Open Letter From Ethnic Media on New Orleans Redistricting
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jun 30, 2011
After convening to discuss redistricting in New Orleans, ethnic media organizations prepared this open letter to the Times Picayune and the Press Club of New Orleans.
Categories: African American, Asian, Collaborative Reporting, Ethnic Media Network, Events, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: neworleans, redistricting
NAM Briefing: In Post-Katrina New Orleans, Redistricting Is Just the Start
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 30, 2011
At a June 21 meeting, news organizations discussed how to assure that ethnic minorities don't lose ground as post-Katrina political maps are drawn.
Categories: African American, Asian, Collaborative Reporting, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: neworleans, redistricting
In Upstate California, Redistricting Alters Maps, but Not Latino Clout
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 30, 2011
Minority communities are growing in the Northern Sacramento Valley, but redistricting is barely on their radar, and a powerful GOP congressman looks safe.
Categories: Asian, Collaborative Reporting, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: 2010census, californiacitizensredistrictingcommission, farm workers, GOP, Hmong, Latinos, NorthernSacramentoValley, redistricting, WallyHerger
D.C. Council Scandals Disgust Residents
The Washington Informer, News Report, Posted: Jun 30, 2011
The ethical cloud that envelopes D.C. City Council members has left the public disappointed and disgusted.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance
Murder, Corruption and Katrina—Cops on Trial in the Big Easy
The Root, News Report, Posted: Jun 29, 2011
The trial of five New Orleans policemen for killing blacks in the wake of Hurricane Katrina exposes widespread corruption in the city's justice system.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Network, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bigeasy africanamericans, criminaljustice, harryconnick, hurricanekatrina, murder, neworleanstrial, policecorruption, racerelations
New Peace Flotilla to Gaza: A Voyage of Audacious Hope
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 29, 2011
As an American Jew, I am entitled ( to travel to Israel, become a citizen, and enjoy all manner of associated rights and privileges. Meanwhile, the people who are actually from the lands that Israel illegally occupies are not citizens of any country.
Categories: Arizona Watch, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Arizona, AudacityofHope, flotilla, Gaza, Israel, Palestine, WestBank
From WikiLeaks to SB 1070—The Rise of the New Global Hacktivists
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 28, 2011
In just a few months, as one expert puts it, the hacktivist group Anonymous "has gone from the background of hacker culture to the forefront of global politics.”
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: Anonymous, Blackblocmovement, BradleyManning, cyberattack, hacker, hacktivism, hacktivists, JulianAssange, LulzSec, Sony, WikiLeaks, WTO
In CA and Other States, Black Migration Alters the Political Landscape
America's Wire, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 28, 2011
In Los Angeles and other large cities, the exodus of middle-class blacks could have a major impact on state and local redistricting and elections.
Categories: African American, Collaborative Reporting, Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: 2010Census, African-Americans, California, citizens redistricting commission, LosAngeles, reapportionment, redistricting
After Vargas, More Scrutiny for Latinos, Immigrants in the Newsroom?
The Root, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 27, 2011
The confession by Filipino immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas that he has been in the U.S. illegally since childhood prompted predictions that Latinos — the group most associated with undocumented immigration — could face increased scrutiny in newsrooms.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Media
Tags: illegalimmigration, Jose Antonio Vargas, newsrooms, NewYorkTimes, NPR, SanfrancisoChronicle, undocumentedimmigrants, Washington Post
New Orleans Activists Say It's Time for a Whole New Political Map
NOLA Beez/New Orleans Agenda, News Report, Posted: Jun 27, 2011
The plan—discussed at a community gathering organized by New America Media last week—would create seven single-member districts instead of the current five.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: neworleans, redistricting
Double Jeopardy: Femicide and Disappearances at the Border
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Jun 25, 2011
Mexico is increasingly plastered with photos of disappeared and murdered women. Despite protests, though, few killers are brought to justice.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: ciudad juarez, disappeared, drugs trafficking, femicide, justice, mexico, murders, violence, women
Detainees Fear for Lives If Deported
La Opinion, News Report, Posted: Jun 24, 2011
In a letter to the activist group No More Deaths, detainees awaiting deportation to Mexico have pleaded not to be returned to areas controlled by the Los Zetas cartel.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice
Tags: deportees, detention, drug violence, drug wars, ICE, immigrants, LosZetascartel, Mexico
Savage Justice: Community Mourns Hero
The Philadelphia Tribune, News Report, Posted: Jun 24, 2011
In the bloody tapestry of senseless murders that happen all too often in Philadelphia, the expression ‘wrong place, wrong time’ is often used to describe the fate of an innocent bystander who catches a bullet meant for someone else.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice, War & Conflict
Tags: community hero, Miles Mack, mourning, murder, Philadelphia
Michelle Alexander on California’s ‘Cruel and Unusual’ Prisons
San Francisco BayView, News Report, Posted: Jun 24, 2011
On May 23, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 decision ordering California to release tens of thousands of inmates from its overcrowded prisons on the grounds that their living conditions – including lethally inadequate healthcare – were so intolerable as to be “cruel and unusual punishment.”
