Gutting Social Security Would Devastate Blacks and Hispanics
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Sep 22, 2011
Privatization of social security could devastate the millions who rely solely on it to survive.
Categories: African American, Economy, Elders, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: blacks, gop, hispanic, poverty, privatization, social security
Obama Medicare-Medicaid Cuts Would Pinch Rich, But Harm Other Americans
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
Medicare and Medicaid cuts in the President’s budget plan aims to spread the “pain” fairly, but does pinching the rich equal less accessible care for the rest of us?
Categories: Elders, Health, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: budgetdeficit, healthcare, medicaid, medicare, nationaldebt, obamacare
Older Hispanics Unable to Recover from Recession
Equal Voice, News Feature, Posted: Sep 16, 2011
The recovery has been more like quicksand for Older Hispanics, whose homes are financially “under water” and jobs are more scarce than for younger workers.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Latino, Politics & Governance, Stimulus Watch, Top Stories
Tags: aarppublicpolicyinstitute, latinos, miami, mortgagecrisis, olderworkers, pewhispaniccenter, poverty, recession, scsepbudgetcuts, stimulus
Navajo Nation Allottee Decries Challenges to Cobell vs Salazar
Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: Sep 12, 2011
Four people or entities have announced they will appeal the long-awaited $3.4 billion settlement of Cobell v. Salazar, prompting head-shaking from a group representing Navajo allottees. "I don't understand why these people didn't opt out of the case when they had the chance," said Ervin Chavez, president of Shi Shi Keyah, speaking of the appellants.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Ethnic Media Headlines, Indigenous, Law & Justice
Tags: 3.4 billion, aging, cobell, indigenous, native american, navajo nation, poverty, salazar, settlement, suit
A Homeless Shelter Reacts to Obama's Jobs Speech
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 09, 2011
Residents of a homeless shelter in California watched Obama's jobs speech & wondered what it meant for them & the millions of other unemployed Americans.
Tags: california, congress, economy, homeless, jobless, jobs, obama, richmond, shelter, speech, unemployment
Ten Years After 9/11: Korean Families Still Hurting
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 05, 2011
"Ten years is an epoch, but our hearts remain as black as charcoal," said the mother of Jun-koo Kang, who died at the World Trade Center on 9/11.
Categories: Asian, Elders, Ethnic Media Network, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: 9/11, koreans, new york, terrorism, war, world trade center
Social Media Widens the World—Even at 101
The Atlantic, News Feature, Posted: Sep 03, 2011
Assisted and independent living residents struggling with loneliness are learning how to use -email, Facebook and Twitter to reconnect with old friends
Categories: Education, Elders, Front Page, Media, Science & Technology
Tags: assistedliving, centenarians, depression, facebook, gerontology, independentliving, seniorcenters, seniorcomputing, socialmedia
Son Pleads for Terminal Mom's Release from CA Prison
San Francisco Bayview, News Report, Posted: Sep 02, 2011
My mother, who was incarcerated in 1991, is diagnosed with fourth stage terminal cancer. She is severely incapacitated.
Categories: African American, Elders, Health, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: california, jerry brown, mark leno, medical parole, patricia wright, prisons, senate bill 1399