Open Letter From Ethnic Media on New Orleans Redistricting
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jun 30, 2011
After convening to discuss redistricting in New Orleans, ethnic media organizations prepared this open letter to the Times Picayune and the Press Club of New Orleans.
Categories: African American, Asian, Collaborative Reporting, Ethnic Media Network, Events, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: neworleans, redistricting
Medicaid Cuts Would Stunt California's Recovery
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 30, 2011
A new report shows that if GOP cuts become law, California would lose 28,000 jobs and millions in related business spending.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Health, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: congress, debtceiling, familiesusa, healtheconomics, healthreform, jobs, medicaid, pauldryan, unemployment
NAM Briefing: In Post-Katrina New Orleans, Redistricting Is Just the Start
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 30, 2011
At a June 21 meeting, news organizations discussed how to assure that ethnic minorities don't lose ground as post-Katrina political maps are drawn.
Categories: African American, Asian, Collaborative Reporting, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: neworleans, redistricting
In Upstate California, Redistricting Alters Maps, but Not Latino Clout
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 30, 2011
Minority communities are growing in the Northern Sacramento Valley, but redistricting is barely on their radar, and a powerful GOP congressman looks safe.
Categories: Asian, Collaborative Reporting, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: 2010census, californiacitizensredistrictingcommission, farm workers, GOP, Hmong, Latinos, NorthernSacramentoValley, redistricting, WallyHerger
New Peace Flotilla to Gaza: A Voyage of Audacious Hope
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 29, 2011
As an American Jew, I am entitled ( to travel to Israel, become a citizen, and enjoy all manner of associated rights and privileges. Meanwhile, the people who are actually from the lands that Israel illegally occupies are not citizens of any country.
Categories: Arizona Watch, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Arizona, AudacityofHope, flotilla, Gaza, Israel, Palestine, WestBank
La Opinión Reaches Out to Young Latinos in LA’s Boyle Heights
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 28, 2011
L.A.’s Boyle Heights neighborhood doesn’t get much coverage—or respect. But a new bilingual publication edited by youth will help change that.
Categories: Front Page, Latino, Media, Original NAM Content, Youth Culture
Tags: annenbergschoolofjournalism, boyleheights, laopinión, latinomedia, losangeles, usc, youthjournalists
From WikiLeaks to SB 1070—The Rise of the New Global Hacktivists
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 28, 2011
In just a few months, as one expert puts it, the hacktivist group Anonymous "has gone from the background of hacker culture to the forefront of global politics.”
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: Anonymous, Blackblocmovement, BradleyManning, cyberattack, hacker, hacktivism, hacktivists, JulianAssange, LulzSec, Sony, WikiLeaks, WTO
GOP Ploy: Blame Black Joblessness on President Obama
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 28, 2011
President Obama responsible for high black unemployment? That claim by GOP candidates Newt Gingrich and Michelle Bachman is silly, but the problem is very real.
Categories: African American, Economy, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: africanamericans, gopcandidates, michelle bachman, newtgingrich, unemployment
Clean Water in Schools Crucial to Coachella Valley Students
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 27, 2011
For many children living in the Eastern Coachella Valley Calif., food and water provided at school is often their primary source of nutrition.
Categories: Education, Health, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: cleandrinkingwater, coachella, coachellaunincorporated
Mental Health Group Draws People Out of the Shadows
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Jun 27, 2011
Mental health workers say they’re seeing an uptick in PTSD after disasters and depression linked to job and home losses.
Categories: African American, Asian, Health, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: depression, disasters, foreclosure, health, job loss, mental illness, National allicance for mentally ill, PTSD, violence
Mobile Tech in Classrooms Boost English Learners
New America Media, Photo Essay, Posted: Jun 27, 2011
Use of mobile devices in a Hayward, Calif., classroom puts English language learners on the fast track.
Categories: Education, Immigration, Latino, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Photo Galleries, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: bilingualeducation, classroomtechnology, digitaldivide, Englishlanguagelearners, Hayward, mobiledevices, students, tyrrellelementary
Poet Meets President, Sicilia Tests Calderón on Mexican Drug War
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 27, 2011
Last week Mexico’s President Calderón met unintended victims of his crusade against organized crime. He promised some changes, but refused to alter course.