Categories: Front Page, Health, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic
Tags: healthcare, inmates, overcrowding, prisons, punishment, U.S. Supreme Court
California Tea Partiers Revved Up by Redistricting Reform
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 24, 2011
Taking advantage of reforms, activists dominate public input meetings of the Citizens Redistricting Commission to demand a “colorblind” process in drawing political maps.
Categories: African American, Asian, Chinese, European, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: california, Census 2010, citizens redistricting commission, Latinos, political maps, race, Tea Party, voters, votingrightsact
NAM Radio: Wal-Mart, Hacker/Gamers, Dragon Tattoo Lady, Congo's Viva Riva
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 24, 2011
New Show: Supreme Court dismisses Wal-Mart sex discrimination case, hackers & gamers, the woman behind the dragon tattoo, Congo's new film noir.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Law & Justice, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: arcelia hurtado, biography, case, congo, congolese, discrimination, djo munga, dragon, equal rights advocates, eva gabrielsson, film, film noir, gamer, gaming, gender, girl with the dragon tattoo, hack, hacker, hacking, interview, lawsuit, memoir, men who hate women, playstation, pulp fiction, san francisco, sex, sexism, shirin sadeghi, stieg larsson, tattoo, there are things i want you to know about stieg larsson and me, viva riva, wal-mart
Grieving Dad to Meet President Calderon
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 23, 2011
A caravan of anti-violence protesters, led by poet Javier Sicilia, appears finally to have gotten the ear of Mexico’s president.
Categories: International Affairs, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Calderon, corruption, drugs, Javier Sicilia, Juarez, Mexico, murders
Filipino Pulitzer Winner Outs Himself As Undocumented
GMA News, News Report, Posted: Jun 23, 2011
Filipino-American advocates for the Dream Act rally around Pulitzer-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas who revealed his undocumented status in a New York Times interview.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: Filipino undocumented immigrant, illegal alien, Jose Antonio Vargas, Jose Vargas, New York Times, Philippines, TNT, undocumented Pulitzer winner, Virginia tech shootings, Washington Post writer
Another Admission 'War on Drugs' Has Failed
The Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jun 23, 2011
The war on drugs has failed and international policymakers need to implement reforms now, urged a commission of world leaders.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: drugs, policy makers, reforms, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, war
Federal Judge Hears Arguments on Georgia’s Anti-Immigrant Law
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jun 23, 2011
“What’s going to happen on July 1 to people associated with illegal aliens?” Thrash asked. “They’re supposed to go somewhere else with their husbands, wives, and children…even if they’re citizens?”
