"It's A Wonderful Occupation": Occupy Resolutions for 2012
Silicon Valley De-Bug, Video, Posted: Dec 31, 2011
In San Jose, California, Occupy protesters were asked: What is your resolution for Occupy in 2012?
Categories: Front Page, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Video, Youth Culture
Soda is Like Crack
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Dec 31, 2011
In Richmond, Calif., consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks like soda presents as much of a threat to community health as illegal narcotics.
Categories: African American, Health, Latino, Original NAM Content, Richmond Pulse, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: obesity, richmond, sodatax, sugarsweetenedbeverages
By Nature, Youth Need Second Chances, Not Incarceration
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Dec 31, 2011
Imprisonment as punishment for youth makes zero sense, when considering the way their brains develop.
Categories: Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: juvenilejustice, youthjustice
Coming Out Twice
New America Media / Salon.com, First Person, Posted: Dec 30, 2011
A young Cambodian from Long Beach finds solace in his father, who accepts him as gay.
Categories: Asian, Collaborative Reporting, Gender & Sexuality, Original NAM Content, Profiles, South Asian, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Dying to Live a Lie: How Symbol Replaced Substance in the Black Community
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Dec 30, 2011
Violence caused by the re-release of Air Jordan sneakers shows how far society has fallen under the spell of hollow status symbols.
Categories: African American, Economy, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: airjordan, jordans, jordanshoes, michaeljordan, nike, shoethieves
It's Easier to Be Gay Than Undocumented
New America Media / Salon.com, First Person, Posted: Dec 29, 2011
For one young man from the Bay Area, there is less comfort in being undocumented than there is in being gay.
Categories: Collaborative Reporting, Gender & Sexuality, Latino, Original NAM Content, Profiles, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Iraq: The End of a War, and the Reaffirmation of U.S. Exceptionalism
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 29, 2011
The end of the Iraq War should have been the most significant event of 2011, yet it came and went with little fanfare.
Categories: International Affairs, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: iraqicasualties, iraqwar, u.s.exceptionalism, wariniraq
In Az., Push to Revive Mexican Midwifery
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 28, 2011
In Arizona, undocumented mothers are finding solace, and much needed prenatal care, in the growing number of traditional Mexican midwives.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Health, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, healthcare, immigration, mexico, midwife, prenatalcare, sb1070
Coming Out: How I Lost Myself at Church and Found Myself in a Jail Cell
New America Media / Salon.com, First Person, Posted: Dec 27, 2011
For a young Samoan from San Jose, coming to terms with her homosexuality was complicated by culture, family and religion.
Categories: Asian, Collaborative Reporting, Gender & Sexuality, Indigenous, Original NAM Content, Profiles, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: churchoflatterdaysaints, comingout, gay, lesbian, LGBT, mormonchurch, oceania, oneloveoceania
Mom Finally Became Ally for Gay Daughter
New America Media / Salon.com, First Person, Posted: Dec 26, 2011
After years of dancing awkwardly around the issue of homosexuality, a mother becomes an ally to her gay daughter.
Categories: African American, Collaborative Reporting, Gender & Sexuality, Original NAM Content, Profiles, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: bisexual, coming out, gay, lesbian, LGBT
Democratic Election in China Through One Student's Eyes
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 26, 2011
The experience of free election stirred hope and ultimately disappointed the writer, who is a student at Beijing University.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: campaign, candidates, china, democratic, election, government, independent, social media, student
Top 10 Immigration Stories of 2011
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 24, 2011
A look at New America Media's top immigration stories of the year.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
The Dismantling of Joe Arpaio
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 23, 2011
America’s toughest sheriff seemed unstoppable, but what critics call his “reign of terror” may be coming to an end.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: arpaio, arpaiohearings, arpaioinvestigation, arpaioracialprofiling, arpaiosexscandal
“Tax Holiday” News Coverage Misses Democrats’ Social Security Breach
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 23, 2011
As Washington’s Democrats claim victory in extending the payroll tax cut, most media failed to report on a better way to help middle-class Americans.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: payrolltaxcut, socialsecurity, taxcut
Teachers Struggle to Feed Hungry Students in Order to Teach
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 23, 2011
We do what we can because we realize that even with the economic uncertainty we cannot afford to see our students fail.
Categories: Economy, Education, Growing Up Poor in the Bay Area, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture, food
Tags: california, classroom, education, educators, food, hunger, meals, nutrition, poverty, students, teachers
‘Opium Nation’ -- The Women of Afghanistan’s Drug Trade
New America Media, Video, Posted: Dec 23, 2011
Fariba Nawa’s new book, “Opium Nation,” tells the stories of the drug trade of Afghanistan and the women who are caught in the middle.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Multimedia, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video, War & Conflict
Tags: afghanistan, afghanwomen, conflict, FaribaNawa, iraq, opiumnation, war, womenimmigrants
Rihanna Slams Dutch Magazine for Using N-Word
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 22, 2011
Pop singer Rihanna has started an international dialogue in social media, asking the question, "Are the Dutch that racist?"
