Tech Gadgets Galore at San Francisco's MacWorld
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jan 31, 2011
YO!TV headed over to the San Francisco's Moscone Center to get our fill of the latest tech gadgets available for Apple users.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Front Page, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Youth Culture
Tags: apple, macworld, san francisco, technology
Black Men Say Doctor’s Visits Are Often a Bad Experience
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 31, 2011
African-American men avoid going to the doctor because they find the visits stressful and often unhelpful.
Categories: African American, Elders, Health, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: african american, black men, community, doctor, education, health, stress, trust
Roy and Rodriguez: Homeward Bound
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jan 30, 2011
Richard Rodriguez and Sandip Roy on going back home, and the "Sophie's choice" between aging mothers and aging dogs.
Categories: Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: India, Kolkata, Richard Rodriguez, Sandip Roy
Egypt Uprising "As Serious as a Heart Attack"
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Jan 29, 2011
"The Egyptian people have been inspired by Tunisia and are not going to stop until President Mubarak steps down," says Mideast expert Dina Ibrahim.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , Front Page, International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Cairo, Egypt, Mubarak, MuslimBrotherhood, uprising
Obama Sends the Right Signal on the Drug War
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 29, 2011
President Obama said in a recent YouTube Town Hall that “drug legalization is a legitimate topic for debate.” Now he needs to back up those words with action.
Categories: African American, Featured Columnists, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: drug reform, drugwars, medicalmarijuana, obama
Mubarak, in the Footsteps of the Shah
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jan 28, 2011
As he faces the wrath of his people, Egypt's president sounds uncannily like the Shah of Iran at the end of his reign.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , Front Page, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: cairo, dictatorship, egypt, iran, mubarack, revolution, shah, speech
Gay Ugandan's Murder Blamed on U.S. Evangelicals
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 28, 2011
After gay rights activist David Kato was bludgeoned to death with a hammer, American evangelicals will have a hard time convincing the world that they are not to blame.
Categories: African, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: Christian, DavidKato, evangelical, hatespeech, homosexuality, Scottlively, Uganda
New America Now: The State of Running the World
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jan 28, 2011
Reaction to the State of the Union speech, how China's J-20 bomber has the Pentagon worried, results of the 2010 CA Parent Survey, & a guide on how to run the world.
Categories: African American, Asian, Audio, Chinese, International Affairs, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: accountability, balkan, belgrade, california parent survey, chinese embassy, f-117, how to run the world, j-20, kosovo, lucile packard foundation for children's health, parag khanna, president obama, sotu, state of the union, stealth fighter, yoichi shimatsu
Arizona Bills to ID US-Born Children of Undocumented Immigrants
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 27, 2011
A baby born in Arizona to two undocumented parents would have a birth certificate that indicates he is not a U.S. citizen.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: anti-immigrant, anti-immigrant laws, arizona, birth, citizenship, racism, sb1070, undocumented
How Much Do Anti-Immigration Bills Really Cost?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 26, 2011
As legislators across the nation consider passing bills to fight illegal immigration, two reports lay out the costly legal battles that could ensue.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: anti-immigrant laws, CAP, costly, legal battles, sb1070
How China's Stealth Aircraft Rose From Ashes of Balkan War
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 25, 2011
The Chinese J-20 stealth fighter that's sowing fear at the Pentagon can trace its inception to the U.S. bombing of Kosovo in 1999.
Categories: Chinese, European, Front Page, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: china, firebird, J-20, Kosovo, MichaelHayden, stealthfighter, Yugoslavia
GOP Eying Obama's Big Speech
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 24, 2011
The preemptive attacks on President Obama’s State of the Union address have been partisan, familiar—and absurd.
Categories: Economy, Featured Columnists, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bobbyjindahl, congress, gop, mitchmcconnell, obama, paulbroun, republicans, stateoftheunion
Who's Who: Meet California's New Citizen Redistricting Commission
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 24, 2011
This diverse group of Californians will spend the next eight months redrawing the state's voting districts.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Why Asians (and Other Minorities) Must Get Involved in CA Redistricting
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jan 24, 2011
For minorities to take full advantage of California's new redistricting process, they must work to assure their "communities of interest" remain united, not divided.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2010census, AsianAmericans, Berryessa, Californiaredistrictingcommission, communitiesofinterest
New Panel Holds Key to Minority Political Power in California
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 24, 2011
A brand-new commission will have a far-reaching impact on the rights of minority voters throughout California for years to come.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: california, citizensredistrictingcommission, redistricting, sacramento, votingrightsact, wedrawthelines
Ex-Colombian President's Past Haunts UN Probe of Israel
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 24, 2011
Israel's report condoning the Gaza flotilla raid underscores the need for an objective UN inquiry. But Álvaro Uribe's past threatens the UN probe.
