After Housekeeper Revelation—Where Do Latinos Stand on Whitman?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 30, 2010
An undocumented woman claims the GOP candidate knowingly hired her to clean her house for nine years. What might it mean for the November election?
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: california, comments, election, jerry brown, meg whitman, prop187, voters
Politicians Overlook Ethnic Media in Washington State
New America Media/SeeBeez.com, News Report, Posted: Sep 30, 2010
More than 20 percent of Washington residents are members of minority groups, but just 0.7 percent of political advertising dollars go to ethnic media.
Tags: ethnic media, fundraising, midterm, politics, seattle, voters, votes, washington
The Conversation with Roy and Rodriguez: Satirists and the Left
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 30, 2010
Essayist Richard Rodriguez and radio host Sandip Roy discuss whether the left is finding its voice again through satirists like Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.
Categories: Immigration, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video
Tags: colbert, comedy, fox, immigration, left, media, richard rodriguez, right, sandip roy, stewart
Bandit Taxis Are the Rage in L.A. Ethnic Communities
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 30, 2010
Bandit taxis are a big business in Los Angeles, where many passengers prefer drivers who speak their own language.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Front Page, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: cabs, chinese, economy, korean, license, taxi, transportation, underground
Calif. Bill Could Generate Billions to Help Cope With Climate Change
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 29, 2010
AB 1405 would use revenues generated under the state's pioneering climate-change law to help vulnerable communities adapt to heat waves and other extreme weather.
Categories: Economy, Environment, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: AB1405, AB32, climatechange, greenhousegasemissions, Schwarzenegger
Backed Into Corner by GOP, Obama Ramps Up Electronic Snooping
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 29, 2010
Proposed regulations would give government and law enforcement agencies greater access to Americans' private email.
Categories: African American, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: bush, election, gop, obama, patriotic act, surveillance
As Flu Season Heats Up in Vegas, Health Officials Call for Vaccinations
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 29, 2010
Despite temperatures in the triple digits, the flu season is ramping up in Las Vegas. Yet many ethnic communities resist getting vaccinated.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Network, Ethnic Media in the News, Health, Intersections, Latino, News, Sections, Top Stories
Tags: API, CenterForDiseaseControl, Chinese, filipino, Flu, LasVegas, vaccines
Fed-Up Stockton Homeowners Seek Foreclosure Help from HUD
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 28, 2010
Four of the 10 U.S. cities with the highest rates of home foreclosures are in the Central Valley, with Stockton currently ranking a dismal No. 5.
Categories: African American, Economy, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: california, central valley, crisis, economy, homeowners, housing, hud, stockton
Black Leaders Call Out Paladino
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Sep 28, 2010
New York state’s Black leaders released a statement after last Tuesday's primary addressing a new enemy: the Republican candidate for governor.
Categories: African American, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Bishop Eddie Long: “I am not a perfect man. But this thing I’m gon' fight.”
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Sep 28, 2010
Bishop Eddie Long told his congregation that he will “fight very vigorously” against allegations of sexual misconduct.
Categories: African American, Gender & Sexuality, Law & Justice, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: atlanta, bishop eddie long, mega church, sexual misconduct, young men
How LeBron James Unmasked Mass Hypocrisy
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 27, 2010
LeBron James was attacked for his televised “decision” to leave Cleveland for a better team, but the show raised millions for youth.
Categories: African American, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: Cleveland Cavaliers, Dwayne Wade, ESPN, football, LeBron James, Miami Heat
Could Pakistan Floods Wash Away Feudalism?
Pakistan Link, Commentary, Posted: Sep 27, 2010
Could the devastating floods in Pakistan provide an opportunity to do away with the viselike grip of feudalism over the country?
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: feudalism, Pakistan floods
The Conversation with Roy and Rodriguez: Great Walls and Glass Ceilings
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 26, 2010
What does the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border mean for the American Dream? And what about an Indian American's dream to go to Congress from Kansas?
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories, Video
Tags: American Dream, border, immigration fence, midterm elections, Politics
Mossad at the Door?
Aramica, News Report, Posted: Sep 26, 2010
A former CIA officer claims that Mossad agents have been posing as U.S. intelligence agents to Arabs and Muslims in New York and New Jersey.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Bilingual Education Pays Off, New Documentary Says
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 25, 2010
Although 30 states have passed English-only laws, parents are advancing a smaller but growing bilingual-education movement to sharpen their kids’ brain power.
