Obama’s Iraq Withdrawal Is a Great Deal for Progressives
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 31, 2010
The Iraq withdrawal by any measure is a solid administration accomplishment and Obama deserves the cheers for that.
Categories: African American, Featured Columnists, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Accountablity, americans, comments, iraq, troops withdrawal
Following Faith: Adopted, Chinese and Jewish
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 31, 2010
What is it like for a child who is adopted from China and must learn a new language, customs and family?
Categories: Asian, Audio, Chinese, Ethnicities, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, Top Stories
Tags: adoption, china, jewish, long island, race, race relations, wo ai ni mommy
Oh, No, It's a Girl! South Asians Flock to Sex-Selection Clinics in U.S.
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 31, 2010
Advertising online, U.S. fertility clinics are getting rich by exploiting deep cultural biases in India and other countries where sex-selection procedures are illegal.
Categories: Asian, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Multi-ethnic, News, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: clinics, fertility, gender, India, JeffreySteinberg, sexselection, women'srights
Neverending Journey: A Chinese Elder’s Casino-Bus Nightmare
Sing Tao Daily/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 30, 2010
They call him Old Li (in photo with cap). Too ashamed to return to China, he endlessly rides buses from New York to casinos. Not gambling, he lives on rebate coupons.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Elders, Immigration, Top Stories
Tags: casino, chinatown, chinese american, elders, gambling, isolation, poverty, undocumented Asians
Glenn Beck's Rally—the View from a T-Shirt
New America Media, Photo Essay, Posted: Aug 30, 2010
Glenn Beck claimed that his weekend mega-rally in Washington, D.C., was about "restoring America's honor." Here are some of the mixed messages his supporters sent out—on T-shirts.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Photo Galleries, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Glenn Beck, MartinLutherKingJr., rally, teaparty
Afghanistan Is Obama’s War
Philadelphia Tribune, News Analysis, Posted: Aug 30, 2010
A majority of Americans see the war in Afghanistan as a lost cause and, unfortunately, see the surge by President Barack Obama as a lost cause, too.
Categories: Top Stories
Tags: afghanistan, americans, homeland security, obama, war
Black Muslims: Left Out of the National Conversation on Islam
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Aug 30, 2010
A 2007 Pew Center study found that 35 percent of all American Muslims were born here. Of that 35 percent, 20 percent are African-American.
Categories: Religion, Top Stories
Tags: african americans, debate, ground zero, mosque, muslims
Sorrow in South Carolina
Final Call , News Report, Posted: Aug 30, 2010
Alarm and anger gripped South Carolina when news broke about the murder of two toddlers allegedly by their own mother.
Categories: African American, Top Stories
Tags: lake, murder, Shaquan Duley, south carolina, toddlers
Vietnamese Americans, the BP Spill, and the Lessons of Katrina
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 29, 2010
Unlike some ethnic groups, the Vietnamese community reinvented itself after the hurricane—and learned lessons that are proving critical to its post-BP survival.
Categories: Asian, Elders, Environment, Front Page, News, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: BP, hurricane, Katrina, oilspill, Versailles, VietnameseAmericans
Higher Ground Needed on Ground Zero Mosque Debate
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 29, 2010
What Feisal Abdul Rauf, the would-be imam of the Islamic cultural center near ground zero, should say to elevate the discussion around the center to a higher ground.
Categories: Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Feisal Abdul Rauf, ground zero, islam, islamic cultural center, mosque, muslim
“Judge Tani,” Pride of Filipinos, Is Confirmed to Head CA Supreme Court
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 28, 2010
Cantil-Sakauye would be the state’s first Asian-American chief justice, presiding over one of the largest court systems in the world. Supporters hope their kids will think, “I can be like her."
Categories: Asian, Front Page, Law & Justice, News, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Cantil-Sakauye, court, Filipino-American, JudgeTani, justice, womenofcolor
Chinese Rescue Team Reaches Pakistan
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Aug 28, 2010
55 Chinese international rescue team, along with their relief aid, arrived at Islamabad on Thursday to help the victims of one of Pakistan's worst natural disasters.
Categories: Chinese, Environment, Health, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: aid, China, flood, natural disaster, Pakistan, reconstruction, relief
Repeal of Birthright Citizenship: Déjà-Vu for Japanese Americans
Pacific Citizen, News Analysis, Posted: Aug 28, 2010
Arguments to repeal birthright citizenship for U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants smack of the same racist arguments presented in the 40's.
