Memorial Day: A Time to Commemorate Mother Nature
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: May 30, 2010
Let's remember all those who have died for America and also let's reflect upon the environmental ravages brought about by war.
Categories: Environment, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: environment, memorial day, veterans, war
Immigrant Integration in the Spotlight
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 29, 2010
Four organizations won the Migration Policy Institute’s E Pluribus Unum Prizes that acknowledge outstanding immigrant integration initiatives.
Categories: Economy, Education, Immigration, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video
Tags: economy, immigration, jobs, migration, rights
Oil Spill is Not Obama's Katrina
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: May 26, 2010
The GOP’s political attack plan is crude: Compare the Gulf spill to Bush’s Katrina bumble, liken Obama to Bush. But the oil spill is a different mess than Katrina.
Categories: African American, Environment, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bp, gop, gulf oil spill, katrina, obama, republican
Holding Banks Responsible By Community Organizing
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 26, 2010
Advocates are asking customers to divest their money from banks that won't cease predatory lending practices and renegotiate mortgages.
Categories: Economy, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: banks, economy, foreclosures, protest
India Stocking up on Drones
Siliconeer, News Report, Posted: May 24, 2010
There has been a silent accretion by India of a fleet of reconnaissance and `killer’ Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), specifically aimed at neutralizing threats from Pakistan, and possibly China in future.
Categories: Economy, International Affairs, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: drones, india, Maoist UAV, pakistan
Former Detroit Mayor Tells His Story to the Black Press
Los Angeles Sentinel, News Report, Posted: May 24, 2010
Kwame Kilpatrick has faced a storm of controversies including a civil lawsuit, perjury and obstruction of justice charges that led to his ouster.
Categories: African American, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: black press, detroit, kwame kilpatrick, mayor, ouster
Chinese Find Pak Better Ally than India
Rediff.com, News Report, Posted: May 19, 2010
A new study shows the majority of Indians regard China as a friend and partner, On the other hand, most Chinese view Pakistan as a better partner than India,
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance, South Asian
New America Now: Between Two Worlds
New America Now, News Report, Posted: May 14, 2010
Roxana Saberi talks about her experience in an Iranian prison, Peter Hessler goes Country Driving in China.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Environment, Front Page, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, South Asian
Tags: car, china, consulate, earthquake, economy, human rights, indian, iran, prison, technology
Urban Natives Say Arizona Law Will Target Them
Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: May 13, 2010
Some Native Americans are worried about being targeted under Arizona's controversial new immigration law.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Indigenous, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: Arizona, immigration, mexicans, navajo, racial profiling, sb1070
All Politics Is Family in Philippines
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: May 13, 2010
In the Philippines' first election by automated ballot, one old practice persists -- the oligarchy that remains in power.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, International Affairs, Politics & Governance
Tags: aquino, Arroyo, philippine election, philippines
Life and Death on the Arizona Border
New America Media, Interview, Posted: May 13, 2010
Margaret Regan, author of “The Death of Josseline: Immigration Stories from the Arizona-Mexico Borderlands,”covered immigration for over a decade.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Economy, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arizona new law, border security, immigration, mexicans, ranchers, sb 1070, undocumented
Yalamanchili Upsets Krikorian in Ohio Congress Primary
India-West, News Report, Posted: May 12, 2010
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance, South Asian
Tags: democratic, nomination, ohio, wins, yalamanchili
Deadly Violence, Technical Bugs Mar Vote
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: May 12, 2010
Ten people died as a result of the technical issues with the vote counting machines.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Politics & Governance
Tags: death, Violence, votes technical
Immigrant Crime Wave a Myth
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: May 11, 2010
The main argument behind Arizona’s new law, SB 1070, is that the state’s presumed crime wave is linked to undocumented immigrants.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Urban Violence Brings Renewed Calls for National Guard Deployment
Final Call, News Report, Posted: May 11, 2010
The idea of coordinated military action to counteract gang related violent crime is not a new idea, however, it appears to be gaining traction among some lawmakers as the number of those killed in many cities across America continues to rise.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
California's Kids Falling Deeper into Poverty, Homelessness
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 10, 2010
Poverty from recession and home foreclosures is engulfing an ever-wider population of California's children, with analysts predicting that 27 percent of all kids will soon be living in families with incomes at the poverty level.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: children poverty homelessness california schwarzenneger calworks, safety net recession foreclosure
Counting SRO Residents in SF Chinatown Tests Census
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 09, 2010
For the U.S. Census, San Francisco’s Chinatown has been one of the most under-counted areas in the city because of the large number of single-room-occupancy hotels (SROs). But this year, with outreach efforts by the city, community organizations, ethnic media and schools, Chinatown has a relatively high census participation rate. NAM staff reporter/videographer Vivian Po looks at the challenges.
