Mayor Ed Lee and the Rise of Asian American Political Power
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Nov 30, 2011
San Francisco's adoption of ranked choice voting has helped fuel a historic rise in political power among the city's Asian American community.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Front Page, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: api, asainamerican, edlee, elections, jeanquan, mayor, rankedchoice, sanfrancisco
Poll: Americans Support Fairer Wealth Distribution
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Nov 29, 2011
A majority, 60 percent, of Americans said society would be better off if the distribution of wealth were more equal.
Categories: African, Economy, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: american values survey, distribution, fair, pew research center, poll, public religion research institute., wealth
Gingrich Sees Immigrants as Humans
ColorLines, News Report, Posted: Nov 28, 2011
Can GOP voters stomach a presidential candidate who talks about undocumented immigrants without calling them “illegals”?
Categories: Immigration, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012, debate, elections, gingrich, gop, immigrations, perry, race, racism, romney, undocumented
Diné candidate: Time is right for Native in Congress
Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: Nov 28, 2011
With Arizona redrawing its congressional districts, Wenona Benally Baldenegro figures it's a good time to be throwing her hat in the ring
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Indigenous, Politics & Governance
Tags: arizona, congress, dine, hispanic, native american, redistricting, woman
Don’t Expect Much Diversity from “President” Romney
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Nov 27, 2011
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who came under fire for having a near-exclusive white male state house when he was governor of Massachusetts, will have to sooner or later answer questions on his views on diversity and race, should he get the GOP nomination.
Categories: Front Page, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: barring blacks, church, diversity, GOP nomination, Mitt Romney, Mormon, priesthood, race
First African-American Elected President of L.A. City Council
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Nov 27, 2011
Herb Wesson is the first African American president of the L.A. City Council.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: firstafricanamericanelected, herbwesson, lacitycouncilpresident
La Opinión: Gingrich Brings Common Sense to Immigration Debate
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Nov 26, 2011
Editors of La Opinión argue that the GOP presidential candidate brought common sense to the debate over immigration.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: gopimmigration, newtgingrich, newtgingrichimmigration, republicansimmigration
ALIPAC: "Newt Gingrich is finished!"
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 23, 2011
The immigration restrictionist organization Americans for Legal Immigration PAC is predicting that the Gingrich campaign will implode in reaction to Speaker Gingrich's support for Dream Act Amnesty during last night's CNN debate.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Could Sheriff Joe Arpaio Be the Last Man Standing?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 23, 2011
The group behind Sen. Russell Pearce’s recall says the sheriff’s days in office are numbered.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, election, illegal, immigration, jan brewer, joe arpaio, russell pearce, SB 1070
Latino Voters Could Swing Three States in 2012
The Hill, News Report, Posted: Nov 21, 2011
Latino voters' uncertain allegiance to the Democratic Party could put three states in play as possible swing states in the 2012 election, reports The Hill.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Members of Congress Hold Hearing in Alabama
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 21, 2011
Members Congress held an Ad Hoc Congressional Hearing at the Council Chambers of Birmingham City Hall today on HB 56.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: alabamaimmigrationlaw, alabamalaw, hb56
Clinton: Give Undocumented Kids a Chance to Stay
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Nov 21, 2011
Undocumented students who were brought to the United States as children should be given a chance to stay there, visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Nov. 16 in Manila.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Politics & Governance
Which 2012 Candidate Will Improve U.S.-Latin American Relations?
Council on Hemispheric Affairs, News Report, Posted: Nov 21, 2011
A coherent and sustainable policy toward Latin America remains absent from the 2012 election campaigns.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: obamalatinamerica, romneylatinamerica, uslatinamerica, uspolicylatinamerica
Watching the G.O.P. War on Voting Rights
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Nov 18, 2011
Thirty-four state legislatures introduced bills requiring photo identification in order to vote. This legislation classifies several previously accepted IDs as unacceptable.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: 1964, 2012, act, democrats, election, rights, state, top, voting
GOP Presidential Candidates Tongue-Tied on Paterno
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Nov 18, 2011
There’s a reason for the GOP’s deafening silence on the Penn State scandal: Joe Paterno is a GOP-made man.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: paterno, pennstatescandal
Seoul to Toughen Rules on U.S. Military Crimes
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Nov 17, 2011
Korea is seeking to have a greater authority to investigate and take custody of U.S. military personnel suspected of having committed felonies, multiple sources said Thursday.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: carter, Korea, U.S. military
DHS to Begin Review of Pending Deportation Cases
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 17, 2011
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today will begin its case-by-case review of some 300,000 pending deportation cases.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: prosecutorialdiscretion
An Omen for Mexico 2012?
