Study: Mexicans Favor U.S. Military Presence in Mexico
Pew Research Center, News Report, Posted: Aug 31, 2011
Many Mexicans welcome U.S. help in training Mexican police and providing money and weapons to Mexican military forces.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, War & Conflict
Tags: drugcartels, mexicanmilitary, mexico, mexicoviolence, mexicowarondrugs, warondrugs
CA Dream Act Clears Senate
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Aug 31, 2011
The California state Senate passed AB 131 on Wednesday in a vote of 22-11.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: ab130, ab131, cadreamact, californiadreamact, dreamact, dreamactstudents
ATF Chief Resigns Amid Gun-Tracking Controversy
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Aug 31, 2011
The acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Kenneth Melson, resigned Tuesday.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance, War & Conflict
Science, Math and Technology Key to Upward Mobility for Latinos
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 31, 2011
When most adults would rather clean their toilet than do a math problem, something has to change, says Dr. Alicia Abella.
Categories: Economy, Education, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: latinasmath, latinasscience, latinastechnology, latinosinscience, sciencemath, stem, womeninmath, womeninscience, womentechnology
Study: Minority Children Feel Stigmatized in Primary School
EFE / San Diego Red, News Report, Posted: Aug 30, 2011
New research has found that elementary school children are aware of social stigmas, and consequently suffer more anxiety about their academic performance.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Youth Culture
Amid Recession, U.S. Spanish-Language Media Grow
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Aug 30, 2011
A Pew Hispanic Center study found that the number of Spanish-language radio stations increased by 8 percent over the previous year.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Latino, Media, Top Stories
Tags: hispanicmedia, hispanicmediagrowth, hispanicradio, hispanictv, latinomedia, spanishmedia, univision
More Double Punishment for Immigrants with Convictions
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 30, 2011
Call me a cynic, but the White House's new deportation policy seems more of a token of appeasement to win votes in the 2012 election.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: deportations, obama2012, obamaimmigrants, obamaimmigration, obamalatinos
Federal Judge Blocks Alabama Immigration Law
Univision, News Report, Posted: Aug 29, 2011
A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked Alabama from implementing what has been called the harshest anti-illegal immigrant law in the country.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Foreign Student Workers Allege Exploitation
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Aug 29, 2011
They come to the United States looking for friends, a good work, experience, culture, and travel. What they find is exhausting,workdays, overcrowding, and debt.
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, Latino
Tags: exploitation, foreignstudentlabor, hershey, immigrantlabor, immigration, latino, statedeprtment
MPI: Immigration Policy Shifted Since 9/11
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Aug 29, 2011
A report by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) shows the major policy, budget and organizational changes that have occurred in the U.S. immigration system as a result of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Q&A: How Will EPA Decision Impact CA Pesticide Use
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 29, 2011
The use of pesticide methyl bromide in California discriminated against Latino school children, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said last Thursday.
Categories: Environment, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: agriculture, civilrights, environment, environmentaljustice, EPA, farming, latino, methylbromide, pesticide
Exodus: A Dreamer’s Kafkaesque Deportation
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Aug 28, 2011
Dani Zamora is an American artist, who had not been in his native Mexico for 11 years. But a wrong turn near the border led to his strange, deportation in handcuffs.
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, International Affairs, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: deportation, DREAMer, immigration, lgbt, mexico, richardserra
In Alabama, Immigration Law Hits Pocketbooks
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Aug 26, 2011
It is time for Alabama to understand that restrictive immigration state laws have serious side effects that hit everyone’s pocketbooks.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Arizona Watch, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: alabama, alabamaeconomy, alabamaimmigration, alabamaimmigrationlaw
Why Rick Perry is Bad for Hispanics
The Texas Tribune, News Report, Posted: Aug 26, 2011
Texas Gov. Rick Perry's one-time support for Hispanics is long gone, argues State Rep. Rafael Anchia. His path to the presidency now means scapegoating Latinos.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012elections, Hispanics, immigration, Latino, RickPerry, Texas
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
Amid Allegations of Human Trafficking, Guatemala to Review Adoptions
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 24, 2011
Guatamala moves to review international adoption cases that were halted by the United States in 2007 amid allegations of kidnappings and human trafficking.