Categories: Chinese, Education, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Japan Releases Captain After China Stops Rare Earth Metal Exports
Asian Weekly, News Report, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
Japan released the Chinese fishing-boat captain after China stopped exporting rare metals to Japan.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Front Page, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Health Care Reform: New Options for Young People
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
This week, some of the latest health care reform laws passed by the U.S. Congress and the Obama administration came into effect, which give many young people the chance to get proper medical coverage
Categories: Health, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: family, health, health care reform, insurance, youth
New America Now: Making Changes for Future Generations
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
How women are helping women; why you should think more about pygmy's and the J-word you'd never considered.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Education, Ethnicities, European, Immigration, Indigenous, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Sections, Top Stories
Tags: dream act, eden hunter, human trafficking, japanese, pakistan, Skip horack, vietnamese, women
Parts of Mexico Show Signs of ‘Failed State’
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
For two months, a dozen cities in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas have had no acting mayor. Eight of the mayors were killed; others disappeared or fled.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: failedstate, mexico, mexicocartels, mexicofailedstate, mexicoviolence, narcotraffic, narcoviolence
Bishop Eddie Long: Victim, Hypocrite or Both in Sex Scandal?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
The recent sex scandal accusations against Bishop Eddie Long highlight how he has made gay-bashing a growth industry in black churches.
Categories: African American, Gender & Sexuality, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: black church, Eddie Long, homosexuality, sex scandal
How Safe Is California’s Pipeline Infrastructure?
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
Was the natural gas explosion in San Bruno an aberration or a warning about hidden dangers plaguing California's pipeline infrastructure?
Categories: Economy, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: california, natural gas, pipeline, san bruno gas explosion
Gambling Addiction Breaks Up Vietnamese Families in San Jose
San Jose Beez, Commentary, Posted: Sep 23, 2010
Not all addictions get the same amount of attention, yet can still cause equally devastating impacts on families. One young author writes about how gambling addiction wreaked havoc on her family, and how she noticed similar struggles in other Vietnamese households.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Health, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: Addiction, Divorce, Families, Gambling, Marriage, Vietnamese
A Mother’s Agony Over Son Missing in Arizona Desert
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 23, 2010
A mother struggles to find out what happened to her 13-year-old son, lost in the Arizona desert while crossing into the U.S.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, immigration
Starting Sept. 23, Young Adults Can Access Parents' Health Insurance
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 23, 2010
A key provision of the new health care reform law takes effect today, providing greater access to insurance for hundreds of thousands of young Americans.
Categories: Health, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, Video
Tags: california, health care reform law, obama
Latino Voters Deserting Brown, But Governor's Race Still Tied
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 23, 2010
Republican Meg Whitman's ad blitz on Spanish-language media—largely unanswered by Brown—has narrowed his lead among Latinos to just 3 percentage points.
Categories: Front Page, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Polls, Top Stories
Tags: California, governor, JerryBrown, Latinovoters, MegWhitman
Who Is to Blame for DREAM Act’s Defeat?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 22, 2010
With the Republican Party shifting right on many issues ahead of the November races, immigration was no exception.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: cir, DREAMAct, dreamact, dreamactvote, immigrationreform
A Church Keeps Hope Alive Amidst Violence in East Oakland
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Sep 22, 2010
A storefront church in East Oakland asks what it means to be a good neighbor to its diverse congregation: Ph.Ds, ex-gangsters, Southeast Asian refugees and more.
Categories: Health, Immigration, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: church, east oakland, health, new hope covenant, religion
NY Governor Vetoes Law to Protect Cabbies From Hate Crimes, Other Attacks
Aramica, News Report, Posted: Sep 22, 2010
Driving a taxi is one of the most dangerous jobs in New York. In the wake of the Ground Zero mosque controversy and the stabbing of one of their own, Muslim drivers are especially fearful.
