Hurricane Irene: Echoes of Katrina, Memories of Philippine Typhoons
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Aug 28, 2011
As Hurricane Irene hit New York, six years after Katrina drowned New Orleans, one NYC writer also found himself recalling the typhoons of his Filipino youth.
Categories: Asian, Environment, International Affairs, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: emergencymanagement, hurricaneirene, hurricanekatrina, mayorbloomberg, naturaldisasters, philippines, typhoons
Life Terms for Two Men Who Murdered Chauncey Bailey
Chauncey Bailey Project, News Report, Posted: Aug 26, 2011
Former Your Black Muslim Bakery leader Yusef Bey IV was sentenced Friday to three consecutive life terms in prison.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: antoine mackey, chauncey bailey, life, murder, Oakland, sentence, yusef bey IV
College Student Anxiety, Depression Levels Show Sharp Rise
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Aug 25, 2011
University administrators say over 60 percent of college students report that their parents now expect them to work during the school year.
Categories: African American, Economy, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: anxiety, budget cuts, california, college, student, uc riverside
Katrina Pain Index 2011: Race, Gender, Poverty
The New Orleans Agenda, News Analysis, Posted: Aug 25, 2011
Six years ago, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf coast. The impact of Katrina and government bungling continue to inflict major pain on the people left behind.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Environment, Front Page, Health, Indigenous, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: gulf coast, housing, hurricane, index, katrina, medical care, new orleans, pain
Funk Season 2011 -- Violence at Niner vs. Raider Game Mirrors Mayhem on Bay Streets
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 25, 2011
NAM editor Kevin Weston argues the violence at last week's Raider-49er pre-season matchup was fueled by violence on the streets and age-old Bay Area animosities.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Health, Intersections, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: africanamerican, bayarea, candlestick, football, oakland, raiders, sanfrancisco, violence
Lone Resident of Bygone Shrimper Village Faces Eviction
California Watch, Video, Posted: Aug 25, 2011
California’s budget cuts will close 70 state parks, including China Camp, where Frank Quan, 85, has lived his entire life—and may have to move.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Economy, Elders, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Profiles, Top Stories, Video
Tags: californiabudgetcuts, californiahistory, chinacamp, chineseamericans, seniors, stateparks
Domestic Workers Struggle Now Like Women in "The Help"
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 22, 2011
In the U.S.. more than 2 million domestic workers continue to labor and be exploited like the women in "The Help." But there are new calls for their rights and protections.
Categories: African American, Economy, Gender & Sexuality, Intersections, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: africanamericans, civilrights, domesticworkers, employment, maids, newdeal, slavery, thehelp, women, workersrights
Gentrification Pushing African Americans Out of Cities
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Aug 22, 2011
Metropolitan areas from New York to Los Angeles and seemingly all points in between continue to take on virtually unrecognizable characteristics, longtime residents say.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: black, gentrification, harlem, homeless, los angeles, new york. development
Black Londoners Say Class, Not Race Drove Riots
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Aug 22, 2011
The recent riots in London were largely depicted by media as young Blacks rampaging through the northern section of the city, looting stores and vandalizing property as a stunned world looked on.
Tags: class, london riots, race, riots
Dying for a Glass of Clean Water in CA’s San Joaquin Valley
New America Media, Photo Essay, Posted: Aug 22, 2011
In the small town of Lanare, locals are fighting for access to clean drinking water, a problem in many poor, rural communities across the state.
Categories: Environment, Health, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Photo Galleries, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, food
Tags: arsenic, californiacleanwateract, centralvalley, cleandrinkingwater, farmworkers, sanjoaquinvalley
London Aftermath-Consequences and Repercussions
New York Amsterdam News, News Analysis, Posted: Aug 19, 2011
As London and other major U.K. cities hit with rioting are cleaning up, people are being picked up daily by police.
Categories: African, African American, European, Immigration, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: Aftermath, Consequences, London, protests, Repercussions, riots
Tragedy in Norway Borne Out of Seeds of Racism and Intolerance in UK, EU
The Final Call, News Report, Posted: Aug 19, 2011
A native Norwegian, Mr. Breivik, 32, reportedly confessed to bombing government headquarters downtown in the capitol Oslo, killing eight people before going on a shooting spree at a youth group retreat killing dozens more.
Tags: bombing, Breivik, murder, oslo, youth group retreat
They Might Be Gigantes—Latino Ballers Mum on Immigration
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 17, 2011
Giants manager Bruce Bochy nailed a writer’s tweet as “racist” for calling a player an “illegal alien.” But where’s the Latino Jackie Robinson?
Categories: African American, Immigration, Intersections, Latin America, Latino, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: baseball, bruce bochy, giants, racist, san francisco, tony bruno, tweet
Hunger Doesn't Take a Summer Vacation
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Aug 16, 2011
Riverside, Calif. recreation supervisor Jerry Hurley runs a highly successful lunch program, serving 200,000 free meals this summer.
Categories: African American, Health, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
$25 Million Settlement in Katrina Hospital Class Action Suit
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Aug 16, 2011
A Louisiana judge has given a preliminary approval to a $25 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit by plaintiffs against a New Orleans hospital.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Health, Intersections, Law & Justice
Tags: hospital, hurricane, katrina, lawsuit, new orleans, settlement
Are African Americans Who Are Critical of Obama Traitors?
