New America Media: Ethnic Media Network

New Marvel Comics Spider-Man is Black-Latino

ColorLines, News Report, Channing Kennedy, Posted: Aug 03, 2011

Marvel Comics’ new superhero is a half-African American half-Latino kid named Miles Morales.

La Opinión Calls Debt Deal Disappointing

La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Aug 03, 2011

Editors of La Opinión write that the strategy of "cutting, cutting and cutting" has emerged victorious.

Illinois a Sign of Hope for National Dreamers

Equal Voice for America's Families Newspaper, News Report, Kathy Mulady, Posted: Aug 02, 2011

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed his state's version of the Dream Act on Monday, a step forward in helping low-income immigrants go to college.

Foreclosures Brutalize Rural Glenn County in Calif.

Sacramento Valley Mirror, News Feature, Tess Townsend, Posted: Aug 01, 2011

Glenn County's foreclosure rate is not much worse than California's average, but the mortgage crisis has had a greater impact in the small farming community than in other parts of the state.

Al Día Calls Philadelphia Daily News Column 'Bigoted'

Al Día, Editorial, Staff, Posted: Jul 25, 2011

An editorial in Spanish-language newspaper Al Día criticizes a column in the Philadelphia Daily News that argues for Secure Communities.

Parents in New India: Abused, Abandoned, Betrayed

New America Media, News Analysis, Sandip Roy, Posted: Jul 18, 2011

Elder abuse is a bit like AIDS in India. We know it’s a big problem, but most of us insist it doesn’t happen in our families.

As CA Redistricting Takes New Twists and Turns, L.A.'s Blacks Are Outraged

New America Media/L.A. Wave & L.A. Sentinel, News Report, Olu Alemoru, with additional reporting by New America Media and NAM wire services, Posted: Jul 17, 2011

“Too many black people have lived and died for a voice and fair representation in the legislative bodies,” one black activist wrote in an op-ed excoriating California's redistricting process. “We will not sit by and allow this to happen."

Fox News on Murdoch: Not Exactly the ACORN Treatment

Mario Wire, Commentary, Mario Solis-Marich, Posted: Jul 16, 2011

Now that its owner, Rupert Murdoch, is caught up in scandal, Fox News uses language like "allegations" and warns against "jumping to conclusions." Too bad ACORN didn't get the same kind of journalistic respect.

Fil-Am Family Kidnapped in Southern Philippines

"Balitang America"-The Filipino Channel, Video, Staff, Posted: Jul 13, 2011

More than a dozen armed men abducted Filipino-American Kevin Yeatts Lunsmann, his mother Gerfa Lunsmann and Filipino nephew Romnick Jackaria in a southern Philippine resort on Tuesday.

Korean American Mayor To Run for Congress

Korea Times, News Report, Sang Mok Kim, Translated by Peter Schurmann and Aruna Lee, Posted: Jul 07, 2011

Irvine Mayor Sukhee Kang, the first Korean American head of a major U.S. city, has declared his candidacy for the 2012 congressional race. If elected, he will become the only Korean American in Congress.