After Housekeeper Revelation—Where Do Latinos Stand on Whitman?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 30, 2010
An undocumented woman claims the GOP candidate knowingly hired her to clean her house for nine years. What might it mean for the November election?
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: california, comments, election, jerry brown, meg whitman, prop187, voters
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
The Conversation with Roy and Rodriguez: Great Walls and Glass Ceilings
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 26, 2010
What does the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border mean for the American Dream? And what about an Indian American's dream to go to Congress from Kansas?
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories, Video
Tags: American Dream, border, immigration fence, midterm elections, Politics
Parts of Mexico Show Signs of ‘Failed State’
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
For two months, a dozen cities in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas have had no acting mayor. Eight of the mayors were killed; others disappeared or fled.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: failedstate, mexico, mexicocartels, mexicofailedstate, mexicoviolence, narcotraffic, narcoviolence
Question for LAPD: To Reform or Not to Reform?
LA Beez , Commentary, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
A call for a new view on use of deadly force in wake of fatal shooting of knife-wielding man in the Westlake district.
Categories: Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice
Dream Killers—a Message to Latino Voters
El Diario/La Prensa, Editorial, Posted: Sep 23, 2010
An editorial in El Diario/La Prensa calls on Latino voters to remember that Republicans killed the DREAM Act.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: DREAMact, dreamact, dreamactvote, latinovoters
A Mother’s Agony Over Son Missing in Arizona Desert
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 23, 2010
A mother struggles to find out what happened to her 13-year-old son, lost in the Arizona desert while crossing into the U.S.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, immigration
Latino Voters Deserting Brown, But Governor's Race Still Tied
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 23, 2010
Republican Meg Whitman's ad blitz on Spanish-language media—largely unanswered by Brown—has narrowed his lead among Latinos to just 3 percentage points.
Categories: Front Page, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Polls, Top Stories
Tags: California, governor, JerryBrown, Latinovoters, MegWhitman
Arpaio Accused of Misusing $80 Million in Taxpayer Funds
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 23, 2010
Sheriff's office is accused of diverting jail funds to pay for immigration sweeps and corruption probes against its critics—and hiding its misdeeds with secret bank accounts.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, News, Original NAM Content
Tags: abuseofpower, Arpaio, corruption, illegalimmigrants, Maricopa
Who Is to Blame for DREAM Act’s Defeat?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 22, 2010
With the Republican Party shifting right on many issues ahead of the November races, immigration was no exception.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: cir, DREAMAct, dreamact, dreamactvote, immigrationreform
New York Latinos and the Mosque Controversy
National Institute for Latino Policy, News Report, Posted: Sep 22, 2010
A New York Times Poll puts Latinos squarely between blacks and whites on the issue of building a mosque near Ground Zero.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Latino, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: 911, latinosgroundzero, latinosmosque, mosquecontroversy, newyorklatinos, nylatinos, worldtradecenter
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
Latinos Hit Hardest by Recession
El Nuevo Día, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2010
No ethnic group has suffered more from the U.S. economic recession than the Latino community, reports El Nuevo Día.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Tags: economiccrisis, latinoseconomy, latinosjobs, latinospoverty, latinosrecession, recessionlatinos
Mexican Dispatch: Even in Wine Lover's Paradise, Drug War Takes Its Toll
PBS NewsHour, News Report, Posted: Sep 19, 2010
Mexican winemakers blame publicity over drug violence for a big drop in sales of wine.
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
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
Mexican Dispatch: Tijuana Is No Juarez, Residents Insist
PBS NewsHour, News Report, Posted: Sep 18, 2010
Times are harder than ever in Tijuana, and the publicity about the Mexican government's war against narco-traffickers doesn't help.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: drugtrafficking, Juarez, Mexico, police, Tijuana, tourism, violence
Illegal But Not Criminal—Calif. Gov Candidates Don't Get It
ChicoSol, Commentary, Posted: Sep 17, 2010
“Alicia” and 700,000 others in her position are at the mercy of politics. But in California, Jerry Brown has been MIA on the subject, even as Meg Whitman supports deporting them all.
Categories: Education, Front Page, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
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
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
Mexican Dispatch: A Quiet Beach Town, Kept That Way by "Tourist" Police
New America Media/PBS NewsHour, News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2010
Rosarito Beach's quiet main street gives little hint of how hard this tourist community has struggled to remain peaceful over the past four years.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: drugtrafficking, Mexico, police, tourism, violence
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
Health Officials Bust Vaccination Myths in Alaska
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 14, 2010
Many Native Alaskans believe that flu vaccine contains a computer chip, while some Latinos claim the vaccine is being used to exterminate their people.
Categories: Health, Indigenous, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, Video
Tags: flu vaccine, H1N1, Latinos, myths, Native americans, season
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
Latinos, Blacks Make Up More Than Half of Calif. Foreclosures
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Sep 13, 2010
California leads the United States in the worst foreclosure crisis since the Great Depression.
Categories: African American, Economy, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: african-americans, crisis, foreclosure, homes, latinos
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
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
Obama: Mexico Is No Colombia
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Sep 10, 2010
President Barack Obama yesterday dismissed the comparison Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made between Mexico and Colombia.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: clintonmexico, drugcartels, mexicancartels, mexicocolombia, narcoviolence, obamamexico
Why Are Native Americans More Likely to Die of Flu?
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Sep 10, 2010
American Indians are four times more likely to die of the flu than other Americans, but experts aren’t sure why.
Categories: African American, Health, Indigenous, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: american indian, CDC, Flu, healthcare, minorities, New Mexico
New Latino Poll: Preschool Support Critical for CA Candidates
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 09, 2010
Latinos account for half of all children under 5 in the state but complain that early childhood education is frequently unaffordable and inaccessible.
Categories: Education, Latino, Original NAM Content, Polls, Top Stories
The 'Great Wall of America' and the Threat From Within
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 09, 2010
As it erects a barrier along its Mexican border, the U.S. ignores an important truth: Great empires expand beyond their own borders. Empires in decline build walls.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Featured Columnists, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: border, immigration, Mexico, wall
Uncooperative Arpaio Could Cost County $113 Million in U.S. Funds
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 04, 2010
As the Justice Dept. sues Sheriff Joe Arpaio for refusing to release records in a civil rights probe, a big chunk of Maricopa County's budget is on the line.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Economy, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, arpaio, immigration, justice, lawsuit, maricopa, raids
Refugees From Arizona Find Shelter in Albuquerque Church
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 03, 2010
Undocumented people fleeing from Arizona have found a community that has embraced them, regardless of their immigration status.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, church, immigration, new mexico, SB 1070
ICE Comes Clean—S.F., Other Cities Can Opt Out of S-COMM After All
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 02, 2010
Memo lays out procedures for local jurisdictions that don't want to comply with the federal program, but no one knows how the process would really work.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, News, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: ICE, immigration, S-COMM, SanFrancisco
Big Business for Mexican Cartels: Kidnapping Central American Migrants
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Sep 01, 2010
Kidnapping, extortion and murder of Central American immigrants has become a source of income for Mexican drug cartels.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: drugcartels, kidnapping, massgraves, mexicancartels, mexicomassacre, mexicomigrants