Categories: Asian, Immigration, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 14th amendment, arizona, birth citizen, citizenship, Japanese Americans, rights, undocumented immigrants
Hate Can Come in Black and Brown
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 27, 2010
A new and ugly wave of racially motivated violence pits African-Americans against Latinos in N.Y and L.A.
Categories: African American, Featured Columnists, Immigration, Latino, News, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: AfricanAmericans, blacks, hatecrime, Hispanics, Latinos, LosAngeles, NewYork, race
California Border Schools to Ask Students for Papers
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Aug 27, 2010
Some districts will soon begin implementing a controversial measure meant to keep nonresidents out of U.S. schools.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: californiaeducation, californiaschools, mexicanstudents, mexicanstudentsamericanschools
San Francisco School Enrollment: Get in Line or Get Left Behind
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Audio, Posted: Aug 27, 2010
It’s the time of year when so many young people are going back to school. For parents and teens in San Francisco this time can be especially stressful.
Categories: Audio, Education, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: education, enrollment, school, students
How U.S. Fears Over Flood Play Into Pakistan Army's Hands
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 27, 2010
By framing the flood as a security issue, Pakistan is playing the only card it has—the terror threat—and the U.S. will pay the price.
Categories: Environment, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Afghanwar, Musharraf, Pakistanfloods, Taliban, terrorism, U.S.foreignpolicy, Zardari
New America Now: Acknowledging the "Other"
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 27, 2010
A look at race relations in current news, a fiction story and a documentary on adoption.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Chinese, European, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Religion, Sections, Top Stories
Tags: David Mitchell, Franz schurmann, Ground Zero Mosque, Jacob de Zoet, Parvez Sharma, PNSco-founder, Stephanie Wang-Breal, Wo Ai Ni Mommy
The Education of a Vietnamese-American Writer
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Aug 27, 2010
An author reflects on a decision years ago to choose a creative writing program on his path to becoming a writer.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Education, Top Stories
Tags: andrew lam, asian american indentity, back to school, culture, education, vietnamese american, writing
WHO ASKED US?: Report Cards for Teachers? New Law Gives CA Students a Voice
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 27, 2010
The law, passed over objections of the powerful California Teachers Association, comes amid a huge controversy over teacher evaluations by the L.A. Times.
Categories: African American, Asian, Education, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: back to school, education, evaluations, grading teachers, reform, SB 1422
Understanding Montana Fishburne—Sex Tapes, Celebrity and Race
Racialicious.com, Commentary, Posted: Aug 26, 2010
Sex, I thought, would lead to gravitas, to being taken seriously by the people I wanted to be, who were in the stage of life I thought I was in.
Categories: African American, Top Stories
Tags: kim kardashian, Los Angeles, montana fishburn, porn, sex
Rescuing Cambodia with an Accordion—the Man Who Would Be Prime Minister
New America Media, Video, Posted: Aug 26, 2010
Daran Kravanh, who survived Cambodia’s Killing Fields by playing the accordion, is risking his life again by running for prime minister in his native country.
Categories: Asian, Multimedia, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
How Katrina Changed Versailles: A Conversation with Leo Chiang
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Aug 26, 2010
A documentary filmmaker discusses how the Vietnamese-Americans of east New Orleans lost their homes in the flood but found their voice.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: BO, hurricane, immigrants, Katrina, oilspill, Versailles, VietnameseAmericans
Oakland Cool—Businesses Grow, Violent Reputation Continues
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Aug 25, 2010
Forbes Magazine has named Oakland, Calif., the fifth-coolest city in the country. Can the city known for violence forge a new image?
Categories: Top Stories
Tags: business, downtown, oakland, reputation, violence
Philippines' Unlikely Love Affair with Basketball
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 25, 2010
It might be a country where the average height is 5'6", but this doesn't stop Filipinos from being crazy about basketball.
Categories: Audio, Intersections, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: basketball, obsession way of life, Pacific Rims, Philippines, Rafe Bartholomew
Home Alone at 90—NY Chinatown's Isolated Elders
Sing Tao Daily/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 25, 2010
Recent deaths in New York’s Chinatown have focused new attention on elderly immigrants living—and dying—without family or friends.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Elders, Health, Top Stories
Tags: chinese american, elderly, isolation, mental health, new york city chinatown
Love at First Bite: San Jose's Green Chorizo Tacos
Silicon Valley DeBug, Video, Posted: Aug 24, 2010
The unique tacos served up by Las Huastecas owner Cuauhtemoc Lopez are inspired by his youth in Toluca, in the state of Mexico.
