NAM Radio: Asian-Americans & Motherland
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 29, 2011
Writer-director Doris Yeung's new feature film has an obvious connection to herself: she, too, lost her mother to a murder right here in the Bay Area.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Chinese, Immigration, International Affairs, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: american dream, Asian Americans, bay area, doris yeung, feature, film, hong kong, motherland, murder, san francisco
California Clinic Puts Smile on Community Care
New America Media, Video, Posted: Aug 29, 2011
East Palo Alto has a model health and dental clinic that puts a smile on one of the roughest and poorest communities in California.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Elders, Health, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: californiahealth, communityhealth, dentistry, eastpaloalto, healthcarereform, poverty, siliconvalley
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
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
The MLK Memorial's Complicated History
The Root, News Report, Posted: Aug 24, 2011
Critics say the new MLK Memorial, to be officially dedicated this weekend, betrays the message championed by the famed civil rights leader.
Categories: African American, Chinese, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: AfricanAmerican, art, China, civilrights, King, MLKmemorial, NationalMall, Washington
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
Housing Crisis: A Breeding Ground for 'Get-Rich-Quick' Schemes
LA Beez, News Report, Posted: Aug 22, 2011
There is an old saying that while it takes hands to build a house, it takes hearts to build a home.
Categories: Foreclosures, Front Page, Multi-ethnic
Tags: american dream, foreclosure, home, homeowner
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
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
Groups Worry About Environmental Footprint of America's Cup on SF Bay
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 20, 2011
Little time for planning means a higher risk that the America's Cup in San Francisco will have an adverse environmental impact.
Categories: Environment, Front Page, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content
Tags: americascup, californiaenvironmentalqualityact, ceqa, environmentalimpactreport, sanfranciscobayarea
The Politics Behind the China-Georgetown Basketball Fiasco
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Aug 19, 2011
The political ramifications of this week's basketball brawl between a Chinese team drawn from the military and Georgetown University's team.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Chinese, International Affairs, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: american, basketball, brawl, china, chinese, game, georgetown, hoyas, military
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
Did Anti-Americanism Fuel the China-Georgetown Basketball Brawl?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 19, 2011
It’s too bad the Georgetown players had to be the target of an apparent hate which they are not responsible for.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Chinese, International Affairs, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: basketball, brawl, china, chinese, fight, georgetown, hoyas, military, unfair, university, wrong
Give "The Help" -- and Black Working Women -- a Break
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Aug 19, 2011
Criticism of “The Help” for stereotyping ignores its rare focus on black women caught between racial brutality and their hopes for the civil rights movement.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, European, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: civil rights, counterpoint, fried chicken, medgar evers, positive review, review, the help
Children Are Invisible Victims of California's Tanking Economy
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 18, 2011
A new study shows that foreclosure has impacted nearly one million children in California since 2007.
Categories: Economy, Foreclosures, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: 2011kidscountdatabook, anniee.caseyfoundation, california, childrennow, foreclosure, housingandeconomicrightsadvocates, joblessness, justcause
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
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
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
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
Most NFL Players are Ready for Training Camp
Los Angeles Sentinel , News Report, Posted: Aug 02, 2011
Most NFL players used their time off during the lockout wisely by staying in shape.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Multi-ethnic, Sports
Young Guns
Maynard Institute , News Report, Posted: Aug 02, 2011
A Chicago television station story about the shooting of two teenagers that used video of a 4-year old boy saying he did not fear violence and wanted his own gun, has raised concerns with journalism educators and others.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Multi-ethnic, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: Chicago, educators, gun, journalism, shooting, teenagers, video, violence
Hanging Out: Young People's Worries and Tactics to Stay Safe
New York Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Aug 01, 2011
As we pass through the sweltering days and nights of another summer, young people continue the usual rituals of hanging out with friends at parties and outdoor events across the city on weekends and during the evening hours.
Categories: Environment, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, Youth Culture