New America Media: Ethnic Media Headlines: March 2010

More than 100 people convened at the University of New Mexico Law School to hear Native American testimonials of human rights abuses perpetrated by the U.S. government against their people.

Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Indigenous

Filipino Doctors Urge Public to Take Advantage of New Healthcare Law

Asian Journal, News Report, Dymphna Calica-La Putt, Posted: Mar 25, 2010

Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Health, Immigration, Politics & Governance

Tags: filipino doctors, health care reform, las vegas, obama

Clinton To Mexico: Drug Addiction Not Just An American Problem Anymore

La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Mar 24, 2010

U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton traveled to Mexico City on Tuesday to make a joint statement with Mexican officials, announcing U.S. government support for a plan to combat drug addiction in Mexico.

Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance

Free Tax for Low-Income Filipinos in Las Vegas

New America Media, News Report, Dymphna Calica-La Putt, Posted: Mar 23, 2010

Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration

Tags: filipinos, irs, las vegas, tax assistance

Asian Immigrants More Likely to Die of Breast Cancer than U.S.-born Asians

Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Mar 22, 2010

Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines

Tags: Asian American, breast cancer, health disparities, liver, native hawaiians, pacific islanders

Arizona Creates 'Zero Tolerance' Zone

Prensa Hispana, News Report, Posted: Mar 21, 2010

Arizona has become the leading state in the nation in creating "anti-immigrant" legislation, said Rev. Miguel Rivera.

Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance

One in Four Inmates Is Latino

La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Mar 20, 2010

Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Law & Justice

Tags: chirla, crime, criminal, inmates, jail, jorge mario cabrera, justice, juvenile, la raza, latino, randy jurado ertll, youth

Mayweather Taunts, 'Paquiao Was Boring'

hilippine News, News Report, Posted: Mar 19, 2010

Categories: African American, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines

Tags: boxing, mayweather, pacquiao

Univision Campaigns to Curb Latino Dropout Rate

Al Dia, News Report, Posted: Mar 19, 2010

Latinos have one of the highest high school dropout rates in the country, and only one in 10 have university degrees.

Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Ethnic Media in the News, Latino, Media

Tags: dropout, education, jorge ramos, latino, school, texas, university, univision

Activists See Irony in Calderon’s Speedy Response to American Killings

La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Mar 18, 2010

Activists say the Calderon administration “came running” after the Americans were killed, yet has failed to react with the same urgency to the many murders that have plagued Mexicans in Juarez for years.

Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latin America

Tags: american, Ciudad Jaurez, Felipe Calderon, human rights, Mexican President, Mexico, murder

Navajo Nation Feeling Effects of New Mexico Budget Crisis

Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: Mar 18, 2010

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson signed a bill that froze roughly $6 million in state funding for projects on Navajo lands.

Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines

Muni Enforcement Created Fear in Chinese Community

Sing Tao Daily, News Report, Posted: Mar 17, 2010

Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration

Tags: muni, policing, public transportation, san francisco

Filipina Triumphs at London Fashion Week

Inquirer.Net, News Report, Posted: Mar 17, 2010

Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Youth Culture

Tags: fashion industry, mich dulce, philippines

Ireland May Deport Filipino Family for Joining Strike

GMANews.TV, News Report, Jerrie M. Abella, Posted: Mar 16, 2010

Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, European

Tags: deport, Filipino, Green Isle Food Factory, Guinan, Ireland, Kildare, Martinez, Migrante International, Recto, Sinn Fein, Wyse

