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
Why Obama Still Says No to Gay Marriage
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 30, 2011
Obama has been the best friend that gays have ever had in the White House, but his position on gay marriage is still evolving.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: gay, gay marriage, gays, homosexual, marriage, obama, president
D.C. Council Scandals Disgust Residents
The Washington Informer, News Report, Posted: Jun 30, 2011
The ethical cloud that envelopes D.C. City Council members has left the public disappointed and disgusted.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance
GOP Now Believes Obama Is Beatable in 2012
AFRO, News Report, Posted: Jun 30, 2011
More GOP candidates have been encouraged to enter the 2012 presidential race with the country still reeling from recession.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Politics & Governance
Tags: 2012, candidates, economic recovery, GOP, presidential race
Murder, Corruption and Katrina—Cops on Trial in the Big Easy
The Root, News Report, Posted: Jun 29, 2011
The trial of five New Orleans policemen for killing blacks in the wake of Hurricane Katrina exposes widespread corruption in the city's justice system.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Network, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bigeasy africanamericans, criminaljustice, harryconnick, hurricanekatrina, murder, neworleanstrial, policecorruption, racerelations
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
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
In CA and Other States, Black Migration Alters the Political Landscape
America's Wire, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 28, 2011
In Los Angeles and other large cities, the exodus of middle-class blacks could have a major impact on state and local redistricting and elections.
Categories: African American, Collaborative Reporting, Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: 2010Census, African-Americans, California, citizens redistricting commission, LosAngeles, reapportionment, redistricting
Federal Judges Block Parts of GA, IN Immigration Laws
Mundo Hispánico, News Report, Posted: Jun 27, 2011
A federal court blocked parts of Georgia’s immigration law, which is set to go into effect July 1.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: gaimmigrationlaw, georgiaimmigrationlaw, georgialatinos, hb87
New Orleans Activists Say It's Time for a Whole New Political Map
NOLA Beez/New Orleans Agenda, News Report, Posted: Jun 27, 2011
The plan—discussed at a community gathering organized by New America Media last week—would create seven single-member districts instead of the current five.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: neworleans, redistricting
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
NALEO: Latino Vote to Exceed 12.2 Million in 2012 Elections
EFE, News Report, Posted: Jun 24, 2011
The Latino vote is expected to exceed 12.2 million in the 2012 elections, according to a study released by NALEO.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: hispanicvote, hispanicvote2012, latinovote, latinovote2012, NALEO
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
Grieving Dad to Meet President Calderon
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 23, 2011
A caravan of anti-violence protesters, led by poet Javier Sicilia, appears finally to have gotten the ear of Mexico’s president.
Categories: International Affairs, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Calderon, corruption, drugs, Javier Sicilia, Juarez, Mexico, murders
Another Admission 'War on Drugs' Has Failed
The Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jun 23, 2011
The war on drugs has failed and international policymakers need to implement reforms now, urged a commission of world leaders.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: drugs, policy makers, reforms, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, war
The Afghan Drawdown Is Long, Long Overdue
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 22, 2011
President Obama told the nation today that there will be a drawdown of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.
Categories: International Affairs, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Afghanistan, drawdown, military presence, no purpose, Obama, self-determination, troops
McCain Fiddles While Arizona Burns
Al Día, Editorial, Posted: Jun 22, 2011
An editorial in Philadelphia's Al Día takes on Sen. John McCain for attempting to blame the Arizona wildfires on undocumented immigrants.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arizonafires, arizonafiresillegal, ArizonaLatinos, arizonawildfire, johnmccainarizona
Redistricting Black Political Survival
Los Angeles Sentinel, News Report, Posted: Jun 22, 2011
Redistricting is one of the fundamental "deciders" of who gets to represent the community (district) in the Congress (House of Representatives only); the state Senate, the state Assembly and the state Board of Equalization.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: Board of Equalization, Congress, redistricting, state
Audit Finds That Tucson’s Ethnic Studies Program Is Legal
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jun 22, 2011
Independent audit conducted for Tucson Unified School District finds that ethnic studies program is perfectly legal—even as the district's superintendent orders program shut down.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Education, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Indigenous, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: ethnicstudies, LaRaza, Tucsonpublicschools
Sen. Menendez Re-introduces Comprehensive Immigration Reform
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jun 22, 2011
Senator Robert Menendez is re-introducing a comprehensive immigration reform bill.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: cir, comprehensiveimmigrationreform, menedezimmigrationreform
The Ugly Politics Behind Alabama's Harsh New Anti-Immigrant Law
Equal Voice Newspaper, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 22, 2011