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, News, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories
New York Latinos and the Mosque Controversy
National Institute for Latino Policy, News Report, Posted: Sep 22, 2010
A New York Times Poll puts Latinos squarely between blacks and whites on the issue of building a mosque near Ground Zero.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Latino, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: 911, latinosgroundzero, latinosmosque, mosquecontroversy, newyorklatinos, nylatinos, worldtradecenter
“Compassion Is Contagious”—Vietnamese-American Radio Host Broadcasts Haiti’s Pain
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 22, 2010
A Vietnamese-American radio host from Houston talks about why she felt compelled to go to Haiti to help earthquake victims.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: earthquake, haiti, vietnam
Sarah Palin Plays Race Card (Without Mentioning Race)
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 21, 2010
Sarah Palin is the latest in politicians who pretend to be color-blind but stoke racial fires by speaking in code.
Tags: Obama, race, race card, Sarah palin, Tea Party
Bridging the Achievement Gap—or Not
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Audio, Posted: Sep 21, 2010
This week on YO!Radio we take a look at the achievement gap, where many young people are left with the short end of the stick.
Categories: African American, Asian, Audio, Education, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: achievement gap, education, youth
How an Arab-American Hero Helped Thwart Chicago Bombing
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2010
Terror suspect allegedly wanted to embarrass Mayor Richard M. Daley by creating mayhem in an area of clubs and restaurants near Wrigley Field.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, News, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: bomb, Chicago, FBI, RichardMDaley, terror
Undocumented Teen Wins Rare Reprieve
India Abroad, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2010
As Sen. Harry Reid promises to move on the DREAM Act, teenager Yves Gomes fights for his education, even as his own family is deported to India.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Dream Act, immigration, Reid, Yves gomes
Richard Rodriguez Remembers Historian Franz Schurmann
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 21, 2010
Franz Schurmann, historian and co-founder of Pacific News Service, passed away last month. Richard Rodriguez spoke at a memorial service on Sept. 19.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: FranzSchurmann, historian, memorial, uc berkeley
Who Asked Us?: Low Scores, High Achievers—Lessons of One CA High School
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 20, 2010
Oscar Servellon's Oakland high school rates poorly on state tests. Yet all but one senior graduated, and every one of them is going to college. How MetWest High School challenges the conventional thinking on education reform.
Categories: Education, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: California, education, highschool, Oakland, testscores, youth
35 Years After War's End, Vietnamese Diaspora Finds Its Way Home
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 19, 2010
Every year, nearly 500,000 Viet Kieu—Vietnamese living overseas—return home, many to visit relatives, but others increasingly to work, invest and retire.
Categories: Asian, Front Page, Immigration, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: boatpeople, refugees, Vietnam, VietnameseAmericans
Mexican Dispatch: Even in Wine Lover's Paradise, Drug War Takes Its Toll
PBS NewsHour, News Report, Posted: Sep 19, 2010
Mexican winemakers blame publicity over drug violence for a big drop in sales of wine.
Categories: Front Page, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Ethnic Californians Know Little About Health Care Reform, Poll Finds
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 18, 2010
A new poll finds that ethnic adults believe Obama's health care reform law will benefit them, even though they don’t know much about it.
Categories: African American, Asian, Health, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Polls, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: ethnic Californians, health care reform law, insurance, poll, President Obama, small business
Elder Abuse Hidden Among Indian Domestic Workers
India West/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 18, 2010
Elderly women from India exploited in California as domestics—often by affluent immigrants—lack legal protections such as those recently passed in New York.
Categories: Elders, Top Stories
Tags: ACR 163, bill of rights, California, domestic workers, labor, New York, south Asian women
Mexican Dispatch: Tijuana Is No Juarez, Residents Insist
PBS NewsHour, News Report, Posted: Sep 18, 2010
Times are harder than ever in Tijuana, and the publicity about the Mexican government's war against narco-traffickers doesn't help.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: drugtrafficking, Juarez, Mexico, police, Tijuana, tourism, violence
New America Now: Adoption Across Borders
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 17, 2010
An adoption special - stories from China, Korea and India explore how families grapple with the joys and perils of adoption.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Chinese, International Affairs, New America Now, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: adoption, china, india, south korea
Prof. Ron Walters, Leading Black Political Expert, Dies at 72
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Sep 17, 2010
Dr. Walters, 72, died the evening of Sept. 10 at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md., after a long battle with cancer.
Categories: African American, Elders, Top Stories
Rebirth Through Washing Dishes: the Blessing of a Real Job
San Jose Beez , Commentary, Posted: Sep 17, 2010
With youth unemployment reaching an astounding high, one commentator talks about the feeling of being reborn through finally finding the ever elusive job.