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice
Tags: arizona, case georgia, hb87, immigration, judge, law enforcement, racism, sb 1070
Audit Finds That Tucson’s Ethnic Studies Program Is Legal
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jun 22, 2011
Independent audit conducted for Tucson Unified School District finds that ethnic studies program is perfectly legal—even as the district's superintendent orders program shut down.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Education, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Indigenous, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: ethnicstudies, LaRaza, Tucsonpublicschools
Sen. Menendez Re-introduces Comprehensive Immigration Reform
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jun 22, 2011
Senator Robert Menendez is re-introducing a comprehensive immigration reform bill.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: cir, comprehensiveimmigrationreform, menedezimmigrationreform
The Ugly Politics Behind Alabama's Harsh New Anti-Immigrant Law
Equal Voice Newspaper, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 22, 2011
The new GOP-sponsored law targets children; turns educators, business owners, landlords and citizens into immigration officers; and punishes anyone caught hiring, housing or even giving a car ride to an undocumented person.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Asian, Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Alabama, anti-immigrationlaw, Arizona, e-verify, education, GOP, MickyHammon, undocumentedimmigrants
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
Supreme Court Tells Working Women, You're on Your Own
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 21, 2011
Despite a vast amount of evidence of wage discrimination against women, the court's conservative (all-male) majority decided to give Wal-Mart—a company well known for its union-busting policies—the benefit of the doubt.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bettydukes, classaction, sexdiscrimination, supremecourt, unions, wal-mart, walmart
Wal-Mart v. Dukes Case—The Back Story
Rosenburg Foundation, Video, Posted: Jun 20, 2011
The story of the women who waged a battle against sex discrimination is an inspiring tale of perseverance in face of tremendous odds.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic
Tags: discrimination, lawsuit, ruling, sex, supreme court, wal-mart
High Court Sides With Wal-Mart in Huge Job-Bias Class Action
The Wave Newspapers, News Report, Posted: Jun 20, 2011
The ruling in a sex-discrimination case eventually could affect nearly every private employer, large and small.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic
Tags: classaction, supreme court, Wal-Mart, walmart
Inside Mexico's "Murder Capital"
Fault Lines, Al Jazeera, Video, Posted: Jun 20, 2011
Once known as a model of economic progress in Mexico, the border city of Juarez has become infamous as the murder capital of the world.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories, Video, War & Conflict
Tags: aljazeera, ciudadjuarez, drugcartels, femicide, juarez, mexicoviolence, narcoviolence
Redistricting: DOJ Shouldn't Have OK'ed Northern Va. Map
New America Media, Editorial, Posted: Jun 19, 2011
In an op-ed, ethnic media from the Washington, D.C., area express their disappointment at the DOJ's decision to approve a redistricting map that would limit the voting power of people of color.
Categories: African American, Asian, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: DOJ, NorthernVirginia, PrinceWilliamCounty, redisticting, virginianewmajority, votingrightsact
With Weiner’s Fall, Clarence Thomas Can Breathe a Sigh of Relief
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 17, 2011
With the resignation of New York Representative Anthony Weiner, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas could be off the hook.
Categories: Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: anthonyweiner, clarencethomas, weiner
Ground Zero in Guatemala's Homicidal Drug Nightmare
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 17, 2011
Decriminalization would drive the cartels out of business and end the devastation that makes normal life impossible in Central America.
Categories: Caribbean, Latin America, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: business, caribbean, cartel, central america, cocaine, death, drug, guatemala, latin, mafia, murder
Chauncey Bailey's Killer: I Want the Families to Know I Am Sorry
Chauncey Bailey Project, News Report, Posted: Jun 17, 2011
The man who gunned down journalist Chauncey Bailey and a second man in 2007 apologized to the victims' families.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice
Tags: chauncey bailey, devaughndre broussard, murder, prison, you black muslim bakery, yusef bey IV
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
14th Amendment-Bashing Harms Immigrant Communities
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 17, 2011
The debate over birthright citizenship has led to a climate of fear among immigrant communities and – in particular – women and children.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Asian, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: 14thamendment, birthrightcitizenship, childrenofillegals, immigrantwomen, womenimmigrants
Vietnamese Activist's Prison Sentence Is Condemned
Calitoday, News Report, Posted: Jun 16, 2011
Vi Duc Hoi joins at least 30 other peaceful dissidents currently serving long prison terms; others are awaiting trial. Amnesty International said it considers all of them prisoners of conscience.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Law & Justice
Free 'Vincent Who?' Screenings in Honor of Anniversary of Chin's Death
Hyphen Magazine, News Report, Posted: Jun 16, 2011
June 19 will be the 29th anniversary of the death of Vincent Chin, a young Chinese American man who fell victim to a hate crime at the hands of two white men in Detroit, MI. Chin's death galvanized Asian American activists across the country in the 1980s and the legacy of the struggle to bring Chin's murderers to justice still resonates in social justice movements today.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice
Tags: anniversary, death, detroit, ebens, murder, racism, vincent chin
California Prison Overhaul: Justice Best Administered Local
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jun 16, 2011
California is on the brink of a massive overhaul of the criminal justice system. The changes could become a great model or a major disaster.
