Romney’s Outreach to Blacks, Good Photo-Ops But not Much Else
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 31, 2012
Mitt Romney's visit to a west Philadelphia charter school last week does little to counter the disconnect he has with the black community.
Categories: African American, Election 2012, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: blackvoterturnout, BlufordCharterSchool, elections2012, romneyandblacks
Student Protests in Mexico -- The Next Arab Spring?
Univision News, News Report, Posted: May 27, 2012
For the third time in less than a week, students rallied around Mexico City’s Independence Monument.
Categories: Election 2012, Ethnic Media Network, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arabspring, mexicoprotests, mexicostudentprotests, penanieto
Racial Attitudes Playing Large Role in 2012 Presidential Vote
Louisiana Weekly, News Report, Posted: May 26, 2012
The 2012 data, collected from nearly 15,000 voters, show that race was again a significant factor in candidate preferences.
Categories: Election 2012, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Advocates Rush to Provide Health Care for Poor and Minorities
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 25, 2012
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, thousands of deaths each year are attributable to lack of insurance.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: aca, access, brown, california, care, governor, health, immigrants, insurance, obama, poverty, refugees
The Growing Debate Over the Voting Rights Act
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: May 24, 2012
Articles on the Voting Rights Act are increasingly being filed in the “obituary” section, even though it’s less than 50 years old.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance, Voter Suppression
Tags: 2012, election, law, rights, states, suppression, texas, voting
You Say Marriage, I Say Jobs
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 24, 2012
With all of this attention on same-sex marriage, we may be ignoring an even more important right: the right to work.
Categories: Economy, Gender & Sexuality, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: ENDA, gaymarriage, LGBTQ, lgbtrights, marriageequality, samesexmarriage, transgender
Language Access and the June 5th Election
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: May 24, 2012
For the first time in Alameda County all election materials must be translated into Tagalog,, Vietnamese, Chinese and Spanish.
Categories: Election 2012, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Voter Suppression
Tags: 2012, access, alameda, chinese, election, english, june, midterm, tagalog, vietnamese
New York Could Add 1 Million Voters in 2013
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 23, 2012
An estimated one million potential voters could be added to New York state’s rolls should forthcoming legislation be enacted.
Categories: Occupy Protests, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Voter Suppression
Tags: 2012, election, gianaris, law, legislation, new york, politics, registration, repression, voter
How to Make Our Election System Better: Modernizing Voter Registration
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: May 23, 2012
It is time to harness new technology to modernize the voting system — adding more than 50 million eligible Americans to the rolls.
Categories: Election 2012, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Voter Suppression
Tags: 2012, election, modernizing, politics, presidential, registration, suppression, vote, voters
God, Gays, Ganja and Mexican Politics
Frontera NorteSur, News Report, Posted: May 23, 2012
In the U.S., evangelicals are at the forefront of pushing prayer in public schools. But in Mexico, they are in the vanguard in opposing it.
Categories: Election 2012, Ethnic Media Network, Gender & Sexuality, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: mexicoabortion, mexicoarticle24, mexicodrugs, mexicogaymarriage, prayerinschool
La. Welfare Recipients Win Voting Rights Victory
Chicago Defender, News Report, Posted: May 22, 2012
A federal judge has ruled that welfare recipients in Louisiana be given voter registration forms whether they apply in person or via the Internet.
Categories: African American, Election 2012, Front Page, Politics & Governance, Voter Suppression
Tags: elections2012, voterregistration, votersupression, votingrightsact
Mexico: Twitterbots Sabotage Anti-PRI Protest
Univision News, News Report, Posted: May 22, 2012
Fake Twitter accounts are jamming information about an upcoming protest against Mexican presidential candidate Enrique Peña Nieto.
Categories: Election 2012, Ethnic Media Network, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
President Obama To Appoint Two Vietnamese Americans to Key Posts
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 17, 2012
President Obama announced his intent to appoint two Vietnamese Americans to key Administration posts.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Politics & Governance
Tags: appointment, education, obama, politics, ranking, vietnamese
Connecticut’s New Voter Law Bucks National Trend
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 17, 2012
Amid a nationwide push for tighter voter restrictions, Connecticut is now poised to move in the opposite direction by enacting election-day registration.
Categories: Election 2012, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: edr, minorityvoters, novemberelections, samedayregistration, voteridlaw, votersuppressionlaws
ACLU Sues ICE for Shackling Immigrants in Court
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 14, 2012
Detainees file into San Francisco immigration court linked together like a “chain-gang,” bound at their wrists, waists and ankles.
Categories: Immigration, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Stories from the Diaspora, Top Stories
Tags: aclu, class action, felony, immigrants, lawsuit, psychological, shackled, treatment
Blacks Won't Check Out Over Gay Marriage
The Root, News Report, Posted: May 13, 2012
If speculation is any indication, the biggest political risk in President Obama's recently announced support for gay marriage lies in homophobic black voters.
Categories: African American, Election 2012, Gender & Sexuality, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: blacksongaymarriage, blackvoters, gaymarriage, obamaongaymarriage, prop8
Obama and Same-Sex Marriage: Thank His Kids
Firstpost.com, Commentary, Posted: May 12, 2012
When Obama said those ten words – “I think same-sex couples should be able to get married” – the analysts went into a tizzy.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: couple, culture, gay, identity, marriage, obama, politics, president, rights, same, sex, sexuality
A Debate Without Migrants - Why US Mexicans Didn’t Tune In
El Mensajero, News Report, Posted: May 12, 2012
Many Mexicans in San Francisco's Mission District didn't watch their country's presidential debate last weekend.