Categories: Top Stories
Ground Zero Mosque: Why Some Muslims Don't Want It, Either
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 24, 2010
One NY immigrant asks, ‘How can I go and pray in a place that will cause so much pain to so many people?'
Categories: Ethnicities, Middle Eastern, News, Original NAM Content, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: 9/11, charles rangel, Islam, Muslims, NewYork
Beck’s Shameful Dishonor of King Nothing New for Conservatives
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 24, 2010
Since the Reagan era, right-wingers have been trying to co-opt the civil rights leader as one of their own.
Categories: African American, Media, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: african american, conservatives, glen beck, jr., martin luther king, media, right wing
Franz Schurmann: A Curious, Restless American Soul
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Aug 23, 2010
How the late co-founder of Pacific News Service inspired a young Vietnamese refugee to become a writer and discover the world.
Categories: Education, Elders, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: american, education, Franz schurmann, soul
PNS Co-founder Franz Schurmann Dies
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 23, 2010
Schurmann—a renowned journalist and scholar who spoke 12 languages fluently and wrote books on China, the Vietnam war, and Nixon—was 84.
Categories: Front Page, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Profiles, Top Stories
Tags: FranzSchurmann, historian, obituary, PNSco-founder, SandyClose, scholar
Latino Baseball Fans Reluctant to Join Arizona Boycott
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 23, 2010
Despite calls to boycott the Arizona Diamondbacks, some Latino baseball fans continue to support their team.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Latino, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: arizonadiamonbacks, azdbacks, boycottarizona, boycottbudweiser, boycottdiamondbacks, latinobaseball
African Americans Doubt Education System in New Orleans
Louisiana Weekly, News Report, Posted: Aug 23, 2010
A recent study found that 64 percent of Black New Orleans residents were “very worried” that their children won’t get a good education.
Categories: Top Stories
Tags: black, charter schools, education, low income, new orleans
California's Inland Empire Kids Sink Deeper Into Poverty
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Aug 23, 2010
One in five San Bernardino County children live in poverty, compared to one in six or 16% before the recession began.
Categories: Top Stories
Tags: african americans, health, kids, poverty, San Bernardino County
Black Community Thrives in Taiwan
Oakland Post, News Report, Posted: Aug 23, 2010
There’s no question that the residents of African descent in this Asian economic powerhouse are contributing to a vibrant lifestyle.
Categories: Top Stories
Latino Soldiers Returning from Iraq
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Aug 22, 2010
One Latina soldier says the toughest part about fighting in the Iraq war is coming home.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Latino, Top Stories, Veterans, War & Conflict
Tags: baghdad, hispanicsarmy, iraq, latinosinthearmy, latinosoldiers, latinotroops, latinovets
Jewish Leaders Join Support for Ground Zero Mosque
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 22, 2010
Los Angeles religious leaders from a variety of faiths voiced their support for plans to build a mosque near Ground Zero in New York.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Intersections, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: groundzeromosque, groundzeronewyork, interfaith, jewish, mosque
Should Indian Americans Simplify Their Names?
San Jose Beez, Commentary, Posted: Aug 21, 2010
Should Savita become Sammy and Raj become Roger? Two Indian voices debate the pros and cons of "Americanizing" your ethnic identity.
Categories: Asian, Immigration, Top Stories
Tags: American, Heritage, Names, President, South Asian
No Surprise So Many Think Obama’s Muslim
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 21, 2010
A new Pew Research Center poll found a large increase in the number of Republicans who believe that Obama is a Muslim.
Categories: African American, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: groundzeromosque, obama, obamamuslim
Eco-Friendly Richmond Plunge Pool Reopens
New America Media, Video, Posted: Aug 20, 2010
After years of renovation, a historic Richmond, CA, swimming pool reopens better—and greener—than ever.
Categories: Environment, Health, Intersections, Science & Technology, Sports, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: green. solar, plunge, pool, richmond, water
Young and Almost Famous
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Commentary, Posted: Aug 20, 2010
Our desire for wealth and fame has intrigued American society for ages, even today, young people hope to grab on to the tailcoats of the fame monster. This week on YO!Radio we talk to two young people who like so many of their peers are just waiting for their time in the limelight.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
New America Now: The Sports Edition
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 20, 2010
New America Now plays ball - the Philippines' love affair with basketball, a soccer team of refugees, and a Dominican baseball player's adventures in Iowa.