Tags: nword, rihanna, rihannadutch, rihannadutchmagazine, rihannaracist
Forgetting the Iraq War
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 22, 2011
Our troops are barely out of Iraq, and we can’t wait to move on. It’s as if Americans have a collective will to forget.
Categories: Featured Columnists, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: endofthewar, iraqvietnam, iraqwar, wariniraq
Russia's Ban on Bhagavad Gita Incenses Indians
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Dec 21, 2011
The Russian archbishop who tried to malign Lord Krishna and the Indian sacred text, the Bhagavad Gita, should have known that hell hath no fury like 885 million Hindus scorned.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: ban, Bhagavad gita, india, indians, new delhi, orthodox, religion, russia
San Francisco’s Hellman Paved the Way for “Chinese City”
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 21, 2011
Business, civic and cultural leader Warren Hellman is being mourned for his efforts to establish San Francisco as the “Chinese City.”
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Immigration, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
After Iraq -- US Abandons Engagement for War on Tyrants
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 20, 2011
The Iraq War may well never be over since its objective of regime change continues to dictate U.S. foreign policy and spawn endless conflicts.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: afghanistan, assassination, bush, drones, engagement, hussein, invasion, iraq, korea, obama, pakistan, roosevelt, truman, war
Mental Health Taboos Fuel Korean Am. Suicides
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Dec 19, 2011
Taboos against openly discussing issues of mental health and a cultural fixation with success could be behind the high rate of suicides in the Korean American community.
Categories: Asian, Health, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Jean Yoo, Korean American, mental health, spike, suicides, taboo
Fears of Instability After N. Korean Leader's Death
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 18, 2011
North Korea’s reclusive leader Kim Jong-il has died, leaving the peninsula and the East Asia region on bated breath.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: china, kimjongil, kimjongun, korea, northkorea
Cuts Threaten Gains in Attendance and Achievement
New America Media/ El Mensajero, News Report, Posted: Dec 15, 2011
At James Lick Middle School in San Francisco, the loss of two bilingual counselors threatens gains in student attendance and achievement.
Categories: Collaborative Reporting, Education, Ethnic Media Network, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Bita Nazarian, budget cut, James Lick, Latino counselors, QEIA, San Francisco Unified School District, SFUSD
The Incredible Shrinking State Dollars for K-12 Schools
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 14, 2011
State funding for California's K-12 public schools has fallen to the 1990 level, resulting in a 6 percent spending reduction per student.
Categories: Education, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
An Epidemic of Expulsions
iWatch News, News Feature, Posted: Dec 13, 2011
Kern County is at the leading edge of a contentious debate over where to draw the line in exacting school discipline, after the Central Valley's school districts are suspending and expelling students for a broad range of indiscretions. This piece first ran on iWatch News, a project of The Center for Public Integrity.
Categories: African American, Education, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: bullied, discipline, expulsions, parents, safety, school, teachers
After Multiple Suspensions, Fresno Student Hit Rock Bottom
New America Media, Video, Posted: Dec 13, 2011
A Fresno student shoulders the blame for her suspensions, but believes the schools could have done more to support her.
Categories: Collaborative Reporting, Education, Original NAM Content, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: expulsions, fresno, fresnounifiedschooldistrict, schooldiscipline, suspensions, zerotolerance
Got Insurance? Calif. Program Helps Some Denied Due to Pre-existing Conditions
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 12, 2011
A new health reform program in California is aiding some patients once denied insurance due to prior health conditions before federal protections kick in in 2014.
Categories: Health, Intersections, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: AffordableCareAct, healthcarereform preexisting conditions, low enrollment
Children’s “Wish for the Holidays” - Keep Our Families Together
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 12, 2011
Over 5,000 children nationwide sent letters to Congress last week calling for more humane deportations than current policies harming children and their families.
Categories: Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: alfranken, congress, deportation, herbertkohl, immigration, youthculture
UC Davis Students Recall 'Terror' of Being Pepper Sprayed
New America Media, Video, Posted: Dec 10, 2011
Student protestors at UC Davis describe their experience being pepper sprayed by campus police at a recent rally calling for the resignation of the school's chancellor.
Categories: Education, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: 1stamendement, education, lindakatehi, occupy, pepperspray, protest, ucdavis, universityofcalifornia
Sikhs Shocked by Unprovoked Fresno Attack
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 09, 2011
A bloody attack on a 56-year-old Sikh preacher in the city of Fresno last week has rattled the local Sikh community.
