"Arab Spring" Offers Faint Hope for Vietnam's Democracy Supporters
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Apr 30, 2011
World events cast shadow on one writer's reflections of the 36th anniversary of the fall of former South Vietnam.
Categories: Asian, Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: arab spring, hanoi, human rights, jailed dissidents, libya, middle east, pro-democracy, Vietnam
Is Nigeria Heading Toward a Second Civil War?
The Root, News Report, Posted: Apr 30, 2011
In the wake of presidential elections, riots have broken out and thousands have been displaced. Is Goodluck Jonathan, the winner, fanning the flames of war?
Categories: African, Ethnic Media Network, International Affairs, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Biafra, GoodluckJonathan, Nigeria
Despite Fears of Fukushima's Radiation, Many Expats Stay Put
Northwest Asian Weekly, News Report, Posted: Apr 30, 2011
Should they stay or should they go? Though many Americans in Japan ask themselves that question, many decide to stay.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Ethnic Media Network, Health, Immigration, International Affairs, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: american, cancer, earthquake, expats, fear, fukushima, nuclear, radiation, tepco, visitors
Native Americans Protest Plans to Pave Over Sacred Site
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 30, 2011
Native activists say too many other Bay Area tribal sacred lands have been desecrated for the sake of development, and they’re making a stand in Vallejo.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Indigenous, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: development, miwok, native american, ohlone indian, Vallejo burial site recreation district glen gove
More Trump Nuttiness—Now It’s Obama’s Grades
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Apr 29, 2011
Now that the birther issue has been put to rest, the "controversy" over Obama's college grades has been resurrected—with the goal of questioning his competency as president.
Categories: African American, Featured Columnists, Front Page, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012election, affirmativeaction, birthers, donaldtrump, GOP, grades, obama, teaparty
NAM Radio: Luis Gutierrez, Raul Ramos, Abu Ghraib, Blitz the Ambassador
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Apr 29, 2011
New Show: America's 2nd most important Hispanic leader: Luis Gutierrez, 7th Anniversary of Abu Ghraib, Raul Ramos, Hip Hop's Blitz the Ambassador.
Categories: African, African American, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: abu ghraib, abuse, accra city blues, afghanistan, america libre, anniversary, blitz the ambassador, chicago, congress, congressman, detainee, detention, dream, dream act, ghana, hip hop, hispanic, house divided, illegal, illinois, immigrant, immigration, iraq, joshua phillips, latino, luis gutierrez, National Campaign for American Children and Families Tour, native sun, obama, political, public enemy, rap, raul ramos y sanchez, representative, samuel bazawule, seventh anniversary, soldier, torture, tour, undocumented
Immigrant Rights Supporters Refocus Struggle on Obama
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 29, 2011
A 20-city tour being organized by the Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) aims to energize and refocus immigrant rights supporters ahead of a national day of protest on May 1.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: DREAM Act, immigration reform, Luis Gutierrez, May 1 national day of protest, Obama, Secure Communities
Dissonant Wedding Bells: Generations Clash Over Asian Mixed Marriages
New America Media/Sing Tao Daily, News Feature, Posted: Apr 29, 2011
Asians, now 4.9 percent of the U.S. population, marry outside their race at twice the rate of other racial groups. The result can be family conflict between young and old.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Elders, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: asian, culturalconflict, intergenerationalconflict, interracialmarriage, weddings
Ca. Attorney General’s First 100 Days
Los Angeles Sentinel , News Report, Posted: Apr 28, 2011
Kamala Harris discusses her first three months in office with faith-based leaders in Los Angeles and thanks area churches for supporting her efforts.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Network, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Gadhafi Exploits Libya’s East-West Divide
New America Media, Video, Posted: Apr 28, 2011
Gadhafi inflames tensions between the East and West, promoting the perception that the conflict is a civil war.
Categories: African, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video, War & Conflict
Tags: benghazi, east west, gaddafi, libya, misrata, moammar gadhafi, nato, tripoli, united states
Scams, Lies & Mortgage Fraud—How Homeowners Can Avoid the Traps
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Apr 28, 2011
The foreclosure crisis has given rise to new waves of scam artists, from low-grade to high-tech, who are looking to profit off of vulnerable and desperate homeowners.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Elders, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Michigan Immigrant Community Testifies on ICE Abuse
The Arab American News, News Report, Posted: Apr 27, 2011
In the wake of recent, warrant-less immigration searches in Michigan schools, various communities testified on their experiences with ICE authorities.
