Binna’s Story: From Hell to Hope
Koream, News Feature, Posted: Jan 30, 2011
Overnight, she lost her entire family—by her father’s hand. He tried to kill her, too. This is Binna Kim‘s journey from Hell to Hope.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: belief, binna kim, church, community, family, korean, murder, religion, suicide, survival
Gay Ugandan's Murder Blamed on U.S. Evangelicals
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 28, 2011
After gay rights activist David Kato was bludgeoned to death with a hammer, American evangelicals will have a hard time convincing the world that they are not to blame.
Categories: African, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: Christian, DavidKato, evangelical, hatespeech, homosexuality, Scottlively, Uganda
This Revolution Will Not Be Twittered? Cairo in Chaos
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jan 28, 2011
This horrible silence of an entire nation wiped off the worldwide web by a tyrannical dictator in this the second decade of the 21st century.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: brotherhood, cairo, egypt, middle east, mubarak, muslim, revolution, twitter, uprising
Bitter Pill: NY Schools Chief's Birth Control Joke Offends
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Jan 27, 2011
Black quipped, “Could we just have some birth control for a while? It would really help us.”
Categories: Education, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Religion
Inshaallah Twitter: Egypt Abuzz With Hope for Change
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Jan 27, 2011
The rule of a despot for three decades and the role of “American ally” are being challenged, thanks in part by the new social network.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Religion, Science & Technology, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: brotherhood, cairo, egypt, gay, islam, mubarack, revolution, twitter, uprising
Egyptian Protesters Say Tunisia Is the Solution
RFI English, News Report, Posted: Jan 25, 2011
Thousands of Egyptians defied their government to join protests Tuesday. Police fired teargas and attacked protesters, demonstrators.
Categories: African, Economy, Eye on Egypt , Intersections, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: egypt, islam, police, protesters, revolution, tunisia
Pakistani Americans Must Combat Radicalism, Not Just Complain
Pakistan Link, Commentary, Posted: Jan 25, 2011
If Pakistani Americans want to feel welcome in the United States, they need to judge Pakistan and the U.S. by the same yardstick.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Aafia Siddiqui, Faisal Shahzad, Pakistan, terrorism
Tunisian Uprising: The Other Martyrs
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 22, 2011
A surge in self-immolations throughout the Arab world seems to indicate a trend of turning away from religious strictures banning suicide.
Categories: African, Eye on Egypt , Front Page, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: al jazeera, al-bou-azizieh, algeria, arab, islam, mohammedbou-azizi, self-immolation, suicide, tunisia
Uncertainty in Ivory Coast, Optimism in Sudan
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Jan 18, 2011
During a BBC report on the worsening situation in the Ivory Coast, a spokesman for Alassane Ouatara said a low-level civil war is already in progress.
Categories: African, Front Page, International Affairs, Intersections, Middle Eastern, Religion
Tags: civil, ivory coast, sudan africa, talks, war
King's Southern Christian Leadership Group Back on Track After Scandal
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Jan 18, 2011
Marred by more than a year of lawsuits and internal controversy, the Atlanta-based Southern Christian Leadership Conference has revived itself.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Religion
Tags: civil, controversy, king, organization, rights, scls
MLK Jr.—A Man For All Seasons
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 17, 2011
A veteran civil rights lawyer who grew up along the Tex-Mex border explains how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s struggle became her own.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: american, justice, martin luther king jr., mexican, struggle
Far Too Many Still Think the King Holiday Is for Blacks Only
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jan 16, 2011
In far too many public and private circles, the King holiday is still regarded as a “black holiday” or, more charitably, a “civil rights issue.”
Categories: African American, Intersections, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: black, holiday, king, mississippi, naacp, segregation
Republicans Strip D.C.’s Voice and Vote in House Action
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Jan 10, 2011
One of the first orders of business for the Republican-controlled House was to strip D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton of her vote in the house.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Religion
Tags: D.C., Eleanor Holmes Norton, house, republicans, vote