New America Media: Ethnic Media Headlines

Bipartisan Amendment to Keep Families Together Passes Senate Committee

New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 20, 2013

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved an amendment to strengthen protections for children in the Senate's comprehensive immigration reform bill.

Immigration Officers’ Unions Oppose Immigration Reform Bill

La Opinión, News Report, Posted: May 20, 2013

Two immigration officers' unions have announced their opposition to the Senate's immigration reform bill.

The Latino Rodney King?

NBC Latino, Commentary, Julio Ricardo Varela , Posted: May 19, 2013

“Is this Rodney King all over again, but in Kern County?”

Fatal Bakersfield Beating Highlights Latino Fear of Police

New America Media, News Report, Elena Shore, Posted: May 17, 2013

The beating death of a 33-year-old Bakersfield father highlights the Latino community’s ongoing fear of law enforcement there.

New Report Looks at How Foreclosure Undermined Black and Brown Wealth

Colorlines, News Report, Posted: May 17, 2013

This foreclosure tidal wave is why wealth for blacks and Latinos is at the lowest level ever recorded. Housing is the leading wealth asset for these two communities.

Los Angeles School To Be Named After Korean American Legend

Koream Journal, News Report, Posted: May 16, 2013

Dr. Lee was the first Asian American to win a gold medal for the United States and competed at the London Olympics in 1948 and the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, winning gold medals in the 10-meter platform at both Olympics.

John Boehner Welcomes New Black Son-in-Law

The Root, News Report, Posted: May 15, 2013

Lindsay Boehner, daughter of Republican House Majority Leader John Boehner, married Dominic Lakhan, a Jamaican-born construction worker

Navajo Families Help Create Five-Year Uranium Cleanup Plan

Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: May 15, 2013

Back in 2006, various tribal and federal agencies dealing with remediating uranium mining on the reservation got together to set goals. The first five-year plan ended in 2012 with only some of these goals met and now the agencies are meeting again, this time with Navajo families involved, to set goals for a second five-year plan.

City Agency Criticized for Producing Video for Caricature

Rafu Shimpo, News Report, Posted: May 15, 2013

More American couples are staying over at each other's places rather than choosing to live together or to get married, according to a study from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Early Education Advocates Disappointed with Revised Budget

EdSource Today, News Report, Posted: May 15, 2013

Early education advocates in California were hoping for increases in preschool and child care funding in the governor’s revised budget, released Tuesday.