Overblown Irene Still Made for Terrifying Night
Global Times, Commentary, Posted: Aug 31, 2011
Hurricane Irene highlighted the hopeless cultural gap in emergency preparation within my own family.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Environment, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, International Affairs
Tags: hurricaneirene
NAM Radio: How "Black Mamba Boy" Got His Name
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 31, 2011
A Somali orphan travels from Yemen to the United Kingdom—an immigrant boy whose daughter grows up to tell his tale.
Categories: African, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, European, Immigration, International Affairs, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: black mamba boy, england, english, immigrant, immigration, interview, islam, muslim, nadifa mohamed, novel, somalia, somalian, united kingdom, yemen
NAM Radio: Asian-Americans & Motherland
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 29, 2011
Writer-director Doris Yeung's new feature film has an obvious connection to herself: she, too, lost her mother to a murder right here in the Bay Area.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Chinese, Immigration, International Affairs, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: american dream, Asian Americans, bay area, doris yeung, feature, film, hong kong, motherland, murder, san francisco
Hurricane Irene: Echoes of Katrina, Memories of Philippine Typhoons
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Aug 28, 2011
As Hurricane Irene hit New York, six years after Katrina drowned New Orleans, one NYC writer also found himself recalling the typhoons of his Filipino youth.
Categories: Asian, Environment, International Affairs, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: emergencymanagement, hurricaneirene, hurricanekatrina, mayorbloomberg, naturaldisasters, philippines, typhoons
Exodus: A Dreamer’s Kafkaesque Deportation
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Aug 28, 2011
Dani Zamora is an American artist, who had not been in his native Mexico for 11 years. But a wrong turn near the border led to his strange, deportation in handcuffs.
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, International Affairs, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: deportation, DREAMer, immigration, lgbt, mexico, richardserra
NAM Radio: John Sayles' Amigo & the US-Philippine War
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 26, 2011
A new feature film portrays the human consequences of the Philippine-American War.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, European, International Affairs, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: amigo, filipinoamerican, film, interview, john sayles, philippine-american war, philippines, review
NAM Radio: The Past and Future of Sudan
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 25, 2011
Here are some of the reasons why American, European, Chinese and other multinational corporations had a vested interest in Sudan's recent split into two nations.
Categories: African, Audio, Immigration, International Affairs, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: amir ahmad nasr, arabic gum, change, corporation, division, independence, natural resources, profit, referendum, south sudan, split, sudan, sudanese, sudanese-american
Hiking on the Border: The Iran Bashing Continues
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 25, 2011
The American hikers sentenced in Iran last week partly for spying are pawns in a game involving U.S. efforts to demonize Iran while avoiding attention to its own detainees.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: gitmo, iranhikers, joshfattal, kurds, roxanasaberi, shanebauer, statedepartment
Amid Allegations of Human Trafficking, Guatemala to Review Adoptions
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 24, 2011
Guatamala moves to review international adoption cases that were halted by the United States in 2007 amid allegations of kidnappings and human trafficking.
Categories: International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: adoption, Guatamala, kidnapping, LatinAmerica, Latino, trafficking
Headless Bodies and Jobless Workers - The Roots of Mexico’s Sadism
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Aug 24, 2011
The five decapitated bodies and two scalped heads dumped in Acapulco raise questions about sadism in Mexico. For answers, just look to Mexico’s unemployment numbers.
Categories: Economy, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: acapulco, calderon, drugcartels, mexico, poverty, sadism
NAM Radio: Rape and the International Monetary Fund
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 23, 2011
Parallels between what an ex-IMF-head was alleged to have done to a citizen of the developing world, & what the IMF is accused of doing to the developing world.
Categories: African, Audio, European, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Law & Justice, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: developing world, dominique strauss kahn, dsk, global fund for women, imf, international monetary fund, kavita ramdas, loan, loans, nafissatou diallo, rape, raping, third world
Libya's Destiny: Eurafrica or Africa?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 23, 2011
NAM contributor Yoichi Shimatsu argues that Arab racism is fueling an uprising that seeks to dislodge Libya from its African roots.
