Detroit Community Mourning after Police Kill Little Girl
Final Call, News Report, Posted: May 29, 2010
Hundreds of mourners lined up outside of Second Ebenezer Baptist Church May 22 to pay their respects to a little girl whose death has sparked outrage.
Categories: African American, Health, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: accident, cops, detroit, girl, raid, reality tv, shoot
Ex-Chicago Cop on Trial for Torturing Hundred's of Black Men
Washington Informer, News Report, Posted: May 29, 2010
Ex-police Lt. Jon Burge may have tortured of and obtained coerced confessions from more than 100 African American men over a 22-year career.
Categories: African American, Health, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Promoting Health By Any ‘Greens’ Necessary
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: May 26, 2010
Tracye McQuirter, a author, vegan and chef, says Black Americans must transcend the dishes of their ancestors and develop plant-based diets.
Categories: African American, Health, Top Stories
Which One Deserves to Die?
New America Media, Audio, Posted: May 26, 2010
One in ten Asian Americans are infected with Hepatitis B. And that's a gateway disease to liver cancer. Dr. Stuart Fong of San Francisco's Chinese Hospital explains how he's working with Asian Americans to make San Francisco a Hep-B free city.
Categories: Asian, Audio, Health, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: asian american immigration, city awareness, health campaign
FEMA Trailers: Environmental Time Bombs?
Final Call, News Report, Posted: May 25, 2010
FEMA has sold 100,000 travel trailers used during hurricane recovery efforts despite concerns of excessive formaldehyde levels.
Categories: African American, Environment, Front Page, Health, Intersections, Science & Technology
Tags: FEMA, formaldehyde, katrina, louisiana, toxic, trailers
Toxic Dust Endangers San Francisco Neighborhood
San Francisco Bay View, News Report, Posted: May 24, 2010
San Francisco's Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood has been found to be in the 70th and 80th percentile for toxic air contaminants and criteria pollutants.
Categories: African American, Asian, Environment, Health, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: air, bayview, dust, san francisco, toxic
Immigrants Account for Majority of TB cases in U.S.
Little India, News Report, Posted: May 22, 2010
Indians have the third highest incidence of tuberculosis in the United States among all foreign born groups.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Health, Latino, South Asian
In the Land of Plenty, Young People Go Hungry
The kNOw Youth Media, News Report, Posted: May 21, 2010
One in four California students lives in poverty, with hunger a daily fact of their lives.
Categories: Economy, Education, Front Page, Health, Original NAM Content, Youth Culture
Tags: central valley, ebt, food stamps, hamburger helper, hunger, poverty
New America Now: The Death of Josseline
New America Media, Audio, Posted: May 21, 2010
Margaret Regan talks about her book The Death of Josseline, Mai der Vang and Anthony Advincula join Ethnic Media Watch.
Categories: Asian, Audio, Environment, Health, Immigration, Latino, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: asian americans, border security, community rebuilding, environmental disaster, health care, hurricane katrina, illegal immigrants, pacific islanders
D.C. Police Baffled by Series of Shootings
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: May 18, 2010
The recent spate of shootings east of the Anacostia River has left police scrambling for answers
Categories: African American, Front Page, Health, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: police, shootings, violence, washington d.c., young people
Golden Years Grow Dark for Isolated Elders
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 14, 2010
The number of ethnic elders facing isolation and social exclusion is growing, and one in four over all lives alone. Many suffer from depression.
Categories: Asian, Elders, Health, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: aging, depression, elderly, elders, isolation, mental illness, pew study
A Doctor's Word: Renters' Rights to Healthy Homes
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 14, 2010
Tenants with chronic health problems have rights when it comes to safe and healthy conditions in their apartments.
Categories: Environment, Front Page, Health
Tags: asthma, hud, section 8, tenants rights
NJ’s Asian Americans Live Well, Study Finds
World Journal, News Report, Posted: May 08, 2010
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Health, Immigration
Tags: Asians, income, new jersey