After Housekeeper Revelation—Where Do Latinos Stand on Whitman?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 30, 2010
An undocumented woman claims the GOP candidate knowingly hired her to clean her house for nine years. What might it mean for the November election?
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: california, comments, election, jerry brown, meg whitman, prop187, voters
Politicians Overlook Ethnic Media in Washington State
New America Media/SeeBeez.com, News Report, Posted: Sep 30, 2010
More than 20 percent of Washington residents are members of minority groups, but just 0.7 percent of political advertising dollars go to ethnic media.
Tags: ethnic media, fundraising, midterm, politics, seattle, voters, votes, washington
The Conversation with Roy and Rodriguez: Satirists and the Left
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 30, 2010
Essayist Richard Rodriguez and radio host Sandip Roy discuss whether the left is finding its voice again through satirists like Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.
Categories: Immigration, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video
Tags: colbert, comedy, fox, immigration, left, media, richard rodriguez, right, sandip roy, stewart
Calif. Bill Could Generate Billions to Help Cope With Climate Change
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 29, 2010
AB 1405 would use revenues generated under the state's pioneering climate-change law to help vulnerable communities adapt to heat waves and other extreme weather.
Categories: Economy, Environment, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: AB1405, AB32, climatechange, greenhousegasemissions, Schwarzenegger
Countdown in Arizona: Todos Somos Raza Studies
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 29, 2010
If Arizona State Schools Superintendent Tom Horne has his way, Mexican American Studies will cease to exist.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Education, Front Page, Immigration, Politics & Governance
Tags: Arizona, education, ethnic studies, raza
Backed Into Corner by GOP, Obama Ramps Up Electronic Snooping
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 29, 2010
Proposed regulations would give government and law enforcement agencies greater access to Americans' private email.
Categories: African American, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: bush, election, gop, obama, patriotic act, surveillance
Fed-Up Stockton Homeowners Seek Foreclosure Help from HUD
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 28, 2010
Four of the 10 U.S. cities with the highest rates of home foreclosures are in the Central Valley, with Stockton currently ranking a dismal No. 5.
Categories: African American, Economy, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: california, central valley, crisis, economy, homeowners, housing, hud, stockton
Black Leaders Call Out Paladino
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Sep 28, 2010
New York state’s Black leaders released a statement after last Tuesday's primary addressing a new enemy: the Republican candidate for governor.
Categories: African American, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Will Obama Voters Abandon Him?
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Sep 28, 2010
If opinion polls are accurate, an increasing number of voters are jumping ship and abandoning President Barack Obama.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance
Tags: democrats, obama, polls, republicans, voters
After 20 Years in Jail, Torture Cop Accuser Set Free
Final Call , News Report, Posted: Sep 28, 2010
Despite the lost years, Victor Safforld said he is not going to waste any time being bitter. Instead, he wants to become a community activist.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: burge, chicago, jail, torture, victor safforld
1 in 7 Americans Now Living in Poverty
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Sep 28, 2010
The ranks of the working-age poor climbed to the highest level since the 1960s as the recession threw millions of people out of work last year.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Front Page, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance
The Conversation with Roy and Rodriguez: Great Walls and Glass Ceilings
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 26, 2010
What does the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border mean for the American Dream? And what about an Indian American's dream to go to Congress from Kansas?
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories, Video
Tags: American Dream, border, immigration fence, midterm elections, Politics
Mossad at the Door?