Categories: International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: adoption, Guatamala, kidnapping, LatinAmerica, Latino, trafficking
Headless Bodies and Jobless Workers - The Roots of Mexico’s Sadism
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Aug 24, 2011
The five decapitated bodies and two scalped heads dumped in Acapulco raise questions about sadism in Mexico. For answers, just look to Mexico’s unemployment numbers.
Categories: Economy, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: acapulco, calderon, drugcartels, mexico, poverty, sadism
NAM Radio: A Transgender Latino's Family Story
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 23, 2011
An ambitious new film covers immigration, imprisonment, and transgender identity in a story about a Latino family in New York.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Youth Culture
Tags: bronx, controversy, director, esai morales, film, gun hill road, harmony santana, immigration, interview, judy reyes, latino, new york, prison, rashaad ernesto green, review, transexual, transgender, writer
L.A. School Educates Those "Shut Out" of the System
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 23, 2011
Free L.A. High School, opened in 2007 by the Youth Justice Center, offers students an alternative to incarceration through a revolutionary approach to education.
Categories: African American, Education, Ethnicities, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: education, incarceration, LA
ICE Halts Deportation of Gay Venezuelan National
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Aug 22, 2011
Riverside county resident Alex Benshimol received notice Saturday that he would not be deported, as had been ruled on Aug. 11.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Impre Poll: Obama Loses Ground Among Latino Voters
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Aug 22, 2011
In the most recent poll released by impreMedia and Latino Decisions, only 39 percent of Latinos voters were sure they would vote for President Obama.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: impremedialatinodecisions, impremediapoll, latinovoters, obamalatinos
Latino Immigrant Is Rising GOP Star in Surprise, Arizona
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Aug 22, 2011
Steve Montenegro, a Republican legislator from Arizona who supported SB 1070 and opposes the Dream Act, is himself an immigrant from El Salvador.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: arizonaimmigration, gop, immigration, latinorepublican, phoenix, sb1070, stevemontenegro
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
Latinos Changing the World Through Twitter?
Al Día, News Report, Posted: Aug 21, 2011
The hashtag #LATISM (Latinos in Social Media) is used by many Latino users to connect with each other on Twitter.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Media, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: hispanicblogs, latinabloggers, latinobloggers, latinosinsocialmedia, latinosonline, latinosontwitter, latinostwitter, LATISM
Same-Sex Bi-National Couples Now “Low-Priority” for Deportation
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 20, 2011
At President Obama's orders, DHS will now give low priority to deportation cases involving individuals in same-sex relationships with U.S. citizens.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: deportation, gaymarriage, homelandsecurity, immigration, lgbt, obama, samesexcouples
Immigrant Rights Activists Are Obama’s Freedom Riders
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 19, 2011
Like the Freedom Riders of the early 1960s, immigrant rights activists have forced the hand of a reluctant president.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: departmentofhomelandsecurity, deportations, dhs, dreamact, dreamers, freedomriders, immigrantrightsactivists, immigration, obama
California Law Firm Nailed for Mortgage Scam
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 19, 2011
CA's Attorney General filed suit against a law firm for their role in a scam that took advantage of thousands of homeowners.
Categories: African American, Economy, Foreclosures, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: californiaattorneygeneral, foreclosure, kamalaharris, kramerandkaslow, mailfraud, mortgagecrisis, mortgagefraud, mortgagescam
One in Four California Families Can't Afford Food for Their Kids
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 19, 2011
California had the second highest number of metropolitan areas with rates of food hardship in households with children, according to a new report.
