New America Media: Intersections: October 2011

Since September 11, Cain has rocked the polling stratosphere, climbing from 4.3 percent on average to a space shuttle height of 26 percent by late October.

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: herman cain, obama, polls, primary, republican

Tears Flow as Asian Elders Learn California to Close Adult Care Center

Alhambra Source , News Feature, Daniela Gerson, Posted: Oct 30, 2011

Frail Asian elders in Alhambra, Calif., are among those distressed by the state’s plan to halt funds for 318 adult day health centers statewide to save money.

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: adultdayhealthcare, alzheimers, asianelders, californiabudget, depression, seniors

Save Our Schools -- A Video Diary of Oakland's Other Movement

New America Media, News Report, Siraj Fowler, Posted: Oct 28, 2011

A few weeks before Occupy Oakland moved into Frank Ogawa Plaza, the community of Lakeview Elementary School organized it's first action.

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: budget, closures, cuts, enrollment, oakland, parents, school, students, teachers

Middle Aged Members of Black Sorority Targeted By Dallas Rapist

Washington Afro, News Report, Alexis Taylor, Posted: Oct 28, 2011

Texas officials are searching vigorously for the serial rapist that has been stalking and assaulting middle-aged African American women

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: black, dallas, delta sigma theta, middle aged, rapist, sorority, texas, women

NAM Radio: Democracy Now's Juan Gonzalez

New America Media, Audio, Shirin Sadeghi, Posted: Oct 28, 2011

The Co-Host of Democracy Now! tells NAM that race has been an integral part of American media since day one & ethnic journalists have, too.

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: biography, democracy now, epic story of race and the american media, ethnic, ethnic media, free press, independent media, joe torres, journalism, juan gonzalez, media, news for all the people, race

Home Alone: Adult Health Center Cuts Devastate Elders, Disabled

CHCF Center for Health Reporting, News Report, Jocelyn Wiener , Posted: Oct 27, 2011

California is set to shut down its 330 adult day care centers for 38,000 elders and people with disabilities, at huge cost to the state -- and families.

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: ADHC, clash, disabled, healthcarecosts. lowincome, Medi-Cal, safetynet, seniors

NAM Radio: Craig Thompson's Habibi

New America Media, Audio, Shirin Sadeghi, Posted: Oct 21, 2011

It looks like a holy book but Thompson's 672-page new graphic novel is anything but.

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: comic, craig thompson, graphic novel, habibi, islam, muslim, slave, slavery

Why Cain Was Applauded for Trashing the Unemployed

New America Media, News Report, Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Posted: Oct 21, 2011

Cheers for Herman Cain at Tuesday’s GOP debate showed too many share his notion that their fellow Americans are to blame for being poor or unemployed.

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: africanamericans, gopcandidates, hermancain, obama, povety, recession, unemployment

Reports Show Social Security Cuts Would Hit People of Color

New America Media, News Report, Paul Kleyman, Posted: Oct 19, 2011

Two new reports say minorities and women, both hard hit by the recession, would struggle more in retirement, if Congress cuts Social Security.

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: africanamericans, congress, entitlementreform, greatrecession, latinos, nationaldebt, obama, poverty, retirement, rockefellerfoundation, socialsecurity, supercommittee, women

Fil-Ams Liken Occupy Protests To Phil. People Power

"Balitang America"-The Filipino Channel, Video, Henni Espinosa, ABS-CBN North America Bureau, Posted: Oct 14, 2011

Filipino Americans who joined the Occupy SF protest likened the movement to the Phils.' 1986 People Power Revolution.

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: EDSA, filipino americans, occupy movement, occupy SF, philippines people power revolution

Supreme Court Upholds Mumia Appeal: Death Sentence Was Unconstitutional

Philadelphia Tribune, News Report, Larry Miller, Posted: Oct 11, 2011

The Supreme Court rejected a request by the Philadelphia DA to overturn a decision declaring the defendant’s death sentence unconstitutional.

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: federal appeals court, mumia abu jamal, philadelphia, supreme court, william faukner

Alabama Law Isn’t Just for Immigrants

Black America Web, Commentary, Gerry Hudson, Posted: Oct 11, 2011

Laws, like Alabama’s HB56, unfairly target immigrants, and consequently people of color, under the guise of immigration enforcement.

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: alabama, federal court, HB56, immigration, law, people of color, undocumented

Organizers of “Occupy Wall Street” Ignite D.C. Protests

Washington Afro, News Report, Erica Butler, Posted: Oct 11, 2011

Unlike the Occupy Wall Street movement, the D.C. movement called “October 2011” was pre-planned, but the message is the same.

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: corporations, dc, greed, movement, occupy, unemployed, wall st, washington dc

Residents Question Newark NJ High Marks for Senior Living

Amsterdam News, News Report, Greg Townes , 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: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: bankers life and casualty, elderly, living, new jersey, newark, senior

The Psychology of Black Unemployment

NNPA, News Report, Cynthia E. Griffin, 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: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: black, department of labor, family, jobs, psychology, study, ucla, work

NAM Radio: A Guide to Occupy Wall Street

New America Media, Audio, Shirin Sadeghi, Posted: Oct 10, 2011

What is Occupy Wall Street and who is involved? Here is a primer, from someone in the midst of it all.

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: #occupywallstreet, #ows, bert cannavelli, demands, description, guide, introduction, manifesto, movement, occupy the nation, occupy wall street, what is occupy wall street, who

Dispatch From Pelican Bay: Why I Joined the Hunger Strike

SF Bay View, First Person, Alfred Sandoval, Posted: Oct 10, 2011

A prisoner at Pelican Bay State Prison in Northern California explains what compelled him to join the hunger strike.

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: californiaprisons, pelicanbay, prisonconditions, prisonhungerstrike, securehousingunit, shu

Going Insane in a CA Prison: An Inmate's Call for Help

SF Bay View, First Person, Christian Lownes, Posted: Oct 09, 2011

One California inmate describes the unclean conditions and lack of health care that are causing him mental anguish.

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: caprisonconditions, corcoran, pelicanbay, prisonhungerstrike, securehousingunit, shu

Ethnic Media Convening Breaks Down Florida’s Complex Redistricting Process

Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, News Report, Ralph de la Cruz, Posted: Oct 08, 2011

Members of Florida's diverse ethnic media sector gathered in Miami to learn more about how redistricting will impact their communities.

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: BadiliJones, JohnGarcia, JuanCartagena, LatinoJustice, LeonRussell, NAACP, NewAmericaMedia, RalphDeLaCruz, Redistricting

Alabama Immigration Law Hurting Small Businesses

La Opinion, News Report, Valeria Fernandez, translated by Suzanne Manneh, Posted: Oct 08, 2011

As immigrants flee Alabama in the wake of HB56, small business owners who rely on their patronage are paying the price.

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: alabama, alabamaimmigrationlaw, albertville, hb56, immigration

World iSad: Filipino Netizens Join Cybermourning for Steve Jobs

INQUIRER.net, News Report, Philippine Daily Inquirer Staff, Posted: Oct 06, 2011

Filipino netizens are expressing sadness and admiration for Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, mostly through the very devices he invented.

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: Apple, cybermourning, Filipino netizens, IPhone, Jobs, Steve Jobs

DA Launches Program for Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence

New America Media, News Report, Viji Sundaram, Posted: Oct 05, 2011

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón held a press conference with ethnic media yesterday to announce the launch of a domestic violence program.

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: crimeandpunishment, districtattorney, domesticviolence, ethnicmedia, immigration, womenshealth