Aramica, News Report, Posted: Sep 26, 2010
A former CIA officer claims that Mossad agents have been posing as U.S. intelligence agents to Arabs and Muslims in New York and New Jersey.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Obama Appoints Five Asian Americans to Key Posts
Asian Week, News Report, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
Obama announced his plans to appoint two female Laotian Americans to key administration posts.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: indianobama, laotianobama, Obama appointees, obamaappointees, obamaasian
19 Filipinos Win in Hawaii Primaries
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
A Filipino American is the Republican Party's nominee for lieutenant governor of Hawaii.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: asiancandidates, asianrepublicans, filipino, filipinocandidates, hawaii, primaryelections
Parts of Mexico Show Signs of ‘Failed State’
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
For two months, a dozen cities in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas have had no acting mayor. Eight of the mayors were killed; others disappeared or fled.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: failedstate, mexico, mexicocartels, mexicofailedstate, mexicoviolence, narcotraffic, narcoviolence
Dream Killers—a Message to Latino Voters
El Diario/La Prensa, Editorial, Posted: Sep 23, 2010
An editorial in El Diario/La Prensa calls on Latino voters to remember that Republicans killed the DREAM Act.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: DREAMact, dreamact, dreamactvote, latinovoters
China Warns of Further Action If Japan "Clings to Mistake"
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Sep 23, 2010
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao warned of further action if Japan does not release the illegally detained Chinese fishing captain.
Categories: Chinese, International Affairs, Politics & Governance
Tags: China, Chinese captain, DiaoYu Islands, earth metals, fishing boat, Japan, Senkaku Islands, Wen Jiabao
Latino Voters Deserting Brown, But Governor's Race Still Tied
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 23, 2010
Republican Meg Whitman's ad blitz on Spanish-language media—largely unanswered by Brown—has narrowed his lead among Latinos to just 3 percentage points.
Categories: Front Page, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Polls, Top Stories
Tags: California, governor, JerryBrown, Latinovoters, MegWhitman
Who Is to Blame for DREAM Act’s Defeat?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 22, 2010
With the Republican Party shifting right on many issues ahead of the November races, immigration was no exception.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: cir, DREAMAct, dreamact, dreamactvote, immigrationreform
Sarah Palin Plays Race Card (Without Mentioning Race)
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 21, 2010
Sarah Palin is the latest in politicians who pretend to be color-blind but stoke racial fires by speaking in code.
Tags: Obama, race, race card, Sarah palin, Tea Party
Civil Rights Activist Revealed As FBI Informant
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2010
According to a report by Democracy Now, Ernest Withers worked closely with the FBI to monitor civil rights activists during the 1960s
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: civil rights, ernest withers, fbi, informant, photography
Three Indian Americans Named to AAPI Panel
Asianweek.com, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2010
Three Indian-Americans have been named to the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
Categories: Politics & Governance, South Asian
Tags: indian americans, names AAPI panel, obama
Videotaped Beating by Philadelphia Police Stirs Storm of Protest
San Francisco Bayview, Video, Posted: Sep 20, 2010
A video showing Philadelphia police officers beating a man for two minutes has taken the Internet by storm.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Politics & Governance
Tags: askia sabur, beating, police, videotape, west philadelphia
Illegal But Not Criminal—Calif. Gov Candidates Don't Get It
ChicoSol, Commentary, Posted: Sep 17, 2010
“Alicia” and 700,000 others in her position are at the mercy of politics. But in California, Jerry Brown has been MIA on the subject, even as Meg Whitman supports deporting them all.
Categories: Education, Front Page, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Unclaimed Millions in Tax-Credit Refunds Hurt California County
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2010
Residents in one California county fail to file for Earned Income Tax Credit—and lose big-time for their families and the local economy.
Categories: Economy, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Filipino Vets Still Fighting for World War II Benefits From U.S.
LA Beez , News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2010
Provisions in Obama's stimulus package come up short for thousands who have outstanding claims and challenges on documentation.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Veterans
Judge Hears Arguments for Moving Trial in Chauncey Bailey Case
Chauncey Bailey Project, News Report, Posted: Sep 15, 2010
A change-of-venue hearing in the murder case of journalist Chauncey Bailey began Tuesday after months of delays.
Categories: African American, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: black muslim bakery, chauncey bailey, oakland, trial, yusef bey iv
HUD Funding to Local Governments Looks to Curb Foreclosures
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Sep 15, 2010
The department’s $1 billion contribution will be the third round of funding through HUD’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Politics & Governance
Tags: finding, hud, neighborhood stabilization program, one billion, prince george’s county
Blame GOP, Not Obama, for Poverty Surge
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Sep 15, 2010
Conservatives predictably wasted no time in dumping the blame for the spike in the poverty rolls in America on President Obama.