Categories: Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: calderon, drugwars, mexico, protestmarch
Double Jeopardy: Femicide and Disappearances at the Border
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Jun 25, 2011
Mexico is increasingly plastered with photos of disappeared and murdered women. Despite protests, though, few killers are brought to justice.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: ciudad juarez, disappeared, drugs trafficking, femicide, justice, mexico, murders, violence, women
California Tea Partiers Revved Up by Redistricting Reform
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 24, 2011
Taking advantage of reforms, activists dominate public input meetings of the Citizens Redistricting Commission to demand a “colorblind” process in drawing political maps.
Categories: African American, Asian, Chinese, European, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: california, Census 2010, citizens redistricting commission, Latinos, political maps, race, Tea Party, voters, votingrightsact
NAM Radio: Wal-Mart, Hacker/Gamers, Dragon Tattoo Lady, Congo's Viva Riva
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 24, 2011
New Show: Supreme Court dismisses Wal-Mart sex discrimination case, hackers & gamers, the woman behind the dragon tattoo, Congo's new film noir.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Law & Justice, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: arcelia hurtado, biography, case, congo, congolese, discrimination, djo munga, dragon, equal rights advocates, eva gabrielsson, film, film noir, gamer, gaming, gender, girl with the dragon tattoo, hack, hacker, hacking, interview, lawsuit, memoir, men who hate women, playstation, pulp fiction, san francisco, sex, sexism, shirin sadeghi, stieg larsson, tattoo, there are things i want you to know about stieg larsson and me, viva riva, wal-mart
Eva Gabrielsson: The Real Story Behind Stieg Larsson
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 24, 2011
She was author Stieg Larsson's companion for 32 years and now she's out to tell the truth about the man and the mystery behind the girl with the dragon tattoo.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, European, Gender & Sexuality, International Affairs, Media, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: biography, companion, dragon, eva gabrielsson, lisbeth salander, memoir, millennium, real, stieg larsson, story, tattoo, there are things i want you to know about stieg larsson and me, trilogy, truth
Congo's New Film Noir: Viva Riva!
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 24, 2011
Viva Riva! is the first film made in the Democratic Republic of Congo in twenty years and the fast-paced, stylized film noir is making waves in the film world.
Categories: African, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, International Affairs, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: congo, congolese, djo munga, film, film noir, international, viva riva
Afghan Americans Fearful of Quick Withdrawal
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 22, 2011
President Obama’s announcement of a speedy withdrawal from Afghanistan may not be welcome news for some Afghan Americans.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: afghanamericans, afghanistanwar, obamaspeech, obamaspeechafghanistan
Supreme Court Tells Working Women, You're on Your Own
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 21, 2011
Despite a vast amount of evidence of wage discrimination against women, the court's conservative (all-male) majority decided to give Wal-Mart—a company well known for its union-busting policies—the benefit of the doubt.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bettydukes, classaction, sexdiscrimination, supremecourt, unions, wal-mart, walmart
South of Silicon Valley, Hunger Haunts California Town
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 20, 2011
An hour south of Silicon Valley, where executives flock from across the country for high-tech jobs, there is another migration taking place.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Health, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: davidbacon, farmworkers, hollister, hunger, migrantworkers, sanbenito, siliconvalley
Redistricting: DOJ Shouldn't Have OK'ed Northern Va. Map
New America Media, Editorial, Posted: Jun 19, 2011
In an op-ed, ethnic media from the Washington, D.C., area express their disappointment at the DOJ's decision to approve a redistricting map that would limit the voting power of people of color.
Categories: African American, Asian, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: DOJ, NorthernVirginia, PrinceWilliamCounty, redisticting, virginianewmajority, votingrightsact
The Politics of Iranian and American Diplomatic Ties
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 19, 2011
The relationship between Iran and America can be summarized as public backbiting and back-channel deal-making.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content
Tags: iranianamericanrelations, iranus, iranusa
With Weiner’s Fall, Clarence Thomas Can Breathe a Sigh of Relief
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 17, 2011
With the resignation of New York Representative Anthony Weiner, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas could be off the hook.
Categories: Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: anthonyweiner, clarencethomas, weiner
Ground Zero in Guatemala's Homicidal Drug Nightmare
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 17, 2011
Decriminalization would drive the cartels out of business and end the devastation that makes normal life impossible in Central America.
