Google Goes After U.S. Hispanic Market
MediaPost, News Report, Posted: Jan 29, 2011
Google has created a "specialist team" to focus on the U.S. Latino market.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Science & Technology
Tags: google, googleenespanol, googlehispanic, googlelatinos, hispanicinternet, latinointernet
Obama Sends the Right Signal on the Drug War
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 29, 2011
President Obama said in a recent YouTube Town Hall that “drug legalization is a legitimate topic for debate.” Now he needs to back up those words with action.
Categories: African American, Featured Columnists, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: drug reform, drugwars, medicalmarijuana, obama
Split Verdict for Ex-Cops in Shenandoah, Pa.
El Diario/La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Jan 28, 2011
A jury issued a split verdict Thursday against three former police officers accused of obstructing justice in the probe of a fatal beating of an immigrant.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice
A Reminder to President Obama: Don't Forget Immigration Reform
El Diario/La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Jan 28, 2011
An op-ed in El Diario/La Prensa argues that Obama must not lose sight of his promise to pass comprehensive immigration reform.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: cir, comprehensiveimmigrationreform, hispanicvote, immigrationreform, latinovote, obamalatinos
Genetic Researchers Fight to Include Ignored Ethnic Groups
America’s Wire, News Report, Posted: Jan 28, 2011
Latino and African American geneticists are changing neglectful research that has excluded ethnic groups from studies of diseases affecting them.
Categories: African American, Health, Latino, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: african american, health, latino, science
Arizona Bills to ID US-Born Children of Undocumented Immigrants
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 27, 2011
A baby born in Arizona to two undocumented parents would have a birth certificate that indicates he is not a U.S. citizen.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: anti-immigrant, anti-immigrant laws, arizona, birth, citizenship, racism, sb1070, undocumented
How Much Do Anti-Immigration Bills Really Cost?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 26, 2011
As legislators across the nation consider passing bills to fight illegal immigration, two reports lay out the costly legal battles that could ensue.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: anti-immigrant laws, CAP, costly, legal battles, sb1070
Latin America Divided Over Ties with China
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jan 26, 2011
The indications are already there that a great wall of wariness is rising between China and Latin America.
Categories: Chinese, Ethnicities, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, News, Sections, Top Stories
Tags: argentina, brazil, business, chile, china, colombia, economy, hu jintao, latin america, mandarin chinese schools, mexico, peru, promexico, relations, south america, trade, united states, venezuela, xi jinping
What Is the Political Center?
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Jan 25, 2011
Speculation that Obama has shifted toward the political center is based on the assumption that he has governed from the left.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: obama, obamacenter, obamaleft, stateoftheunion
Daniel Hernandez to Sit With Michelle Obama During State of the Union
Latina Magazine, News Report, Posted: Jan 25, 2011
When President Obama gives his State of the Union address tonight, two Latinos will be seated beside him in Michelle Obama's guest box.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance
Who's Who: Meet California's New Citizen Redistricting Commission
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 24, 2011
This diverse group of Californians will spend the next eight months redrawing the state's voting districts.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Next Wave of Immigration Legislation Introduced in Arizona
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 21, 2011
As states across the nation pass laws similar to SB1070, Arizona legislators are hard at work drafting the next wave of anti-immigrant legislation.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, immigration, SB1070
Mexico Is Bleeding
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 20, 2011
Violence has become a daily reality in Mexico, and the bloodshed will not cease until the culture of impunity comes to an end.
Categories: Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: calderon, cartels, drugtrafficking, gangviolence, Mexico
Battling Breast Cancer Alone: One Uninsured Immigrant’s Story
New America Media/Vida en el Valle, Video, Posted: Jan 18, 2011
Safety net programs are crucial for uninsured immigrants like Georgina González.
Categories: Asian, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, Video
Tags: breast cancer, cervical cancer, health care cuts, medi-Cal, undocumented, unsinsured, women's health
John Ross 1938-2011
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 18, 2011
Journalist, investigative poet, and social activist John Ross died peacefully today at Lake Patzcuaro in Mexico.