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Nov 17, 2011
Editors of La Opinión write that the recent gubernatorial election in Michoacán does not bode well for Mexico's 2012 presidential election.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance
Justice Department: Alabama Law Threatens "Basic Human Needs"
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 16, 2011
The U.S. Justice Department called Alabama's immigration law unconstitutional in a brief filed with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: alabamaimmigration, alabamaimmigrationlaw, alabamalaw, hb56
Study Maps Pollution Hotspots in CA's San Joaquin Valley
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 16, 2011
Researchers at UC Davis found the populations facing the biggest burden from pollution were concentrated in several urban centers and rural communities.
Categories: Environment, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bakersfield, california, davis, environment, hazards, pollution, studies, toxic
Democrats Play Dangerous Game in Shunning Obama
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 16, 2011
Democrats in swing and conservative districts are afraid to rub shoulders with Obama when as they're up for reelection.
Categories: African American, Featured Columnists, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012, carter, democrats, election, gerald ford, gop, incumbent, obama, wall street
Mexico's PRI Wins in Michoacán
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Nov 15, 2011
Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) added the state of Michoacán to its list of state governorships.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: mexicanelections, mexicoPRI, michoacan, PRI
Health Center Closures Will Send Seniors, Employees Down Unknown Path
America Commercial News, News Feature, Posted: Nov 15, 2011
Due to state budget cuts, Chinese elders in L.A. are among the frail and disabled Californians about to lose help enabling them to stay safe and at home.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Economy, Elders, Front Page, Health, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: adultdayhealthcenters, californiabudget, chineseamericans, elders, medicaid, unemployment
Beyond Health, Calif. Senior-Care Closings Would Isolate Filipinos’ Elders
Asian Journal, News Feature, Posted: Nov 13, 2011
The Dec. 1 closing of California adult day care centers for frail, low-income seniors is causing fear and confusion statewide, such as for Filipino elders in L.A.
Categories: Asian, Collaborative Reporting, Economy, Elders, Health, Immigration, International Affairs, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: adultdayhealthcare, californiabudget, filipinoelders, governorjerrybrown, healthcarecuts
Wooing Latinos, Obama Cites GOP Contrast on Immigration Reform
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 11, 2011
President Obama met Wednesday with Latino media, including New America Media’s Khalil Abdullah, to address concerns of Hispanic voters.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Arizona Watch, Economy, Immigration, International Affairs, Intersections, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012election, deportation, dreamact, gop, hb56, immigration, latinovote, obama
NAM Launches Alabama News Network
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 11, 2011
The Alabama News Network is an editorial exchange to share content and some of the facts and figures behind the new immigration law.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: alabamaimmigration, alabamaimmigrationlaw, alabamalaw, alabamanewsnetwork, HB56
Will Ed Lee Be a Mayor for SF Chinese?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 10, 2011
Some in the Chinese community say Ed Lee's victory in San Francisco's mayoral race isn't necessarily a victory for their community alone.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Immigration, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: chinese, edlee, elections, exclusionact, immigration, mayor, politics, rankedchoice, sanfrancisco
Ethnic Media Confront Humanitarian Crisis in Alabama
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 10, 2011
Members of the black, Latino and other ethnic media met in Birmingham to explore their best responses to Alabama’s anti-immigration law.