Categories: International Affairs, Latin America, Middle Eastern, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: colombia, farc, free gaza movement, gaza, human rights, investigation, israel, united nations, uribe
Innovations Bring Depressed Elders Back From “Living Hell”
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 23, 2011
Innovative programs aim to reach ethnic seniors before the mental illness many experience for the first time in their lives pushes them to desperation or suicide.
Categories: Elders, Health, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: elders, mentalhealth, seniors
Tiger Mother, the Mommy Wars and the Decline & Fall of the American Empire
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 22, 2011
Amy Chua's memoir pits an empire in the ascendancy against one hurtling (we fear) into economic and social decline.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Gender & Sexuality, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: chua, mommywars, tigermother
Tunisian Uprising: The Other Martyrs
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 22, 2011
A surge in self-immolations throughout the Arab world seems to indicate a trend of turning away from religious strictures banning suicide.
Categories: African, Eye on Egypt , Front Page, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: al jazeera, al-bou-azizieh, algeria, arab, islam, mohammedbou-azizi, self-immolation, suicide, tunisia
Next Wave of Immigration Legislation Introduced in Arizona
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 21, 2011
As states across the nation pass laws similar to SB1070, Arizona legislators are hard at work drafting the next wave of anti-immigrant legislation.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, immigration, SB1070
Who Got Loan Modifications and Who Didn't—Gov't Stalls on Data
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 21, 2011
Housing advocates have been waiting for a year for information on people who've received loan modifications—critical information that could prevent foreclosures.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Ethnicities, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, News, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: foreclosure, freedom of information act, home affordable modification program, housing, loan modification, national consumer law center, treasury, wall street reform act
New America Now: Heard 'Round the World
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Jan 21, 2011
Tunisia's uprising through social media, the Ellis Island of the western U.S., and the book that sparked a controversy heard 'round the world.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Chinese, Ethnicities, Immigration, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Sections, Top Stories
Tags: amy chua, angel island, social networking, tiger mother, tunisia
Mexico Is Bleeding
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 20, 2011
Violence has become a daily reality in Mexico, and the bloodshed will not cease until the culture of impunity comes to an end.
Categories: Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: calderon, cartels, drugtrafficking, gangviolence, Mexico
Roy and Rodriguez: Austerity in California, Revolution in Tunisia
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jan 20, 2011
Does the austerity budget proposed by Jerry Brown means the end of California Dreamin'? And Obama's Yes We Can shows up in signs in Tunisia.
Categories: African, Economy, International Affairs, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: California, Jerry Brown, Obama, Tunisia
No Opportunities Mean More Violence for Oakland
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jan 20, 2011
Late last year, Oakland was deemed one of the top five most dangerous cities in the nation.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: dangerous, oakland violence, opportunities, youth
Ronald Reagan Was No Friend to Blacks
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 20, 2011
Michael Reagan's assertion that his late father was a “better friend of blacks” than President Obama is historical revisionism—and utterly ridiculous.
Categories: African American, Featured Columnists, Front Page, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: BobJones, civilrights, kingholiday, martin luther king jr., MichaelReagan, RonaldReagan
Letter From New America: From China to India to Calif.'s Far North
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Jan 19, 2011
Cliff Chang’s is a quintessential American story of Communist takeovers, the British Raj, San Jose cabbies and a Mexican eatery in California's rural north.