Categories: Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Middle Eastern, Top Stories
Tags: abuse, ICE, Immigration
California Turns to Mexico for Cheap Water, Lax Regulation
Washington DC Bureau, News Report, Posted: Apr 27, 2011
Water agencies representing southern California, Arizona and Nevada are in discussions with the Mexican government about sharing a desalination plant in Rosarito Beach.
Categories: Environment, Health, International Affairs, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: California, desalination plant, drought, environment, Mexico, Rosarito, water agencies
Dangerous Reporting: Journalists in Mexico's Drug War (Part III)
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 27, 2011
Journalists in Mexico—and press freedom—are increasingly in danger. Despite government promises, though, crimes against media remain unsolved.
Categories: International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Media, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: dangerous reporting, drug cartels, journalists, Mexico, press freedom, trafficking, violence
ICE Gave Conflicting Info on Fingerprint Program, Emails Show
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 26, 2011
Advocates decry "pattern of deception" as to whether governments could opt out of Secure Communities program
Categories: Asian, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: ICE, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, opt-out, Secure Communities, undocumented immigrants
CA Supreme Court Chief: Bench Must Reflect State’s Diversity
New America Media, Video, Posted: Apr 26, 2011
California Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye reflects on her first 100 days in office and discusses the next big case to go before the court this September: Prop 8, the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage.
Categories: African American, Asian, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video
Tags: California supreme court, Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye, diversity, Prop. 8, rule of law
GOP Ploy --Use Pain at the Pump to Tank Obama
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Apr 26, 2011
The GOP certainly wasted no time in blaming President Obama for the oil prices, something politicians can do very little about.
Categories: African American, Economy, Environment, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: democrats, economy, election, energy, gas, gop, inflation, obama, oil, politics, prices, pump, washington
The Great Immigration Stalemate
Frontera NorteSur, News Report, Posted: Apr 26, 2011
It's looking increasingly likely that the restrictionist movement could have hit its peak with the passage of Arizona’s SB 1070.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: immigrationprotest, immigrationreform, may1, mayday
Faith Leaders Pray at ICE Detention Center
Richmond Pulse, Video, Posted: Apr 25, 2011
This Passover and Holy Week, faith communities and interfaith organizations prayed for immigrants detained in Richmond CA.
Categories: Immigration, Intersections, Religion, Richmond Pulse, Top Stories, Video
Tags: detention, faith, ice, leaders richmond, passover
Double Jeopardy: Seniors Facing Hardships Hit by Budget Cuts
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 25, 2011
Experts at this week’s Aging in America conference say few realize one-third of seniors are struggling economically.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: budgetcuts, elders, eldersbudgetcuts, jobsprograms, seniorsbudgetcuts
How to Make Traditional Russian Easter Cheese Dessert
New America Media, Video, Posted: Apr 24, 2011
A grandfather from Daly City, CA teaches us how to make his mother's recipe for Pashka, a traditional Russian Easter cheese dessert.
Categories: Elders, European, Top Stories, Video
Tags: breadcheese, easterfood, easterrecipe, pashka, recipe, russianfood
Coachella Fest, Through Local Eyes
New America Media / Coachella Unincorporated, News Report, Posted: Apr 23, 2011
Most people who frequent the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival know nothing about the real Coachella.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Environment, Health, Latino, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Turn Pork to Beef? China Seeks Strict Ban on Additives
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Apr 22, 2011
After 16 tons of intoxicated "beef-looking" pork have been seized in Guangzhou, the State Council called for stricter regulation of the use of food additives.
Categories: Chinese, Health, Top Stories, food
Tags: China pork, food additives, food safety
NAM Radio: Filipino Comedy, Overseas Chinese, Liberian Civil War
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Apr 22, 2011
New Show: What it means to be an overseas Chinese, a new memoir of post-civil war Liberia, Mae Ngai's new book, the 1st African American Olympic gold medalist, Rex Navarrete's comedy.