Categories: African American, Alabama News Network, Immigration, International Affairs, Intersections, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: alabama, arizonarecall, civilrights, deportation, hr65, immigration, latinos
Cain, Penn State Scandals Should Make America Face Everyday Sex Abuse
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Nov 10, 2011
Americans should see the Herman Cain and Penn State sexual abuse scandals as a chance to confront everyday assaults against women and children.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Intersections, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: childabuse, gopcandidates, groping, hermancain, paterno, pennstatesexscandal, sandusky, sexualabuse
Latino Voters Are Winners in SF Mayoral Election
El Mensajero/EFE, News Report, Posted: Nov 09, 2011
Latino voters in San Francisco are celebrating that a Latino candidate could have a shot at becoming mayor.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: dennisherrera, johnavalos, latinosf, latinovote2011, sfelection, sfmayor, sfmayoralelection
Univision Poll: Two-Thirds of Latinos Approve of Obama
Univision, News Report, Posted: Nov 09, 2011
A new Univision News - Latino Decisions poll of Hispanic registered voters finds that two-thirds of Latinos indicate approval of Obama's job performance.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: hispanicvote2012, latinovote2012, obamalatinos, univisionlatinodecisions, univisionpoll
Mesa Voters Recall SB 1070 Architect
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 09, 2011
Voters in Mesa, Arizona have recalled State Senate President Russell Pearce,the architect of SB 1070.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, elections, immigration, recall, russellpearce, sb1070
Budget Cuts Clip Senior-Care Wings of Native Alaskans
Alaska Public Radio Network/New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Nov 09, 2011
Native elders in Alaska’s rugged, isolated villages are receiving less community care to keep them at home in places like Eagle in the Yukon.
Categories: Audio, Economy, Elders, Health, Indigenous, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: alzheimers, budgetcuts, elders, longtermcare, nativealaskans, recession, ruralhealthcare
As Calif. Cuts Senior Care Funds, Workers Worry About Jobs -- And Patients
Latino California, News Report, Posted: Nov 09, 2011
California’s pending closure of 310 senior care facilities may dismantle an important health program that keeps elders out of nursing homes.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Health, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: adultdayhealth, californiabudgetcuts, latinos, losangeles, seniors, unemployment
Redistricting Could Cut Caribbean American Voices
Caribbean Today, News Report, Posted: Nov 08, 2011
Redistricting threatens to undermine minority voting power across the country, including that of the Caribbean community.
Categories: Caribbean, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: caribbean, immigration, miami, minorities, redistricting, vote
Greece, BofA, Netflix: Recalls Show Grownups Failing to Run World
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Nov 08, 2011
A flurry or recalls across the globe reflects the institutional hubris of business and political leaders at a time of extreme social angst.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: bank, bankofamerica, greece, iran, netflix, protests, recall
Alabama Radio Host Embarks on 14-Day, 14-City Walk for Dialogue on HB 56
La Jefa Radio, News Report, Posted: Nov 08, 2011
The largest Spanish-language radio station in Alabama has launched a 14-city, 14-day walk to get Alabamans of all backgrounds talking to one another about Alabama’s new immigration law.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: alabama, alabamaimmigrationlaw, alabamalaw, hb56
Cuba's Reforms Ring Hollow in Miami
El Nuevo Herald, News Report, Posted: Nov 08, 2011
Cuban dissidents are skeptical about the economic changes taking place in Cuba, arguing that they are no substitute for democratic reforms.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance
Arizona's Russell Pearce Faces Recall Today
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Nov 08, 2011
The architect of Arizona’s immigration law SB 1070 faces a recall election today, the culmination of a campaign that could change the political landscape in Arizona.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: arizonaelections, arizonalatinovote, russellpearce, russellpearcerecall
Fourth Herman Cain Accuser Speaks Out
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Nov 08, 2011
Sharon Bialek spoke about an incident she encountered 14 years ago, in which Cain allegedly put his hand up her skirt.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Tags: 2012, gop, harassment, herman cain, job, national restaurant association, race, sexual, sharon bialek
New Data Show a Few Less Children, More Seniors in Poverty
Investigative Reporting Workshop, News Report, Posted: Nov 08, 2011
A new way to measure poverty shows that fewer children but more seniors are impoverished, findings that belie the limits of the official U.S. poverty line.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Elders, Health, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: africanamericanpoverty, childpoverty, hispanicpoverty, povertyline, seniors, uscensus
Latino Vote Grows Across the U.S. -- CA, FL See Biggest Increase
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Nov 07, 2011
The number of Latino voters has consistently increased with each election, and the gap among those who are eligiable to vote and those who actually go to polls is decreasing