Categories: Caribbean, Latin America, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: business, caribbean, cartel, central america, cocaine, death, drug, guatemala, latin, mafia, murder
NAM Radio: Weinergate & Gender, Iran Hiker's Mother, Journalist Deaths, Mambo King Hijuelos, Ahmed's Just Like Us
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 17, 2011
New Show: Weinergate & gender politics, Iran hiker's mother speaks, journalist deaths across the globe, Oscar Hijuelos's new memoir, comedian Ahmed Ahmed.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Eye on Egypt , Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Intersections, Law & Justice, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: #weinergate, 2012 project, ahmed ahmed, anthony weiner, chauncey bailey, cindy hickey, death, divorce, documentary, gender, huma abedin, iran, journalist, just like us, mambo kings, mary hughes, memoir, oscar hijuelos, politics, resign, resignation, shane bauer, thoughts without cigarettes, weinergate
Mexican Human Rights Activist Gets Political Asylum in U.S.
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 17, 2011
Cipriana Jurado was granted political asylum in the U.S. based on her fear of persecution by the Mexican military.
Categories: Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: ciudadjuarez, mexicanpoliticalasylum, mexicoviolence, narcoviolence, politicalasylum
14th Amendment-Bashing Harms Immigrant Communities
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 17, 2011
The debate over birthright citizenship has led to a climate of fear among immigrant communities and – in particular – women and children.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Asian, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: 14thamendment, birthrightcitizenship, childrenofillegals, immigrantwomen, womenimmigrants
My Addiction to Social Networking
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Jun 16, 2011
I tried shutting down my Facebook, but it wasn't long before Facebook won again.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Media, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: addict, addicted, addiction, facebook, media, myspace, social, social media, social network, social networking, tumblr, twitter
U.S. Government Silent on Tainted Products from Taiwan
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 16, 2011
Food sellers in the United States are choosing to remove certain Asian products from their shelves, for fear that they may be contaminated.
Categories: Asian, Health, International Affairs, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, food
Tags: dehp, fda, foodrecall, plasticizers, ranch99, song-yi, taintedfood, taiwan, walongmarketing
California Prison Overhaul: Justice Best Administered Local
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jun 16, 2011
California is on the brink of a massive overhaul of the criminal justice system. The changes could become a great model or a major disaster.
Categories: Economy, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: brown, California, criminal justice system, overcrowding, overhaul, prison, supreme court
Chinese Culture and the Politics of "Kung Fu Panda"
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 15, 2011
In the age of globalization, there’s a caveat that often rings true: You know your culture is a big hit when somebody else is trying to sell it back to you.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Chinese, International Affairs, Intersections, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, food
Tags: appropriation, china, chinese, critic, criticism, critics, culture, integration, kung fu, kung fu panda, panda, pho, rachael ray, steven spielberg, vietnamese
Reflections on Education: What I Learned From My Favorite Teacher
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Jun 15, 2011
One former San Francisco high school student recalls his favorite teacher, and reflects on the qualities that made him so effective.
Categories: Education, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: education, favorite, favorite teacher, group learning, high school, leon sultan, method, sfusd, teachers, teaching
NAACP Got It Right in Charter School Debate
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 14, 2011
No matter how well charters perform, the bitter reality is that public schools will always be the school of first and only choice for the vast majority of black and Latino students.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: BenjaminJealous, charterschools, NAACP, publiceducation, publicschools, teachersunions
2011 Dictionary of Slang: Bay Area Edition
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 14, 2011
Do you think you know all the local slang? Think again. Here's a list of words commonly used in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Categories: Media, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: bay, dictionary, oakland, san francisco, slang, urban
The True Cost of Oil: Revisiting the Conflict in the Niger Delta
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 13, 2011
As uprisings in the Middle East send the price of petroleum soaring, a symposium addressed the much higher price paid by the Ogoni people in Nigeria's long relationship with Shell Oil.
Categories: African, Environment, Front Page, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: americanuniversity, KenSaro-Wiwa, NigerDelta, Ogoni, Ogoniland, oilpollution, ShellOil
New CA Redistricting Maps "Worst-Case Scenario" for Latinos?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 11, 2011
Proposed maps fail to reflect Latino population growth in the state and could violate the U.S. Voting Rights Act, civil rights activists say.
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: california, communitiesofinterest, LAtinos, MALDEF, NALEO, redistricting
CA Budget: Cutting Student Data Systems Would Harm Parents, Educators
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jun 11, 2011
Governor Jerry Brown's proposed budget fails to recognize the importance of tracking student data.
