NAM Radio: Democracy Now's Juan Gonzalez
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 28, 2011
The Co-Host of Democracy Now! tells NAM that race has been an integral part of American media since day one & ethnic journalists have, too.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Caribbean, Ethnic Media in the News, European, Immigration, Indigenous, International Affairs, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: biography, democracy now, epic story of race and the american media, ethnic, ethnic media, free press, independent media, joe torres, journalism, juan gonzalez, media, news for all the people, race
NAM Radio: The German American Journey
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 25, 2011
Forty percent of Americans have at least 25 percent German ancestry -- but few know very much about Germany, its culture, food, and history.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, European, Immigration, International Affairs, Media, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, food
Tags: author, book, culture, food, german, germanamerican, germania, germany, history, simon winder, travel
El Mensajero Wins Seven NAHP Awards
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 25, 2011
NAM member El Mensajero was honored with seven awards this year by the National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP).
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Media
Tags: elmensajero, NAHPawards
NAM Radio: A Social History of Iranian Cinema
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 23, 2011
The first Iranian film ever was made at the turn of the 20th century and Professor Hamid Naficy is one of the few people ever to have seen it.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Gender & Sexuality, International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: artisanal era, film, first iranian film, hamid naficy, iran, iranian, reza shah, shah, social history of iranian cinema, tehran
NAM Radio: Craig Thompson's Habibi
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 21, 2011
It looks like a holy book but Thompson's 672-page new graphic novel is anything but.
Categories: African, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Intersections, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: comic, craig thompson, graphic novel, habibi, islam, muslim, slave, slavery
CIR: Border Corruption on the Rise
Center for Investigative Reporting, News Report, Posted: Oct 18, 2011
The Center for Investigative Reporting and the Los Angles Times published an investigation this week into the increase in allegations of corruption on the border.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Media
Tags: bordercorruption, cbpcorruption
The Story Behind 'Lost in Detention'
Investigative Reporting Workshop, News Report, Posted: Oct 18, 2011
Investigative Reporting Workshop announces the release of a years long study into abuses within America's immigrant detention system.
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Media, Multi-ethnic
Tags: frontline, ICE, immigrantdetention, immigration, obama, pbs, SCOMM
Latinos Protest 'John and Ken' Show, Advertisers Listen
Multi-American, News Report, Posted: Oct 18, 2011
Verizon and AT&T Wireless have pulled their advertising from the "John and Ken" show in response to a call by Latino organizations for KFI to fire the two talk show hosts
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Media
Tags: johnandkenshow
A Third of S.F. Chinese Voters Unaware of Ranked Choice
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 14, 2011
A survey conducted by the Chinese-language Sing Dao Daily found that nearly one-third of Chinese voters in San Francisco don't know about ranked choice voting.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Media, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: chinese, elections, mayor, media, rankedchoice, sanfrancisco
NAM Radio: A Guide to Occupy Wall Street
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 10, 2011
What is Occupy Wall Street and who is involved? Here is a primer, from someone in the midst of it all.
Categories: African American, Asian, Audio, Economy, Education, Environment, European, Foreclosures, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Immigration, Indigenous, International Affairs, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: #occupywallstreet, #ows, bert cannavelli, demands, description, guide, introduction, manifesto, movement, occupy the nation, occupy wall street, what is occupy wall street, who
Unions Stand with ‘Occupy’ Protesters
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Oct 07, 2011
They filled up Foley Square in Lower Manhattan. They were a mix of union members, students, politicians and people who just couldn't take it anymore. These people gave new life to the Occupy Wall Street protesters.
Categories: Economy, Media, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Manhattan, occupy wall street, protest, unions
NAM Radio: 10th Anniversary of the War in Afghanistan
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 07, 2011
October 7th marks exactly ten years since the war in Afghanistan began -- the longest war in U.S. history.
Categories: Audio, Immigration, International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, Veterans, War & Conflict
Tags: afghan, afghan american, afghanistan, anniversary, child brides, decade, fariba nawa, opium, opium nation, tenth, war
Kamala Harris to Ethnic Media: Inform Your Communities About Foreclosure
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 06, 2011
California's Attorney General has proposed a new course of action to address foreclosure in the state, and ethnic media has a key role.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media in the News, Foreclosures, Latino, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: californiaattorneygeneral, californiabanksettlement, ethnicmedia, foreclosure, kamalaharris
Steve Jobs Was an Arab American
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Oct 05, 2011
He was born to a Syrian Muslim father who was living in Wisconsin.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Immigration, International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: abdul fattah jandali, apple, apple computers, arab american, biography, biological, biological father, homs, islam, jandali, joanne schieble, john jandali, mona simpson, muslim, steve jobs, syria, syrian
DA Launches Program for Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 05, 2011
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón held a press conference with ethnic media yesterday to announce the launch of a domestic violence program.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, Health, Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, South Asian
Tags: crimeandpunishment, districtattorney, domesticviolence, ethnicmedia, immigration, womenshealth
NAM Radio: Manufacturing Immigrant Hysteria in America
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 04, 2011
It's never been easy being different in America, what with all the scapegoating, surveillance and hysteria that surrounds "the other."
Categories: African, African American, Arizona Watch, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Caribbean, Chinese, European, Immigration, Indigenous, International Affairs, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: history, hysteria, immigrant, immigration, jay feldman, manufacturing hysteria, manufacturing hysteria a history of scapegoating surveillance and secrecy in modern america, media, scapegoating, secrecy, surveillance