New America Now: The State of Running the World
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jan 28, 2011
Reaction to the State of the Union speech, how China's J-20 bomber has the Pentagon worried, results of the 2010 CA Parent Survey, & a guide on how to run the world.
Categories: African American, Asian, Audio, Chinese, International Affairs, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: accountability, balkan, belgrade, california parent survey, chinese embassy, f-117, how to run the world, j-20, kosovo, lucile packard foundation for children's health, parag khanna, president obama, sotu, state of the union, stealth fighter, yoichi shimatsu
Calif. University Accused of Being Front for Visa Fraud
India West, News Report, Posted: Jan 27, 2011
A private university is being accused of making millions off foreign nationals, mostly Indians, by registering them for classes while in reality they were working illegally.
Categories: Asian, Education, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: ICE, immigration, Tri-Valley University
Pakistani Americans Must Combat Radicalism, Not Just Complain
Pakistan Link, Commentary, Posted: Jan 25, 2011
If Pakistani Americans want to feel welcome in the United States, they need to judge Pakistan and the U.S. by the same yardstick.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Aafia Siddiqui, Faisal Shahzad, Pakistan, terrorism
South Asian Leukemia Patient Needs Marrow Donor Urgently
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 24, 2011
Of the 8 million people registered in the National Bone Marrow Registry, only 1.8 percent are of South Asian descent.
Categories: Asian, Health, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: bone marrow, donor, leukemia, south asian
Gov. Christie Nominates 9/11 Attorney to NJ Superior Court
India West, News Report, Posted: Jan 19, 2011
A Muslim attorney who defended detainees swept up by law enforcement after 9/11 was nominated to the New Jersey Superior Court.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, South Asian
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
Pakistani Journalist Killed in Karachi
Pakistan Link, News Report, Posted: Jan 14, 2011
Pakistani journalist Wali KHan Babar, a reporter for Geo News, was killed in what appeared to be a targeted attack in Karachi.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Media, South Asian
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
A Germ by Any Other Name: The Case Against the New Delhi Superbug
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 14, 2011
Indian researchers want to change the moniker of a "superbug" that is giving their country a bad name.
Categories: Environment, European, Health, International Affairs, Multi-ethnic, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: antibiotic-resistant bacteria, India, Manoj K. Jain, medical tourism, new delhi superbug
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
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
Who Gives Two Hoots for Owls in India?
Little India, News Report, Posted: Jan 12, 2011
India's environment minister blames Harry Potter for endangering India's owls.
Categories: Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines, South Asian, Youth Culture
Tags: harrypotter, jkrowling, owls
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
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
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
9/11 Store Clerks’ Killer Loses Death Sentence Appeal
India-West, News Report, Posted: Jan 07, 2011
A self-proclaimed white supremacist, who killed two clerks in Texas and blinded another shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, lost an appeal Dec. 28 of his capital murder conviction.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice, South Asian
Tags: 2 murders, 9/11 attacks, death row, loses appeal, Texas, white supremacist
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
Khalsa Begins Life Sentence for Killing Daughter’s Lover
India-West, News Report, Posted: Jan 06, 2011
In the conclusion to a dramatic three-year-old saga, Gurparkash Singh Khalsa began serving his life sentence Dec. 27 at the Deuel Vocational Institute in Tracy, Calif., after being convicted of murdering his then-underage daughter’s boyfriend.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Law & Justice, South Asian, Top Stories
Ex-Cop Who Won Race-Bias Suit Dies of Pancreatic Cancer
India-West, News Report, Posted: Jan 06, 2011
Navin Sharma, a 54-year-old Mumbai-born police officer, who was fired from the Vancouver Police Department in Washington state and received a settlement of $1.65 million in his race-bias lawsuit against the city in 2008, lost his battle with pancreatic cancer on Christmas Eve.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, South Asian
Tags: dies, ex-cop, Navin Sharma, pancreatic cancer, race-bias, Vancouver
Madhur Jaffrey, Indian Cooking's Julia Child
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Jan 02, 2011
Madhur Jaffrey, world-renowned actress and cook, co-stars in Today's Special and discusses the ins and outs of Indian cuisine.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Ethnicities, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: asif mandvi, madhur jaffrey, today's special
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