Categories: Asian, Audio, Caribbean, Chinese, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: baseball, basketball, china, chinatown, Philippines, Rafe Bartholomew, soccer, sports, Sugar, Yao Ming
Indian Films Can Be Indie, Too
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 20, 2010
Two new dark comedies are testing the American public's appetite for Indian films that have nothing to do with Bollywood.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: bollywood, farmersuicides, indianmovies, indiemovies, movies, osamabinladenmovie
New Study Asks: Is Your Home Trying to Kill You?
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Aug 20, 2010
A new study shows that products from plastics to electronics may be filling our homes with toxic chemicals.
Categories: Environment, Health, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: cleaningproducts, earlypuberty, endochrinedisruptors, environmentaltoxins, phthalates, thalates
Arizona Immigrants Create New Model of Organizing
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 19, 2010
Arizona isn’t just a laboratory for anti-immigrant laws. It is also the epicenter of a new type of neighborhood-based organizing for immigrants' rights.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arizonaimmigrants, arizonaimmigration, arizonalaw, immigrantrights, immigrationlaw, sb1070
Summer Sun Alert: Minorities Need to Protect Against Skin Cancer, Too
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Aug 19, 2010
With melanoma rates skyrocketing, Latinos and blacks are more likely to be diagnosed later, making treatment harder.
Categories: African American, Health, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: health, melanoma, skincancer, sunscreen
Sen. Ted Stevens—'Friend to Native Alaskans'
The Tundra Drums , News Report, Posted: Aug 18, 2010
Native Alaskans say the late U.S. senator, whose funeral was held on Wednesday, did more for their communities than anyone else.
Categories: Health, Indigenous, Law & Justice, Media, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Alaska, Community, Funeral, Media, Natives, Sen. Ted Stevens
Standing Up for Homeless Vets at Stand Downs
New America Media, Video, Posted: Aug 18, 2010
More than 100,000 veterans are homeless nationwide. Recently, 400 in California got to “Stand Down” for a day.
Categories: African American, Top Stories, Veterans, Video
Tags: alamedafairgrounds, blackvets, homelessveterans, homelessvets, standdown
CDC Report: AIDS Is a Black—and Poor—Disease
Sac Observer, News Report, Posted: Aug 18, 2010
Although blacks are barely 13 percent of the U.S. population, they represent 45 percent of people infected with HIV each year
Categories: African, African American, Health, Top Stories
Textile Training Center Means Hope for Haiti
AFRO, News Report, Posted: Aug 18, 2010
Months after the devastating earthquake that ravaged Haiti, new economic hope is beginning to emerge for the people of the impoverished country.
Categories: African, Economy, International Affairs, Top Stories
Four Jailed Danziger Cops Seek to Overturn Judge’s Bond Denial
Louisiana Weekly, News Report, Posted: Aug 17, 2010
Attorneys representing the jailed New Orleans police officers accused in the Danziger Bridge shootings are looking for bail for their clients.
Categories: Top Stories
Tags: cops, Danziger Bridge, katrina, New Orleans, prosecutors, shootings
Arab Media: Ground Zero Mosque Debate a Test for Obama
New America Media, Roundup, Posted: Aug 17, 2010
Obama said Muslims have the right to build a mosque near Ground Zero, but he did not say whether he thinks it’s a good idea.
Categories: Middle Eastern, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: 9/11, 911, groundzero, groundzeromosque, groundzeronewyork, mosque911, mosquegroundzer
Eating Rich, Living Sick—U.S. Bangladeshi Elders Hit Hard by Diabetes
Bangla Patrika/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 17, 2010
Older Bangladeshis in the U.S. suffer from unusually high rates of diabetes. Experts say unhealthy diet is just one factor.
Categories: Elders, Ethnic Media Network, Fellowships, Health, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Bangladeshis, Diabetes, EthnicElders, HealthCare
Pakistan Floods: Why Should We Care?