Categories: Economy, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: Economy, Job Market, Unemployment. Rebirth, Youth
Immigrant Advocates Pin Hopes on Dream Act
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 17, 2010
After a summer focused on fighting off Arizona’s hard-line SB 1070, immigrant advocates are seeking to regain momentum with an all-out push on the Dream Act.
Categories: African American, Asian, Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, Dream Act, immigrants rights advocates, immigration reform, SB 1070, washington
When Banks Say No, Micro-Lenders Help Small Businesses Get Green
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 17, 2010
With big U.S. banks snubbing drycleaners and other ethnic-owned small businesses, micro-lenders are filing the void, providing loans to help them stay competitive by going green.
Categories: Economy, Environment, Front Page, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Stimulus Watch, Top Stories
Tags: banks, economicstimulus, entrepreneur, environment, green, loans, Microfinance, smallbusiness
Unclaimed Millions in Tax-Credit Refunds Hurt California County
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2010
Residents in one California county fail to file for Earned Income Tax Credit—and lose big-time for their families and the local economy.
Categories: Economy, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Filipino Vets Still Fighting for World War II Benefits From U.S.
LA Beez , News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2010
Provisions in Obama's stimulus package come up short for thousands who have outstanding claims and challenges on documentation.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Veterans
South Asians in San Bruno Rocked by Massive Gas Explosion
India West, News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2010
Indians in San Bruno step up to help other South Asians affected by the natural gas explosion and fire.
Categories: South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Indians, natural gas explosion, PG&E, San Bruno, South Asians
Tucson Group “Polices” the Police on Immigration
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2010
A Tucson-based coalition is using video to show how readily police are cooperating with Border Patrol, despite their vocal opposition to SB 1070 before it took effect.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Asian, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: Arizona, Border Patrol, immigrants, Phoenix, police, SB 1070, Tucson, undocumented
Granny Nannies From India Exploited by U.S. Employers
New America Media/India West, News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2010
An army of elderly immigrant women in California are often exploited as household domestics by affluent people, also from their native India.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Elders, Top Stories
Tags: elder, exploitation, immigration
Mexican Dispatch: A Quiet Beach Town, Kept That Way by "Tourist" Police
New America Media/PBS NewsHour, News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2010
Rosarito Beach's quiet main street gives little hint of how hard this tourist community has struggled to remain peaceful over the past four years.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: drugtrafficking, Mexico, police, tourism, violence
Judge Hears Arguments for Moving Trial in Chauncey Bailey Case
Chauncey Bailey Project, News Report, Posted: Sep 15, 2010
A change-of-venue hearing in the murder case of journalist Chauncey Bailey began Tuesday after months of delays.
Categories: African American, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: black muslim bakery, chauncey bailey, oakland, trial, yusef bey iv
Remittances to Vietnam: $7 Billion a Year
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: Sep 15, 2010
In 2008, Vietnam emerged as the 10th-leading recipient of immigrant remittances among developing countries, with $7.2 billion received.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Immigration, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: immigrant, money, remittances, vietnam
Blame GOP, Not Obama, for Poverty Surge
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Sep 15, 2010
Conservatives predictably wasted no time in dumping the blame for the spike in the poverty rolls in America on President Obama.
Categories: African American, Economy, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
For the Sick and Poor, the Best Medicine May Be a Lawyer
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Sep 15, 2010
An innovative idea, medical-legal partnerships, puts doctors and lawyers in the same facility to remedy social problems that can lead to poor health.
Categories: African American, Asian, Health, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: doctors, health, immigrants, lawyers, medical-legal partnerships
Are Today’s Conservatives Upholding Their Own Historic Principles?
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Sep 14, 2010
Fifty years later, the principles set forth by William F. Buckley's conservative movement contradict what Republicans have actually done when in power.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: college, conservatives, GOP, party politics, Republican, Sharon Statement, young
Health Officials Bust Vaccination Myths in Alaska
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 14, 2010
Many Native Alaskans believe that flu vaccine contains a computer chip, while some Latinos claim the vaccine is being used to exterminate their people.