Categories: African American, Economy, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Are Today’s Conservatives Upholding Their Own Historic Principles?
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Sep 14, 2010
Fifty years later, the principles set forth by William F. Buckley's conservative movement contradict what Republicans have actually done when in power.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: college, conservatives, GOP, party politics, Republican, Sharon Statement, young
Foreign Investors Loan Money for Green Cards
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Sep 14, 2010
A $120 million expansion of New York's Brooklyn Navy Yard will take advantage of an immigration investment program that permits foreign investors to loan money for government-approved projects in exchange for a green card.
Categories: Chinese, Economy, Front Page, Immigration, International Affairs, Politics & Governance
Tags: Chinese, EB-5, green cards, immigrants, immigration, Investors, New York, US Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services
Background Checks Under Fed Scrunity
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Sep 13, 2010
With millions of adults having criminal records, a growing number of job seekers are being weeded out by criminal background checks.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: background, census. discrimination, check, criminal, records
Bay Area Vets Cheer Ruling Against "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 10, 2010
Federal judge calls military policy on gays and lesbians unconstitutional
Categories: African American, Asian, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories, Veterans
Tags: don't ask, don't tell, gay and lesbian, military, unconstitutional
Obama: Mexico Is No Colombia
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Sep 10, 2010
President Barack Obama yesterday dismissed the comparison Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made between Mexico and Colombia.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: clintonmexico, drugcartels, mexicancartels, mexicocolombia, narcoviolence, obamamexico
Florida Pastor Backs Off Burning Koran, Muslims Still Feel the Hate
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 09, 2010
To many, the takeaway from this episode will be that Americans hate Islam. But another lesson is that in many ways, Arabs, Muslims, and Americans are the same.
Categories: Immigration, Intersections, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: arab, burn, Koran, Muslim, terry jones
Black-American Muslims Speak Out Against Intolerance
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Sep 09, 2010
The members of the Coalition of African American Muslims urge a rejection of anti-Islam hatred and religious intolerance.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories
The Rising Tide of Maoists in India
Siliconeer, Commentary, Posted: Sep 07, 2010
Horrific socio-economic disparity, marginalization, and a lack of peaceful avenues to agitate for redressal are helping the threat of Maoist/Naxal violence grow.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Defecting Black Vote Spells Big Trouble for Democrats
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 05, 2010
The newest Gallup poll found that black voters are poised to desert the voting booth en masse in November, and the GOP smells political blood.
Categories: African American, Featured Columnists, News, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
The Ethnic Cleansing of American Ethnic Studies
International Examiner, Commentary, Posted: Sep 04, 2010
Arizona is home to HB 2281, a law that will effectively ban ethnic studies programs in that state.
Tags: arizona, arizonaimmigrants, college, education, ethnic studies, racism
Refugees From Arizona Find Shelter in Albuquerque Church
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 03, 2010
Undocumented people fleeing from Arizona have found a community that has embraced them, regardless of their immigration status.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, church, immigration, new mexico, SB 1070
ICE Comes Clean—S.F., Other Cities Can Opt Out of S-COMM After All
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 02, 2010
Memo lays out procedures for local jurisdictions that don't want to comply with the federal program, but no one knows how the process would really work.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, News, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: ICE, immigration, S-COMM, SanFrancisco
SCHOOL MATTERS: Giving Parents Access to Teacher Ratings: What’s There to Hide?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 01, 2010
The L.A. Times released much needed data on how well 6,000 teachers in L.A. have improved student performance.
Categories: Education, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: californiaeducation, education, grade, los angeles, parents, teachers, test
The Conversation—Roy and Rodriguez on Ground Zero
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 01, 2010
Richard Rodriguez and Sandip Roy discuss the controversy over the mosque/community center near Ground Zero.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video
Tags: ground zero, islam, religion, richard rodriguez