Categories: African, African American, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Chinese, Immigration, International Affairs, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: africanamericans, ai weiwei, beijing, bird's nest, china, chinese, comedian, comedy, craig williams, far easter 6, filipino, gold, liberia, lost boy, mae ngai, olympian, olympics, overseas, rex navarrete
One Year After SB 1070, Arizona's Immigrant Networks Are Stronger
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 22, 2011
A year after Gov. Jan Brewer signed the toughest immigration legislation in the country, immigrant networks in Arizona are stronger than ever.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Economy, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arizonaimmigrationlaw, janbrewer, sb1070, undocumentedworkers
The Demon Highways of Tamaulipas, Mexico
Frontera NorteSur, News Report, Posted: Apr 22, 2011
Across Mexico, families are asking the same troubling question: Are our loved ones among the 145 dead found in the mass graves?
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: massgravesmexico, mexicoviolence, tamaulipas
Trump Singlehandedly Revives Birther Issue
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Apr 21, 2011
Trump also had more shrewdness than GOP party regulars and much of the media gave him credit for.
Categories: African American, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: birther, bitherism, election, gop, obama, presidency, sarah palin, tea party, trump
Obama Is Our "Frenemy"—An Open Letter to Latinos
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Apr 21, 2011
Latinos and their allies need to take the Obama administration to task for its policies toward immigrants.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: obama, obamaadministration, obamaimmigration, obamalatinos, obamareelection
Will the U.S. Be Last in Line in Building a New Cuba?
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Apr 21, 2011
The United States ought to reexamine its policy toward Cuba, especially in regards to its travel restrictions on Americans.
Categories: Caribbean, Economy, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: americans, castro, cuba, diplomacy, fidel, investment, policy, politics, raul, travel
Black Legislators on Frontline Against AZ-Style Immigration Bills
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 20, 2011
Black politicians have come out in defense of immigrants, questioning the morality of tough immigration laws in states from Nebraska to Georgia.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: blackcaucus, blacklawmakers, blacklegislators, blacksimmigrantrights, blacksimmigrants, copycatlaws, immigrationlaws, sb1070
One Day They Will Know Our Names
Silicon Valley De-Bug, Video, Posted: Apr 19, 2011
Yosimar Reyes is a Two-Spirit Poet/Activist from Guerrero, Mexico with "a brave and vulnerable voice that shines light on the issues affecting queer, immigrant youth and the many disenfranchised communities in the U.S. and throughout the world."
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Top Stories, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: immigrant, Mexico, poet activist, queer, youth
Reflection On Japan: Growing Stigma Against Victims of Fukushima
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 19, 2011
Decades from now will there be a generation of Fukushima maidens unable to marry because of the stigma of birth in a radiation-tainted hometown?
Categories: Asian, Environment, Top Stories
Tags: danger, earthquake, fukushima, japan, japanese, radiation, tokyo, victims
Budget Deal a Relief and a Headache
BlackAmericaWeb.com, News Report, Posted: Apr 18, 2011
After a week of intense wrangling over money and social policy, Congress and the White House agreed to continue funding the federal government through this week, a deal that includes more than $38 billion in spending cuts.
Categories: African American, Economy, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: congress, federal government, fiscal, funding, spending cuts, white house
Border Communities Are Ground Zero for Hunger
New America Media, Photo Essay, Posted: Apr 18, 2011
Food is hard to come by in the borderlands of southeast San Diego County, for residents as well as those just passing through.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Immigration, Indigenous, Latino, Original NAM Content, Photo Galleries, Top Stories
Tags: americanindian, borderpatrol, hunger, immigration, migrantworkers, minutemen, nativeamerican, poverty, usmexicoborder
Latin America: The Press Under Pressure (Part II)
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 18, 2011
According to the Inter-American Press Association, freedom of the press is increasingly coming under attack in Central and South America.