Categories: Economy, Education, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: californiabudget, californiaschools, calpads, governorjerrybrown, publiceducation, schooldata
NAM Radio: Al Jazeera's Arab Spring Coverage, Redistricting Guide, Vietnamese American Lit, World Diets
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 10, 2011
New Show: Al Jazeera's Arab Spring coverage, a guide to redistricting and prison gerrymandering, Vietnamese American literature, and world diets.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Eye on Egypt , Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories, War & Conflict, food
Tags: al jazeera, arab, arab spring, around the world in 80 diets, bahrain, california, coverage, faith a'luisio, gerrymander, gerrymandering, isabelle thuy pelaud, middle east, north carolina, peter menzel, prison, prison gerrymandering, redistricting, reporting, reputation, syria, this is all i choose to tell, vietnamese american, what i eat
Barriers to Digital Diversity -- The Threat to Low-Power TV
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 10, 2011
Low-power TV gives communities their own channels in any language. But federal barriers are blocking the spread of this hyperlocal medium.
Categories: Front Page, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: congress, digitaldivide, fcc, lowpowertelevision
Niñeras y Empleadas Domesticas al Borde de Conseguir Derechos Básicos
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 09, 2011
Trabajadoras domésticas declararan sobre el sufrimiento que tuvieron que soportar durante años a manos de sus empleadores como niñeras.
Categories: Health, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, NAM en Español, Original NAM Content
Tags: derechoshumanos, mujeresunidasyactivas, namenespañol, trabajadorasdomesticas
All Despots Must Die: This Summer's Surefire Blockbuster
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 09, 2011
It's been years since a single Hollywood blockbuster has “owned” the summer box office. But fear not, ALL DESPOTS MUST DIE will revive the tradition.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: barack obama, blockbuster, despot, film, gaddafi, gadhafi, kissinger, michelle obama, mother teresa, screenplay, starring, summer
Next Steps for Ethnic Media -- Fighting for Low-Power TV
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 09, 2011
The local medium of low-power TV enables ethnic communities to have their own channels in any language. But LPTV has had to fight for its digital life.
Categories: Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: digitaldivide, fcc, lptv, media
Virginia's War of Maps: Immigrant Surge Challenges All-White Leadership
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 08, 2011
A suburban D.C. county known for its tough stance on immigration is being criticized for undercutting the voting power of its minority residents.
Categories: African American, Asian, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: latinovote2012, princewilliamcounty, redistriciting, virginianewmajority
Calif. Church at Forefront of Housing-Rights Battle Faces Foreclosure
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 08, 2011
Located in one of the epicenters of the California foreclosure crisis, Antioch Church Family could face the same fate as many members of its congregation.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Will Huma Abedin Remain Weiner's Good South Asian Wife?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 07, 2011
Will Congressman Anthony Weiner's Pakistani-Indian wife stand by her man in the wake of a sex scandal he has admitted to?
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: #weinergate, abedin, admits, admitted, anthony weiner, clinton, congress, good south asian wife, good wife, hillary, hillary clinton, huma abedin, indian, pakistan, pakistani, scandal, sex, south asian, syed zainul abedin, weiner, wife
Nannies and Housekeepers on Brink of Getting Basic Rights
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 07, 2011
California is on the verge of granting basic protections to domestic workers, a largely immigrant and female work force.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Health, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: ammiano, domesticworker, domesticworkersbill
Peru Election 2011: Peru’s Poor Make Their Voices Heard
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 07, 2011
In Peru, the poor have spoken, and leftist Ollanta Humala is their man for president.
Categories: International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: brasil, brazil, chavez, election, fujimori, humala, keiko, keiko fujimori, lula, ollanta, ollanta humala, peru, poor, poverty, presidency peruvian, president, venezuela, vote campaign
Ethnic Media Convene to Discuss Northern Virginia Redistricting Plan
New America Media, Photo Essay, Posted: Jun 06, 2011
Ethnic media gathered in D.C. to discuss a Virginia redistricting plan that would weaken the political power of ethnic communities, despite their growing numbers.
Categories: Ethnic Media in the News, Events, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Photo Galleries, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: ethnicmedia, hazeledney, newamericamedia, princewilliamcounty, redistricting, virginia, virginianewmajority, votingrightsact
A Mexican Poet’s March for Peace
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 06, 2011
After his son was killed, Mexican poet Javier Sicilia decided to lead marches across Mexico to call for an end to the drug war.
Categories: International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: JavierSicilia, mexicanpoet, mexicocityprotest, mexicoviolence, narcoviolence
Letter From Mexico: Amid the Drug Wars, a Stunning Economic Boom
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 06, 2011
At a time when the United States is confronting the possibility of a “double dip” recession, Mexico’s economy is expanding at the fastest pace in a decade.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Cancun, drugviolence, drugwars, economy, globalrecession, immigration, Mexico, Yucatan
Holder Does the Right Thing on Crack Cocaine
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 06, 2011
Attorney General Eric Holder has taken an important first—but not final—step toward ending injustice in cocaine-sentencing laws.