Categories: Chinese, Front Page, Immigration, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: china, cliffchang, immigration, India, Tucsonkillings
Hey Amy Chua—There Are Other Ways of Being a Chinese Mother
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 19, 2011
The "Tiger Mother" author is feeding into the current atmosphere of China-baiting and xenophobia, while missing the real factors that have made her a success.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Gender & Sexuality, Original NAM Content, Sections, Top Stories
Tags: amy chua, asian fail, asian-american, battle hymn of the tiger mother, chinese, mommy wars, mother, parenting, tiger mother
The Bitter Taste of Life
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Jan 17, 2011
Words usually taste good, but sometimes they taste bitter.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Ethnicities, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, Top Stories
Tags: asian american, literature, vietnamese
A Different Side of Benazir Bhutto
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Jan 16, 2011
Duane Baughman discusses his new film on the life of the Pakistani politician who was assassinated in 2007
Categories: Audio, Ethnicities, Middle Eastern, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Sections, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: bhutto family, pakistan
Letter From New America: NY's Nepalese Community, Hungry for Home
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Jan 16, 2011
Nepalese restaurants are thriving in the borough of Queens, thanks to a flood of new immigrants over the past five years.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Economy, Front Page, Immigration, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, food
Tags: business, food, indian, jackson heights, nepalese, new york, queens, restaurant, south asian cuisine, tibetan
Minority Small Businesses Pack Summit for Loan Help
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jan 15, 2011
Asian American small business owners face language and cultural challenges in accessing loan programs, and are more likely to use personal savings to start their business.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Ethnic Media in the News, Front Page, Latino, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories, Video
Tags: asian american pacific islander small business administration, banks, economy, loans, owner
Haitians Still Displaced by Earthquake One Year Later
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Jan 15, 2011
A year after the tragic earthquake struck Haiti, we discuss how the US has been involved with the recovery.
Categories: African American, Audio, Ethnicities, Health, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Sections, Top Stories
Sarah Palin, Under the Gun
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 15, 2011
Palin's attacks on Obama have put him in mortal danger. But now that she's the target, it's all Democrats' fault.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Featured Columnists, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: BarackObama, deaththreats, GabrielleGiffords, SarahPalin, tucsonshootings
Roy and Rodriguez: The Aftermath of Arizona
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jan 14, 2011
Essayist Richard Rodriguez and radio host Sandip Roy discuss the wider implications of the tragedy in Tucson and what it says about us as Americans.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories, Video
Tags: Arizona, Gabrielle Giffords, Pakistan, Salman Taaseer, Tucson massacre
New America Now: When Tragedy Tastes Bitter
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Jan 14, 2011
In the aftermath of tragedies in Haiti and Tucson, the suicide of an ex-prince, and a new book by Monique Truong.
Categories: African American, Asian, Audio, Ethnicities, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Haiti earthquake, Iran, IsabelleAllende, monique truong, suicide, Tucson killings
California's Health: Parents Can Once Again Buy Insurance for Kids Only
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 11, 2011
For the first time in history, every child in California is now eligible for health insurance coverage. But it’s up to parents to take advantage of these opportunities to get better care and coverage for children, and more economic security for their families.
Categories: Economy, Featured Columnists, Front Page, Health, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: affordable, children's health, insurance, open enrollment
What Time Is It?
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jan 09, 2011
YO!TV hit the streets of San Francisco to check out the the most popular watches folks are wearing.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Youth Culture
What Palin & Company Sowed, Arizona's Innocents Reap
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 09, 2011
The hate-filled politics of ultra-right leaders like Sarah Palin—and their frequent use of gun imagery to attack Democrats—bears direct responsibility for the Tucson tragedy.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Featured Columnists, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: BarackObama, GabrielleGiffords, GOP, gunviolence, Johnroll, SarahPalin, teaparty, Tucsconshootings
General Vang Pao's Death and the Laotian Diaspora
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 09, 2011
Vang Pao had come to symbolize the struggle for a lost country to which many dreamed of making a return.