Categories: Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: argentina, bolivia, brazil, centralamerica, chile, colombia, danielortega, elsalvador, first amendment, freedomofspeech, guatemala, honduras, hugochavez, journalistdisappearance, journalistkillings, panama, paraguay, sandinistas, southamerica, uruguay, venezuela
Release Ai WeiWei: An Overseas Chinese Perspective
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Apr 17, 2011
Since the unlawful detention of international artist Ai Weiwei 12 days ago, I’ve found myself compelled to call for his release and speak out against China’s human rights abuses.
Categories: Chinese, Immigration, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: ai weiwei, beijing, bird, bird's nest, china, chinese, diaspora, ethic, guangdong, human rights, nest, olympic, pearl river delta
Women's Jam-Making Co-Op in Nicaragua Strikes Gold
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 17, 2011
Ten grandmothers and mothers in Nicaragua have joined forces to create a new organic jam business that has buyers in Canada, the United States and elsewhere licking their lips.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Gender & Sexuality, Indigenous, Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: cbs, condimentos carizal co-op, el carizal, jam, jam-making, maker, nicaragua, reality, survivor, television
Iranian-American Icon Bijan Passes Away
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Apr 16, 2011
Suitmaker to presidents (including Obama and Reagan) and royalty, and designer of the Michael Jordan cologne, Bijan Pakzad was an Iranian-American icon.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Immigration, Intersections, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: bijan, bijan pakzad, cologne, designer, fashion, iran, iranian, iranian-american, michael jordan, obama, perfume, reagan
Arab Rappers in Solidarity With Uprisings in Middle East & North Africa
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 16, 2011
Many prominent Arab hip-hop artists, inspired by uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa, have released music in solidarity with protesters in the region.
Categories: African, African American, Arts & Entertainment, Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Intersections, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: arab, arabian, arabian knightz, berkeley, cairo, canada, el general, excentrik, fredwreck, gadhafi, ghaddafi, hip hop, iraq, libya, logic, london, lowkey, middle east, mish b3eed, naima shalhoub, narcicyst, north africa, oakland, omar offendum, palestine, rais le bled, rap, raptivism, shadia mansour, solidarity, syria, tounes bladna, tunisia, united states
New Name for Immigrant Journalism: Ethnic Media Is Now "d-Media"
Feet in 2 Worlds, First Person, Posted: Apr 16, 2011
The name "ethnic media" has always seemed a bit clumsy—and slightly pejorative.
Categories: Front Page, Intersections, Media, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: diaspora, ethnic, ethnic media, ethnicity, euphemism, immigrant, journalism, media, new america media, new york community media alliance, sandy close
Afghanistan's Che Guevara is a Woman
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 15, 2011
She has survived 5 assassination attempts and moves house several times a week with bodyguards. The extraordinary story of an Afghan who dared to raise her voice.
Categories: Asian, Audio, Gender & Sexuality, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: a woman among warlords, activist, afghan, afghanistan, civilian, corpse, denied, malalai, malalai joya, parliament, photos, revolutionary, rolling stone, soldiers, state department, time, U.S., visa
NAM Radio: Abandoned Pets, Afghanistan, Malalai Joya
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Apr 15, 2011
New show: abandoned pets of the foreclosure crisis, N. California Book Awards Winner, Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, and Afghanistan's Che Guevara: Malalai Joya.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: a long goodbye, a woman among warlords, abandoned, activist, afghanistan, animals, artemy kalinovsky, che guevara, farm, foreclosure, fred cody, horses, malalai joya, northern california book award, revolution, revolutionary, soviet, soviet withdrawal from afghanistan, tamim ansary, warlord, withdrawal, woman
Hard-Pressed Homeowners Face Another Threat: Association Dues
New America Media / The Bay Citizen, News Report, Posted: Apr 15, 2011
Homeowners associations are creating a financial nightmare for homeowners by reporting them to debt collection agencies.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: bayarea, californiasenatejudiciarycommittee, foreclosures, homeownersassociation, housingcrisis
Debt Collectors Profit Off Homeowners' Fears of Foreclosure
New America Media, Video, Posted: Apr 15, 2011
Bay Area homeowners tell of being held financially hostage when their homeowners associations report them to debt collectors.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: debtcollectors, foreclosure, homeownersassociation, housingcrisis
Latin America: The Press Under Pressure (Part I)
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 15, 2011
In Latin America, journalists continue to disappear or be killed while authorities pay lip service to the idea of “Freedom of the Press.”
