Conviction in Newark Schoolyard Murders
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: May 29, 2010
A grand jury of eight women and four men convicted Rodolfo Godinez, 26, on all 17 charges, including felony murder.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, War & Conflict
Tags: conviction, murders, newark, Rodolfo Godinez, school yard
Judge Set to Decide Key Issues in Mehserle Trial
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 29, 2010
June 1 may be the final pre-trial hearing for Johannes Mehserle -- ex-transit cop charged with the murder of Oscar Grant.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, War & Conflict
Tags: johannes mehserle, killed, los angeles, oscar grant, shooting, trial
Detroit Community Mourning after Police Kill Little Girl
Final Call, News Report, Posted: May 29, 2010
Hundreds of mourners lined up outside of Second Ebenezer Baptist Church May 22 to pay their respects to a little girl whose death has sparked outrage.
Categories: African American, Health, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: accident, cops, detroit, girl, raid, reality tv, shoot
Ex-Chicago Cop on Trial for Torturing Hundred's of Black Men
Washington Informer, News Report, Posted: May 29, 2010
Ex-police Lt. Jon Burge may have tortured of and obtained coerced confessions from more than 100 African American men over a 22-year career.
Categories: African American, Health, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Three Indian Americans Shortlisted for Next Solicitor General
India Abroad, News Report, Posted: May 26, 2010
Three of the top five candidates to succeed Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan as Solicitor General are Indian American, a first for the community.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice, South Asian
A Look at the Issues in the Johannes Mehserle Trial
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: May 24, 2010
The May 7 hearing for Johannes Mehserle, the former transit cop who killed Oscar Grant on New Year’s Day of 2009, settled several key issues.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: bart, johannes mehserle, los angeles, new years day, oscar grant, trial
Drug Bust or Racist Revenge in Louisiana?
Louisiana Weekly, News Report, Posted: May 24, 2010
Sheriff Franklin of Jena La. said drug dealers and users should quit, move, or spend the rest of their lives in prison.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice
Caught Between Two Worlds
New America Media, Audio, Posted: May 24, 2010
Just as Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi was about to leave Iran after reporting there for BBC, NPR, and other news outlets, she was awoken by security officials who said they wanted to interrogate her. This began a nightmarish descent into the Iranian prison system chronicled in Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: iran, iranian prison, justice, law, protest
Burning Mexican Flag May Light a Larger Fire
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: May 22, 2010
On Cinco de Mayo this year, several white students at Vintage High School in Napa Ca. burned a Mexican flag.
Categories: Education, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: cinco de mayo, flag burning, mexico, napa, racial tensions, vintage high school
Group Sex Can Get You Jailed in China
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: May 21, 2010
A professor was sentenced to jail time for organizing group sex parties in China, sparking a debate over the law.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Law & Justice
Tags: china sex parties, chinese sex law, group sex, illegal sex china
Gay Officer in Limbo after Discharge from Air Force
India-West, News Report, Posted: May 21, 2010
Lt. Robin Chaurasiya, an openly gay officer in the U.S. Air Force, received discharged papers from the military last month after she came out to her commanding officer. But because she hasn't got an official "date of separation," she must continue to serve, violating the country's laws that ban openly gay people from serving in the U.S. military.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Law & Justice, South Asian, War & Conflict
Children Under 13 Will No Longer Be Detained in Santa Clara
El Observador, News Report, Posted: May 20, 2010
Beginning July 1, children aged 12 years and younger in Santa Clara County will no longer be subjected to detention at juvenile hall, reports El Observador.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice
Asian American Groups Join Lawsuit Against SB 1070
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: May 19, 2010
The civil rights groups argue the Arizona law is the latest in a long string of discriminatory laws against AAPI going back more than 125 years.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Asian, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, South Asian
Immigrant Students Arrested at Sen. McCain's Office
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 19, 2010
Sen. John McCain's Arizona office was the site Monday night of a civil disobedience protest as undocumented students risked arrest and deportation calling for passage of the Dream Act.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: arizona sb 1070, civil disobedience, john mccain, undocumented immigrants
Prop 21 Fight Changed Their Lives
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 18, 2010
Editor's Note: In 2000, California voters passed Proposition 21, a law that allows more youth to be prosecuted as adults and increased penalties for juveniles in the criminal justice system. It also increased the state budget for juvenile justice system by some $300 million annually.
Ten years later, several young people who were involved in political organizing to oppose Prop. 21 reflected on that time and how it affected them. They told their stories to Ann Bassette, a senior producer for YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia.
Categories: Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: california, juvenile justice, life without parole, proposition 21
AG Eric Holder Gets Briefed on Oakland Gang Violence
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 15, 2010
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder came to Oakland this week and heard about the ways the city is trying to tackle gang violence.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, Youth Culture
Tags: attorney general, Eric Holder, gang violence, Oakland
New America Now: Between Two Worlds
New America Now, News Report, Posted: May 14, 2010
Roxana Saberi talks about her experience in an Iranian prison, Peter Hessler goes Country Driving in China.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Environment, Front Page, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, South Asian
Tags: car, china, consulate, earthquake, economy, human rights, indian, iran, prison, technology
Urban Natives Say Arizona Law Will Target Them
Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: May 13, 2010
Some Native Americans are worried about being targeted under Arizona's controversial new immigration law.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Indigenous, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: Arizona, immigration, mexicans, navajo, racial profiling, sb1070
Life and Death on the Arizona Border
New America Media, Interview, Posted: May 13, 2010
Margaret Regan, author of “The Death of Josseline: Immigration Stories from the Arizona-Mexico Borderlands,”covered immigration for over a decade.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Economy, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arizona new law, border security, immigration, mexicans, ranchers, sb 1070, undocumented
Urban Violence Brings Renewed Calls for National Guard Deployment
Final Call, News Report, Posted: May 11, 2010
The idea of coordinated military action to counteract gang related violent crime is not a new idea, however, it appears to be gaining traction among some lawmakers as the number of those killed in many cities across America continues to rise.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Groups Rally to Save Domestic Violence Services
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 08, 2010
In San Francisco, Mayor Gavin Newsom’s budget includes a 25 percent cut to domestic violence prevention organizations. Advocates say the cuts, which total approximately $650,000, would be devastating.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content
Tags: budget cuts, domestic violence, gavin newsom, san francisco
San Francisco's 'Black on Chinese Violence Goes Back Decades
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 06, 2010
For more than 25 years, African-American and Asian-American elected and appointed officials have failed to address the growing racial tensions in southeast San Francisco, writes NAM commentator and area resident Hubert Yee.
Categories: African American, Asian, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content
San Francisco Rallies Against Racial Violence
Yo! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: May 05, 2010
Dozens of Asian Americans and a handful of African Americans held a rally against violence in front of San Francisco City Hall Tuesday. Signs read "Asians are not punching bags" and "stop racial violence."
Categories: African American, Asian, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: attacks on chinese, bayview, black asian violence, black latino violence, hunters point, muni violence, sf black asian violence
Arizona Dumped Racial Profiling Back on the Nation’s Table
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 04, 2010
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and the legislature legislature did something that civil rights leaders couldn’t do: they dumped profiling back on the nation’s table.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: Arizona, bush, civil liberties, immigration, jan brewer, obama, racial profiling, u.s. supreme court