Chowk.com, Commentary, Posted: Aug 16, 2010
All indicators are pointing toward an enormous, long-term human tragedy unfolding in Pakistan, and we need to do something about it.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Haiti, Pakistan, Pakistan floods, tsunami
Grass Greener in South Korea for Korean Americans
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: Aug 16, 2010
Korean Americans with environmental experience are flocking to work in South Korea, which is spending 2 percent of its GDP on a green agenda.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Environment, Ethnic Media Network, Top Stories
Tags: environment, green economy, Korean American, South Korea
1 in Every 4 Blacks Underemployed, More Black Women Jobless
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Aug 16, 2010
The jobless rate for Blacks continues to be nearly twice that of whites. And Black men continue to have the highest rate of unemployment of any group.
Categories: Top Stories
Tags: black men, black women, jobs, underemployed, unemployed
Fourteen Examples of Systemic Racism in the U.S. Criminal Justice System
Louisiana Weekly, Commentary, Posted: Aug 16, 2010
Saying the US criminal system is racist may be politically controversial in some circles. But the facts are overwhelming.
Categories: Top Stories
A Poet's Guide Through San Francisco
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Aug 16, 2010
City of Stairways, a new anthology published by the WritersCorps project, looks at San Francisco through the eyes of its young poets, artists and photographers.
Categories: Top Stories
Tags: poetry, san francisco, writerscorps., youth
Brooklyn's Bloody 2010: 61 Shootings, 76 Victims in Just 8 Months
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Aug 16, 2010
Numerous shootings riddled the city this past weekend, but the story of gun violence is all too familiar in Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood.
Categories: Top Stories
Tags: black, brownsville, new york, nypd, shootings, violence
Black Men Killing Each Other—the Tragic Toll
Philadelphia Tribune, News Report, Posted: Aug 16, 2010
The murder of Blease Eric Burno was one of those tragedies that has become all too familiar across the U.S.
Categories: Top Stories
Tags: black, community, murder, philadelphia, violence
Haitians Hope for Humanitarian Parole
New America Media, Video, Posted: Aug 15, 2010
A delegation of lawyers and doctors from the Bay Area went to Haiti in March to assess possible candidates for so-called humanitarian parole to the United States because of their dire situations. NAM videographer Josue Rojas joined the delegation and filed these reports.
Categories: African, African American, Immigration, Intersections, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: earth quake, haiti, homeland security, humanitarian parole, refugees
International Community Must not Neglect Haitians
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Aug 15, 2010
Haiti needs to rebuild from the ground up and in the area of health care that means a long term commitment from the international community.
Categories: Environment, Health, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: disaster, earthquake, haiti, healthcare, international aid, physicians, relief
An African American Director in Japan
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 15, 2010
Aaron Woolfolk on being the first African American making a feature film in Japan. It's about a black man who journeys to rural Japan after his son's death.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, New America Now, Top Stories
Tags: Aaron Woolfolk, Harimaya Bridge
Social Security Turns 75 Under Fiscal Fire
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Aug 14, 2010
As Social Security celebrates its 75th birthday, deficit hawks are circling it, claiming that cuts won’t harm today’s seniors. But ethnic elders remain vulnerable.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: debt panel, elders, social security
She Eats Prays Loves (and Goes Home)
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 13, 2010
Eat Pray Love is another example of a "journey" film where a Westerner finds herself in the East. But where do Indonesians and Indians go away to get their groove back?
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Media, Multi-ethnic, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Eat, Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert, India, Indonesia, Italy, Julia Roberts, Love, Pray
In Death, Mitrice Richardson Leaves Many Questions Unanswered
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 13, 2010
The discovery of Mitrice Richardson's remains this week is not the end of the mystery behind her disappearance. Issues of race still cloud how her case was handled.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: black murder, crime, disappearance, Mitrice Richardson
Young Entrepreneurs Doing Small Business in a Big Way
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Audio, Posted: Aug 13, 2010
For young people the idea of having their own businesses and making a living is a leap of faith, a struggle and an adventure.
Categories: Audio, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
How Does Revisiting 14th Amendment Hurt Blacks?
Black America Web, Commentary, Posted: Aug 13, 2010
There have been those hysterically shrieking that Sen. Lindsey Graham and other Republicans want to “repeal” the 14th Amendment.
Categories: African American, Immigration, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 14th Amendment, blacks, citizenship, lindsy graham, senate
Not Ready for Kindergarten? Save California $700 Million
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 13, 2010
For almost two decades California has tried to change the enrollment date for kindergarten. The recession might just make it happen.
Categories: Education, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: budget, california, kindergarten, SB 1381
When Did We All Turn Blond?
