NAM TV Interview: 'Upside': White House Open Comment Period
New America Media, Video, Posted: Feb 28, 2011
NAM TV anchor Odette Keeley recently interviewed Dilawar Syed of the President’s Advisory Commission on AAPIs on COMCAST's TV show "Upside," about the landmark effort making several government agency plans available online for public comment.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Intersections, Media, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Video
Tags: AAPI White House Initiative-AAPI, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Open Comment Period, small business
Why the GOP Has Declared Open Season on Michelle
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 26, 2011
GOP has viewed Michelle as an especially inviting surrogate for hammering Obama from the earliest days of the 2008 presidential campaign.
Categories: African American, Gender & Sexuality, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: 2012 election, GOP, michelle barack obama president first lady
CIA Status Improves Contractor's Case for Immunity
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Feb 24, 2011
Raymond Davis has been confirmed by Washington to be a CIA officer -- a move that could shield him from prosecution for two murders in Pakistan.
Categories: International Affairs, Multi-ethnic, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: CIA, diplomatic immunity, Pakistan, Raymond Allen Davis, State Department, United States
New Arizona Anti-Immigrant Bill Threatens Health Care, Education
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 23, 2011
From banning access to car titles to making it a crime to drive without a driver’s license, Republican Senator Russell Pearce’s strategy of attrition by enforcement might open the door to new lawsuits in Arizona.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Asian, Chinese, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, News, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, driver's license, education, health care, immigrants, proof, Russell Pearce, SB 1611
In Wisconsin, It’s the Middle Class vs. the Middle Class
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 22, 2011
A teacher writes that the governor's actions are pitting working Americans against each other.
Categories: African American, Asian, Education, European, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: budget, governor scott walker, labor, public service workers, Tea Party, teachers, unions, wisconsin
Letter From India: Outrage Over an "Eve-Teasing" Tragedy
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 19, 2011
The death of a 16-year-old boy defending his older sister from harassment— "eve-teasing" —as she returned home from work has provoked outrage around the country.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: eve-teasing, RajibDas, RinkuDas, workingwomen
The Green Mile
India Currents, News Feature, Posted: Feb 16, 2011
Aghast at their carbon footprint, an environmentalist couple attempts to circumnavigate the globe without air travel.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Front Page, South Asian
Tags: air travel, carbon footprint, environment, green
Egypt-on-the-Potomac: Exclusive Interview with DC Protest Leaders
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 16, 2011
While the protests went on Egypt, many Egyptian-Americans joined other Middle Easterners, Africans and South Asians to demonstrate at the White House.
Categories: African, Eye on Egypt , Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: afghan, african, american university, arab, armenian, demonstration, egypt, egyptian, egyptian association for change, egyptian-american, ethiopian, george mason university, hosni mubarak, omar suleiman, pakistani, protest, tahrir square, washington dc, white house
Shabana Rehman: Homeland Insecurity Comedy Tour
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 15, 2011
Pakistani-Norwegian comedian Shabana Rehman's controversial comedy tour: Homeland Insecurity.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Intersections, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, South Asian
Tags: comedy, homeland insecurity, norway, pakistan, religion, shabana rehman
Letter From India: Young, Wired—But Not in an Egyptian Mood
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Feb 13, 2011
Unlike Egypt's young people, India's "babalog" class has plenty of ways to channel their restlessness besides revolution.
Categories: Asian, Eye on Egypt , Front Page, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: babalog, Egypt, Facebook, ghandi, India, revolution, socialmedia, socialnetworking, Twitter
Modern India Is Calling
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Feb 13, 2011
Anand Giridharadas didn't grow up in India, but he returns to a country he has heard much about, only to learn that it is not his parents' India anymore.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Ethnicities, Immigration, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: india
From Chaos to Renaissance
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Feb 11, 2011
We all want to know how to create a future for our children and ourselves. Parag Khanna has the answers in his book, How to Run the World.
Categories: Audio, Ethnicities, Multi-ethnic, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Sections, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: future, parag khanna
No Protection, No Help: Beheading Case Shows Vulnerability of Abused Women
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 10, 2011
The conviction of a Pakistani-born man for decapitating his wife shows how the system—as well as her family and friends—failed her despite his violent history.
Categories: Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: beheading, crime, domesticabuse, justice, newyork, pakistan
Hassan Found Guilty in Wife’s Beheading, May Get Life
India-West, News Report, Posted: Feb 09, 2011
A New York jury deliberated for less than an hour before finding Muzzammil Hassan guilty of beheading his wife, Aasiya, nearly two years after her body was found in the television station they jointly founded.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Network, Law & Justice, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: abusive, beheading, guilty, Muzzammil Hassan, wife Aasiya
New America Now: Turmoil Begins the Year of the Rabbit
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Feb 04, 2011
Egypt Protests & the Diaspora, Abortion Billboards in CA Anger Many, Traditions of Chinese New Year, Home to India, Pakistani-American Domestic Crusaders
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Chinese, Ethnicities, Eye on Egypt , Gender & Sexuality, Health, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Sections, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: abortion, arab-american, chinese new year, diaspora, domestic crusaders, egypt, egyptian-american, india, india calling, pakistan, pakistani-american, sistersong
Domestic Crusaders: The Pakistani-American Experience
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Feb 04, 2011
Wajahat Ali talks about his new book, based on his play Domestic Crusaders about a modern Pakistani-American family.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, New America Now, Original NAM Content, South Asian
Tags: american, domestic crusaders, islam, muslim, pakistan, pakistani, pakistani-american, playwright, wajahat ali
Yoga Program for At-Risk Youth Transforms Mind and Body
New America Media, Video, Posted: Feb 04, 2011
The Niroga Institute runs yoga classes in schools and juvenile halls to foster self-discipline, a skill that contributes to academic success.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Health, Latino, Multi-ethnic, South Asian, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: at risk youth, berkeley, health, juvenile hall, niroga, recidivism, violence, yoga
New York Health Commissioner Pledges to Fix Medicaid
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 03, 2011
New York physician Nirav Shah was sworn in Jan. 24 by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo as the state’s new Commissioner to the Department of Health, after receiving a unanimous confirmation from the state’s Senate.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Health, South Asian
Tags: commissioner, department of health, fix, medicaid, New York, Nirav Shah
Pakistan to Evacuate Pakistanis from Cairo
Pakistan Link, News Report, Posted: Feb 01, 2011
Pakistan is evacuating its citizens from Cairo.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Eye on Egypt , South Asian, War & Conflict
Tags: cairo, citizens, egypt, evacuation, pakistan