Categories: Economy, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: brown, California, criminal justice system, overcrowding, overhaul, prison, supreme court
Cleveland Cops Caught On Tape Brutally Beating Suspect
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jun 15, 2011
The Plain Dealer recovered the jail video while examining police reports in use-of-force cases. Their investigation found that six Cleveland officers repeatedly used excessive force among suspects.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice
NAACP Got It Right in Charter School Debate
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 14, 2011
No matter how well charters perform, the bitter reality is that public schools will always be the school of first and only choice for the vast majority of black and Latino students.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: BenjaminJealous, charterschools, NAACP, publiceducation, publicschools, teachersunions
Oakland Protests Mehserle Release
New America Media, Photo Essay, Posted: Jun 14, 2011
Oakland residents and activists took to the streets to protest Johannes Mehserle's release and commemorate the death of Oscar Grant.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice, Youth Culture
Tags: johannes mehserle, oakland, oscar grant, protest, release
Latinos Divided on Obama and Immigration
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jun 14, 2011
Although Latino support for President Obama has increased, 42 percent think his administration should have given higher priority to immigration reform.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: DREAM, impremediapoll, latinodecisions, latinosimmigration, latinovote2012, latinovoters
18 Killed in Wave of Homophobic Violence in Puerto Rico
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jun 14, 2011
The political climate has grown considerably more hostile for LGBT individuals in recent years. In 2010, Republican Gov. Luis Fortuño aggressively worked to strengthen the island’s constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
Categories: Caribbean, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Latin America, Law & Justice
Tags: he political climate has grown considerably more hostile for LGBT individuals in recent years. In 2010, Republican Gov. Luis Fortuño aggressively worked to strengthen the island’s constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. But activists on the island say that’s just the most formal effort in a wide-ranging attack against the island̵
Vermont Breaks Ground in Health Coverage for Migrant Workers
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jun 13, 2011
Vermont's pioneering single-payer health care law, signed two weeks ago, includes coverage for undocumented farm workers.
Categories: Economy, Health, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: healthcare, HealthcareIsaHumanRight, migrantfarmworkers, singlepayer, Vermont, VermontWorkersCenter
How Cops Turn "Stop and Frisk" Into "Stop and Arrest"
The Root, News Report, Posted: Jun 13, 2011
Justice-reform advocates want young black and brown men to avoid being tricked by police into emptying their pockets—often leading to arrest for marijuana possession.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: IJJRA, marijuana, NewYorkpolice, NYPD, potarrests, stopandfrisk
The True Cost of Oil: Revisiting the Conflict in the Niger Delta
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 13, 2011
As uprisings in the Middle East send the price of petroleum soaring, a symposium addressed the much higher price paid by the Ogoni people in Nigeria's long relationship with Shell Oil.
Categories: African, Environment, Front Page, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: americanuniversity, KenSaro-Wiwa, NigerDelta, Ogoni, Ogoniland, oilpollution, ShellOil
Growing Redistricting Battle: Where Should Inmates Be Counted?
America's Wire/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 12, 2011
Activists are trying to persuade state legislatures to change how they count prisoners in the census and redistricting—from where they are incarcerated, as is the standard practice, to where they last lived.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: 2010census, 2020Census, California, DaleHo, NAACP, NewJersey, NewYork, prison-basedgerrymandering, prisons, redistricting
"No One Can Do This Alone": How an Immigrant Family Beat Deportation
New America Media/Silicon Valley De-Bug, Video, Posted: Jun 12, 2011
Jeysson Minota, a permanent legal resident, spent four years in and out of detention over a vandalism charge.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: AlbertCobarrubiasJusticeProject, deportation, ICE, immigration, vandalism
New CA Redistricting Maps "Worst-Case Scenario" for Latinos?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 11, 2011
Proposed maps fail to reflect Latino population growth in the state and could violate the U.S. Voting Rights Act, civil rights activists say.
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: california, communitiesofinterest, LAtinos, MALDEF, NALEO, redistricting
CA Budget: Cutting Student Data Systems Would Harm Parents, Educators
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jun 11, 2011
Governor Jerry Brown's proposed budget fails to recognize the importance of tracking student data.
Categories: Economy, Education, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: californiabudget, californiaschools, calpads, governorjerrybrown, publiceducation, schooldata
Family Maintains Hope Missing Student Alive
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: Jun 10, 2011
While police on Monday said conclusive evidence in the case of missing Northern California nursing student Michelle Le points to homicide, her family said they believe she is still alive and urged everyone to remain hopeful.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice
Tags: foul play, homicide, kaiser, michelle le, missing, nurse, vietnamese
Bey IV, Mackey Guilty of Murdering Chauncey Bailey
Chauncey Bailey Project, News Report, Posted: Jun 09, 2011
Yusuf Bey IV, 25, faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole.
Categories: African American, Collaborative Reporting, Intersections, Law & Justice, Media, Top Stories
Tags: chauncey bailey, chauncey bailey project, guilty, jourmalist, murder, oakland, yusef bey IV
Niñeras y Empleadas Domesticas al Borde de Conseguir Derechos Básicos
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 09, 2011
Trabajadoras domésticas declararan sobre el sufrimiento que tuvieron que soportar durante años a manos de sus empleadores como niñeras.