The new GOP-sponsored law targets children; turns educators, business owners, landlords and citizens into immigration officers; and punishes anyone caught hiring, housing or even giving a car ride to an undocumented person.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Asian, Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Alabama, anti-immigrationlaw, Arizona, e-verify, education, GOP, MickyHammon, undocumentedimmigrants
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
Brutal Racial Attacks Haven't Stopped in "Post-Racial" America
The Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jun 20, 2011
As candidates from both parties line up to unseat President Barack Obama in 2012, some in the Black community are being forced to face the reality that race relations in America have not improved.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Politics & Governance
Tags: Black Community, improvement, race relations
Black Republican Candidate Cain Resists Being Labeled “African American”
AFRO, News Report, Posted: Jun 20, 2011
One presidential candidate’s perspective on race has ignited commentary and discussion about racial identity and its importance in the 2012 race.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Politics & Governance
Tags: 2012, candidate, Herman Cain, identity, presidential, racial
A Community Visit by Mexican President Calderon
La Oferta, News Report, Posted: Jun 20, 2011
President Calderon addressed four main topics; the socio-economic condition of Mexican nationals living in the U.S.; jobs and the economy inside Mexico; immigration; and the drug cartels and corruption.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: calderon, california, drugs, mexico, san jose, stanford
Bill to Improve Access to Demographics Advances to Cal. Senate
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: Jun 19, 2011
Bill to improve access to demographics advances to Senate
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: Bill to improve access to demographics advances to Senate, California, race, relations
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
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
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
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
CNN's Education Guru Faces Backyard Backlash
Hartford Guardian, Commentary, Posted: Jun 15, 2011
Steve Perry is facing growing fire in his adopted hometown for his pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps message.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: black people., cnn, education, hartford co., principles, steve perry
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
Latinos Divided on Obama and Immigration
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jun 14, 2011
Although Latino support for President Obama has increased, 42 percent think his administration should have given higher priority to immigration reform.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: DREAM, impremediapoll, latinodecisions, latinosimmigration, latinovote2012, latinovoters
How Cops Turn "Stop and Frisk" Into "Stop and Arrest"
The Root, News Report, Posted: Jun 13, 2011
Justice-reform advocates want young black and brown men to avoid being tricked by police into emptying their pockets—often leading to arrest for marijuana possession.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: IJJRA, marijuana, NewYorkpolice, NYPD, potarrests, stopandfrisk
World Bank: Hillary Rumors and History of Disastrous Policies
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 12, 2011
No matter who runs the World Bank it won’t change the troubling fact that its policies have done more harm than good for poor nations and their people.
Categories: Economy, International Affairs, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: clinton, disastrous, earl ofari hutchinson, hillary, hillary clinton, policy, president, rumor, rumors, third world, world bank
Growing Redistricting Battle: Where Should Inmates Be Counted?
America's Wire/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 12, 2011
Activists are trying to persuade state legislatures to change how they count prisoners in the census and redistricting—from where they are incarcerated, as is the standard practice, to where they last lived.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: 2010census, 2020Census, California, DaleHo, NAACP, NewJersey, NewYork, prison-basedgerrymandering, prisons, redistricting
"No One Can Do This Alone": How an Immigrant Family Beat Deportation
New America Media/Silicon Valley De-Bug, Video, Posted: Jun 12, 2011
Jeysson Minota, a permanent legal resident, spent four years in and out of detention over a vandalism charge.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: AlbertCobarrubiasJusticeProject, deportation, ICE, immigration, vandalism
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
Poll: For Latinos, Immigration Is Personal
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jun 10, 2011
A majority of Latino registered voters said they personally know someone who is undocumented, according to a new poll.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: DREAM, impremediapoll, latinodecisions, latinosimmigration, latinovote2012, latinovoters
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
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
Ex-Black Panther Pratt Lauded as "Our Mandela"
Los Angeles Wave, News Report, Posted: Jun 08, 2011
The one-time Black Panther leader, falsely imprisoned for murder for 27 years, died last week in a small village in Tanzania at the age of 63.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: BlackPanthers, GeronimoPratt, innocent, johnniecochran, nelsonmandela, wrongfulconviction
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
"President" Romney's White (Male) House
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 08, 2011
Bush managed to blunt criticism that a GOP White House is an exclusive white, rich, male club but a Romney White House could roll back the Bush clock.
Tags: black, bush, diversity, massachusetts, mitt romney, mormon, president, race, racism, racist, record, romney, white
Fierce Battle Brewing Over Florida's New Voter-Registration Law
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Jun 07, 2011
Black and Latino activists say the law, passed by GOP lawmakers, would hinder people of color who attempt to register and vote.
