VA Students Entering Day 11 of Hunger Strike Want You to Know Their Fight is Real
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Feb 29, 2012
Mendoza wants everyone to know the experiences of the workers, their testimonies, the hunger strike and the way everyone is feeling is “very real.”
Categories: Economy, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: hunger strike, protest, students, university, uva, wages
Alabama, Georgia Immigration Laws Head to Court
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 29, 2012
A federal appeals court in Atlanta will hear arguments Thursday in the legal challenges against the controversial new immigration laws in Alabama and Georgia.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: alabamaimmigrationlaw, allaw, gaimmigrationlaw, galaw, georgiaimmigrationlaw, hb56
LAPD to Reform Car Impound Policy for Unlicensed Drivers
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 29, 2012
The Los Angeles Police Commission, in a 4-to-1 vote, approved LAPD Chief Charlie Beck’s proposal to update the city’s car impound procedures for unlicensed drivers
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: carimpound, lacarimpound, lapdcarimpound
Arizona Dreamers Ask GOP to Drop Tough Rhetoric on Immigration
Univision, News Report, Posted: Feb 29, 2012
Undocumented youth delivered approximately 8,000 petitions to the Arizona Republican Party headquarters in Phoenix, Ariz.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: azgopimmigration, azsignatures, dreamact, undocumentedyoutharizona, undocumentedyouthaz
Limited Preschool Access Dims Success for Latino Children—And California’s Future
Vida en el Valle/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 29, 2012
California's migrant preschool programs are an educational safety net. But limited access to them is stifling success for Latino children -- and the state's economic future.
Categories: Economy, Education, Fellowships, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: californiafarmworkers, earlychildeducation, fresno, immigration, latinos, migrantworkers, prekindergarten, preschool
Report Finds Growing Hostility Against Latinos in Alabama
Southern Poverty Law Center, News Report, Posted: Feb 28, 2012
Latinos in Alabama have experienced discrimination as a result of anti-immigrant law HB 56, and the xenophobic climate it has created.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: alabama, latinosinalabama, southernpovertylawcenter, splcalabama, splcreport
Calif. Bill Would Smoke Out Safety, End Use of Toxic Flame Retardants
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 25, 2012
A new bill would change California’s outdated fire-safety rule for furniture—and get cancer-causing flame-retardants out of your home.
Categories: Environment, Health, Intersections, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: californialegislature, cigarettefires, firesafety, flameretardants, homechemicals, PBDE
Spanish-language Media Help Shape Public Policy
UCR Today, News Report, Posted: Feb 24, 2012
A UC Riverside Ph.D. candidate finds that ethnic media focus on public opinion and issues influences state legislators of every ethnicity.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Media, Politics & Governance
Tags: hispanicmedia, latinomedia, spanishlanguagemedia, spanishmedia
Comcast to Launch Two Latino TV Channels
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 24, 2012
Comcast, the parent company of NBCLatino, announced this week it is launching two new Hispanic TV cable channels.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Media, Politics & Governance
Tags: hispanictv, latinotv, spanishtv
Voter IDs: The ‘Hanging Chads’ of 2012
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 23, 2012
Voter ID laws in a growing number of states threaten to disenfranchise millions of elderly, youth and minority voters.
Categories: Elders, Election 2012, Ethnicities, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012presidentialelection, elections, voterIDbill, voteridentification, votersuppression, votersupressionlaws
Homeowners, Advocates Call for Temporary Stop to Foreclosures in California
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 19, 2012
Homeowners said that the $18 billion deal with banks still fails to fully address the damage done during the foreclosure crisis.
Categories: Economy, Foreclosures, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: advocates, banks, california, foreclosure, moratorium
Top 5 Initiatives to Watch Ahead of California's November Election
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 18, 2012
A look at five contentious petitions in California that would have the most impact on ethnic communities if they make it onto the November ballot.
Categories: Election 2012, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012, ballot initiatives, California, death penalty, education, Elections, November, primaries, tax, three strikes, tuition
Bay Area Agencies Improvise Tactics to Battle Human Trafficking
SF Public Press, News Report, Posted: Feb 17, 2012
Across California, local agencies have been left to scramble for limited resources and improvise strategies to fight human trafficking.
Categories: Collaborative Reporting, Economy, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: californiatrafficking, humantrafficking, labortrafficking, sextrafficking
Spanish-Language Editor Honored as a ‘Woman Who Could be President’
El Mensajero, News Report, Posted: Feb 16, 2012
María Antonieta Mejía, editor-in-chief of San Francicso-based Spanish-language weekly El Mensajero was recently honored by the League of Women Voters, as one of five women “Who Could be President,” reports El Mensajero.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, Media, Politics & Governance
Tags: elmensajero, leagueofwomenvoters, lowv, mariamejia
Pew Study: 24 Million Voter Registrations Are Invalid
Pew Center on the States, News Report, Posted: Feb 16, 2012
A new study released by the Pew Center indicates that 1.8 million registered voters in the U.S. have died -- yet remain in the system.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance
How Lakireddy Case Spurred California Sex Trafficking Laws
New America Media/SF Public Press, News Feature, Posted: Feb 16, 2012
A look back at the 10-year-old Berkeley sex trafficking case that changed the conversation around trafficking in California.