Categories: Health, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, NAM en Español, Original NAM Content
Tags: derechoshumanos, mujeresunidasyactivas, namenespañol, trabajadorasdomesticas
Ex-Black Panther Pratt Lauded as "Our Mandela"
Los Angeles Wave, News Report, Posted: Jun 08, 2011
The one-time Black Panther leader, falsely imprisoned for murder for 27 years, died last week in a small village in Tanzania at the age of 63.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: BlackPanthers, GeronimoPratt, innocent, johnniecochran, nelsonmandela, wrongfulconviction
Supreme Court Makes Two Key Immigration Decisions
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jun 08, 2011
The U.S. Supreme Court handed down two decisions on immigration Monday.
Categories: Asian, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic
Tags: college, employer, Immigration, tuition, U.S. Supreme Court, undocumented students
Alabama Pushes for One of the Nation’s Harshest Anti-Immigrant Laws
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jun 08, 2011
The bill will in effect criminalize every aspect of life for undocumented immigrants.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Law & Justice
Tags: aclu, alabama, bill, immigration, rights, undocumented
Virginia's War of Maps: Immigrant Surge Challenges All-White Leadership
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 08, 2011
A suburban D.C. county known for its tough stance on immigration is being criticized for undercutting the voting power of its minority residents.
Categories: African American, Asian, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: latinovote2012, princewilliamcounty, redistriciting, virginianewmajority
Calif. Church at Forefront of Housing-Rights Battle Faces Foreclosure
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 08, 2011
Located in one of the epicenters of the California foreclosure crisis, Antioch Church Family could face the same fate as many members of its congregation.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Cheated Farmworkers Win Court Victory
Mario Wire, News Report, Posted: Jun 07, 2011
One of the Southeast’s largest employers of foreign guestworkers will be held accountable for routinely cheating workers out of their wages.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice
Tags: CandyBrand, FairLaborStandardsAct, farmworkers, SouthernPovertyLAwCenter
DREAM Ruling: High Court OKs In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students
Hispanically Speaking News, News Report, Posted: Jun 07, 2011
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a California law that allows undocumented immigrant students to attend state universities and pay in-state tuition rates.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Youth Culture
Tags: California, college tuition, DREAM, in-statetuition, SupremeCourt, undocumented
Fierce Battle Brewing Over Florida's New Voter-Registration Law
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Jun 07, 2011
Black and Latino activists say the law, passed by GOP lawmakers, would hinder people of color who attempt to register and vote.
Categories: African American, Asian, Caribbean, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: civilrights, DOJ, Florida, JusticeDepartment, voterID, voterregistration, VotingRightsAct
First Anti-Gang Violence Education Clinic in Harlem
New York Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Jun 07, 2011
The Anti-Gang Violence Education Clinic was organized by Assemblyman Keith L.T. Wright and his staff in Harlem, NY.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: anti-gang violence, education, Harlem
D.C. Mayor Still Mired in Misconduct Allegations
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Jun 07, 2011
Sulaimon Brown accused beleaguered D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray of paying him to continue his fledgling campaign during last year’s primary.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: allegations, D.C., Mayor Vincent Gray, misconduct, Sulaimon Brown
A Mexican Poet’s March for Peace
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 06, 2011
After his son was killed, Mexican poet Javier Sicilia decided to lead marches across Mexico to call for an end to the drug war.
Categories: International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: JavierSicilia, mexicanpoet, mexicocityprotest, mexicoviolence, narcoviolence
CA Lawmakers Ban Most Employer Credit Checks
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Jun 06, 2011
California lawmakers have voted to block employers from using consumer credit reports when hiring workers for most jobs.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: california, check, credit, female, lawmakers, minority, workers
Dispatch From Death Row: Troy Davis and a Nephew's Love
Colorlines, News Feature, Posted: Jun 06, 2011
The case of Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis has become an emblem for much of what is problematic about a capital punishment system that is riddled with racism, economic disparity and error.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Network, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: ACLU, deathpenalty, deathrow, georgiaprisons, NAACP, TroyDavis
Holder Does the Right Thing on Crack Cocaine
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 06, 2011
Attorney General Eric Holder has taken an important first—but not final—step toward ending injustice in cocaine-sentencing laws.