Categories: International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: castro, cuba, felipecalderon, iapa, interamericanpressassociation, mexico, pressfreedom
Speculators Drive Pain at the Gas Pump
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 14, 2011
The real reason why oil and gas prices jumped during most of the 30-month period when there was no turmoil in the Middle East & demand for oil and gas was low.
Categories: African, Economy, Environment, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Middle Eastern, Science & Technology, Stimulus Watch, Top Stories
Tags: barrels, cftc, commission, crude, department, derivatives, dodd-frank, exchange, federal trade commission, futures, gas, goldman sachs, ice, justice, nymex, obama, oil, opec, price, regulation, rise, sec, securities, speculating, speculation, speculator, trading
Student Body Presidents: Budget Cuts Threaten Dream of a Higher Education
New America Media, Video, Posted: Apr 14, 2011
High school student body presidents in the Bay Area say budget cutbacks are damaging their shot at a college education.
Categories: Economy, Education, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: bayarea, budgetcuts, california, education, highschool, jerrybrown
Despite Latest Ruling, Immigrants Still Besieged in Arizona
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 13, 2011
In Arizona, a new court ruling is being celebrated by pro-immigration groups, but it offers little relief to immigrants themselves.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arizona, immigration, sb1070
Dental Care Crisis Draws Thousands to Free Medical Clinic
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 12, 2011
The Oakland Coliseum has been jammed with low-income patients seeking free dental and medical care—exposing the richest state’s Third World status.
Categories: Health, Original NAM Content, Photo Galleries, Top Stories
Tags: dentalcare, healthcare, healthfair, medicalcare, remoteareamedical, uninsured, visioncare
English-Only Policy Sparks Rash of Suicides at Korean University
Hankyoreh, News Report, Posted: Apr 12, 2011
Four students and a professor from one of Korea’s top-ranked universities have committed suicide this past year, with much of the blame focusing on an English-only policy enacted in 2007.
Categories: Asian, Education, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Health, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Early-Warning System Could Spare Lives, Businesses in Next Big CA Quake
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Apr 12, 2011
Researchers in California have been working on a prototype for an Early Earthquake Warning system, the first in the United States, but it faces significant hurdles.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Education, Environment, Front Page, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: bay area, berkeley, california, earthquake, fault, hayward, japan, quake, san andreas, san francisco
Last Call for Tea Party?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Apr 12, 2011
Poll shows a growing number of low-income, white Americans are developing an unfavorable view of the Tea Party.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: congress, michellebachman, obama, teaparty
Latino Family Joins Forces in Alzheimer’s Care to Make Memories
New America Media, Video, Posted: Apr 11, 2011
The Garcias, like many Latino families, initially hid their “Papa’s” Alzheimer’s, but they eventually got educated and stopped fearing the unknown.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Elders, Health, Immigration, Latino, Science & Technology, Top Stories, Video
Tags: alzheimer, alzheimer's, alzheimer's association, avenidas, aztec, california, california department of health and human services, disease, elder, gilroy, latino, mountain view, mountain view chamber of commerce, northern california
California Home Care Cuts Target Ethnic, Immigrant Elders
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Apr 11, 2011
Cuts to California’s In-Home Supportive Services will disproportionately harm vulnerable people in ethnic communities, especially immigrants.
Categories: Asian, Elders, Health, Immigration, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: budgetcuts, californiabudget, healthcare, homecare, immigrants, lowenglishproficiency, senioirs
School Matters: Can Public Schools Really Do More With Less?
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Apr 09, 2011
A new report by the Center for American Progress suggests that some districts spend their money more wisely than others—and that most schools can become more efficient without sacrificing academic quality.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Education, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: centerforamericanprogress, productivity, publiceducation, UlrichBoser
NAM Radio: Maxine Hong Kingston, Youth Incarceration, Koran Burning
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Apr 08, 2011
New show: Maxine Hong Kingston's new book, Koran burnings, a teenage girl in prison for life, small biz & race relations, anime & tsunamis.