Categories: Collaborative Reporting, Election 2012, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: berkeleysextrafficking, caseact, humantrafficking, lakireddy, lakireddybalireddy, sexslaves, sextrafficking
Fair Pay for 2.5 Million Home Care Aides Facing Industry Opposition
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 16, 2012
President Obama wants over 2.5 million home care aides protected by the U.S. Fair Labor Act, but the home care industry is fighting the move.
Categories: African American, Asian, Caribbean, Economy, Elders, Health, Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: babyboomers, domesticworkers, fairemploymentstandards, homecare, obamahomecare, paraprofessionalhealthcare
The New York Times “Safety Net” Package Gets It Half Right
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 15, 2012
An important New York Times report says even critics of public spending increasingly need the safety net. But the story also perpetuates myths about Medicare.
Categories: Economy, Health, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: medicare, middleclass, nytsatefynet, safetynet, socialsecurity
President Obama's Budget Hits the Mark
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Feb 14, 2012
The great fear a year ago when President Obama unveiled his budget for 2012 was that he caved to the GOP and Tea Party hardliners.
Categories: African American, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: budget, GOP, hardliners, medicare, mitt, newt, obama, romney, santorum, tea party
Koreatown Angry Over LA's Proposed Redistricting Plan
Southern California Public Radio, News Report, Posted: Feb 14, 2012
A plan to redraw city council districts in Los Angeles is stirring tension in Koreatown.
Categories: Asian, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: city hall, coalition, koreans, koreatown, Los Angeles, protest, redistricting
Are Black Folks Becoming Political Orphans?
Washington Informer, Commentary, Posted: Feb 14, 2012
President Barack Obama recently launched an "African Americans for Obama" campaign to target Black voters.
Categories: African American, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012, african, black, democratic party, election, obama, voters
Healthcare-Contraception Debate Hijacked by Politicians
El Diario/La Prensa, Editorial, Posted: Feb 13, 2012
An editorial in El Diario/La Prensa argues that in the debate over health care coverage of contraception, the Catholic Church's request goes too far.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: catholicchurchcontraception, contraception, obamaabortion, obamacontraception
A Letter to Pete Hoekstra: Remember Vincent Chin
Nichi Bei Weekly, Commentary, Posted: Feb 13, 2012
Hoekstra's ad has spurred a coalition of Detroit groups to call for political candidates to refrain from using racial and ethnic stereotypes in campaign ads.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, Politics & Governance
Tags: civil rights, hate crimes, Pete Hoekstra, politics, racist, stereotypes, super bowl ad, vincent chin
U.S. Starts Chinese Forums to Move More Immigrants to Citizenship
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 12, 2012
U.S. immigration officials will hold the first in a series of Chinese-language forums, Feb. 16, to answer questions about the U.S. naturalization process.
Categories: Chinese, Immigration, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: chineseamericans, immigration, investigations, obamaadministration, uscis, uscitizenship
In Mexican Elections, Old Parties Go After Youth Vote
Frontera NorteSur, News Report, Posted: Feb 11, 2012
In the lead-up the Mexican presidential elections in July, the major parties seem to be going after the youth vote.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: mexico2012, mexicoelection, mexicoelection2012, mexicopan, mexicopri, mexicoyouthvote
27 Yrs. Later, Chinese V.P. to Make Second Iowa Visit
China Daily, News Report, Posted: Feb 09, 2012
Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping will revisit the American heartland next week after more than 27 years.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Politics & Governance
NALEO: 12.2 Million Latinos to Vote in 2012
NALEO, News Report, Posted: Feb 09, 2012
Latinos will turnout in record numbers in the next Presidential election, with at least 12.2 million casting ballots, according to projections released today by the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: hispanicvote, hispanicvote2012, latinovote, latinovote2012
La Opinión: From Prop. 187 to Prop. 8, Majority Doesn't Always Rule
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Feb 09, 2012
The history of Proposition 187, the 1994 voter-approved measure that punished undocumented immigrants, is another case where having a majority of votes in favor of a proposition does not mean it is automatically legal.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: caprop8, gaymarriage, prop8, prop8ruling, prop8unconstitutional, samesexmarriage
Washington State Set to Allow Gay Marriage
Al Jazeera, News Report, Posted: Feb 09, 2012
One day after a U.S. court reversed California's same-sex marriage ban, lawmakers in Washington state approved a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Politics & Governance
Tags: gaymarriage, samesexmarriage, wagaymarriage, wasamesexmarriage
Republican Tax Proposal Called 'Attack on Immigrant Children'
Univision, News Report, Posted: Feb 08, 2012
Immigrant rights activists are calling a Republican proposal to deny child tax credits to undocumented immigrants an attack on immigrant children, Univision reports.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: taxcredit, taxcreditundocumented, taxesillegalimmigrarnts
CA Court’s Prop. 8 Ruling Does Not Benefit Undocumented
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 08, 2012
An appellate court rules that CA’s Prop. 8 is unconstitutional, but the ruling won’t benefit undocumented immigrants in same-sex partnerships.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 1st circuit court of appeals, gay, LGBT, Prop. 8, same sex marriage, undocumented immigrants
Breaking News: Appeals court finds Prop 8 unconstitutional
Bay Area Reporter, News Report, Posted: Feb 07, 2012
A divided panel for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled Tuesday that California's ban against same-sex marriage violates the rights of gay and lesbian couples.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance
Tags: 9th circuit, california, freedom, gay, justice, marriage, pro. 8, rights, unconstitutional
Japanese Americans Weary of Obama’s Signing of National Defense Authorization Act
Pacific Citizen, News Report, Posted: Feb 06, 2012
Reminiscent of the WWII incarceration, the act would allow for the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens suspected of terrorist activities.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: Reminiscent of the WWII incarceration, the act would allow for the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens suspected of terrorist activities.