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Aug 13, 2010
Sales of blond hair dye have skyrocketed in recent years, non-whites are ditching their natural hair colors and turning into Barbies and Kens.
Tags: beyonce, blond, chic, fashion, rihanna, stars, style, trend
Embattled Waters Finds Solace On Home Turf
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Aug 12, 2010
Waters has been at the center of a political firestorm since the House Ethics Committee charged the formidable Democrat with violating ethics rules.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: california, congress, ethics, investigation, maxine waters
Old Epic Story, New Twist
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 12, 2010
A modern way of story telling, through a graphic novel, to tell a story more than 2,000 years old.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Ethnicities, Multimedia, News, Religion, Sections, South Asian, Top Stories
Did Oakland Police Go Overboard After Mehserle's Verdict?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 12, 2010
Of the 78 arrests during the protest, 57 were for misdemeanor charges and a handful of people were booked on serious crimes.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bart, cops, justice, law, mesherle, oakland, oscar grant, riot
Helping Ethnic Elders Avoid the Nursing Home Nightmare
St. Louis American/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 12, 2010
Some useful tips and resources can help ethnic elders and their families avoid the turmoil of a nursing home placement.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Health, Top Stories
Tags: bureaucracy, convalescent home, elders, health, healthcare
New Black Panthers Look to Clear the Air in Harlem
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Aug 12, 2010
New Black Panther leaders gathered at Sylvia’s Restaurant in Harlem to address accusations of voter intimidation.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: harlem, intimidation, new black panthers, voter, zulu shabaaz
The U.S.-Mexico Border Is Safer Than You Think
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 11, 2010
Could the U.S.-Mexico border be one of the safest regions in the country? A new poll suggests that border residents feel safe.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, immigration, U.S. Mexico Border, violence
The Watts Riots—Forty-Five Years after the Flames
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Aug 11, 2010
Forty five years after the riots in Watts, not much has changed. Poverty and unemployment and neglect remain.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: african american, discrimination, los angeles, race, racism, riot, watts
Jainism Transverses an Ocean
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 11, 2010
When monks can't travel by boat, plane or bus, how do they get from India to California?
Categories: Audio, Ethnicities, Multimedia, News, Religion, Sections, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: anniversary, buddhism, jainism, modern, shobha vora
Children to Obama: Stop the Raids
Impulso, News Report, Posted: Aug 10, 2010
The demonstrators in Los Angeles also called for a halt to the Arizona law known as SB 1070 and an end to ICE raids.
Categories: Economy, Education, Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Katrina Pain Index -- Five Years Later
New Orleans Agenda, News Report, Posted: Aug 10, 2010
Five years after Katrina, the most liberal estimates are that 141,000 fewer people live in the metro New Orleans area.
Categories: African American, Economy, Education, Environment, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: anniversary, index, katrina, new orleans, oil, pain, spill
Nine Extraordinary Paths
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 10, 2010
In a high-tech India, it is the ordinary men and women who follow paths of faith that stick out in William Dalrymple's book, Nine Lives
Categories: Audio, Ethnicities, Multimedia, News, Religion, Sections, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Nine Lives, William Dalrymple
High Teacher Turnover: Reality of an LA Urban School
La Opinión/New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Aug 10, 2010
ACLU filed a lawsuit alleging that the high teacher turnover at Markham was a violation of the students’ right to an education.
Categories: African American, Economy, Education, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: ACLU, California, education, middle school
Daphne Kwok: "Eyes and Ears" of Asian American Community
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 10, 2010
Obama has picked Daphne Kwok to chair the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
Categories: Asian, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: API, asian american, daphne kwok, health, obama
Ground Zero Mosque Controversy Highlights Islamophobia
Pakistan Link, Commentary, Posted: Aug 09, 2010
The reaction from the American right to the idea of a mosque near Ground Zero exposes those who are intent on marginalizing American Muslims.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: ground zero, Islam, Mosque, Muslim, Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, world trade center
Cheating the System...and Many Hearts, too
Aramica, News Report, Posted: Aug 09, 2010
A recent case of a New Jersey woman, who manipulated VAWA and her husband, is among several, ongoing ones, nationwide.
Categories: Immigration, Middle Eastern, Top Stories
Tags: Arab, domestic violence, immigration, scams, violence against women act
Language Segregation Alive in Ariz. Schools
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Aug 09, 2010
Arizona schools separate English learners from other students for a four-hour block each day for one year.