Categories: Health, Indigenous, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, Video
Tags: flu vaccine, H1N1, Latinos, myths, Native americans, season
Desperate Homeowners Line Up for Help at HUD Event
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 13, 2010
Dozens of troubled homeowners and renters showed up in Oakland to get free advice from housing counselors.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, European, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: banks, forclosure, frauds, housing crisis, mortgage, scammers
Latinos, Blacks Make Up More Than Half of Calif. Foreclosures
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Sep 13, 2010
California leads the United States in the worst foreclosure crisis since the Great Depression.
Categories: African American, Economy, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: african-americans, crisis, foreclosure, homes, latinos
Massive San Bruno Blaze Affects Filipino Americans
"Balitang America"-The Filipino Channel, Video, Posted: Sep 13, 2010
At least three homes belonging to Filipinos were destroyed in a blaze after a natural gas line exploded Sept. 9 in San Bruno, Calif. The town has more than 3,000 Filipino residents.
Categories: African American, Asian, Environment, Ethnic Media Network, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, Video
Tags: blaze, California, firefighters, gas line explosion, inferno, San Bruno, San Bruno fire, San Bruno fireball
Platitudes Won’t Help Ailing Economy; Steady Paychecks Will
Philadelphia Tribune, Commentary, Posted: Sep 13, 2010
Unemployed Americans need paychecks, not platitudes from well-heeled politicians and media pundits about stoically accepting their plight.
Categories: Economy, Top Stories
Tags: african american, economy, jobs, obama, unemployed, work
Rate of C-Sections Higher at For-Profit Hospitals
California Watch, News Report, Posted: Sep 12, 2010
A California Watch investigation gives ammunition to those who say hospitals are performing more C-sections to boost profits.
Categories: African American, Asian, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Science & Technology, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: C-sections, CaliforniaWatch, for-profit, hospitals, nonprofit, pregnancy
Summer of '64: Path to Freedom
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 11, 2010
Author Bruce Watson discusses his book on the summer of 1964 in Mississippi when more than 700 young people stood up against racism.
Categories: African American, Audio, Ethnicities, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, Top Stories
Tags: bruce watson, freedom summer, kkk, mississippi, Race, race relations
Nine Years After 9/11, the U.S. Remains Stuck
Pakistan Link, Commentary, Posted: Sep 11, 2010
From an impasse in Afghanistan to immigration battles in Arizona, America remains embroiled in the aftermath of 9/11.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: 9/11, Afghanistan, USA
Model-Minority Myth and the ‘Miracle Drug’
Pacific Citizen, News Report, Posted: Sep 11, 2010
Asian-American college students are increasingly misusing dangerous prescription drugs like Adderall to help get good grades.
Categories: Asian, Education, Health, Top Stories
Tags: asian, drugs, education, grades, prescription
First Study of Nail-Care Workers Finds No Increased Cancer Risk
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 11, 2010
A new study finds no significant increase in cancer rates among manicurists, but researchers caution that long-term followup is needed.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Front Page, Health, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: cancer, manicurists, nailsalons, Vietnamese
Bay Area Vets Cheer Ruling Against "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 10, 2010
Federal judge calls military policy on gays and lesbians unconstitutional
Categories: African American, Asian, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories, Veterans
Tags: don't ask, don't tell, gay and lesbian, military, unconstitutional
New America Now: When East and West Collide Over the Kitchen Table
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 10, 2010
NAM editor Andrew Lam talks about how food culture has gone come a blended smoothie of tastes and locations.
Categories: Asian, Audio, Ethnicities, Gender & Sexuality, Intersections, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Andrew Lam, East Eats West, food, food culture, food fusion
From Pakistan to Darfur: Climate Change's Emerging Political Hotspots
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Sep 10, 2010
In the wake of devastating floods, Pakistan is the latest example of how climate change is altering the geopolitical landscape.
Categories: Environment, International Affairs, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: climate change, floods, Pakistan
Why Are Native Americans More Likely to Die of Flu?
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Sep 10, 2010
American Indians are four times more likely to die of the flu than other Americans, but experts aren’t sure why.
Categories: African American, Health, Indigenous, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: american indian, CDC, Flu, healthcare, minorities, New Mexico
Florida Pastor Backs Off Burning Koran, Muslims Still Feel the Hate
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 09, 2010
To many, the takeaway from this episode will be that Americans hate Islam. But another lesson is that in many ways, Arabs, Muslims, and Americans are the same.