Categories: Front Page, Original NAM Content, Religion, South Asian
Tags: california, fresno, hatecrime, racism, sikh
As Denver Reviews Deportations, Families Left in Limbo
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 09, 2011
A new pilot program in Denver aimed at screening out "low-priority" deportation cases leaves a number of undocumented immigrants in legal limbo.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: denver, deportation, elections, hispanic, ice, immigration, latino, obama, scomm
Plan B Pill Restrictions Dangerous for Young Latinas
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 09, 2011
The FDA's decision to maintain restrictions on access to over-the-counter contraception reinforces a harmful climate that leaves Latina youth without options.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Health, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: contraception, FDA, latino, morningafter, planb
Geography of the San Francisco Bay Area’s Dope Game
Richmond Pulse, News Report, Posted: Dec 09, 2011
San Francisco Bay Area youth and police map out the region’s drug preferences – and link the results to health risks and violence.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Richmond Pulse, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: bayarea, crime, drugabuse, richmondcalifornia, sanfrancisco, violence, youth
After Recall, Arizona Considers Humane Treatment of Immigrants
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 08, 2011
Leaders of November’s recall of Arizona Senator Russel Pearce, who authored the state’s harsh anti-immigrant law, are urging passage of the humane Mesa Compact.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: alabama, arizona, immigration, mesa, russelpearce, sb1070, utahcompact
Occupy Oakland Takes on Foreclosure Crisis
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 08, 2011
Oakland protesters joined national Occupy Our Homes day by taking over foreclosed homes and calling for banks and mortgage lenders to start playing fair.
Categories: African American, Economy, Elders, Intersections, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: affordablehousing, africanamericans, fanniemae, foreclosures, occupyoakland, subprimemortgages
When Schools Tolerate Violence, For Money
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 07, 2011
Disciplinary action against unruly or violent students often gets trumped by concerns about school funding, creating a dangerous environment for both students and teachers.
Categories: Education, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: education, expulsion, sanfrancisco, schools, suspension, teachers, zerotolerance
UC Davis Pepper Spraying Should Bring “Zero Tolerance” for Brutal Policing
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 07, 2011
After UC Davis police pepper sprayed peaceful Occupiers, the university hired a company to investigate—associated with brutal policing from L.A. to Baghdad.
Categories: Law & Justice, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: altegrity, Occupy UC Davis, pepperspray, williambratton, zerotolderance
SC Edison, Tribes Fight Over Revenues from Shuttered Coal Power Plant
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 06, 2011
Navajo and Hopi leaders petitioned California regulators to distribute proceeds from the ongoing sale of pollution credits to fund tribal-owned renewable energy projects.
Categories: Environment, Indigenous, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: carboncredits, coal, energy, environment, hopi, indiancountry, navajo, reservation, southerncaliforniaedison, triballand
With Cain Out, Turn the Glare on Gingrich’s Racial Skeletons
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Dec 06, 2011
The rise of Newt Gingrich as the GOP front-runner should alert the nation to his history of thinly veiled race bigotry.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: birthers, gopcandidates, hermancain, mittromney, newtgingrich, obama, racebaiting, racialbigotry
Older Chinese Riled by Proposed SF Bag Fee
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 05, 2011
A proposal to extend a ban on single use plastic bags to all businesses in San Francisco has some in the Chinese community worried.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Elders, Environment, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: chinatown, chinese, davidlee, economy, environment, mirkarimi, plasticbags, sanfrancisco
Has Western Media Overhyped Divide Between Egyptian Copts, Muslims?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Dec 05, 2011
Some Egyptians say Western media reports have focused too much on the divisions between Coptic Christians and Muslims in their country.
Categories: African, Eye on Egypt , Front Page, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content
Tags: arabspring, copticchristians, egypt, egyptianelections, islamicbrotherhood, masperomassacre, mubarak
Study: Elder Abuse a Serious Problem for Chinese Seniors
Sing Tao Daily , News Report, Posted: Dec 04, 2011
The growing problem of elder abuse has special dimensions for Chinese elders, researchers in Chicago found in a five-year study.
Categories: Chinese, Elders, Fellowships, Front Page, Health, Original NAM Content
Tags: chineseamericanservicealliance, elderabuse, gerontologicalsocietyofamerica, journalofagingandhealth
Burmese Refugees in Oakland Living in Extreme Poverty
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 02, 2011
A report released by researchers at San Francisco State University shows a majority of Oakland's Burmese refugee community is living in extreme poverty.
Categories: Asian, Health, Immigration, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: aungsansukyi, burma, clinton, democracy, myanmar, poverty, refugees
Food Aid Can Change North Korea
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 02, 2011
A humanitarian aid worker who spent five years in North Korea says food aid can bring positive change to the country.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: eastasia, famine, foodaid, hunger, korea, northkorea, unitednations, worldfoodprogram
HIV Positive Women in Oakland Demand, “Count Us In”
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 01, 2011
On World AIDS Day in Oakland, women of color rallied to emphasize the need for equity in treatment and prevention services.
Categories: Health, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: AIDS, HIV, positivewomensnetwork, womenorganizedtorespondtolifethreateningdiseases, worldaidsday
Study: Recession Hits Low-Income, Older, Ethnic Women Workers Hardest
Redwood Age, News Report, Posted: Dec 01, 2011
Older low-income workers—especially blacks, Latinos and women—have four-times the unemployment rate of affluent seniors, says new research.
Categories: African American, Economy, Elders, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: economy, elders, employment, jobs, labormarket, recession
'Naptime Activism': Mommy Blogger Tackles Immigration Debate
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 01, 2011
Mother and activist Elisa Batista found time during her children's naps to take on one of the nation's thorniest issues: immigration.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: activism, dailykos, DREAMAct, facebook, hispanic, immigration, mothers, parenthood, socialmedia, timdonnelly, twitter