The “Black” Drug That Isn’t
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 22, 2011
Health disparities bedevil ethnic Americans. To make matters worse, drug firms lift sales of their products with racism, “ghostwriters” and other deceptions, and many doctors believe them.
Categories: African American, Elders, Health, Indigenous, Latino, Middle Eastern, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: deceptions, doctors, drug firms, ethnic communities, health disparities, racism
Dear Indians: Please Stop Treating Your Help Like Family
FirstPost, Commentary, Posted: Jun 22, 2011
When India signed on to the Domestic Workers’ Convention, it wasn’t thinking of the some millions of Indians employed as domestic help within its own borders.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: domestic worker convention, geneva, India, Indian Consul General, New York, Prabhu Dayal, Santosh Bhardwaj
The Hack Heard Around the World
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 21, 2011
The recent hacker attack on the Sony PlayStation Network has spurred a hacker free-for-all.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, European, International Affairs, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Science & Technology, South Asian, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: Anonymous, cyber, hacker attack, hacktivist, Lulz Security, Sony PlayStation Network
NAM Radio: Weinergate & Gender, Iran Hiker's Mother, Journalist Deaths, Mambo King Hijuelos, Ahmed's Just Like Us
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 17, 2011
New Show: Weinergate & gender politics, Iran hiker's mother speaks, journalist deaths across the globe, Oscar Hijuelos's new memoir, comedian Ahmed Ahmed.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Eye on Egypt , Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Intersections, Law & Justice, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: #weinergate, 2012 project, ahmed ahmed, anthony weiner, chauncey bailey, cindy hickey, death, divorce, documentary, gender, huma abedin, iran, journalist, just like us, mambo kings, mary hughes, memoir, oscar hijuelos, politics, resign, resignation, shane bauer, thoughts without cigarettes, weinergate
For Intrepid Journalists, the Most Dangerous Stories Hit Close to Home
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 14, 2011
The murders of journalists Jyotirmoy Kumar Dey, Saleem Shahzad and Chauncey Bailey highlight the dangers of reporting stories on home turf.
Categories: African American, International Affairs, Media, Multi-ethnic, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: india, Jyotirmoy Kumar Dey, pakistan, Saleem Shahzad and Chauncey Bailey, your black muslim bakery, yusef bey
Will Huma Abedin Remain Weiner's Good South Asian Wife?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 07, 2011
Will Congressman Anthony Weiner's Pakistani-Indian wife stand by her man in the wake of a sex scandal he has admitted to?
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: #weinergate, abedin, admits, admitted, anthony weiner, clinton, congress, good south asian wife, good wife, hillary, hillary clinton, huma abedin, indian, pakistan, pakistani, scandal, sex, south asian, syed zainul abedin, weiner, wife
Beyond the Melting Pot: Immigrant American Cinema
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 04, 2011
In America's melting pot, sometimes the more “American” an institution is considered, the more it owes itself to decidedly un-melted immigrant sensibilities.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Chinese, Front Page, Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, South Asian
Tags: american, bicycle thief, chinese, culver city, empire of their own, entre nos, girl 27, giuseppe de santis, gloria la morte, hollywood, immigrant, iranian, luchino visconti, man push cart, mgm, ming ding, neal gabler, new york, pakistani, paola mendoza, ramin bahrani, shih-ching tsou, take out, vittorio de sica
San Francisco's Own: Comedian Arj Barker
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 03, 2011
He made his name on the hit HBO comedy Flight of the Conchords, and now Arj Barker is back in his hometown of San Francisco for a few nights of stand up comedy.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, European, Immigration, Intersections, New America Now, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: arj barker, australia, background, born, californian, cobbs comedy club, comedian, comedy, dave, dutch, father, flight of the conchords, hbo, heritage, mother, parents, san francisco, sikh, singh, stand up
NAM Radio: Blacks & Obama, Attractive Black Women, Tahoe, Kung Fu Panda, Arj Barker
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 02, 2011
New Show: Obama & the black community, controversial study about the attractiveness of black women, Tahoe's history, Kung Fu Panda's critics, comedian Arj Barker.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Chinese, Economy, Gender & Sexuality, Indigenous, International Affairs, New America Now, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: african american, arj barker, attractive, attractiveness, barack obama, black, black puppet, black women, comedian, comedy, cornel west, donner, flight of the conchords, kung fu, kung fu panda, lake tahoe, loretta ross, native american, panda, president, psychology today, satoshi kanazawa, sexism, singh, sistersong, tavis smiley, unattractiveness, women