Categories: African, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Africa, ArabSpring, Europe, Gaddafi, Islam, Libya, Mediterranean, NATO, Waronterrorism
Gaddafi Falls While the Arab Spring Continues to Bear Deadly Fruit
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Aug 22, 2011
Behind the Arab Spring and televised celebrations of Gaddafi’s fall, the U.S., Europe and Big Oil are pursuing a new colonial strategy to the detriment of all.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: arabspring, bigoil, colonialism, gaddafi, islam, libya, middleeast
The Politics Behind the China-Georgetown Basketball Fiasco
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Aug 19, 2011
The political ramifications of this week's basketball brawl between a Chinese team drawn from the military and Georgetown University's team.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Chinese, International Affairs, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: american, basketball, brawl, china, chinese, game, georgetown, hoyas, military
Did Anti-Americanism Fuel the China-Georgetown Basketball Brawl?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 19, 2011
It’s too bad the Georgetown players had to be the target of an apparent hate which they are not responsible for.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Chinese, International Affairs, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: basketball, brawl, china, chinese, fight, georgetown, hoyas, military, unfair, university, wrong
NAM Radio: Bill McKibben and the Alaska-to-Texas Oil Pipeline
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 19, 2011
Leading environmental activist Bill McKibben discusses the controversial Alaska-Canada-Texas oil pipeline, known as the Transcanada, in the works.
Categories: Environment, Health, International Affairs, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: 350.org, alaska, canada, CO2, conservative, environment, farmer, farmers, health, interview, oil, pipeline, planet, radical, safety, tar sands, tar sands project, texas, tim dechristopher, transcanada
Philippines Eyes Oil-Rich Sea Ridge
Philippine News/ABS-CBN News, News Report, Posted: Aug 19, 2011
Manila's application to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas could get approved next year.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Tags: benham rise, exploration, gas, oil, phlippines, spratly islands
Aid From Western Democracies Stifles Ethiopian Democracy
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 18, 2011
The recent drought in Ethiopia has uncovered widespread abuse of Western aid money by the Ethiopian government.
Categories: African, European, Front Page, International Affairs
Tags: aid, corruption, democracy, drought, ethiopia, ethiopian americans council, international monetary fund, kleptocracy, meles zenawi, plutocracy, western
Drug Trafficking: Central America’s Dark Shadow
COHA, News Report, Posted: Aug 17, 2011
Eight-four percent of illegal cocaine that reaches the United States passes through Central America.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino
Tags: centralamerica, centralamericadrugs, cocaine, drugcartels, drugtrafficking
Obama Extends Immigration Status to Liberians
Twin Cities Daily Planet, News Report, Posted: Aug 17, 2011
Obama extend Liberians immigration status.
Categories: African, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, International Affairs
Tags: immigration, liberian, obama, status
Author: How the Drug Lords Took Over Mexico
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 16, 2011
In Mexico, an elite group maintains control of the illegal drug market and, with a little help from Mexican and US officials, is extending its grip through Latin America.
Categories: International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: anabel hernandez, cartel, cia, dea, drug lords, drugs trafficking, el chapo, el mayo, iran-contra, la familia, latin america, los zetas, mexican, mexico, reagan, south america, tijuana, us government, zambada
Chinese Households Save More Money Than American Households
AsianWeek, News Report, Posted: Aug 15, 2011
A study by the University of Missouri compares savings habits of Chinese households versus American households.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs
Tags: American, chinese, education, finance, money, saving, studies, survey, US
Chilean Student Movement Leads Uprising For Political Transformation
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 13, 2011
Weeks of demonstrations and strikes by Chilean students earlier this week seems to suggest that Chile is becoming a part of the global movement of youth that is transforming the world bit by bit.
Categories: International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Chileans, cross-roads, demonstrations, global movement, quality education, youth
Indian American Philanthropist Commissions Buddha Statue in Cambodia.