Categories: Asian, Immigration, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: chinatown tests census, san francisco, single room occupancy
Philippine Elections to Go Forward, Despite Computer Glitch
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 08, 2010
Regina Reyes of ABS-CBN International-The Filipino Channel explains why Filipino American voters don't want this Monday's presidential elections in the Philippines postponed -- despite technical malfunctions with the country's computerized voting machines.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Video
Tags: computerized voting machines, election, Filipino Americans, Filipino overseas absentee voters, Filipinos, Manny Villar, Noynoy Aquino, Philippine presidential elections, Philippines, Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
I Was Not a Victim of Age Discrimination at Work (Not)
The Unsilent Generation, Commentary, Posted: May 07, 2010
When I was fired by the new owners of the Village Voice in 2006, after working there for 30 years, it had nothing to do with age discrimination. At least, that’s what the official documents say.
Categories: Elders, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: age discrimination, u.s. supreme court, village voice, workplace
In Arizona, Al Sharpton Urges Civil Disobedience
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 06, 2010
Black civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton led a prayer vigil in Phoenix on Wednesday calling for mass civil disobedience against the state’s new anti-immigration law.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: Al Sharpton, Arizona, civil disobedience, immigration, sb1070
Is Iran a Nuclear Danger? Don’t Believe It!
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: May 05, 2010
In advance of this week’s UN Security Council Meeting on Nuclear Non-proliferation, Sec. of State Hillary Clinton seemed be gearing up for a fight, declaring on “Meet The Press” that Iran violates the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. But Clinton is mistaken. There is no proof whatever that Iran is engaged in nuclear weapons production.
Categories: International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Ahmadinejad, clinton, iran, nuclear enrichment, nuclear nonproliferation treaty, obama, united nations, uranium
Can a Democrat Win Sen. McCain's Seat in Arizona?
Hispanic Business, News Report, Posted: May 04, 2010
If Hayworth, 51, succeeds in convincing the conservative base that 73-year-old McCain is too liberal, the state will have a far-right candidate on the ticket at a time when Arizona's immigration law has made it the butt of jokes on late-night television.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: Arizona, arizona republicans, az, az election, JD Hayworth, mccain election
Prop 16: A PG&E Power Grab or Taxpayer Protection?
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: May 04, 2010
PG&E has spent $20 million pushing Proposition 16, which would stymie public power companies. The opposition has spent $31,000.
Categories: Environment, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: california business energy costs, pg&e, proposition 16, public utility
Arizona Dumped Racial Profiling Back on the Nation’s Table
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 04, 2010
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and the legislature legislature did something that civil rights leaders couldn’t do: they dumped profiling back on the nation’s table.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: Arizona, bush, civil liberties, immigration, jan brewer, obama, racial profiling, u.s. supreme court
Immigration Leaders' Arrests Spotlight May Day Protest
New America Media, Video, Posted: May 03, 2010
On May 1, immigrants rights supporters converged on Washington, D.C., to call for comprehensive immigration reform. Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez was among a dozen people arrested during the protest. Esther Gentile has this video report.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Video
Tags: immigration reform, luis gutierrez, may day protest, obama
Black GOP Candidates Burdened by Weighty Millstones
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 03, 2010
The 32 black Republicans running for House seats in the fall comprise a historic high. Though they say there are running to win, but they have some of the weightiest millstones around their political necks that any candidates could have.
Categories: African American, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: black republicans, clinton, george bush, michael steele, obama