Categories: Economy, Health, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture, food
Tags: california, california association of food banks, food, food desert, food hardship, food research and action center, fresno, hardship, hispanic, latino, los angeles, nutrition, super committee
Blacks & Hispanics More Concerned Over Children's Health
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 19, 2011
An annual poll shows significant differences among ethnic groups in their levels of concern over children’s health.
Categories: African American, European, Health, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: black, children, children's health, concern, differences, drug abuse, ethnicity, health, hispanic, latino, obesity, sexting, University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll of Children’s Health, violence, white
U.S. to Review All Deportation Cases
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Aug 18, 2011
The Obama administration announced Thursday that it will begin a case-by-case evaluation of all immigrants who are in deportation proceedings.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: deportation, dhs, napolitano, obamaimmigrants, obamalatinos, prosecutorialdiscretion
San Francisco Files Suit Against Car Wash for Wage Theft
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 18, 2011
Latino workers say they were forced to wait in unsanitary back rooms for hours on end before being allowed to "clock in" for work.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: dennisherrera, laborrights, larazacentrolegal, sanfrancisco, workersrights, workingconditions
Two-Thirds of Californians Unprepared for Costs of Elder Care
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 18, 2011
Two-thirds of Californians in a new poll worry they can’t afford the huge cost of long-term care—but the state is still cutting vital programs.
Categories: Elders, Health, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: californians, care, cost, elder, elder care, high cost, latino, report, unprepared
Foreclosure & the American Dream: Two Women's Stories
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 18, 2011
Two American women share their story of how the American dream became a nightmare when their homes went into foreclosure.
Categories: African American, Audio, Foreclosures, Latino, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: american, american dream, california, dream, financial, financing, foreclosure, home, homeowner, ownership, recession
Setting the Record Straight on S-Comm
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 18, 2011
For the record, Mr. President: S-Comm and other deportation machines are nothing to be “proud” of. Shame is more accurate.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: ceciliamuñoz, chirla, dhs, immigration, nationalcounciloflaraza, nclr, presidentobama, scomm, secure communities
Two National Reports Call for Reform of Employment-Based Immigration
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 17, 2011
Two reports released Wednesday call on the Obama administration to streamline the immigration process for skilled workers.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: guestworkers, legalimmigration, NationalFoundationforAmericanPolicy
Drug Trafficking: Central America’s Dark Shadow
COHA, News Report, Posted: Aug 17, 2011
Eight-four percent of illegal cocaine that reaches the United States passes through Central America.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino
Tags: centralamerica, centralamericadrugs, cocaine, drugcartels, drugtrafficking
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
Activists Call for End to Secure Communities Program
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Aug 16, 2011
At a hearing in Los Angeles on Monday, community members told DHS the Secure Communities program must end.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: chirla, dhs, ice, immigration, losangeleshearing, scomm, securecommunities
Mexican Water Polo Team Aims For Olympics With Commerce's Help
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 16, 2011
"we're in our own little bubble," protected from their usual distractions at home in Mexico
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Latino, Sports
Tags: 2012, commerce, fundings, mexican, olympics, team, water polo
How an L.A. Charter School Became a Success Lab
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 16, 2011
Armida Barrera has paid a price for living in a disadvantaged neighborhood: the poor education of her first seven children.
Categories: African American, Asian, Collaborative Reporting, Education, Front Page, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: charter school, education, los angeles, poor, school, synergy, unified school district
Author: How the Drug Lords Took Over Mexico
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 16, 2011
In Mexico, an elite group maintains control of the illegal drug market and, with a little help from Mexican and US officials, is extending its grip through Latin America.
Categories: International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: anabel hernandez, cartel, cia, dea, drug lords, drugs trafficking, el chapo, el mayo, iran-contra, la familia, latin america, los zetas, mexican, mexico, reagan, south america, tijuana, us government, zambada
Has CA's Redistricting Experiment Worked? A Key Reformer Says Yes
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Aug 16, 2011
On Monday, the new California Citizens Redistricting Commission reached an important milestone, approving final political maps for Congress, the state Legislature, and the Board of Equalization.