Categories: African, African American, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Chinese, Economy, Elders, Eye on Egypt , Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Science & Technology, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: anime, burning, cyntoia, cyntoia's story, dan birman, earthquake, florida, i love a broad margin to my life, imprisonment, incarceration, japan, juvenile, koran, maxine hong kingston, pastor, prison, race relations, richard rodriguez, small business, tsunami, youth
Investigation: Lax Enforcement Puts CA Schools at Risk in Earthquakes
California Watch, News Report, Posted: Apr 07, 2011
Tens of thousands of California public school students are in danger because of the state's failure to enforce its strict seismic-safety law.
Categories: Economy, Education, Environment, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: constructionstandards, earthquakes, FieldAct, publicschools, seismicsafety, statearchitect
Eye on Arab Media: Facebook Loses Face After Intifada Page Is Pulled
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Apr 07, 2011
Facebook has outraged Arabs by shutting down “The Third Palestinian Intifada” page, based on questionable Israeli-government claims that the page incited violence.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , Front Page, International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: ArabSpring, Egypt, Facebook, Gaza, Intifada, Israel, Palestinians, Tunisia
One Year Later, Health Care Reform Brings Positive Change
BlackVoiceNews.com, News Report, Posted: Apr 07, 2011
This first anniversary of health care reform is provoking fresh debate over a law many Americans still remain confused about, even as its benefits are already taking effect.
Categories: African American, Economy, Ethnic Media Network, Health, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: health, health care, medicare, reform
Ex-President Fox Calls on Mexico to Legalize Drugs
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 07, 2011
In a speech to Latino journalists, Vincente Fox argues that the only way to stop drug violence is to legalize drug use in Mexico.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Economy, Front Page, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: drugtrafficking, druguse, drugviolence, immigration, InteramericanPressSociety, Mexico, VicenteFox
South Korea Fearful as Radioactive Material Is Found in Rain
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Apr 07, 2011
From parents of kindergartners to office workers, South Korea was gripped by concerns over “radioactive rain.”
Categories: Asian, Environment, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Health, International Affairs, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: disaster, earthquake, Japan, Korea, nuclear fear, Radiation, Radioactive rain, tsunami
Revolutions Catch Press in Lebanon Off Guard
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Apr 07, 2011
Once the pride of Arab media, Beirut newspapers were caught sleeping as recent uprisings spread. But haunting Lebanese media are decades of assassination.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: assassination, facebook, journalists, media, Middle East revolution twitter, middleeast
Shutting Down the Government of Special Interests—but Only for Show
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Apr 07, 2011
As the new GOP majority in the House tries to impress those who voted it into power, lobbyists and defense contractors go untouched.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: budgetimpasse, contractors, defensebudget, GOP, governmentshutdown, Iraq, lobbyists, specialinterests
Taxpayer Beware: Predatory Lenders Want a Piece of Your Refund
Equal Voice Newspaper, News Report, Posted: Apr 07, 2011
Walmart has teamed up with Jackson Hewitt, the tax preparation company, to offer "refund anticipation loans"—a scam that low-income minorities may find especially hard to resist.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Elders, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: incometax, IRS, JacksonHewitt, predatorylending, RALs, refundanticipationloans, taxrefund, Walmart
Bollywood's Veena Malik Takes on Muslim Cleric on Live TV
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 06, 2011
A Pakistani Bollywood actress is set up during a live TV show, accused by a cleric of being unchaste during appearances on an Indian reality show.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Gender & Sexuality, International Affairs, Media, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: bigg boss, bollywood, cleric, frontline, india, interview, islam, kamran shahid, lollywood, mufti, muslim, pakistan, pakistani, pamela anderson, veena malik
Is Japan's Elite Hiding a Weapons Program Inside Nuclear Plants?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Apr 06, 2011
One logical reason for the chain of lies about the Fukushima disaster: the nuclear industry is trying to prevent the discovery of weapons research facilities hidden inside Japan's nuclear power plants.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Front Page, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Fukushimanuclearplant, General Electric, METI, naoto kan, nuclearaccident, TEPCO, Tohokuearthquake, tsunami
What Does Clarence Thomas Have Against Black People?
