Most Aging Latinos Struggle, Some Get Active, Inspiring Others
Alianza News/New America Media , News Feature, Posted: Jul 30, 2012
As Latino boomers approach retirement, many struggle with little income or health coverage, but some are finding new purpose.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Fellowships, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: aging, culture, economy, elders, hispanic, inspiration, latino, los angeles, struggle, study
Clinton: Diaspora Populations Can Turn 'Brain Drain' into 'Brain Gain'
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 27, 2012
Speaking at the Global Diaspora Forum, Hillary Clinton discussed the social and economic benefits immigrants bring to American cities.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content
Tags: diasporaforum, globaldiasporaforum, hillaryclinton, idea
Hispanic Institute Backs Broader Credit Access Via H.R. 6139
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 24, 2012
The Hispanic Institute announced its support for The Consumer Credit Access, Innovation and Modernization Act.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: consumercreditaccess, hispaniccredit, hispanicinstitute, hr6139
Why Poverty Issue Is Missing on the Presidential Campaign Trail
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jul 24, 2012
Wealthy Americans are amply represented among the off shore tax evaders, poor people remain invisible.
Categories: Economy, Election 2012, Featured Columnists, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: 2012, campaign, election, middle class, obama, poor, poverty, rich, romney, the poor
"Carwasheros" Cleaning Up L.A.'s Carwash Industry
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jul 19, 2012
Car wash workers in Los Angeles County are building a movement for basic labor protections -- and getting results.
Categories: Economy, Immigration, Inside the Shadow Economy, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: AFL-CIO, BonusCarwash, carwasheros, cityofsantamonica, CleanCarwashCampaign, MALDEF, SantaMonicaCarwash, Steelworkers
City College Closure Could End San Francisco’s Adult Education Program
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 19, 2012
If CCSF loses accreditation and is forced to close its doors, it will spell the end of adult education in San Francisco.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Education, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: adulteducation, CCSF, ccsfclosure, citycollegeclosure, citycollegeofsanfrancisco
AARP Study: Ethnic Elders Slammed Hardest by Foreclosures
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 19, 2012
Foreclosures have shaken up home security for millions of seniors, says a new AARP report, especially ethnic elders living a “Nightmare on Main Street.”
Categories: African American, Economy, Elders, Foreclosures, Latino, Living, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: aarppolicyinstitute, africanamericaneldersforeclosures, bankofamercajusticedepartment, eldershousingcrisis, foreclosuresandelders, olderlatinohousing, retirementincomeinrecession
Krugman: California The Worst of Current Economic crisis
SF Public Press, News Report, Posted: Jul 17, 2012
The budget pain facing California this year is not California’s fault, said Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist who has been among the most outspoken writers critiquing the government’s response to what he calls an economic “depression.”
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: budget, california, crisis, depression, economy, krugman, recession, unemployment
First Havana-Miami Cargo Service Marks Sea Change for Cuba Past and Future
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 16, 2012
Last week, the Bolivian ship, Ana Cecelia, the “Peace Boat,” set sail with the first regular cargo service between Miami and Havana in a half-century, marking new era.
Categories: Caribbean, Economy, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: cubanpeopleofcolor, marcorubioanduscubanrelations, unitedstatescubaembargo, uscubanrelations, whiteblackcubanconflict
Can the GOP Pry Some Blacks Away From President Obama?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 15, 2012
A black Republican advocacy group wasted no time in hitting the airwaves to taunt President Obama.
Categories: African American, Economy, Election 2012, Front Page, Politics & Governance
Tags: black Republicans, black votes, jobs and economy, Obama, pry blacks away, Romney
Condemning Olympic Apparel Made in China: Another Tempest in a Teapot Brewed by Congress
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jul 14, 2012
The U.S. Congress is upset that the spiffy outfits the American Olympic team will wear at the opening ceremony while designed by Ralph Lauren are (gasp) made in China.
Categories: Economy, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: America poor country, Congress upset, G-string, made in China, Oympics, Ralph Lauren
Rebirth of Baby Boomers--New Markets, Technology Create Connections and Jobs
Alianza News/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 13, 2012
New products for aging boomers and seniors took center stage at a recent Silicon Valley conference pushing against America’s “anti-aging” culture.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Fellowships, Health, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: babyboomermarket, eldersandbusinessinnovations, hispanicseniors, latinoboomers, maturemarketinnovations, siliconvalleyentrepreneurs, venturecapitalistsinbomermarket
Sleepless in San Francisco as Two-Year Hotel Boycott Bangs On
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 13, 2012
The Hotel Frank offers the noisiest stay in San Francisco thanks to a two-year long boycott by mostly Latino and Filipino workers and stonewalling management.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: filipinoworkers, hotelfrankboycott, hotelworkersofcolor, latinolaborrelations, sanfranciscohotelstrikes, uniteherelocal2
Bankrupt Stockton Revitalized by Filipino Heritage—and Youth
New America Media, Profile, Posted: Jul 11, 2012
Mired in bankruptcy, Stockton, Calif.—the state’s “foreclosure capital”—is finding new hope in young Filipinos returning to reclaim their Little Manila heritage.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: filipinoamericanhistory, littlemanila, stocktonbankruptcy, stocktonfilipinos
Multicultural Boomer Power Flexes Creative Business Muscle in Silicon Valley
India West/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 10, 2012
New-tech entrepreneurs met in Silicon Valley to show innovations from preventing arthritis degeneration to helping with eldercare for families of many cultures.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Economy, Elders, European, Health, Immigration, Intersections, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: ethnicboomers, ethnicfamilycaregiving, ethnicsmallbusiness, kneereplacementinnovations, multiculturalhomecare, seniorcarebusiness, seniormedicationmanagement, siliconvalleyboomerentrepreneurs, siliconvalleyboomerventure
Developers Seek to Legalize Tiny Apartments in San Francisco
SF Public Press, News Report, Posted: Jul 10, 2012
Plan would shrink smallest living spaces by one-third, but opponents fear crowding in San Francisco.
Categories: Economy, Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines, Living
Tags: apartment, crowding, high-tech, population, rent, san francisco, shrinking, size, space, workers
Romney's Disastrous Prescription for the Black Jobless Crisis
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jul 10, 2012
When Mitt Romney addresses the NAACP Thursday, will prattle on about corporate job growth—or break his silence on soaring black joblessness?
Categories: African American, Economy, Election 2012, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: blacksand2012joblessness, blackunemployment, romneyandblacks, romneyatnaacp
Obesity in Asia: American Fast Food is Fare for the Rich
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jul 04, 2012
America may be in decline, but its fast-food chains are growing in Asia, as are the waistlines of those who patronize them.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Featured Columnists, Health, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, food
Tags: chineseobesity, fastfood, nationalinstituteofnutrition, obesity, obesityinasia, vietnamese
Indian Americans Most Educated, Richest, Says Pew Report
India-West, News Report, Posted: Jul 02, 2012
A Pew study out last week says Indian Americans are the most educated of all ethnic groups in the United States, and the richest, as well.
Categories: Economy, Education, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Health, News, South Asian
Tags: dissatisfied, Indian Americans, less positive about homeland, most educated, Pew study, richest
Gaming Officials Present Tribe with $5 Million in 1st Payment of Casino Profits
Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: Jul 02, 2012
The Navajo Gaming Enterprise on Friday presented the Navajo Nation with its first share of casino profits.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Indigenous
Tags: casino, enterprise, gambling, indian, indigenous, millions, money, navajo, profit, tribe, wealth