Middle Aged Members of Black Sorority Targeted By Dallas Rapist
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Oct 28, 2011
Texas officials are searching vigorously for the serial rapist that has been stalking and assaulting middle-aged African American women
Categories: African American, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Intersections, Law & Justice
Tags: black, dallas, delta sigma theta, middle aged, rapist, sorority, texas, women
Human Trafficking: How One Hmong Girl Escaped From China
Pacific Links, First Person, Posted: Oct 28, 2011
A 13-year old Hmong girl was sold into sexual slavery but managed to escape back to Vietnam, and tell her story.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Law & Justice
Tags: abuse, border, china, chinese, hmong, human, poverty, sex, slave, trafficking, vietnam
NAM Radio: A Social History of Iranian Cinema
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 23, 2011
The first Iranian film ever was made at the turn of the 20th century and Professor Hamid Naficy is one of the few people ever to have seen it.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Gender & Sexuality, International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: artisanal era, film, first iranian film, hamid naficy, iran, iranian, reza shah, shah, social history of iranian cinema, tehran
NAM Radio: Craig Thompson's Habibi
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 21, 2011
It looks like a holy book but Thompson's 672-page new graphic novel is anything but.
Categories: African, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Intersections, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: comic, craig thompson, graphic novel, habibi, islam, muslim, slave, slavery
S-Comm Silences Domestic Violence Victims
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Oct 21, 2011
Secure Communities has heightened the fear of immigrant victims of domestic violence, causing them to remain silent in the face of abuse.
Categories: Asian, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: abuse, domesticviolence, immigration, scomm, womensrights
Retirement Investments Keep Elder Black Women Afloat
Louisiana Weely/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 20, 2011
Financing retirement is tough in the recession, but many black women have tapped their experience to rebound from their losses.
Categories: African American, Economy, Elders, Gender & Sexuality, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: blackwomen, irainvestments, louisiana, olderworkers, recession, retirementsecurity, seniors
Reports Show Social Security Cuts Would Hit People of Color
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 19, 2011
Two new reports say minorities and women, both hard hit by the recession, would struggle more in retirement, if Congress cuts Social Security.
Categories: African American, Economy, Elders, Gender & Sexuality, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: africanamericans, congress, entitlementreform, greatrecession, latinos, nationaldebt, obama, poverty, retirement, rockefellerfoundation, socialsecurity, supercommittee, women
Women Left Behind in Recovery
Investigative Reporting Workshop, News Report, Posted: Oct 12, 2011
A higher percentage of women are unemployed than men, according to numbers released today by Gallup.
Categories: African American, Economy, Gender & Sexuality, Top Stories
Tags: economy, gallup, jobs, jobtraining, recession, unemployment, women, youth
Muslim Woman Kicked Off Southwest Flight After ‘It’s a Go’ Mix-Up
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Oct 11, 2011
Southwest Airlines flight officials did not let her re-board because the crew was “uncomfortable” with her on the plane.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Middle Eastern, Religion
Tags: cell, flight, hijab, kicked off, muslim, religion, southwest
Three Women Honored By Nobel Prize, Millions are Missing
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Oct 11, 2011
A report indicated that 1.3 million girls are not born in China and India every year because of overt discrimination.
Categories: Economy, Gender & Sexuality, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: abortion, china, gender bias, india, infanticide, nobel, peace, prize, vietnam, violence, women
LGBT Couples Facing Increased Immigration Tensions
La Raza, News Report, Posted: Oct 10, 2011
Kevin Goodman and Anton Pulung-Hartanto, a native of Indonesia, are among 36,000 same sex, bi-national couples living in the U.S. facing increased immigration tensions.
Categories: Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino
NAM Radio: A Guide to Occupy Wall Street
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 10, 2011
What is Occupy Wall Street and who is involved? Here is a primer, from someone in the midst of it all.
Categories: African American, Asian, Audio, Economy, Education, Environment, European, Foreclosures, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Immigration, Indigenous, International Affairs, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: #occupywallstreet, #ows, bert cannavelli, demands, description, guide, introduction, manifesto, movement, occupy the nation, occupy wall street, what is occupy wall street, who
Filipino Maid Made History in Hong Kong
Global Nation, News Report, Posted: Oct 08, 2011
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Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration
Tags: china, filipino, hong kong, immigration, maid, residency, status
Saudi Arabia: A Soft Revolution or Pacifying the Tide?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Oct 07, 2011
The Saudi King's royal decree allowing women the right to vote in 2015 is not in jest.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: drive, driver, iran, king abdullah, royal decree, saudi arabia, sharia, shayma, shura council, vote, women
Mexico Leans to the Right on Abortion
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 04, 2011
A decision last week by Mexico's supreme court threatens to turn women into criminals for making decisions about their bodies and their future.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: abortion, Calderon, health, Mexico, presidential elections, women's rights