Black America Web, Commentary, Posted: Apr 06, 2011
In throwing out a $15. 5 million judgment in a prosecutor misconduct case , Thomas once again sides with the (mostly white) power elite and against a black man seeking justice.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: clarencethomas, deathsentence, johnthompson, prosecutorialmisconduct, supremecourt, wrongfulconviction
In U.S. Prisons, Inmates Sold Into Sex Slavery
La Opinión, News Feature, Posted: Apr 06, 2011
The prison sex trade—whose victims include men like Scott Howard (above)—is dominated by gangs such as the Mexican Mafia, the Sureños and the Norteños.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: prison, prisonrape, prisonsex, prisonsextrade, prostitution, rape, sextrafficking
Pandering Politicians Refuse Pardons—Perpetuate Injustice
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Apr 05, 2011
In refusing to pardon the Scott sisters, despite calls for mercy, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour joins politicians of both parties who deny pardons unjustly.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: democrats, gop, haleybarbour, michaeldukakis, mississippi, presidentialcandidates, scottsisters, williehorton
India Currents Celebrates 25 Years
India Currents, News Report, Posted: Apr 04, 2011
From a skinny 8-page black-and-white magazine, Silicon Valley-based India Currents has evolved into a robust glossy with a 100,000 readership throughout California.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Media, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: 25 years, free, household name, India Currents, monthly
Supreme Court Dismisses Troy Davis Appeal
The Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Apr 04, 2011
Family and supporters of Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis say they remain optimistic in their fight to save him from execution despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to reject his appeal, Monday.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Top Stories
John Kerry Calls for Depression-Era "Public Works" Program
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 04, 2011
The senator and former Democratic presidential candidate has sponsored legislation in Congress that would create an “infrastructure bank,” with energy as the top area for investment.
Categories: Economy, Environment, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: China, energy, great depression, infrastructure, investment, john kerry, public works, recession, United States
On SF's San Bruno Ave, Businesses Promote Common Ground
NAM/SF Chronicle/KTSF, Video, Posted: Apr 03, 2011
Joe Johnson and Nelson Liang grew up on opposite sides of the world but they’ve ended up working on the same block on San Francisco’s San Bruno Avenue, where they share a view of a rapidly changing neighborhood.
Categories: African American, Chinese, Economy, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, Video
Tags: African Americans and Asian Americans, District 10, interracial relations, San Bruno Avenue
Uncounted in India— The Other Side of the Census
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Apr 02, 2011
The 15th national census of India is a peephole into a changing India. For the first time ever, the census had three boxes under sex: Male, Female or Other.
Categories: International Affairs, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: changing, counted, disabled, India's census, male-to-female ratio, skewed, transgender
New Research Team to Investigate Mystery Behind Premature Births
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 02, 2011
A collaborative venture between the March of Dimes and Stanford Medical School will investigate one of the most elusive of medical mysteries— why some babies are born prematurely.
Categories: African American, Asian, Environment, European, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: March of Dimes, neo-natal deaths, premature babies, Stanford University
NAM Radio: Obama in Latin America, Steroids, and Japanese Americans
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Apr 01, 2011
This week on New America Now Radio: Obama in Latin America, Barry Bonds and steroids, women in politics, & Japanese-American internment camps.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Caribbean, Elders, Health, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Sports, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: andrew lam, barry bonds, brazil, brian komei dempster, chile, detention, el salvador, giants, herbal, imprisonment, iran, japanese, japanese american, latin america, libya, maxine hong kingston, obama, perjury, san francisco, steroids, undetectable, world war two
The Roots of Iranian Human Rights Abuses Run Deep
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Apr 01, 2011
Will the U.N.’s new Special Rapporteur to Iran grasp the country better than three who failed before? Key is understanding Iran’s custom of forced civility.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: culture, human rights, Iran, manner, mannerism, Special Rapporteur, traditional
Ethnic Media Weigh U.S. Military Action in Libya
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 01, 2011
A New America Media survey of ethnic media coverage – both here and abroad – found mixed reactions and support for U.S. involvement in Libya.
Categories: African American, Asian, Chinese, International Affairs, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: brazil, china, diaspora, india, korea, libya, mexico, muammar gadhafi, obama, russia, un security council