Tags: africanamericans, cocaine, crack, departmentofjustice, ericholder, sentencinglaws
DOJ, Arpaio Settle Dispute Over Records Access
Hispanically Speaking News, News Report, Posted: Jun 05, 2011
The DOJ and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office have settled a longstanding dispute over an investigation of alleged civil rights violations under Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: Arpaio, civilrightslawsuit, DOJ, justicedepartment, maricopa county sheriff's office
Health Coverage Crucial to Latino Grandparent Caregivers
New America Media/El Nuevo Sol, News Feature, Posted: Jun 05, 2011
A growing number of Latino grandparents are lovingly raising their children’s children in their Golden Year--often at the cost of their own health.
Categories: Elders, Health, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: children, elders, grandparents, healthcare, immigration, latinos, parenting
New Evidence Could Win Medal of Honor for Black WWI Hero
Black America Web, News Feature, Posted: Jun 05, 2011
Almost a century ago, the incomparable heroism of Henry Lincoln Johnson and the famous "Harlem Hellcats" instilled pride and hope in black Americans seeking political and economic justice.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Network, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Veterans, War & Conflict
Tags: CongressionalMedalofHonor, HarlemHellcats, HenryLincolnJohnson, WorldWarI
Activist: U.S. Guns, Government Failures Threaten Mexico's Future
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 04, 2011
While Mexico and the U.S. have squandered billions fighting the war on drugs, the real culprits are American guns and Mexico’s failure to ensure the safety and education of its citizens, activist Javier Sicilia says.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Calderon, drugwars, GlobalExchange, guns, JavierSicilia, Mexico, U.S.
Pentagon Using Drug Wars as Excuse to Build Bases in Latin America
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 03, 2011
Under the auspices of the drug war, the United States is returning to its historical pattern of using Central America and the Caribbean for its own military and strategic purposes.
Categories: Caribbean, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Belize, Colombia, counter-narco-terrism, drugwars, ElSalvador, Guatemala, Honduras, militarybases, pentagon, USmilitary
Prison Ruling Ignores Elephant in the Room: Three Strikes
BlackVoiceNews.com, News Report, Posted: Jun 03, 2011
A leading prison expert called last week’s Supreme Court ruling on prison overcrowding "a transformative moment."
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance
Tags: california, elephant in the room, inmates, release, Riverside, Robert Nash, Three Strikes, University of California
ACLU Sues Over GA Anti-Immigrant Law
Hispanically Speaking News, News Report, Posted: Jun 03, 2011
A coalition of civil rights groups filed a class action lawsuit challenging Georgia’s discriminatory anti-immigrant law passed last month and inspired by Arizona’s notorious SB 1070.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Asian, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: ACLU, anti-immigrationlaw, Georgia, SB1070
Colombian Singer by Day, Paid Assassin by Night
Hispanically Speaking News, News Report, Posted: Jun 03, 2011
With a successful career as a singer, and several YouTube hits, Colombian Carlos Valencia led a second life as a paid killer.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: assassin, CarlosValencia, Colombia, hitman, singer
Across CA, Jails Not Ready to Relieve Prison Overcrowding
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 02, 2011
In the week since the U.S. Supreme Court ordered California to make drastic cuts in its prison population, one thing has become clear: Local jails are in no position to take tens of thousands of new inmates.
Categories: Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: jails, Jerry Brown, LosAngelesSheriff'sdepartment, prison overcrowding, prisonrealignment, SupremeCourt
MISSING: Michelle Le, 26, San Diego Nursing Student Last Seen in Hayward
Talk.Onevietnam.org, News Report, Posted: Jun 01, 2011
Nursing student Michelle Le has been missing since May 27. She was last seen wearing white nurse scrubs near Kaiser Hospital in Hayward.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice
Tags: hayward, missing, nurse, police, vietnamese
MALDEF Redistricting Lawsuits on the Horizon
South Chicagoan, Commentary, Posted: Jun 01, 2011
The Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund may file a mass of lawsuits this year against several states that it thinks did an inadequate job of acknowledging Latino population growth in their 2011 redistricting plans.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: 2010Census, GOP, Illinois, Latinos, MALDEF, redistriciting, Republicans, Texas
Why Herman Cain Suits Conservatives to a Tea
Black America Web, Commentary, Posted: Jun 01, 2011
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain resembles a younger, shaven version of Uncle Remus—which helps explain his popularity with the Tea Party.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Law & Justice, Media, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012election, BarackObama, GOP, HermanCain, Republicans, TeaParty