Joe Arpaio Launches “Air Posse” to Hunt Immigrants at Border
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Mar 31, 2011
On Tuesday Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced the launch of “Operation Desert Sky,” an airborne version of his controversial crime sweeps.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Law & Justice
Tags: aliens, arizona, arizonaodio, arpaio, border, documented, immigration, justice, law, mexico, police, racism, undocumented
Vietnamese Duo Bill Nguyen and Peter Pham Raise $41 Mil for Social App Color
Talk.Onevietnam.org, News Report, Posted: Mar 31, 2011
Color is a smartphone app that lets you share photos and create albums with people around you.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Science & Technology
Tags: color, entrepreneur, technology, vietnam, vietnamese
Daughter of Slaves Won't Be Recognized as Oldest Woman
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Mar 29, 2011
Born in Mississippi to former slaves, Lanier believes she’s the oldest person in the world. Although the federal government has verified her age, Guiness World Records will not recognize her status without a birth certificate.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Elders, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: Guiness World Records will not recognize her status without a birth certificate., Lanier believes she’s the oldest person in the world. Although the federal government has verified her age, Rebecca Lanier just turned 119 this week. Born in Mississippi to former slaves, vernal equinox
Filipinos Are Most Avid Facebook Users
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Mar 29, 2011
Filipinos are the world’s most avid users of social media, in terms of online penetration, among countries around the world, the U.S.-based research firm comScore found.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Science & Technology
Backstreet Boys to Play Vietnam
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: Mar 28, 2011
The Backstreet Boys, one of the biggest teen-pop groups of the 1990s and 2000s, arrived in Saigon this week, for its first-ever shows in the country.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: backstreet boys, band, globalization, ho chi minh, music, saigon, travel, vietnam
Obama, Univision Host Latino Education Forum
Univision, News Report, Posted: Mar 26, 2011
President Obama will appear Monday on Univision to answer questions about Latinos and education in a town hall meeting.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: educationlatinos, latinoseducation, obamaeducation, obamalatinos, obamaunivision
In NY, Chinese Trade Restaurant Work for Car Services
China Press, News Report, Posted: Mar 25, 2011
As the NY economy has recoverd, so have private car services, with much of the growth driven by Chinese workers fleeing the restaurant industry.
Categories: Chinese, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, South Asian
Tags: ChinaPress, Chinesrestaurantworkers, on-callcarservice
Sarah Palin Gets Cold Shoulder From Indian Govt.
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 25, 2011
The snub was apparently meant to show New Delhi's continued displeasure at "racial profiling" of Indians at American airports.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Politics & Governance, South Asian
Tags: India, Israel, Racialprofiling, Sarah Palin
Many Filipinos Won’t Leave Libya for Their Jobs
Philippine Daily Inquirer, News Report, Posted: Mar 25, 2011
Thousands of Filipinos have ignored the Philippine government’s last call to return home, preferring to stay in Libya rather than face a bleak future in their home country.
Categories: African, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic
Golden State Warriors to Partner with U.S. Fund for UNICEF to Help Japan
Rafu Shimpo, News Report, Posted: Mar 24, 2011
The Golden State Warriors are partnering with the U.S. Fund for UNICEF to help aid in the relief efforts in Japan following the massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck the country on March 11, the team announced Wednesday.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: earthquake, golden state, japan, relief, tsunami, unicef, warriors
Light Sentence for Death of California Farm Worker
Radio Bilingue, News Report, Posted: Mar 23, 2011
The death of Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez gained national attention in 2008, when the farm worker died of heatstroke after working nine hours straight, under a hot sun, in a vineyard in California’s central valley.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: CENTRALVALLEY, FARMWORKER, MARIAISABELVASQUEZJIMENEZ, RADIOBILINGUE, UNITEDFARMWORKERS
Amid Nuclear Fears, Korean Consulate Keeps Doors Open to Quake Victims
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Mar 22, 2011
The Korea Times in Oakland reports that amid the ruins of last week's earthquake and tsunami in the Japanese city of Sendai, the Korean consulate in the city has been offering 24-hour emergency services.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: disaster, earthquake, Japan, Korea, Korean Consulate, tsunami
Obama in Latin America: Equal Partners or America's Backyard?