India-West, News Report, Posted: Aug 13, 2011
An Indian American philanthropist in the Bay Area, wanting to heal Cambodians victimized during the Pol Pot regime, has commissioned an 80-ton sandstone statue of the Buddha in Siem Reap there.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, International Affairs, Religion
Tags: Buddha statue, Cambodians, heal, Pol Pot, Siem Reap
Japanese Comedians Beat Up Female Korean Martial Artist
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 11, 2011
South Korean netizens are in an uproar over a popular Japanese variety show that featured three well-known comedians beating up a female Korean martial artist.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Sports
Tags: Cyberattack, Dokdo, Japan, Korea, MMA
The Macroeconomics of London Riots
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Aug 11, 2011
Britain's social fabric is clearly brittle and children growing there suffer greater deprivation, frail parental ties, exposure to drugs and alcohol than other wealthy countries. Little wonder that they snapped.
Categories: Economy, European, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: economics, kids, London, macroeconomics, race, riots, UNICEF
Eye on Europe: Once Public Trust Goes, Can Democracy Be Far Behind?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Aug 10, 2011
Angry, violent civil disturbances, first in Paris and now in London, have revealed enormous tinderboxes of alienation.
Categories: International Affairs, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: democracy, london riots, media, murdoch, news of the world, youth protests
S. Korea Angered Over U.S. Support for 'Sea of Japan'
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Aug 10, 2011
South Korea is urging Washington to withdraw its recent decision to support the use of the name "Sea of Japan" for waters separating the country from its neighbor to the east.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: Dokdo, Japan, Korea, politics, Sea of Japan, territorialdisputes
16 Latin American Countries File Brief Against Alabama Law
Univision, News Report, Posted: Aug 05, 2011
Mexico and 15 other countries in Central and South America filed briefs Wednesday in support of the lawsuit against Alabama's anti-immigration law.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice
Tags: alabamaimmigration, alabamaimmigrationlaw, hb56, sb1070
Born to Run: The Secrets of Mexico's Tarahumara Tribe
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 05, 2011
Running is one of those sports that hurts so good, but a secretive tribe in Mexico has centuries-old traditions that help people run for hundreds of miles with no pain.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Health, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Media, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: born to run, christopher mcdougall, naked, run, running, running shoes, secret, secretive, tarahumara, tribe
Gary Locke Confirmed as Envoy to China
Northwest Asianweekly, News Report, Posted: Aug 03, 2011
On Wednesday, July 27, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke, 61, was confirmed as ambassador to China. Locke was nominated by President Barack Obama on March 9.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Politics & Governance
Tags: ambassador, china, confirmed, envoy, gary locke, washington
Hikers In Iran - Caught in Web of International Politics
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 03, 2011
There is some hope that Shane Bauer and his traveling companion Josh Fattal -- incarcerated in Iran for two year -- may be released soon.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories
China Side-Steps US Financial Crisis With Innovative Strategies
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 03, 2011
China holds more US federal debt than any other foreign country and is taking action to side step potential future US default.
Categories: Chinese, Economy, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: china, chinese, congress, debt, default, development, dollar, economy, investment, obama, renminbi, US, yuan
Afghanistan the New Mexico?: Assassinations and the Drug Trade
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Aug 02, 2011
The Afghan drug trade has entered a new phase that could lead to the sort of violence that plagues Mexico.
Categories: International Affairs, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: afghan, afghanistan, assassination, karzai, mexico, narcotics, opium, U.S., violence
Obama Should Endorse African Union's Libya Peace Plan
Black Star News, Editorial, Posted: Aug 01, 2011
President Obama can quickly end the Libya conflict by endorsing the African Union peace plan.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance
Tags: African union, libya, peace plan, president barack obama
U.S. Pharmaceutical Companies Testing Drugs on India’s Poor
New America Media, Interview, Posted: Aug 01, 2011
Drug companies are experimenting on poor people in India and elsewhere without their informed consent. NAM interviewed Al Jazeera’s reporter on the story.
Categories: Health, International Affairs, Intersections, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: bhopal, ceravix, climicalresearch, clinicaltrials, departmentofjustice, drugcompanies, gardasil, globaleconomy, india, merck, poverty, publiccitizen