Tags: africanamericans, cocaine, crack, departmentofjustice, ericholder, sentencinglaws
Keiko Fujimori Loses Peru's Election, Remains Force to Be Reckoned With
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 05, 2011
Keiko Fujimori came close to becoming Peru’s first woman president, defying expectations as the multi-dimensionally diverse candidate.
Categories: International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: fujimori, internationalaffairs, latinamerica, peruelections, politics
Activist: U.S. Guns, Government Failures Threaten Mexico's Future
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 04, 2011
While Mexico and the U.S. have squandered billions fighting the war on drugs, the real culprits are American guns and Mexico’s failure to ensure the safety and education of its citizens, activist Javier Sicilia says.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Calderon, drugwars, GlobalExchange, guns, JavierSicilia, Mexico, U.S.
Beyond the Melting Pot: Immigrant American Cinema
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 04, 2011
In America's melting pot, sometimes the more “American” an institution is considered, the more it owes itself to decidedly un-melted immigrant sensibilities.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Chinese, Front Page, Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, South Asian
Tags: american, bicycle thief, chinese, culver city, empire of their own, entre nos, girl 27, giuseppe de santis, gloria la morte, hollywood, immigrant, iranian, luchino visconti, man push cart, mgm, ming ding, neal gabler, new york, pakistani, paola mendoza, ramin bahrani, shih-ching tsou, take out, vittorio de sica
Peru Election 2011: Democracy’s Faustian Choices
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 03, 2011
Sunday’s election in Peru will bring a Faustian bargain no matter who wins. The choices: economic prosperity without justice, versus social justice—with possible revolution.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, Indigenous, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: fujimori, hugochavez, humala, latinamerica, peruelections, politicalcorruption
No Evidence of an Iranian Bomb, Yet the Attacks on Iran Continue
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 03, 2011
Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter Seymour Hersh has once again created controversy with a New Yorker article debunking the evidence that Iran is building a nuclear weapon.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: IAEA, Institute for Science and International Security, InternationalAtomicEnergyAgency, Iran, Iranianbomb, ISIS, nuclearweapon, SeymourHersh
San Francisco's Own: Comedian Arj Barker
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 03, 2011
He made his name on the hit HBO comedy Flight of the Conchords, and now Arj Barker is back in his hometown of San Francisco for a few nights of stand up comedy.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, European, Immigration, Intersections, New America Now, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: arj barker, australia, background, born, californian, cobbs comedy club, comedian, comedy, dave, dutch, father, flight of the conchords, hbo, heritage, mother, parents, san francisco, sikh, singh, stand up
Across CA, Jails Not Ready to Relieve Prison Overcrowding
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 02, 2011
In the week since the U.S. Supreme Court ordered California to make drastic cuts in its prison population, one thing has become clear: Local jails are in no position to take tens of thousands of new inmates.
Categories: Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: jails, Jerry Brown, LosAngelesSheriff'sdepartment, prison overcrowding, prisonrealignment, SupremeCourt
NAM Radio: Blacks & Obama, Attractive Black Women, Tahoe, Kung Fu Panda, Arj Barker
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 02, 2011
New Show: Obama & the black community, controversial study about the attractiveness of black women, Tahoe's history, Kung Fu Panda's critics, comedian Arj Barker.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Chinese, Economy, Gender & Sexuality, Indigenous, International Affairs, New America Now, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: african american, arj barker, attractive, attractiveness, barack obama, black, black puppet, black women, comedian, comedy, cornel west, donner, flight of the conchords, kung fu, kung fu panda, lake tahoe, loretta ross, native american, panda, president, psychology today, satoshi kanazawa, sexism, singh, sistersong, tavis smiley, unattractiveness, women
South Korea to Fund Language Class in Bay Area Public School
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 02, 2011
A Northern California high school may soon offer new language classes besides Spanish and Chinese: Korean—thanks to the South Korean government.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Education, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: california, chinese, education, highschool, korea
California Childcare Cuts Extend Family Homelessness
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 01, 2011
Budget cuts to childcare programs by California Gov. Jerry Brown and legislators would harm homeless children and keep their families on the street.
Tags: budgetcuts, california, childcare, earlychildhooddevelopment, education, families, homelessyouth, jerrybrown