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Mar 22, 2011
Obama’s visit to Latin America highlights the importance of a region that has been relegated to second place by the White House.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: obamabrazil, obamachile, obamaelsalvador, obamalatinamerica, obamavisittolatinamerica
Chauncey Bailey Murder Trial Begins
Chaunceybaileyproject.org, News Report, Posted: Mar 22, 2011
Seven men and five women were chosen Monday after 18 rounds of peremptory challenges that took about 20 minutes. Five alternates were also chosen.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice
Memorial Service for Disaster Victims
Rafu Shimpo, News Report, Posted: Mar 21, 2011
Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple will hold a memorial service for victims of the Tohoku region earthquake/tsunami, combined with the Spring Ohigan Service, on Sunday, March 27, at 10 a.m.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: buddhism, earthquake, japan, Los angeles, memorial, tohoku, tsunami, victims
Vietnamese Marijuana Growers Through the Eyes of Their Defense Attorney
iexaminer, News Report, Posted: Mar 20, 2011
A Seattle-area defense attorney who services the majority of these cases, Khanh Tran, believes the Vietnamese community gets a bad rap.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice
Tags: marijuana, seattle, vietnamese. trials
Lack of Medical Coverage Spells Trouble for Small Business Owner
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Mar 18, 2011
The Korean owner of a Vietnamese restaurant in the South Bay has filed a claim against a former employee on charges that the latter made false accusations regarding a work related injury, reports the Korea Times.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Health, Immigration
Tags: Health, health care, Hispanic, immigrants, Korean, medical
Portion of ‘Hereafter’ Disc Sales to Go to Red Cross
Rafu Shimpo, News Report, Posted: Mar 18, 2011
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group has announced that it will give $1 million from disc sales of Clint Eastwood’s film “Hereafter” to the Red Cross for its relief efforts in Japan.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: clint eastwood, hereafter, japan, red cross, relief, warner bros
La Opinión: Utah Immigration Laws Send Message of 'Courage'
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Mar 17, 2011
This week, the governor of Utah, Republican Gary Herbert, signed into law four immigration bills.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
NAACP Apologizes to Black Publishers for Image Awards Ad Snub
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Mar 16, 2011
The NAACP apologized yesterday to black community newspapers around the country for a perceived advertising snub at the recent Image Awards. Black publishers had expressed outrage that they’d been passed over on a symbolically important ad buy, but the NAACP says the papers were excluded accidentally due to a contractor’s mistake.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: black papers, jealous, naccp
42 Filipinos Missing in Japan
Inquier.net, News Report, Posted: Mar 16, 2011
The Philippine Embassy in Tokyo released the names of 42 Filipinos reported missing in Friday’s quake tragedy.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines
California DREAM Act Passes First Hurdle in State Legislature
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Mar 16, 2011
The California DREAM Act passed the assembly's Higher Education Committee, clearing its first hurdle on the way to the governor's desk.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: californiadreamact, jerrybrown
UCLA Student Says Sorry for “Asians in the Library” YouTube Rant
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Mar 15, 2011
Third-year UCLA student Alexandra Wallace, who went viral over the weekend with a racist YouTube rant about Asian students in the university library, has issued an apology through the school’s newspaper.
Categories: Asian, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines
LAPD Changes Car-Impound Policy
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Mar 15, 2011
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is changing its car impounding policy, in a move editors of La Opinión applaud.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino
Filipino Nurses in Libya Remain, Earning Respect
Global Nation Inquirer, News Report, Posted: Mar 15, 2011
Hundreds of Filipino nurses and medical staff have stayed in strife-torn Libya, winning the hearts of the locals and improving the reputation of the Philippines in Arab countries.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: healthcare, libya, middleeast, nurses, phillipines
GOP Reopens Fight Over Nuclear Waste in Sacred Yucca Mountain
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Mar 15, 2011
In 2010 the Department of Energy withdrew its application to pursue Yucca Mountain as a site for a nuclear waste dump, but Republicans have not abandoned the idea.
Categories: Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: but Republicans have not abandoned the idea., n 2010 the Department of Energy withdrew its application to pursue Yucca Mountain as a site for a nuclear waste dump
Amid Rescue Efforts in Quake-hit Japan, Racist Comments are Rampant on the Web
Pacific Citizen, News Report, Posted: Mar 15, 2011
Amid Rescue Efforts in Quake-hit Japan, Racist Comments are Rampant on the Web.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: Amid Rescue Efforts in Quake-hit Japan, Racist Comments are Rampant on the Web
Karaoke Parlor Employees in Hanoi Sentenced for Robbing Koreans
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: Mar 15, 2011
A series of karaoke robberies have gone bad in Hanoi, leaving one Korean dead and four Vietnamese facing stiff prison sentences.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: crime, hanoi, karaoke, koreans, music, robbery, vietnam
Gary Locke -The Next US Ambassador to China?