Categories: African American, Asian, Caribbean, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: civilrights, DOJ, Florida, JusticeDepartment, voterID, voterregistration, VotingRightsAct
Redistricting in DC Roils Wards 6, 7 and 8
Washington Informer, News Report, Posted: Jun 07, 2011
The District’s plan to move a section of Ward 6 into Ward 7 has left many DC residents confused and upset.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: District of Columbia, redistricting, ward 6, ward 7
First Anti-Gang Violence Education Clinic in Harlem
New York Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Jun 07, 2011
The Anti-Gang Violence Education Clinic was organized by Assemblyman Keith L.T. Wright and his staff in Harlem, NY.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: anti-gang violence, education, Harlem
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
D.C. Mayor Still Mired in Misconduct Allegations
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Jun 07, 2011
Sulaimon Brown accused beleaguered D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray of paying him to continue his fledgling campaign during last year’s primary.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: allegations, D.C., Mayor Vincent Gray, misconduct, Sulaimon Brown
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
Manila Shops for U.S. Arms, as Tensions with China Rise
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Jun 06, 2011
Amid renewed tensions with China over claims to the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, the Philippines is shopping for excess defense equipment from the United States.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Politics & Governance
Tags: arms, Hamilton class cutter, Philippines, United States
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
La Opinión Asks Jerry Brown to Withdraw from Secure Communities
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Jun 06, 2011
Editors of La Opinión are calling on California to follow the lead of Illinois, New York and Massachusetts.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: californiasecurecommunities, casecurecommunities, jerrybrownimmigration, optout, securecommunities
Massachusetts Rejects 'Secure Communities' Program
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 06, 2011
Massachusetts became the third state to opt out of participation in the federal "Secure Communities" program.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: mascomm, masecurecommunities, massachusettssecurecommunities, masssecurecommunities
CA Lawmakers Ban Most Employer Credit Checks
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Jun 06, 2011
California lawmakers have voted to block employers from using consumer credit reports when hiring workers for most jobs.
Categories: African American, Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: california, check, credit, female, lawmakers, minority, workers
Reps. Honda and Chu Pass Integration and Citizenship Amendment
AsianWeek, News Report, Posted: Jun 06, 2011
U.S. Reps. Mike Honda (CA-15), Immigration Taskforce Chair for the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) and Judy Chu (CA-32), CAPAC Chair introduced and passed an integration and citizenship amendment to the FY2012 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Politics & Governance
Tags: amendment, fund, honda, immigration, judy chu
Foreclosure Sale Pits Old Tenants vs. New Landlord
San Francisco Bayview, Video, Posted: Jun 06, 2011
A silent battle is waging between low-income tenants in a East Oakland apartment complex and the new owner of their building.
Categories: African American, Economy, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: david and silver, displacement, fight, forclusure, oakland, tenants
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
DOJ, Arpaio Settle Dispute Over Records Access
Hispanically Speaking News, News Report, Posted: Jun 05, 2011
The DOJ and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office have settled a longstanding dispute over an investigation of alleged civil rights violations under Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: Arpaio, civilrightslawsuit, DOJ, justicedepartment, maricopa county sheriff's office
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
New Evidence Could Win Medal of Honor for Black WWI Hero
Black America Web, News Feature, Posted: Jun 05, 2011
Almost a century ago, the incomparable heroism of Henry Lincoln Johnson and the famous "Harlem Hellcats" instilled pride and hope in black Americans seeking political and economic justice.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Network, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Veterans, War & Conflict
Tags: CongressionalMedalofHonor, HarlemHellcats, HenryLincolnJohnson, WorldWarI
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.
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
Pentagon Using Drug Wars as Excuse to Build Bases in Latin America
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 03, 2011
Under the auspices of the drug war, the United States is returning to its historical pattern of using Central America and the Caribbean for its own military and strategic purposes.
Categories: Caribbean, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Belize, Colombia, counter-narco-terrism, drugwars, ElSalvador, Guatemala, Honduras, militarybases, pentagon, USmilitary
Prison Ruling Ignores Elephant in the Room: Three Strikes
BlackVoiceNews.com, News Report, Posted: Jun 03, 2011
A leading prison expert called last week’s Supreme Court ruling on prison overcrowding "a transformative moment."
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance
Tags: california, elephant in the room, inmates, release, Riverside, Robert Nash, Three Strikes, University of California
ACLU Sues Over GA Anti-Immigrant Law
Hispanically Speaking News, News Report, Posted: Jun 03, 2011
A coalition of civil rights groups filed a class action lawsuit challenging Georgia’s discriminatory anti-immigrant law passed last month and inspired by Arizona’s notorious SB 1070.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Asian, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: ACLU, anti-immigrationlaw, Georgia, SB1070
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
CA Spends $1 Billion a Year to Jail Undocumented Immigrants
Hispanically Speaking News, News Report, Posted: Jun 03, 2011
According to December data from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, just under 17,000 inmates in the state are on hold, awaiting action by ICE
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: Californiabudget, ICE, jails, undocumentedimmigrants
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
MALDEF Redistricting Lawsuits on the Horizon
South Chicagoan, Commentary, Posted: Jun 01, 2011
The Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund may file a mass of lawsuits this year against several states that it thinks did an inadequate job of acknowledging Latino population growth in their 2011 redistricting plans.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: 2010Census, GOP, Illinois, Latinos, MALDEF, redistriciting, Republicans, Texas
Why Herman Cain Suits Conservatives to a Tea
Black America Web, Commentary, Posted: Jun 01, 2011
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain resembles a younger, shaven version of Uncle Remus—which helps explain his popularity with the Tea Party.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Law & Justice, Media, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012election, BarackObama, GOP, HermanCain, Republicans, TeaParty
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