Categories: Asian, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: communist, diaspor, hmong, laos, leadership, vang pao, vietnam, war
Slain Judge Faced Threats in Immigrant Suit: "He Should Be Dead"
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 08, 2011
Arizona federal judge John Roll was inundated with threats after he allowed undocumented immigrants to sue a vigilante rancher for $32 million in 2009.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: GabrielleGiffords, illegalimmigrants, Johnroll, MALDEF, RogerBarnett, SouthernPovertyLawCenter, vigilantes
Huge Mass. Ruling Gives Homeowners New Power in Foreclosures
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 08, 2011
In landmark case, court rules that banks must have their paperwork in order before they can seize homes. Hundreds of thousands of foreclosures could be affected across the U.S.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: banks, foreclosures, mortgage, wellsfargo
Making 'Strides' in the Iron Triangle
Richmond Pulse, Video, Posted: Jan 08, 2011
David Benjamin is becoming a computer expert at the Stride Computer Center in Richmond, CA. With help from Richmond's Office of Neighborhood Safety, David in on his way to completing his career goals.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Richmond Pulse, Top Stories, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: iron triangle, Richmond Pulse, strides
Roy and Rodriguez: The Past Ten Years
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jan 08, 2011
Richard Rodriguez and Sandip Roy discuss the high and low points of the past decade.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Ethnicities, Latino, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, South Asian, Top Stories
Conservative Church Leaders Condemn Moves to Repeal Birthright Citizenship
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 08, 2011
Across the political spectrum, criticism is mounting of new efforts in the states and Congress to deny citizenship to the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Economy, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 14thamendment, Arizona, birthrightcitizenship, constitution, RussellPearce, SB1070, steveking
What's the Matter With Anchor Babies, Anyway?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 08, 2011
Why aren’t we encouraging anchor babies, rather than vilifying them? Don’t we want immigrants to commit to making the United States their home?
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 14thamendment, Anchorbabies, Arizona, birthrightcitizenship, dredscott, immigrants, U.S.constitution
SF Police Shoot Wheelchair-Bound Man
New America Media, Video, Posted: Jan 07, 2011
Police shooting of a wheelchair-bound man in San Francisco has caused many people in the neighborhood to question the police department's actions.
Categories: Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: brutality, SF police, shooting, wheelchair user
New America Now: A Decade in Review
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Jan 07, 2011
With another decade behind us, NAM takes a look back at the past 10 years through the eyes of the ethnic media.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Ethnicities, Immigration, Indigenous, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multimedia, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Sections, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: bhutto, ethnicmedia, year in review
Can Obama and Congressional Blacks Pull Together Like It's 1995?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 07, 2011
The battle to protect health reform will be the first major test of the CBC’s and Obama’s skill at maneuvering in the radically changed political climate on Capitol Hill.
Categories: African American, Featured Columnists, Front Page, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: blacks, Clinton, CongressionalBlackCaucus, Democrats, Gingrich, GOP, healthcarereform, Obama
Who is Ed Lee? Ask Chinese Media
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 06, 2011
The man who could be San Francisco’s first Asian-American mayor is well known in the Chinese press—though not to the rest of the city.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: chinesemayor, ed lee, edlee, firstasianmayor, firstchinesemayor, sfchinesemayor
Suit Challenges California's Approval of Cancer-Causing Pesticide
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 05, 2011
Earthjustice filed the suit challenging the state's approval of methyl iodide on behalf of labor and environmental groups, including United Farm Workers.
Categories: Environment, Front Page, Health, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bromide, california, cancer, environment, farm workers, law suit, methyl iodide, pesticide, strawberry
Can a Two-Year Budget Help Solve California’s Financial Woes?
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Jan 05, 2011
The budget crisis facing new Gov. Jerry Brown has one silver lining: efforts to reform state government are finally gaining traction.
Categories: Economy, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: budget, california, crisis, governance, politics, reform
Will Attorney General Kamala Harris Take on Foreclosure Crisis?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 03, 2011
As Kamala Harris takes over as California’s attorney general, advocates for homeowners facing foreclosure will be watching closely.
Categories: Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: CenterforAmericanProgress, CenterforResponsibleLending, foreclosure, homeowners, JerryBrown, kamalaharris, mortgagelendingfraud
Madhur Jaffrey, Indian Cooking's Julia Child
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Jan 02, 2011
Madhur Jaffrey, world-renowned actress and cook, co-stars in Today's Special and discusses the ins and outs of Indian cuisine.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Ethnicities, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: asif mandvi, madhur jaffrey, today's special
Biggest Newsmakers of the Decade—The Ethnic Media Nominees
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 01, 2011
Who was the biggest newsmaker of the decade, according to the Sing Tao Daily? Or Prensa Hispana? Or Arab Detroit?
Categories: African American, Asian, Chinese, Indigenous, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: ethnic media, Gary Locke, Helen Thomas, Hoopa, John Liu, Manny Pacquiao, newsmaker