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: election2011, hispanicvote, hispanicvote2011, latinovote, latinovote2011, latinovote2012
Alabama Refuses DOJ Request to Cooperate with HB 56 Inquiry
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Nov 07, 2011
Alabama will not let the battle over its breathtakingly harsh anti-immigrant law, HB 56, be fought just in the courts.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: Alabama will not let the battle over its breathtakingly harsh anti-immigrant law, be fought just in the courts., HB 56
Black Press Award Presented at the White House
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 07, 2011
Author and political analyst Earl Ofari Hutchinson won the prestigious Black Press Radio Magazine Columnist of the Year Award for 2011.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: award, black press, journalism, media, radio, whitehouse
Chinese Americans Fear Ranked-Choice Voting Could Cost Them Mayor
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 07, 2011
There is growing worry that confusion over ranked-choice voting could cost San Francisco its first elected Chinese-American mayor.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: edlee, rankedchoicesf, rankedchoicevoting, sfchinesemayor, sfchinesevote, sfmayor
Congress Using Iran to Handcuff Obama on Foreign Affairs
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Nov 07, 2011
HR1905 would set a dangerous precedent by restricting the President's diplomatic communications with the Iranian government.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: AIPAC, foundationfordefenseofdemocracies, hr1905, Iran, iranthreatreductionact, joshfattal, sarahshourd, shanebauer
Greek Prime Minister 'Expected to Step Down'
Al Jazeera English, News Report, Posted: Nov 06, 2011
George Papandreou, Greece's prime minister, is expected to resign as soon as a deal for an interim coalition government is agreed.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, European, Politics & Governance
Tags: greece, greekpm, greekprimeminister
Avalos Campaign Sparking More Civic Engagement from Arab Community in SF
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 06, 2011
Arab Americans in San Francisco are organizing for a city election like never before, and they are doing it for John Avalos.
Categories: Front Page, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: arabamerican, arabresourceorganizingcenter, arabvoters, arabyouthorganizing, johnavalos, sfmayoralelection
Anti-Immigrant Laws Are Being Used as a Smoke Screen
La Noticia, Commentary, Posted: Nov 04, 2011
What happens when politicians fail to create jobs? The answer is simple: create a smoke screen of anti-immigrant laws.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: antiimmigrantlaws, frankiler, frankilernc, immigrationlaws, northcarolina, northcarolinaimmigration
On Election Eve Philly Mayor Talks Tough on Crime, Race
Philadelphia Tribune, News Report, Posted: Nov 04, 2011
Refusing to be politically correct just because he’s up for re-election, Mayor Michael Nutter is trying to rally the Black community behind him.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Youth Culture
Tags: black, crime, education, election, mayor, michael nutter, people, philadelphia
Howard University Adds Its Voice to Occupy Movement
Washington Informer, News Report, Posted: Nov 03, 2011
The protestors joined people who are using Occupy D.C. and Occupy Wall Street to express their extreme dissatisfaction with the status quo.
Categories: African, Economy, Front Page, Intersections, Occupy Protests, Politics & Governance
Tags: black, district of columbia, howard university, occupy, protests, students, wall st
California Redistricting Maps Show Drop in GOP Support
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Nov 03, 2011
Editors of La Opinión argue that it was political extremism that led to the drop in support for the Republican Party in California.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: californiagop, californiaredistricting, californiarepublicans, latinosredistricting, redistricting, redistrictingcommission
U.S. Deports 46K Parents With Citizen Kids in Just Six Months
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Nov 03, 2011
Between January and June of 2011, the United States carried out more than 46,000 deportations of the parents of U.S.-citizen children, according to previously unreleased federal data obtained by Colorlines.com’s publisher, the Applied Research Center.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: children, citizen, deportation, immigration, parents
Immigrant Rights Group Sues Wisconsin Over Redistricting Map
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 02, 2011
Wisconsin's Voces de la Frontera filed suit over a new redistricting map they say deprives the Latino community of an effective voting majority.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
New Program Aimed at Slowing U.S.’s Brain Drain
NW Asian Weekly, News Report, Posted: Nov 01, 2011
Each year, many American employers, including Microsoft’s Bill Gates, lobby Congress to lift the H1B cap, stating that it is too restrictive and companies cannot hire the workers they need.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Politics & Governance
Tags: brain drain, immigration, us
CA Budget Cuts Make Latino Elders Struggle for Care Alternatives
Eastern Group Publications , News Report, Posted: Nov 01, 2011
Gov. Brown’s decision to defund California’s adult care centers means 38,000 frail seniors and others, many Latino, must scramble for new care by Dec. 1.
Categories: Chinese, Economy, Elders, Health, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: adultdayhealthcare, californiabudget, famlycaregiving, governorjerrybrown, latinoelders, seniors