Categories: Education, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, education, English learners, ESL, immigrnats, schools, segregation
Black-Asian Violence: One Family Speaks Out
New America Media, Video, Posted: Aug 09, 2010
A family that lost a husband and father to black-on-Asian violence says more Asian-American victims need to speak out.
Categories: African American, Asian, Chinese, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: asianamericanvictims, blackAsian, blackasianviolence, chineseamerican
Indian Rickshaws Pull Ahead With Social Entrepreneurship
San Jose Beez, News Analysis, Posted: Aug 08, 2010
Global business guru C.K. Prahalad had long argued that profit and social development should not be seen as oil and water.
Categories: Asian, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: India, India Currents, Innovation, Rickshaw, Social Entreprenuership, Yunus
Court Forces Social Security to Restore Lifelines
New America Media, Video, Posted: Aug 08, 2010
A federal court ordered the Social Security Administration to reinstate 250,000 aged, poor and disabled Americans it wrongly cut off, and repay them $700 million--but they must apply.
Categories: Elders, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, Video
Tags: disabled, elders, immigrants, lawsuit, martinez vs. astrue, social security disability insurance
Hate Crime in the Forgotten Borough
El Diario/La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Aug 07, 2010
The influx of Mexicans to the historically African-American city of Port Richmond has incited tensions and led to a series of bias attacks.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: hatecrime, mexicansnewyork, mexicansstatenisland, statenisland
No Smoking Gun in House Ethics Committee Report Against Waters
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 07, 2010
Maxine Waters challenged the House Ethics Committee to release the entire report on her alleged ethics violation.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: congress, corruptpoliicians, houseethicscommittee, maxinewaters
High School Student Becomes Youngest Ever Fremont City Council Candidate
San Jose Beez , News Feature, Posted: Aug 07, 2010
Ishan Shah is the youngest candidate ever to run for Fremont City Council.
Categories: Asian, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Asian-American, Civic Engagement, Fremont, Indian-American, Mission San Jose High School, Political Office, Teen, Youngest
New America Now: The Many Faces of Religion in India
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 06, 2010
How has Arizona changed post SB1070 and a close look at religion in the 21st century in India.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Economy, Immigration, Latino, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: africa, hinduism, immigration, india, jainism, pixar, ramayana, wall street
SB 1070 Provision Worries Church Leaders
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 06, 2010
Some parts of SB 1070 have gone into effect, including a provision that makes it a crime to transport or harbor an undocumented immigrant.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arizonachurch, arizonaimmigartion, arizonalaw, harboring, immigrationlaw, sb1070
Federal Reserve Hears Homeowners' Woes
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 06, 2010
Federal Reserve officials consider beefing up mortgage disclosure laws.
Categories: Economy, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: bankers, Banks, federal reserve, feds, forclosure crisis, homeowners, housing, mortgage, Wells Fargo
Report: Criminalizing Undocumented Boosts For-profit Prisons
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 06, 2010
Since 2005, an estimated $1.2 billion in federal dollars -- in Texas alone -- have been funneled into warehousing the undocumented in for-profit prisons and detention centers.
Categories: Immigration, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, criminal courts, immigration, operation streamline, SB 1070, undocumented immigrants
Indian Seniors Confront Twilight Years in America
India Currents, News Report, Posted: Aug 06, 2010
Indian seniors who immigrate to the United States to live with their children face the daunting challenge of having to adapt to a new way of life.
Categories: Elders, Ethnic Media Network, Health, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: aging, elders, indian american
Prop 8 and SB 1070 -- Sisters Under the Skin?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 05, 2010
When I heard about Judge Robert Vaughn Walker’s ruling on same-sex marriage, I immediately thought of one person. Judge Susan Bolton.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, ban, immigration, marriage, same-sex. anchor babies, san francisco
San Francisco Celebrates Gay Marriage Ruling
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Aug 05, 2010
As word spread that a federal judge had struck down Califrnia's ban on same-sex marriage, San Francisco's Castro District filled up with revelers.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories, Video
Chauncey Bailey: A Journalist “Willing to Face Risks”
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 05, 2010
On the third anniversary of the killing of journalist Chauncey Bailey, a fellow journalist reflects on Bailey's legacy.