Los Angeles Sentinel, News Report, Posted: Aug 16, 2011
Tom Joyner called those who criticize the president "haters," saying they need to be quiet because Obama doesn't need the black vote to be split.
Tags: black, congressional black caucus, cornel west, obama, tavis smiley, unemployment, vote
New Asian-American Network-MYX TV Aims to Break "Bamboo" Ceiling
New America Media, Video, Posted: Aug 14, 2011
MYX TV’s unique programming, including Korean pop or K-Pop aims to bring more fresh, Asian-American and Asian talent, faces and voices to a mainstream audience.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media in the News, Front Page, Intersections, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Profiles, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: ABS-CBN International, Asian Americans, Bruno Mars, Filipino Americans, K-Pop, MYX Mash, MYX TV, online, T-Pain, The Filipino Channe, The Filipino Channel, TV network
Philly Mayor Imposes Curfew to Stop Flash Mobs
Philadelphia Tribune, News Report, Posted: Aug 09, 2011
A 9 p.m. curfew for children under the age of 18 was inacted in Philadelphia to stop mobs of African-American teens assaulting pedestrians.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Health, Intersections, Law & Justice, Youth Culture
Tags: african american, curfew, flash mobs, mayor nutter, philadelphia, teens, violence
Is Obama Losing Black Support?
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Aug 09, 2011
“I’m not voting for Obama!” said one black man, a regular barbershop customer. “Won’t do it, and I’m not afraid to say it. Black men don’t have jobs."
Categories: African American, Economy, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012, black, elections, jobs, men, obama, support, unemployment, voting
New Limits on Background Checks Considered
Atlanta Post, News Analysis, Posted: Aug 09, 2011
About 92 million Americans—more than one in four adults—have some kind of criminal history, according to the U.S. Department of Justice
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: background, check, convictions, criminal, eeoc, employers, felony, jobs
Real Estate Brokers Meet in NOLA, Foreclosures Soar
New Orleans Agenda, News Report, Posted: Aug 09, 2011
The lingering economic unsteadiness, unacceptably high foreclosure rates, and changing government-backed mortgage lending policies serve as the backdrop for the 64th Annual Convention of the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB).
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: banks, foreclosure, homes, katrina, National Association of Real Estate Brokers, new orleans
Brooklynites Locked out of Neighborhood Jobs
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Aug 09, 2011
Low-income and minority residents in Brooklyn say they are being left out in the cold while looking for jobs in developments springing up downtown.
Categories: African American, Economy, Intersections, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: black, brooklyn, development, jobs, latino, new york, poor, unemployed
RAW VIDEO: San Francisco District Attorney Debate
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 08, 2011
Last week, a debate was held between the four candidates vying for the recently vacated position of San Francisco Attorney. George Gason, David Onek, Vu Trinh and Sharmin Bock spoke on a number of issues including: the war on drugs, conviction rates, and the three strikes law.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: conviction rates, David Onek, debate, George Gasonm, LCCR, San Francisco District Attorney, Sharmin Bock, three strikesm, Vu Trinh, war on drugs
Letter from Cairo: Ramadan Brings Protest, Crackdown and Hope
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Aug 06, 2011
It was the first day of Ramadan and as afternoon prayers ended, men and women spilled out of mosques into the scorching downtown heat.
Categories: African, African American, Eye on Egypt , Intersections, Middle Eastern, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: egypt, mubarak, protests, ramadan, revolution, scaf, tahir square, trial, troops
The War on Drugs Enters Mexico’s Prisons
La Opinión, Commentary, Posted: Aug 06, 2011
Recent murders in Mexican prisons reflect a new chapter in the war on drugs, as cartels look to prisons to hire their assassins.
Categories: Front Page, Intersections, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice
Tags: drugcartels, drugwar, mexicoprisons, mexicoviolence, sicarios, warondrugs
SFPD Chief Answers Hunters Point Community After Shooting
New America Media, Video, Posted: Aug 05, 2011
In the wake of a police involved incident that resulted in the death of 19-year-old Kenneth Harding SFPD Greg Suhr held a community meeting in the city's Hunters Point neighborhood.
Categories: African American, Health, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: greg suhr, hunter's point, kenneth harding, sfpd, shooting, street soldiers
Sister Mischief: Young Adult Fiction's New Stars
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 03, 2011
A new book of young adult fiction explores homosexuality and cross-cultural relationships.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Gender & Sexuality, Intersections, Media, New America Now, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: bengali, fiction, laura goode, lesbian, sister mischief, young adult, young adult fiction
U.S. Pharmaceutical Companies Testing Drugs on India’s Poor
New America Media, Interview, Posted: Aug 01, 2011
Drug companies are experimenting on poor people in India and elsewhere without their informed consent. NAM interviewed Al Jazeera’s reporter on the story.
Categories: Health, International Affairs, Intersections, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: bhopal, ceravix, climicalresearch, clinicaltrials, departmentofjustice, drugcompanies, gardasil, globaleconomy, india, merck, poverty, publiccitizen