Categories: Immigration, Intersections, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: arab, burn, Koran, Muslim, terry jones
Fear, Exclusion Prevent Haitian Americans from Voting
Amsterdam News, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 09, 2010
Unlike in the United States, Haitians who aren’t living in their country at the time of an election are not able to vote.
Categories: Caribbean, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: election, haiti, immigrants, united states, voting, wyclef jean
Black-American Muslims Speak Out Against Intolerance
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Sep 09, 2010
The members of the Coalition of African American Muslims urge a rejection of anti-Islam hatred and religious intolerance.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories
New Latino Poll: Preschool Support Critical for CA Candidates
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 09, 2010
Latinos account for half of all children under 5 in the state but complain that early childhood education is frequently unaffordable and inaccessible.
Categories: Education, Latino, Original NAM Content, Polls, Top Stories
Obama Plan on Export Reform—Win-Win for China and Silicon Valley?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 09, 2010
Export-control reform could strengthen U.S.-China relations and simplify the lives of ethnic Chinese professionals working in high-tech industries.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Economy, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: China, export control, Obama, US
The 'Great Wall of America' and the Threat From Within
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 09, 2010
As it erects a barrier along its Mexican border, the U.S. ignores an important truth: Great empires expand beyond their own borders. Empires in decline build walls.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Featured Columnists, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: border, immigration, Mexico, wall
Could Vietnam Be America’s New Counterweight to China?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 08, 2010
Hillary Clinton sent shock waves through East Asia at the ASEAN summit, leaving the government of Vietnam in a Catch-22 situation.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: ASEAN, China, HillaryClinton, Vietnam
Meet Rich Cho, the First Asian-American GM in the NBA
Hyphen Magazine, Question & Answer, Posted: Sep 08, 2010
Last month, Rich Cho of the Portland Trail Blazers became the first Asian American General Manager in the NBA.
Categories: Asian, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: rich cho nba portland
New Health Law: More Doctors, Better Prevention, Lower Costs, Shorter Lines
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 07, 2010
Thanks to health-care reform, starting this month all new insurance plans must offer vaccines, routine checkups, and cancer screening at no cost to patients.
Categories: Health, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: health care, health reform, Obama health reform, PPACA
The Rising Tide of Maoists in India
Siliconeer, Commentary, Posted: Sep 07, 2010
Horrific socio-economic disparity, marginalization, and a lack of peaceful avenues to agitate for redressal are helping the threat of Maoist/Naxal violence grow.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Flush With Casino Cash, CA Tribes Won't Enforce Child Support Claims
Capitol Weekly, News Report, Posted: Sep 07, 2010
A complicated web of regulations prevents state and federal governments from enforcing support claims against members of "sovereign nations."
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Indigenous, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: casinos, childsupport, NativeAmericans, tribes
Number 77: The Short Life of Katrina Survivor Desiree Davis
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Sep 06, 2010
As the nation marks five years since Hurricane Katrina, the family of a Katrina survivor marks another anniversary - the murder of their daughter in Oakland a year ago.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Desiree Davis, Katrina, Oakland homicide
The Conversation—Roy and Rodriguez on the Massacre of Migrants in Mexico
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 06, 2010
A look at two faces of desperation—the massacred migrants in Mexico and the flood victims on the road in Pakistan.
Categories: International Affairs, Law & Justice, Top Stories, Video
Tags: flood, Mexico, migrants, Pakistan, Richard Rodriguez
Defecting Black Vote Spells Big Trouble for Democrats
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 05, 2010
The newest Gallup poll found that black voters are poised to desert the voting booth en masse in November, and the GOP smells political blood.
Categories: African American, Featured Columnists, News, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Digital Classrooms to Vocational Training: Young People Weigh In
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 04, 2010
For a lot of kids, four-year college is just a dream—and it may not even be the best way to get an education.
Categories: Audio, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: college, online, school, vocational training
The Ethnic Cleansing of American Ethnic Studies
International Examiner, Commentary, Posted: Sep 04, 2010
Arizona is home to HB 2281, a law that will effectively ban ethnic studies programs in that state.
Tags: arizona, arizonaimmigrants, college, education, ethnic studies, racism
Silicon Valley Raises Money for Pakistani Flood Relief
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 04, 2010
NAM's Odette Keeley and Silicon Valley entrepreneur Umair Khan discuss the "Us Now" Bay Area fundraiser for Pakistan flood victims.