Categories: Latin America, Latino, Media, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: beat generation, chiapas, john ross, journalist, media, mexico
MLK Jr.—A Man For All Seasons
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 17, 2011
A veteran civil rights lawyer who grew up along the Tex-Mex border explains how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s struggle became her own.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: american, justice, martin luther king jr., mexican, struggle
Frustrated Homeowners: “Don’t Foreclose on My Dream”
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jan 17, 2011
Nearly 2.5 million homeowners nationally, have lost their home since 2007, and that number could balloon to 13 million in the next four years.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Front Page, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Video
Tags: banks, crisis, foreclosure, fraud, homeowners, loan modication, oakland
Calif. Health Advocates Decry “Painful” Cuts for Seniors
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 16, 2011
Advocates for seniors are dismayed that Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget would eliminate or slash already-cut help for the state’s most vulnerable citizens.
Categories: African American, Asian, Elders, Front Page, Health, Latino
Tags: Brown's cuts, minorities, nursing home, painful, seniors
Minority Small Businesses Pack Summit for Loan Help
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jan 15, 2011
Asian American small business owners face language and cultural challenges in accessing loan programs, and are more likely to use personal savings to start their business.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Ethnic Media in the News, Front Page, Latino, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories, Video
Tags: asian american pacific islander small business administration, banks, economy, loans, owner
Ethnic Media: Obama’s Tucson Speech Brings Hope, Temporarily
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 14, 2011
Arizona’s diverse ethnic media gave Pres. Obama high marks for his speech in Tucson this week, but were not sure how long its impact would last.
Categories: Asian, Latino, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, ethnic media, Gabrielle Giffords, Jared Lee Loughner, Obama speech, Sarah Palin, Tuscon
Roy and Rodriguez: The Aftermath of Arizona
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jan 14, 2011
Essayist Richard Rodriguez and radio host Sandip Roy discuss the wider implications of the tragedy in Tucson and what it says about us as Americans.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories, Video
Tags: Arizona, Gabrielle Giffords, Pakistan, Salman Taaseer, Tucson massacre
New America Now: When Tragedy Tastes Bitter
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Jan 14, 2011
In the aftermath of tragedies in Haiti and Tucson, the suicide of an ex-prince, and a new book by Monique Truong.
Categories: African American, Asian, Audio, Ethnicities, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Haiti earthquake, Iran, IsabelleAllende, monique truong, suicide, Tucson killings
The Way of the Gun—Self Defense, Intimidation and Collateral
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Jan 13, 2011
The massacre in Tucson has sparked a national debate on gun control. Three African American youth share their perspectives on why they need guns.
Categories: African American, Asian, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: african american, arizona gun violence, black, crime, gun control, youth
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
Latinos Left Out of Paid Family Leave in California, Report Finds
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 12, 2011
Lack of awareness among immigrants and low-income workers has prevented them from tapping into California’s Paid Family Leave program.
Categories: Economy, Health, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: maternityleave, paidfamilyleave, paidleave
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
Brown Proposes Deep Cuts to Health Care Programs
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Jan 12, 2011
Children, seniors, disabled adults and the poor are among the hardest hit by the proposed cuts.
Categories: African American, Asian, Health, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: california budget, governor jerry brown, health care program cuts, healthy families, medi-cal
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
Families of Missing Women Protest Police Inaction in Juarez
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Jan 11, 2011
Under Mexican law, the vast majority of the disappeared—especially minors—are classified as “runaways," so investigations aren't carried out for 72 hours.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: disappeared, drug trafficking, human, juarez, kidnapping, mexico, vanish, women
American Comic Book in Arizona
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 10, 2011
When the world grows too complicated and spins out of our control, as happened in Tucson, Americans turn to a parlor game called “conservatives vs. progressives.”
Categories: African American, Asian, Latino, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: conservative, Jared Lee Loughner, liberal, politics, progressive, Sarah Palin, Tea Party, Tuscon shooting
La Opinión: What We Can Learn from Tucson Tragedy
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Jan 10, 2011
An editorial in the country's largest Spanish-language newspaper calls for the need for gun control and constructive political debate.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: GabrielleGiffords, Giffords, tucson, tucsonmassacre, tucsonshootings
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Shot in Tucson
El Diario/La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Jan 09, 2011
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was shot in the head when an attacker opened fire at a public event in Tucson on Saturday
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: Giffords, Tucsconshootings, tucson
What Palin & Company Sowed, Arizona's Innocents Reap
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 09, 2011
The hate-filled politics of ultra-right leaders like Sarah Palin—and their frequent use of gun imagery to attack Democrats—bears direct responsibility for the Tucson tragedy.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Featured Columnists, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: BarackObama, GabrielleGiffords, GOP, gunviolence, Johnroll, SarahPalin, teaparty, Tucsconshootings
Giffords Shootings: Poisonous Fruit of Arizona's Vicious Politics
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 09, 2011
As a bloody rampage leaves six dead and Democrat Gabrielle Giffords fighting for her life, sheriff says Arizona has become "the mecca for prejudice and bigotry."
Categories: Arizona Watch, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: GabrielleGiffords, illegalimmigration, Johnroll, SarahPalin, SB1070, violence
Slain Judge Faced Threats in Immigrant Suit: "He Should Be Dead"
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 08, 2011
Arizona federal judge John Roll was inundated with threats after he allowed undocumented immigrants to sue a vigilante rancher for $32 million in 2009.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: GabrielleGiffords, illegalimmigrants, Johnroll, MALDEF, RogerBarnett, SouthernPovertyLawCenter, vigilantes
Roy and Rodriguez: The Past Ten Years
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jan 08, 2011
Richard Rodriguez and Sandip Roy discuss the high and low points of the past decade.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Ethnicities, Latino, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, South Asian, Top Stories
Conservative Church Leaders Condemn Moves to Repeal Birthright Citizenship
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 08, 2011
Across the political spectrum, criticism is mounting of new efforts in the states and Congress to deny citizenship to the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Economy, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 14thamendment, Arizona, birthrightcitizenship, constitution, RussellPearce, SB1070, steveking
What's the Matter With Anchor Babies, Anyway?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 08, 2011
Why aren’t we encouraging anchor babies, rather than vilifying them? Don’t we want immigrants to commit to making the United States their home?
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 14thamendment, Anchorbabies, Arizona, birthrightcitizenship, dredscott, immigrants, U.S.constitution
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
17-Year-Old Fatally Shot on Border Fence
EFE, News Report, Posted: Jan 06, 2011
Sonora state police are investigating the death of a young Mexican man who was reportedly shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Suit Challenges California's Approval of Cancer-Causing Pesticide
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 05, 2011
Earthjustice filed the suit challenging the state's approval of methyl iodide on behalf of labor and environmental groups, including United Farm Workers.
Categories: Environment, Front Page, Health, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bromide, california, cancer, environment, farm workers, law suit, methyl iodide, pesticide, strawberry
60 Days to Get Rid of Ethnic Studies in Tucson
Prensa Hispana, News Report, Posted: Jan 04, 2011
On his last day as Arizona School Superintendent, Tom Horne gave an ultimatum.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
More States to Copy Arizona Law
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jan 03, 2011
The new year will bring new versions of the controversial Arizona immigration law SB 1070).
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: arizonacopycatlaws, copycatlaws, immigrationlaw, sb1070copycat
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
Dilma, Brazil's New Leader, Has Big Shoes to Fill
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 01, 2011
Outgoing President Luis Inácio "Lula" da Silvia has set a new precedent in Brazilian foreign policy, lifting his country into the international arena like few before him.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: Brazil, BRIC, DimlaRousseff, foreignpolicy, LuladaSilva