Categories: African American, Top Stories
Tags: Chauncey Bailey, journalism, oakland, your black muslim bakery, yusef bey
Crossing Both Race and Comfort Lines
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 05, 2010
Sayed Kusha, creator of Arab Labor, talks about the land-mines that a satirical sitcom about an Arab in Jerusalem must face.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Arab Labor, conflict, Israel, jewish, Jewish film festival, jews, palestine
Homeowners Strike New Deals with Lenders
Washington Informer, News Report, Posted: Aug 05, 2010
The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA), hosted its “Save the Dream Tour” at the Washington Convention Center.
Categories: Top Stories
Tags: foreclosure, housing, hud, lenders, washington dc
Immigrant Rights Activists Defend 14th Amendment
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 05, 2010
Denying citizenship to the children of undocumented immigrants could be the next frontier for anti-immigration politicians and activists.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 14thamendment, 14thammendment, anchorbabies, birthrightcitizenship, childrenofillegals, childrenofundocumented, denyingcitizenship
SB 1070 Lite?
Frontera NorteSur, News Report, Posted: Aug 04, 2010
Parts of Arizona's immigration law have gone into effect, including criminalizing the transportation of undocumented immigrants.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: arizonaimmigration, arizonalaw, bolton, immigartionlaw, sb1070
Race and the Justice System
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 04, 2010
Carmen Lineberger discusses how significant it is to have African American prosecutors and DA's in areas where more African American's live.
Categories: African American, Audio, Law & Justice, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: Colorblind, justice system, prosecutors, race
Minorities Drive California Environmental Movement
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 04, 2010
Ethnic Californians are at the forefront of support for environmental policies in the state, according to a new poll.
Categories: African American, Asian, Environment, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: ab32, californiaenvironment, climatechange, environementallaw, greenhousegas, prop23
Maxine Waters, the Democrats’ Sacrificial Lamb
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 04, 2010
It’s no accident that Maxine Waters has been dumped on the political hot seat three months before the 2010 mid-term elections.
Categories: African American, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: corruptpolitiicians, dirtypolitics, maxinewaters, rangel, waters
Latinos and the Truth About Baseball's Double Standard
National Institute for Latino Policy, Commentary, Posted: Aug 04, 2010
Chicago White Sox Manager Ozzie Guillen called out Major League Baseball for providing translators for Asian players, but not for Latinos.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Latino, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: baseballlatinos, Guillen, latinosbaseball, majorleaguebaseball, mlb, whitesox
America's Not Really Colorblind
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 03, 2010
Tim Wise discusses his latest book Colorblind and how we have moved from racism 1.0 to racism 2.0.
Categories: African American, Audio, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: african american, Colorblind, obama, race, racial america
Why Republicans Did Not Say No to Drug Reform Law
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 03, 2010
Drug reform laws are back on the table, from legalizing marijuana to reducing the sentencing disparity for crack and powdered cocaine.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: cocaine, crackcocaine, druglaw, legalizingmarijuana, republicansdrugs
Look Who’s Doling Out BP Compensation
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 02, 2010
Minorities, especially Latinos, should be wary of Ken Feinberg, the man appointed to administer the BP compensation fund.
Categories: Economy, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: BP, Ken Feinberg, Latinos, oil spill, Pay czar, World Trade center
Unsung Heroes of the BP Spill: Vietnamese American Youth
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 02, 2010
As their families suffer, fishermen’s children come to the rescue—filing claims, pushing for restitution, and demanding change.
Categories: Asian, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: BP oil disaster, fishermen, fishing, gulf coast, leak, Louisiana, new orleans, vietnamese american
Rangel has Earned Community Support
Los Angeles Sentinel, Commentary, Posted: Aug 02, 2010
House Republicans want to expel Charles Rangel they've launched an all-out media campaign to force him to admit to ethics violations.
Categories: Top Stories
Tags: charles rangel, ethics, house of representatives, new york, republicans, violations
The Conversation - Roy and Rodriguez on the Lessons of Shirley Sherrod
New America Media, Video, Posted: Aug 01, 2010
Essayist Richard Rodriguez and radio host Sandip Roy on the lessons to be learned from the Shirley Sherrod affair.
Tags: NAACP, Obama, race, Shirley Sherrod
Leveling the Playing Field: Ethnic Patients in Cancer Care
RedwoodAge.com, News Report, Posted: Aug 01, 2010
A pioneering Calif. program helps low-income patients navigate the health care system and benefit from support groups that ease the way for survivors.
Categories: Elders, Health, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: cancer, health disparities