Fil-Ams Worry Over Neighborhood in SF Redistricting
Filamstar.net, News Report, Posted: Feb 06, 2012
Despite the overwhelming support from the Filipino community, advocacy groups are uneasy about the final outcome of the ongoing redistricting of San Francisco’s District 11.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: District 11, Filipino, redistricting, San Francisco, uneasy
Latinos Missing From L.A. Redistricting Process
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Feb 06, 2012
Editors of La Opinion write that the absence of Latino voices in the Los Angeles redistricting process will have long-term negative effects.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: caredistricting, laredistricting, latinosredistricting, losangelesredistricting
Report Finds Millions of Families Three Months From Poverty
Equal Voice News , News Report, Posted: Feb 06, 2012
A new report, “America’s Youngest Outcasts,” shows homelessness rapidly growing for families with children.
Tags: florida, foreclosures, homelesschildren, homelessshelters, latinos, poverty, recession, unemployment
Ethnic Experts Say Strengthen, Don't Cut, Social Security
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 06, 2012
Experts on an aging say a new report on ethnic elders and Social Security shows Washington needs to improve the program’s fairness, not cut it.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Elders, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Indigenous, Intersections, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: ethnicelders, poverty, recession, safetynet, seniors, socialsecurity
Study: California Women “Falling Behind”—and Held Back by Budget Cuts
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 03, 2012
A new report shows that California’s younger and older women have been especially hit by the recession and are being held back even more by state budget cuts.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: californiabudget, childcare, collegecosts, olderwomen, singlemothers, women
School Nurses Become Medical Safety Net
Vida en El Valle , News Report, Posted: Feb 03, 2012
Nurses in California’s San Joaquín Valley schools are often children’s only medical providers in the wake of the recession and budget cuts.
Categories: Education, Health, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: californiabudgetcuts, childhoodobesity, children, chronicdisease, diabetestype1, education, poverty, recession, schoolnurses
Arizona Bill Would Bar Shackling of Mothers Giving Birth
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 03, 2012
Arizona’s shackling of incarcerated women in labor jeopardizes the health of mother and baby. GOP legislators are proposing bills to halt the practice.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, arizonaaclu, arizonasb1184, childbirthinprison, cruelandunusualpunishment, shacklingprisoners
Iran Launches Spanish-Language Satellite TV
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 02, 2012
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad officially launched HispanTV, a Spanish-language satellite TV network, on Tuesday, saying the station would help end the West's "hegemony" of the airwaves.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Media, Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance
Tags: hispantv, iranspanishtv, irantv, spanishtv
The Rise of the Hispanic Super-PAC
The Hill, News Report, Posted: Feb 01, 2012
There’s a new phenomenon in Washington: the Hispanic super-PAC, which aims to give political voice to the nation’s fastest-growing demographic.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: hispanicsuperpac, latinosuperpac
East L.A. Cityhood in Limbo
Eastern Group Publications, News Report, Posted: Feb 01, 2012
Backers of a four-year campaign to gain cityhood status for unincorporated East Los Angeles were left in limbo Wednesday.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: eastla
Russell Pearce Elected First Vice Chairman of Arizona Republican Party
Univision, News Report, Posted: Feb 01, 2012
Two months after being ousted in a recall election, Russell Pearce was elected by GOP leadership to the second highest position in Arizona's Republican Party.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: russelpearce
Florida Latino Republicans Voted for Romney
Latino Decisions, News Report, Posted: Feb 01, 2012
A poll conducted by Latino Decisions for Univision News and ABC News and released January 25, 2012 accurately predicted Mitt Romney would hold more than a 20-point lead among Latino Republicans in Florida.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: floridalatinovote, floridaprimary, floridaprimarylatinovote, hispanicvote2012, latinovote, latinovote2012