Categories: International Affairs, South Asian, Top Stories, Video
Tags: floods, fundraiser, pakistan, relief, SiliconValley
Uncooperative Arpaio Could Cost County $113 Million in U.S. Funds
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 04, 2010
As the Justice Dept. sues Sheriff Joe Arpaio for refusing to release records in a civil rights probe, a big chunk of Maricopa County's budget is on the line.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Economy, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, arpaio, immigration, justice, lawsuit, maricopa, raids
Foreclosures Are Making People Sick
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 03, 2010
The high rate of foreclosures in some Oakland neighborhoods has had a drastic effect on the health of homeowners and tenants, a new study finds.
Categories: Economy, Health, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: bills, california, economy, foreclosure, health, recession
New America Now: "Freedom" Summer Is Over, Back to School
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 03, 2010
The extraordinary people that gave 1964 the name Freedom Summer and a mass migration of Chinese from inland villages to factories on the coast
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Chinese, Education, Middle Eastern, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: 1964, arab countries, Bruce Watson, china, education, Freedom summer, last train home, migration, Pakistan floods
Eye on Arab Media: Give Pakistan a Break
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 03, 2010
Pakistanis displaced by the flood are in desperate need of shelter, food and clean water but aren't getting enough help.
Categories: Environment, International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: aid, arab media, charity, donation, Pakistan floods, taliban, us, victims, war
Murder Memorials Raise Questions
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Sep 03, 2010
In an all too familiar scene that is being played out in urban neighborhoods, it was North Sierra Way’s turn to erect a memorial.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: african american, guns, memorial, murder, san bernandino, summer
Refugees From Arizona Find Shelter in Albuquerque Church
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 03, 2010
Undocumented people fleeing from Arizona have found a community that has embraced them, regardless of their immigration status.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, church, immigration, new mexico, SB 1070
S.F. Parents in an Uproar Over New Way of Assigning Students to Schools
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 02, 2010
District plan to replace problematic “diversity index” with neighborhood-school approach has parents upset that they won't be able to choose.
Categories: Top Stories
Tags: diversity, education, parents, SanFrancisco, schoolchoice, schools
ICE Comes Clean—S.F., Other Cities Can Opt Out of S-COMM After All
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 02, 2010
Memo lays out procedures for local jurisdictions that don't want to comply with the federal program, but no one knows how the process would really work.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, News, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: ICE, immigration, S-COMM, SanFrancisco
Quietly Mad With Island Fever
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 02, 2010
Race relations explored in a fiction novel set in Japan.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Ethnicities, European, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Sections, Top Stories
Tags: David Mitchell, dutch, japanese, nagasaki, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Why Abortion Rate Among Asian-American Women Is So High
Hyphen Magazine, News Feature, Posted: Sep 02, 2010
For thousands of years, Asian women have accepted abortion as a practical way out of an unwanted situation.
Categories: Asian, Gender & Sexuality, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: abortion, asian women, gender, sexuality
A Muslim-American Daughter's Plea: Build Your Mosque Somewhere Else
LA Beez , Commentary, Posted: Sep 01, 2010
On the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, I watched as terrorists slammed United Arilines Flight 175 into the South Tower of the World Trade Center. My mother was on the flight.
Categories: International Affairs, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: Cordoba House Islamic Cultural Center, Ground Zero, Islam, Muslim, Sept 11, Twin Towers
SCHOOL MATTERS: Giving Parents Access to Teacher Ratings: What’s There to Hide?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 01, 2010
The L.A. Times released much needed data on how well 6,000 teachers in L.A. have improved student performance.
Categories: Education, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: californiaeducation, education, grade, los angeles, parents, teachers, test
The Conversation—Roy and Rodriguez on Ground Zero
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 01, 2010
Richard Rodriguez and Sandip Roy discuss the controversy over the mosque/community center near Ground Zero.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video
Tags: ground zero, islam, religion, richard rodriguez
Big Business for Mexican Cartels: Kidnapping Central American Migrants
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Sep 01, 2010
Kidnapping, extortion and murder of Central American immigrants has become a source of income for Mexican drug cartels.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: drugcartels, kidnapping, massgraves, mexicancartels, mexicomassacre, mexicomigrants