Categories: African American, Asian, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: 2012elections, californiacitizensredistrictingcommission, commoncause, redistricting, reform
Poll: Latino Voters Favor Raising Taxes
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Aug 15, 2011
A national poll released by impreMedia and Latino Decisions Monday indicates that Latino voters favor raising taxes on the wealthy.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: impremediapoll, latinodecisions, latinopoll, latinostaxes, latinovoters
Undocumented and Korean at UC Berkeley
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 15, 2011
When one UC Berkeley student disclosed his status as an undocumented immigrant, the response was telling. “A lot of the students were surprised at seeing a yellow face."
Categories: Asian, Education, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: AB540, DreamAct, education, Hispanic, immigration, Korean, UCBerkeley, Undocumented
Chilean Student Movement Leads Uprising For Political Transformation
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 13, 2011
Weeks of demonstrations and strikes by Chilean students earlier this week seems to suggest that Chile is becoming a part of the global movement of youth that is transforming the world bit by bit.
Categories: International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Chileans, cross-roads, demonstrations, global movement, quality education, youth
Hispanic Leaders Give Obama a "B"
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Aug 12, 2011
The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda gave President Obama and Congress a "B" grade on addressing social issues important to Latinos.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: budget cuts, congress, education, immigration, latinos, obama
How America's Safety Net Has Become A Dragnet
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 12, 2011
In this new afterword to her best seller, Nickel and Dimed, author Barbara Ehrenreich explains how 10 years after that book’s publication and amid a spiraling recession, poverty is increasingly becoming criminalized in America.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, European, Health, Indigenous, Latino, Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, food
Tags: criminalizing, homeless, Nickel and Dimed, poor, poverty, recession, U.S.
Muslim TV Show Airs on Hispanic Network
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 11, 2011
Salam TV is a groundbreaking partnership between Muslim and Hispanic media in Phoenix, Ariz.
Categories: Latino, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: anti-immigrant, latino, media, muslim, phoenix, ramadan, salam tv, SB 1070
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
Obama to Meet With Latino Newspaper Reporters
Al Día, News Report, Posted: Aug 08, 2011
President Obama will meet with reporters from regional Latino newspapers at the White House Monday evening.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Media, Politics & Governance
In Utah, a ‘Kinder, Gentler’ Approach to Immigration?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 08, 2011
While some states have enacted enforcement-only measures, Utah has attempted to take a different approach.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Youth Culture
Tags: hb116, hb466, hb469, hb497, hb81, utahcompact, utahimmigrants, utahimmigration, utahimmigrationlaw, utahlatinos
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
16 Latin American Countries File Brief Against Alabama Law
Univision, News Report, Posted: Aug 05, 2011
Mexico and 15 other countries in Central and South America filed briefs Wednesday in support of the lawsuit against Alabama's anti-immigration law.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice
Tags: alabamaimmigration, alabamaimmigrationlaw, hb56, sb1070
De primera línea en la lucha de ejecución hipotecaria sitiada
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 05, 2011
Recortes al presupuesto puede resultar en menos agencias de asesoría de vivienda.
Categories: Foreclosures, Latino, NAM en Español
Tags: agencias de asesoría de vivienda, ejecución hipotecaria, presupuesto
Ethnic Californians -- The State’s ‘Environmental Vote’
New America Media, Video, Posted: Aug 05, 2011
Nearly three-fourths of Asians, blacks and Latinos support the state’s climate change law, according to a new PPIC poll.
Categories: African American, Asian, Environment, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: ab32, climatechange, environment, environmental issues, MarkBaldassare, ppicpoll, prop23
ICE Announces It Will Impose Secure Communities on State and Local Governments
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Aug 05, 2011
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Friday that it will continue to operate the controversial “Secure Communities” program.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: scomm, securecommunities
DREAM Act a Win-Win: Good for Immigrant Women and Good for Economy
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 05, 2011
An attorney with Equal Rights Advocates argues that passage of the federal DREAM Act would have a direct impact on immigrant women.
