia, princewilliamcounty, redistricting, virginia, virginianewmajority, votingrightsact
CA Lawmakers Ban Most Employer Credit Checks
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Jun 06, 2011
California lawmakers have voted to block employers from using consumer credit reports when hiring workers for most jobs.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: california, check, credit, female, lawmakers, minority, workers
Foreclosure Sale Pits Old Tenants vs. New Landlord
San Francisco Bayview, Video, Posted: Jun 06, 2011
A silent battle is waging between low-income tenants in a East Oakland apartment complex and the new owner of their building.
Categories: African American, Economy, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: david and silver, displacement, fight, forclusure, oakland, tenants
Beyond the Melting Pot: Immigrant American Cinema
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 04, 2011
In America's melting pot, sometimes the more “American” an institution is considered, the more it owes itself to decidedly un-melted immigrant sensibilities.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Chinese, Front Page, Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, South Asian
Tags: american, bicycle thief, chinese, culver city, empire of their own, entre nos, girl 27, giuseppe de santis, gloria la morte, hollywood, immigrant, iranian, luchino visconti, man push cart, mgm, ming ding, neal gabler, new york, pakistani, paola mendoza, ramin bahrani, shih-ching tsou, take out, vittorio de sica
San Francisco's Own: Comedian Arj Barker
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 03, 2011
He made his name on the hit HBO comedy Flight of the Conchords, and now Arj Barker is back in his hometown of San Francisco for a few nights of stand up comedy.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, European, Immigration, Intersections, New America Now, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: arj barker, australia, background, born, californian, cobbs comedy club, comedian, comedy, dave, dutch, father, flight of the conchords, hbo, heritage, mother, parents, san francisco, sikh, singh, stand up
California Childcare Cuts Extend Family Homelessness
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 01, 2011
Budget cuts to childcare programs by California Gov. Jerry Brown and legislators would harm homeless children and keep their families on the street.
Tags: budgetcuts, california, childcare, earlychildhooddevelopment, education, families, homelessyouth, jerrybrown