Categories: Election 2012, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: mexicanpresidentialdebate, MexicanPresidentialElections, mexicoelections
‘Abuse of Power’ at Core of DOJ Lawsuit Against Arpaio
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 11, 2012
This week’s lawsuit is only the second time in U.S. history the DOJ has to brought suit against a law enforcement agency.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arpaio, dojlawsuit, dojlawsuitarpaio, joearpaio, maricopacounty
Is Immigration Fueling the Rise of Nativism in Europe?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: May 11, 2012
A recent report finds that the connection between immigration and the rise of the far right is not as straightforward as it seems.
Categories: European, Immigration, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: immigrationnativism, marinelepen, mpi, mpireport, mpireportimmigration, mpireportimmigrationeurope, nativismeurope
Voter Suppression Groups Plot a Million-Person Army to Swarm Polls
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: May 10, 2012
Nationwide, the prevalence of voter fraud is similarly freakonomically low; but voter suppression is at an all time high.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance, Voter Suppression
Tags: 2012, election, government, justice, minority, party, suppression, tea, vote, voter
DOJ Files Suit Against Sheriff Joe Arpaio
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 10, 2012
The Department of Justice announced on Thursday that it would file a lawsuit against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: arpaiolawsuit, arparioinvestigation, dojarpaio, federalinvestigationarpario
For First-Time Voter, Obama’s Support of Gay Marriage Brings Hope
South Kern Sol, Commentary, Posted: May 10, 2012
An 18-year-old first-time voter writes that Obama’s support of same-sex marriage is a step closer to victory in the fight for civil rights.
Categories: Election 2012, Gender & Sexuality, Latino, Living, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: obamalgbt, obamaongaymarriage, obamasamesexmarriage, obamayouthvote
San Francisco Mayor Signs Civil Rights Ordinance
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 10, 2012
Civil rights advocates are celebrating new legislation signed into law by San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee.
Categories: Audio, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Multimedia, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: civil rights, ed lee, fib, jttf, mayor, ordinance, police, san francisco, security, supervisors, surveillance
Violence Against Women Act: Overdue Justice for Native Women
Indian Country Today, News Report, Posted: May 09, 2012
A provision in the Senate's Violence Against Women Act would restore tribal criminal jurisdiction over non-Indian abusers.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Gender & Sexuality, Indigenous, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: domesticviolence, nativewomen, vawa, violenceagainstwomenact
The Big Chill - the Coolness of Loverboy Barack Obama
Firstpost.com, Commentary, Posted: May 08, 2012
The upcoming book on Obama by David Maraniss is rather tame. But the timing of the excerpt is rather obvious.
Categories: African American, Election 2012, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012, book, early, election, girlfriend, maraniss, obama, romance, sex, youth
Native American Voters No Longer Easily Suppressed in New Mexico
America's Wire, News Report, Posted: May 08, 2012
New Mexico’s minority populations are no strangers to attempts to limit their voting rights, its Native American residents continue to add registered voters to the rolls.
Categories: Election 2012, Indigenous, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Voter Suppression
Tags: foundation, kellog, minority, native, new mexico, registration, richardson, suppression, voters
Black, Latino Voter Registration Drops
ThinkProgress, News Report, Posted: May 08, 2012
New data from the U.S. Census Bureau reveals a decline in African American and Hispanic American voter registration since 2008, the Washington Post reports.
Categories: African American, Election 2012, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Politics & Governance, Voter Suppression
Tags: blackvoterturnout, hispanicvoters, latinovoters, latinovoterturnout, votersuppression
Absentee Mexican Voters Rise by Nearly Half Since Last Election
Univision News, News Report, Posted: May 05, 2012
Mexico’s bureaucratic voter registration process prevents many expats from participating in elections.
Categories: Election 2012, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: mexicansusvotemexico, mexicanvoters, mexicanvotersabroad, mexicoelections, usmexicanvoters
Immigrants’ Greatest Potential Ally -- American Women
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: May 04, 2012
The Latina mother has replaced the male immigrant worker as the new threat for many nativist Americans.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: reproductiverights, webelongtogether, womenimmigrants, womenimmigrantsalabama
A View From Inside the Tea Party’s Voter Suppression Confab
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: May 03, 2012
Just two weeks ago a Rasmussen poll showed 64 percent of Americans believe voter fraud exists. This poll was a major hit with the folks at the pro-voter ID True the Vote conference held over the weekend in Houston.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance, Voter Suppression
Tags: fraud, houston, id, mitt, obama, romney, suppression, voter
Parties Ignore Asian American Voters ‘At Their Peril’
New America Media, News Report, Posted: May 02, 2012
A new poll shows that despite growing numbers and heightened engagement, both political parties have ignored Asian American voters.
Categories: Asian, Election 2012, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: apivoters, asianamericancandidates, asianamericanvoters, elections2012
California’s Fight to Stop Health Insurance Price Gouging & the Single Payer Solution
New America Media/California Progress Report, News Analysis, Posted: May 01, 2012
Health insurance premium rates have soared by 153% since 2002, nearly five times the rate of inflation in California.
Categories: Economy, Health, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: blue cross, californians, coverage, economy, health, insurance, premium