Northwest Asian Weekly, News Report, Posted: Mar 15, 2011
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, during his time as the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Locke oversaw a department that is charged with expanding the country’s broadband infrastructure, bringing economic development to communities hardest hit by the recession, and putting Americans to work under programs run by the Census, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: ambassador, China, Chinese American, Gary Locke, US, washington
Filipino Gang Leader Gets Life Without Parole
Filamstar.net, News Report, Posted: Mar 14, 2011
A jury recommended on Monday life in prison without parole for a former Asian Boyz gang member convicted of eight Los Angeles-area killings and 10 counts of attempted murder.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Law & Justice
Tags: 10 murder counts, Asian Boyz, gang, jury, life in prison, los angeles
Riverside Reaches Out to Sendai; George Takei sends Sympathy
Rafu Shimpo, News Report, Posted: Mar 14, 2011
Akemi Kikumura Yano, president and CEO of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, issued the following statement on Saturday:
Categories: Asian, Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: george takei, japan, japanese community, red cross
Northern Japan Earthquake Relief Fund
AsianWeek, News Report, Posted: Mar 14, 2011
e know from our experience and relief efforts with the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake of 1995, that there will be more bad news to come as the recovery and rescue efforts continue.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines
Arizona's Latino Population Up 46 Percent
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 11, 2011
in 2010, Latinos made up nearly 30 percent of Arizona's 6.4 million residents, up from 25 percent in 2000.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: Arizona, Census, immigration, Latino
Asian-American Population Growth Outpaces Latinos in Several Major States
AsianWeek, News Report, Posted: Mar 11, 2011
Census data from 27 states shows that the Asian population is growing much faster than the overall U.S. population.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Politics & Governance, South Asian
Tags: Asian American Population Outpaces Hispanic Population in Several Major States
Filipino Leads Union Drive in Nevada Casinos
Asian Journal, News Report, Posted: Mar 11, 2011
Culinary Union Local 226 seeks to unionize 13,000 workers at 18 hotel-casinos operated by Station Casinos in southern Nevada.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Multi-ethnic
Tags: casinos, collective bargaining, filipino workers, labor, station casinos, union
Mayor Gives $1M to Seattle’s Business Districts
Iexaminer, News Report, Posted: Mar 10, 2011
The Office of Economic Development has awarded the Chinatown/ International District $185,000 in grant funding for economic revitalization.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: business, chinatown, economy, funding, mayor, program, seattle
No More Free Food for Chinese Restaurant Workers
World Journal, News Report, Posted: Mar 10, 2011
Chinese restaurants in New York are formalizing their hiring practices after a crackdown by immigration authorities.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration
California's Latino Population Grows by 27.8 Percent
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Mar 09, 2011
The Latino population in California has grown by three million people, or 27. 8 percent.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: census, census2010, censuscalifornia, censuslatino, latinocensus
Utah Sets Itself Apart from Anti-immigrant Current
EFE/La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Mar 09, 2011
Utah wants to show the world that it “is not Arizona,” by approving measures that benefit underground foreign workers.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: driver's license, guestworkers, SB 1070, SB1070, utah, utahimmigration, utahimmigrationlaw
Social Security Benefits a Critical Income Source for Asian Americans
AsianWeek, News Report, Posted: Mar 07, 2011
Asian and Pacific Islander Americans depend on Social Security benefits as a critical income source, both as elders and as disabled people of all ages.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Elders, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: asian, elders, income, poverty, social security, study
Manila Accuses China of Sea Violation
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Mar 07, 2011
The Philippine military March 3 accused the Chinese navy of entering Manila's waters in the South China Sea and ordering an oil exploration vessel to leave.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Tags: accused, China, entering, South China Sea, the Philippines
Hawaii Civil Unions Passes in Senate, Moves to Governor
Pacific Citizen, News Report, Posted: Mar 03, 2011
Hawaii civil union supporters are optimistic that a bill providing many marriage rights to same sex couples will be signed into law by the governor.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Law & Justice
Tags: bill, civil union, gay marriage, governor, hawaii, partners, rights, same sex
Less Than 100 Asians Hold Board Seats in the Fortune 500
AsianWeek, News Report, Posted: Mar 03, 2011
eadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc. (LEAP) recently unveiled the findings of its newest leadership series report measuring Asian and Pacific Islander (API) inclusion on Fortune 500 boards.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: asian, board, fortune 500, members, population, wealth
South Korean Consulate Appeals that Adoptee Not be Deported
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: Mar 01, 2011
The South Korean Consulate in Los Angeles has appealed for leniency in the case of a Korean adoptee facing deportation.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration
Tags: Deportation, deportee, Detention Center, Korean Adoptees, Korean Consulate, Korean-American