Categories: Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: DREAMact, dreamact, immigrantwomen, womenimmigrants
'Fast and Furious' Gun Tracking Operation Is Slow and Dithering
Hispanic Link, Commentary, Posted: Aug 05, 2011
Agents involved in operation Fast and Furious, as it was known, lost track of the guns they were supposed to be tracing.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance, War & Conflict
Tags: fastandfurious, guns, mexicoviolence
In Indiana, Young People Lead Fight Against Immigration Laws
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 05, 2011
A law prohibiting undocumented students from accessing scholarships has ignited a wave of youth activism in Indiana.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: hb1402, indiana, indianaimmigrants, indianaimmigrationlaw, indianalatinos, sb590
Born to Run: The Secrets of Mexico's Tarahumara Tribe
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 05, 2011
Running is one of those sports that hurts so good, but a secretive tribe in Mexico has centuries-old traditions that help people run for hundreds of miles with no pain.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Health, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Media, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: born to run, christopher mcdougall, naked, run, running, running shoes, secret, secretive, tarahumara, tribe
Hazleton Anti-Immigration Law Gets Another Chance
Al Día, News Report, Posted: Aug 04, 2011
The U.S. Supreme Court in June instructed the Third Circuit Court of Appeals to review a decision that found Hazleton's immigration ordinances unconstitutional.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Tags: hazleton, immigrationlaw, unconstitutional
Southern California Town Considers E-Verify
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Aug 04, 2011
The city of Costa Mesa could become the largest city in Southern California to implement the controversial E-Verify program.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
In Georgia, Racial Issues Resurface With a New Anti-Immigrant Flavor
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 04, 2011
Activists say the environment in Georgia is extremely hostile and anti-Latino against immigrants and citizens alike.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
New Marvel Comics Spider-Man is Black-Latino
ColorLines, News Report, Posted: Aug 03, 2011
Marvel Comics’ new superhero is a half-African American half-Latino kid named Miles Morales.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Ethnic Media Network, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: spidey
La Opinión Calls Debt Deal Disappointing
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Aug 03, 2011
Editors of La Opinión write that the strategy of "cutting, cutting and cutting" has emerged victorious.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: debtceiling, debtcrisis
South Carolina Immigration Law Starts New Era of Racial Profiling
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 03, 2011
South Carolina’s new anti-immigrant law strikes Latinos with fear of racial profiling—and reminds blacks of the state’s racist past.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: nikkihaleyimmigration, racialprofiling, southcarolina, southcarolinaimmigrationlaw
Illinois a Sign of Hope for National Dreamers
Equal Voice for America's Families Newspaper, News Report, Posted: Aug 02, 2011
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed his state's version of the Dream Act on Monday, a step forward in helping low-income immigrants go to college.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latino
Tags: dreamact, DREAMer, illinoisdreamact, illinoisimmgirationlaw, patquinn
Alabama - On the Frontlines of the Nation’s Harshest Immigration Law
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 02, 2011
In June, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley signed into law the most severe immigration legislation in the nation.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: alabama, alabamaimmigration, alabamaimmigrationlaw, HB 56
People of Color are Leading YouTube’s Growth
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Aug 01, 2011
Black and Latino users are the most active video consumers online, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Tags: cell phones, color, internet, people, technology, youtube
New Mexican Migration Patterns
Immigration Policy Center, News Report, Posted: Aug 01, 2011
Fewer immigrants are coming, fewer are leaving, and a majority of the unauthorized population has been here for a decade or longer.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Latest CA Redistricting Maps Satisfy Most Minorities—But Not Latinos
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 01, 2011
Latinos say new political maps are an improvement over first drafts released in June but still don't reflect big population gains over the past decade.
Categories: African American, Asian, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: california, citizensredistrictingcommission, Latinos, MALDEF, redistricting, sacramento, TeaPArty, visionary, votingrightsact, wedrawthelines