Men Collect Girlfriends in China’s Industrial Areas

Southern Metropolis Daily, News Report, Posted: Mar 16, 2010

Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines

Tags: china, gender relations, Guangdong, marriage factory work

Cuban Dissident Hospitalized after Hunger Strike

El Nuevo Herald, News Report, Juan O. Tamayo, Posted: Mar 16, 2010

Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance

Fake Foreign Degrees On the Rise In China

Global Times, News Report, Posted: Mar 16, 2010

Categories: Asian, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines

Tags: china, university degrees fraud foreign students economic recession

Gay Couples Marry in Mexico City

New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 16, 2010

Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Latino

Tags: diversity, gay marriage, gay rights, mexico city

Filipino Americans Ask US to Monitor Philippine Elections

New America Media, News Report, Joseph G. Lariosa, Posted: Mar 13, 2010

Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines

Tags: elections, hillary clinton, monitors, philippines

U.S. Denounces Military Abuses in Mexico

Diario La Estrella, News Report, Posted: Mar 12, 2010

The U.S. government said Thursday that it has received multiple reports of human rights abuses by the Mexican military during its 2009 campaign against organized crime.

Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latin America, Latino

Tags: campaign against organized crime, denounces, drug war, Hillary Clinton, Mexican Military, Mexico, U.S.

Pacquiao, Clottey More Friends Than Foes

Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Mar 12, 2010

Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines

Tags: boxing, dallas cowboys, Joshua Clottey, Manny Pacquiao, philippines

License to Mine Uranium on Navajo Lands Upheld

Navajo Times, News Report, Cindy Yurth, Posted: Mar 12, 2010

Categories: Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines, Indigenous, Politics & Governance

Tags: energy, environment, land, native american, navajo, uranium

White House Meets With Immigration Activists

La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Mar 11, 2010

Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration

Tolerance Prevails in Mexico City

La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Mar 11, 2010

Editors of La Opinión write that tolerance prevailed over fear when Mexico City approved gay marriage last week.

Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Latino

Tags: gay marriage, mexico city

Bet $800 on Pacquiao, Win Just $100

Inquirer.net, News Report, Roy Luarca, Posted: Mar 10, 2010

Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines

Tags: Joshua Clottey, pacquiao, world boxing organization

Young Filipino Wins First Global Google Map-Making Tilt

Asian Journal, News Report, Posted: Mar 09, 2010

Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines

Tags: contest, Filipino, Google Map Maker, Switzerland

Naming of Philippine Street After Philip Morris Being Probed

Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Mar 09, 2010

Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines

Tags: Philip Morris, street, Tanuan

Victory for Day Laborers in Costa Mesa

La Opinión, News Report, Pilar Marrero, Posted: Mar 09, 2010

Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino

Chilean Immigrants Shaken by Earthquake

El Tiempo Latino, News Report, Ana Cubías, Posted: Mar 09, 2010

Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino

Tags: chile, earthquake, Michelle Bachellet, Sebastían Piñera

Canadian Grocers Help Chinese Canadian Realize Olympic Dreams

Northwest Asian Weekly, News Report, Posted: Mar 09, 2010

Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Sports

Tags: alexa loo, chinese canadian, olympics, snowboarder

In California Primary, Undocumented Under Attack

La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Mar 07, 2010

An editorial in La Opinión argues that California's June gubernatorial primary has become "a motive to attack the undocumented."

Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance

North Korean Executed For Using Cell Phone

Sing Tao Daily, News Report, Posted: Mar 07, 2010

Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Science & Technology

Tags: cell phone, execution, north korean, rice markets, traitor

Philippines Asks US to Name Filipino 'Narco-Politicos'

Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Mar 06, 2010

Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance

Cuban Province Was Once Called New Philippines

Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Mar 05, 2010

Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino

Tags: cuba, philippines, unesco

Federal Investigation Concludes E-Verify Does Not Work

El Diario/La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Mar 04, 2010

E-Verify, an online service voluntarily used by employers to check the legal status of their employees, does not work, according to a government-sponsored study.

Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino

Jerry Brown: Yes to Immigration Reform, No to Driver's Licenses

La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Mar 04, 2010

In an interview with Spanish-language daily La Opinión, Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Jerry Brown said he would not support driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants, but would support immigration reform.

Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines