NAM Radio: How "Black Mamba Boy" Got His Name
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 31, 2011
A Somali orphan travels from Yemen to the United Kingdom—an immigrant boy whose daughter grows up to tell his tale.
Categories: African, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, European, Immigration, International Affairs, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: black mamba boy, england, english, immigrant, immigration, interview, islam, muslim, nadifa mohamed, novel, somalia, somalian, united kingdom, yemen
A Decade After 9/11: Islam at the Crossroads
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Aug 31, 2011
Behind the rage that exploded on 9/11, and the wall of denial erected around it, was a profound internal crisis, bred by centuries of stagnancy.
Categories: Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: 911, civilization, islam, muslim world, religion, revolution, tyrants, war, west, youth
California Redistricting Win Ensures Black Voice in State Politics
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Aug 31, 2011
The Redistricting process became a battlefield, a front for those who hoped to declare the “death of Black leadership.”
Categories: African American, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: barbara lee, california, election, leadership, maxine walters, racism, redistricting, vote
Science, Math and Technology Key to Upward Mobility for Latinos
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 31, 2011
When most adults would rather clean their toilet than do a math problem, something has to change, says Dr. Alicia Abella.
Categories: Economy, Education, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: latinasmath, latinasscience, latinastechnology, latinosinscience, sciencemath, stem, womeninmath, womeninscience, womentechnology
Amid Recession, U.S. Spanish-Language Media Grow
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Aug 30, 2011
A Pew Hispanic Center study found that the number of Spanish-language radio stations increased by 8 percent over the previous year.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Latino, Media, Top Stories
Tags: hispanicmedia, hispanicmediagrowth, hispanicradio, hispanictv, latinomedia, spanishmedia, univision
Journalists Become New Targets in War on Terror
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Aug 30, 2011
In the War on terror, journalists on all sides have become targets and political pawns, and the two American in Iran are reaping the consequences.
Categories: Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: al jazeera, bauer, bush, fattal, hikers, iran, josh, journalists, media, shane, target, war
More Double Punishment for Immigrants with Convictions
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 30, 2011
Call me a cynic, but the White House's new deportation policy seems more of a token of appeasement to win votes in the 2012 election.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: deportations, obama2012, obamaimmigrants, obamaimmigration, obamalatinos
NAM Radio: Asian-Americans & Motherland
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 29, 2011
Writer-director Doris Yeung's new feature film has an obvious connection to herself: she, too, lost her mother to a murder right here in the Bay Area.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Chinese, Immigration, International Affairs, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: american dream, Asian Americans, bay area, doris yeung, feature, film, hong kong, motherland, murder, san francisco
Q&A: How Will EPA Decision Impact CA Pesticide Use
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 29, 2011
The use of pesticide methyl bromide in California discriminated against Latino school children, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said last Thursday.
Categories: Environment, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: agriculture, civilrights, environment, environmentaljustice, EPA, farming, latino, methylbromide, pesticide
How Seniors Survived Katrina—Family, Faith and Community
News Orleans Agenda/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 29, 2011
Six years after Hurricane Katrina robbed seniors of their homes and their way of life, family, faith and community have offset government failures to help them go on.
Categories: African American, Elders, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: hurricanekatrina, roadhomeprogram, seniors, seventhward
California Clinic Puts Smile on Community Care
New America Media, Video, Posted: Aug 29, 2011
East Palo Alto has a model health and dental clinic that puts a smile on one of the roughest and poorest communities in California.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, Elders, Health, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: californiahealth, communityhealth, dentistry, eastpaloalto, healthcarereform, poverty, siliconvalley
Hurricane Irene: Echoes of Katrina, Memories of Philippine Typhoons
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Aug 28, 2011
As Hurricane Irene hit New York, six years after Katrina drowned New Orleans, one NYC writer also found himself recalling the typhoons of his Filipino youth.
Categories: Asian, Environment, International Affairs, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: emergencymanagement, hurricaneirene, hurricanekatrina, mayorbloomberg, naturaldisasters, philippines, typhoons
Partial Wisconsin Recall Win Leaves Progressives Regrouping
Tom Dispatch , News Analysis, Posted: Aug 28, 2011
Wisconsin’s spring protests led Democrats to recall two GOP legislators this month, but they failed in their ultimate goal—to regain control of the state senate. Will they try for Gov. Walker next?
Categories: Economy, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: democrats, progressivepolitics, recallelections, republicans, scottwalker, wisconsinrecalls
Advocate Warns of Possible Spike in Foreclosure Rescue Scams
New America Media, Video, Posted: Aug 27, 2011
With 3 million more foreclosures predicted nationally this year, California housing advocates warn of a possible spike in rescue scams, a result of the proposed cuts in HUD foreclosure services.
Categories: Foreclosures, Front Page, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video
Tags: california, foreclosures, housing advocates, housing crisis, HUD, Maeve Elise Brown, mortgage services, rescue sca
NAM Radio: Comedian DL Hughley on Campaign 2012
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 27, 2011
He famously got the White House Press Secretary to admit the truth about Iraqi WMD's & his comments on the presidential campaign are just as newsworthy.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, European, Media, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: campaign 2012, cnn, cobbs comedy club, comedian, comedy, dl hughley, obama, politics, president obama, republicans
Criminalizing Our Youth to Excuse Police Murder
San Francisco Bayview, News Report, Posted: Aug 27, 2011
The carefully molded portrayal of the “feral street thug" in the U.K. and the U.S. is part of the failure of the American media to cover stories relating to police murders.
Categories: African American, European, Media, Top Stories
Tags: africanamerican, bayview, london, media, oscargrant, policeshooting, race, riots, youth
Ca. School Districts Struggle to Provide Summer Programs
EdSource/New America Media, Video, Posted: Aug 27, 2011
While California’s economic environment has hit summer programs hard, school districts came up with ways to offer summer classes for struggling students.
Categories: Economy, Education, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: california, economy, education, schoolbudget, summerschool
Will Local Jobs Sail in With the America’s Cup?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 26, 2011
San Franciscans may not be first in line for thousands of jobs created in the build-up to the 34th America’s Cup, contrary to the city’s new local hiring law.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: americascup, edlee, employment, jobs, mayor, piers, sanfrancisco, waterfront
Life Terms for Two Men Who Murdered Chauncey Bailey
Chauncey Bailey Project, News Report, Posted: Aug 26, 2011
Former Your Black Muslim Bakery leader Yusef Bey IV was sentenced Friday to three consecutive life terms in prison.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: antoine mackey, chauncey bailey, life, murder, Oakland, sentence, yusef bey IV
President Obama Can Seize King’s Racial Dream High Ground
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 26, 2011
The dedication of the King Memorial comes as black Americans worry about Obama’s commitment to King’s legacy. The president could allay those fears.
Categories: African American, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012election, blackvoters, daisybates, kingmemorial, normanrockwell, obama, whitehouse
NAM Radio: John Sayles' Amigo & the US-Philippine War
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 26, 2011
A new feature film portrays the human consequences of the Philippine-American War.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, European, International Affairs, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: amigo, filipinoamerican, film, interview, john sayles, philippine-american war, philippines, review
Why Rick Perry is Bad for Hispanics
The Texas Tribune, News Report, Posted: Aug 26, 2011
Texas Gov. Rick Perry's one-time support for Hispanics is long gone, argues State Rep. Rafael Anchia. His path to the presidency now means scapegoating Latinos.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012elections, Hispanics, immigration, Latino, RickPerry, Texas
Jobs Resignation a Boon for Korean IT?
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Aug 25, 2011
Steve Jobs resignation as CEO of Apple may bring some relief to Korean IT firms, but his contributions far outweigh the costs of competition.
Categories: Asian, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: apple, IT, mac, samsung, smart phone, steve jobs, technology
Primer: Keystone XL Pipeline Crosses Age-old Aquifer
SolveClimate News, News Report, Posted: Aug 25, 2011
A proposal to build a 1,700 mile Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline has become the latest flashpoint between environmentalists and industry over climate change.
Categories: Environment, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: aquifer, climatechange, environment, keystone, ogallala, oil, pipeline, tarsands
NAM Radio: The Past and Future of Sudan
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 25, 2011
Here are some of the reasons why American, European, Chinese and other multinational corporations had a vested interest in Sudan's recent split into two nations.
Categories: African, Audio, Immigration, International Affairs, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: amir ahmad nasr, arabic gum, change, corporation, division, independence, natural resources, profit, referendum, south sudan, split, sudan, sudanese, sudanese-american
Funk Season 2011 -- Violence at Niner vs. Raider Game Mirrors Mayhem on Bay Streets
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 25, 2011
NAM editor Kevin Weston argues the violence at last week's Raider-49er pre-season matchup was fueled by violence on the streets and age-old Bay Area animosities.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Health, Intersections, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: africanamerican, bayarea, candlestick, football, oakland, raiders, sanfrancisco, violence
Lone Resident of Bygone Shrimper Village Faces Eviction
California Watch, Video, Posted: Aug 25, 2011
California’s budget cuts will close 70 state parks, including China Camp, where Frank Quan, 85, has lived his entire life—and may have to move.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Economy, Elders, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Profiles, Top Stories, Video
Tags: californiabudgetcuts, californiahistory, chinacamp, chineseamericans, seniors, stateparks
Hiking on the Border: The Iran Bashing Continues
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 25, 2011
The American hikers sentenced in Iran last week partly for spying are pawns in a game involving U.S. efforts to demonize Iran while avoiding attention to its own detainees.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: gitmo, iranhikers, joshfattal, kurds, roxanasaberi, shanebauer, statedepartment
Amid Allegations of Human Trafficking, Guatemala to Review Adoptions
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 24, 2011
Guatamala moves to review international adoption cases that were halted by the United States in 2007 amid allegations of kidnappings and human trafficking.
Categories: International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: adoption, Guatamala, kidnapping, LatinAmerica, Latino, trafficking
The MLK Memorial's Complicated History
The Root, News Report, Posted: Aug 24, 2011
Critics say the new MLK Memorial, to be officially dedicated this weekend, betrays the message championed by the famed civil rights leader.
Categories: African American, Chinese, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: AfricanAmerican, art, China, civilrights, King, MLKmemorial, NationalMall, Washington
Headless Bodies and Jobless Workers - The Roots of Mexico’s Sadism
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Aug 24, 2011
The five decapitated bodies and two scalped heads dumped in Acapulco raise questions about sadism in Mexico. For answers, just look to Mexico’s unemployment numbers.
Categories: Economy, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: acapulco, calderon, drugcartels, mexico, poverty, sadism
NAM Radio: Rape and the International Monetary Fund
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 23, 2011
Parallels between what an ex-IMF-head was alleged to have done to a citizen of the developing world, & what the IMF is accused of doing to the developing world.
Categories: African, Audio, European, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Law & Justice, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: developing world, dominique strauss kahn, dsk, global fund for women, imf, international monetary fund, kavita ramdas, loan, loans, nafissatou diallo, rape, raping, third world
President Obama’s Black Jobs Dilemma
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 23, 2011
The Congressional Black Caucus is voicing increased anger at President Obama’s silence on black unemployment. But blacks will still back his reelection.
Categories: African American, Economy, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012election, blackvoters, congresionalblackcaucus, gop, maxinewaters, presidentobama, unemployment
Libya's Destiny: Eurafrica or Africa?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 23, 2011
NAM contributor Yoichi Shimatsu argues that Arab racism is fueling an uprising that seeks to dislodge Libya from its African roots.
Categories: African, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Africa, ArabSpring, Europe, Gaddafi, Islam, Libya, Mediterranean, NATO, Waronterrorism
L.A. School Educates Those "Shut Out" of the System
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 23, 2011
Free L.A. High School, opened in 2007 by the Youth Justice Center, offers students an alternative to incarceration through a revolutionary approach to education.
Categories: African American, Education, Ethnicities, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: education, incarceration, LA
Domestic Workers Struggle Now Like Women in "The Help"
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 22, 2011
In the U.S.. more than 2 million domestic workers continue to labor and be exploited like the women in "The Help." But there are new calls for their rights and protections.
Categories: African American, Economy, Gender & Sexuality, Intersections, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: africanamericans, civilrights, domesticworkers, employment, maids, newdeal, slavery, thehelp, women, workersrights
Gaddafi Falls While the Arab Spring Continues to Bear Deadly Fruit
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Aug 22, 2011
Behind the Arab Spring and televised celebrations of Gaddafi’s fall, the U.S., Europe and Big Oil are pursuing a new colonial strategy to the detriment of all.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: arabspring, bigoil, colonialism, gaddafi, islam, libya, middleeast
NAM Radio: Prison Labor and the New Sweatshop
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 22, 2011
Prison labor is the new sweatshop -- a system where highly disenfranchised individuals are forced into labor for the greater profit of corporations.
Categories: Audio, Economy, Law & Justice, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: 21st century, corporation, enslavement, exploit, exploitation, labor, prison, prison labor, prisoners, slave, slavery, sweatshop
Latino Immigrant Is Rising GOP Star in Surprise, Arizona
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Aug 22, 2011
Steve Montenegro, a Republican legislator from Arizona who supported SB 1070 and opposes the Dream Act, is himself an immigrant from El Salvador.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: arizonaimmigration, gop, immigration, latinorepublican, phoenix, sb1070, stevemontenegro
Korean Media, Community Come Through for Undocumented
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 22, 2011
An undocumented Korean family with an autistic child reaches out to community for help as they struggle with finances in Los Angeles.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Asian, Health, Immigration, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: asperger's, autism, health, immigrant, immigration, korea daily, korean, los angeles, south korea, south korean, undocumented
Dying for a Glass of Clean Water in CA’s San Joaquin Valley
New America Media, Photo Essay, Posted: Aug 22, 2011
In the small town of Lanare, locals are fighting for access to clean drinking water, a problem in many poor, rural communities across the state.
Categories: Environment, Health, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Photo Galleries, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, food
Tags: arsenic, californiacleanwateract, centralvalley, cleandrinkingwater, farmworkers, sanjoaquinvalley
Latinos Changing the World Through Twitter?
Al Día, News Report, Posted: Aug 21, 2011
The hashtag #LATISM (Latinos in Social Media) is used by many Latino users to connect with each other on Twitter.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Media, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: hispanicblogs, latinabloggers, latinobloggers, latinosinsocialmedia, latinosonline, latinosontwitter, latinostwitter, LATISM
Same-Sex Bi-National Couples Now “Low-Priority” for Deportation
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 20, 2011
At President Obama's orders, DHS will now give low priority to deportation cases involving individuals in same-sex relationships with U.S. citizens.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: deportation, gaymarriage, homelandsecurity, immigration, lgbt, obama, samesexcouples
The Politics Behind the China-Georgetown Basketball Fiasco
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Aug 19, 2011
The political ramifications of this week's basketball brawl between a Chinese team drawn from the military and Georgetown University's team.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Chinese, International Affairs, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: american, basketball, brawl, china, chinese, game, georgetown, hoyas, military
Immigrant Rights Activists Are Obama’s Freedom Riders
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 19, 2011
Like the Freedom Riders of the early 1960s, immigrant rights activists have forced the hand of a reluctant president.
Categories: Alabama News Network, Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: departmentofhomelandsecurity, deportations, dhs, dreamact, dreamers, freedomriders, immigrantrightsactivists, immigration, obama
Did Anti-Americanism Fuel the China-Georgetown Basketball Brawl?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 19, 2011
It’s too bad the Georgetown players had to be the target of an apparent hate which they are not responsible for.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Chinese, International Affairs, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: basketball, brawl, china, chinese, fight, georgetown, hoyas, military, unfair, university, wrong
California Law Firm Nailed for Mortgage Scam
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 19, 2011
CA's Attorney General filed suit against a law firm for their role in a scam that took advantage of thousands of homeowners.
Categories: African American, Economy, Foreclosures, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: californiaattorneygeneral, foreclosure, kamalaharris, kramerandkaslow, mailfraud, mortgagecrisis, mortgagefraud, mortgagescam
London Aftermath-Consequences and Repercussions
New York Amsterdam News, News Analysis, Posted: Aug 19, 2011
As London and other major U.K. cities hit with rioting are cleaning up, people are being picked up daily by police.
Categories: African, African American, European, Immigration, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: Aftermath, Consequences, London, protests, Repercussions, riots
NAM Radio: Bill McKibben and the Alaska-to-Texas Oil Pipeline
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 19, 2011
Leading environmental activist Bill McKibben discusses the controversial Alaska-Canada-Texas oil pipeline, known as the Transcanada, in the works.
Categories: Environment, Health, International Affairs, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: 350.org, alaska, canada, CO2, conservative, environment, farmer, farmers, health, interview, oil, pipeline, planet, radical, safety, tar sands, tar sands project, texas, tim dechristopher, transcanada
Give "The Help" -- and Black Working Women -- a Break
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Aug 19, 2011
Criticism of “The Help” for stereotyping ignores its rare focus on black women caught between racial brutality and their hopes for the civil rights movement.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, European, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: civil rights, counterpoint, fried chicken, medgar evers, positive review, review, the help
One in Four California Families Can't Afford Food for Their Kids
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 19, 2011
California had the second highest number of metropolitan areas with rates of food hardship in households with children, according to a new report.
Categories: Economy, Health, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture, food
Tags: california, california association of food banks, food, food desert, food hardship, food research and action center, fresno, hardship, hispanic, latino, los angeles, nutrition, super committee
Blacks & Hispanics More Concerned Over Children's Health
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 19, 2011
An annual poll shows significant differences among ethnic groups in their levels of concern over children’s health.
Categories: African American, European, Health, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: black, children, children's health, concern, differences, drug abuse, ethnicity, health, hispanic, latino, obesity, sexting, University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll of Children’s Health, violence, white
San Francisco Files Suit Against Car Wash for Wage Theft
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 18, 2011
Latino workers say they were forced to wait in unsanitary back rooms for hours on end before being allowed to "clock in" for work.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: dennisherrera, laborrights, larazacentrolegal, sanfrancisco, workersrights, workingconditions
Children Are Invisible Victims of California's Tanking Economy
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 18, 2011
A new study shows that foreclosure has impacted nearly one million children in California since 2007.
Categories: Economy, Foreclosures, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: 2011kidscountdatabook, anniee.caseyfoundation, california, childrennow, foreclosure, housingandeconomicrightsadvocates, joblessness, justcause
Two-Thirds of Californians Unprepared for Costs of Elder Care
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 18, 2011
Two-thirds of Californians in a new poll worry they can’t afford the huge cost of long-term care—but the state is still cutting vital programs.
Categories: Elders, Health, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: californians, care, cost, elder, elder care, high cost, latino, report, unprepared
Foreclosure & the American Dream: Two Women's Stories
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 18, 2011
Two American women share their story of how the American dream became a nightmare when their homes went into foreclosure.
Categories: African American, Audio, Foreclosures, Latino, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: american, american dream, california, dream, financial, financing, foreclosure, home, homeowner, ownership, recession
Setting the Record Straight on S-Comm
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 18, 2011
For the record, Mr. President: S-Comm and other deportation machines are nothing to be “proud” of. Shame is more accurate.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: ceciliamuñoz, chirla, dhs, immigration, nationalcounciloflaraza, nclr, presidentobama, scomm, secure communities
Study: Tribes Most Impacted by Climate Change
Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: Aug 18, 2011
A recent study by the National Wildlife Federation concluded that America's tribes are the people most impacted by climate change
Categories: Environment, Indigenous, Top Stories
Tags: climate change, global warming, impact, navajo, study, tribes, water, wildlife
"The Help" Isn't Helping
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 17, 2011
I walked out of "The Help." I’ve made a pact with myself that as soon as the fried chicken and the N-word start to get thrown around, I'll remove myself from the situation.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Media, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: black folks, film review, fried chicken, hollywood, N-word, negative, review, stereotype, the help
Students Bearing the Brunt of Cutbacks in California
New America Media, Video, Posted: Aug 17, 2011
California's budget woes are causing local governments to put the squeeze on school districts, and students are paying the price in more ways than one.
Categories: Education, Ethnic Media in the News, Events, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: californiabudget, californiabudgetcuts, californiabudgetproject, californiaschools, edsource, education
They Might Be Gigantes—Latino Ballers Mum on Immigration
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 17, 2011
Giants manager Bruce Bochy nailed a writer’s tweet as “racist” for calling a player an “illegal alien.” But where’s the Latino Jackie Robinson?
Categories: African American, Immigration, Intersections, Latin America, Latino, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: baseball, bruce bochy, giants, racist, san francisco, tony bruno, tweet
Activists Call for End to Secure Communities Program
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Aug 16, 2011
At a hearing in Los Angeles on Monday, community members told DHS the Secure Communities program must end.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: chirla, dhs, ice, immigration, losangeleshearing, scomm, securecommunities
Hunger Doesn't Take a Summer Vacation
Black Voice News, News Report, Posted: Aug 16, 2011
Riverside, Calif. recreation supervisor Jerry Hurley runs a highly successful lunch program, serving 200,000 free meals this summer.
Categories: African American, Health, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
How an L.A. Charter School Became a Success Lab
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 16, 2011
Armida Barrera has paid a price for living in a disadvantaged neighborhood: the poor education of her first seven children.
Categories: African American, Asian, Collaborative Reporting, Education, Front Page, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: charter school, education, los angeles, poor, school, synergy, unified school district
Author: How the Drug Lords Took Over Mexico
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 16, 2011
In Mexico, an elite group maintains control of the illegal drug market and, with a little help from Mexican and US officials, is extending its grip through Latin America.
Categories: International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: anabel hernandez, cartel, cia, dea, drug lords, drugs trafficking, el chapo, el mayo, iran-contra, la familia, latin america, los zetas, mexican, mexico, reagan, south america, tijuana, us government, zambada
Has CA's Redistricting Experiment Worked? A Key Reformer Says Yes
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Aug 16, 2011
On Monday, the new California Citizens Redistricting Commission reached an important milestone, approving final political maps for Congress, the state Legislature, and the Board of Equalization.
Categories: African American, Asian, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: 2012elections, californiacitizensredistrictingcommission, commoncause, redistricting, reform
Undocumented and Korean at UC Berkeley
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 15, 2011
When one UC Berkeley student disclosed his status as an undocumented immigrant, the response was telling. “A lot of the students were surprised at seeing a yellow face."
Categories: Asian, Education, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: AB540, DreamAct, education, Hispanic, immigration, Korean, UCBerkeley, Undocumented
K-Pop Delivers on the American Dream
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Aug 14, 2011
The Korean Wave, or Hallyu, is splashing onto America's shores and making Asian youngsters torn to banks like Super Junior or SHNee for their entertainment fix.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Top Stories
Tags: American shores, Asians, hallyu, Korea, music, pop, popularity
Justice at the Price of Violence?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 14, 2011
Protesting the death of 29-year-old Mark Duggan with violence makes no sense. What is needed is true activism.
Categories: Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: activism, apathy, change, London riots, violence, youth
Chilean Student Movement Leads Uprising For Political Transformation
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 13, 2011
Weeks of demonstrations and strikes by Chilean students earlier this week seems to suggest that Chile is becoming a part of the global movement of youth that is transforming the world bit by bit.
Categories: International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Chileans, cross-roads, demonstrations, global movement, quality education, youth
How America's Safety Net Has Become A Dragnet
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 12, 2011
In this new afterword to her best seller, Nickel and Dimed, author Barbara Ehrenreich explains how 10 years after that book’s publication and amid a spiraling recession, poverty is increasingly becoming criminalized in America.
Categories: African American, Asian, Economy, European, Health, Indigenous, Latino, Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, food
Tags: criminalizing, homeless, Nickel and Dimed, poor, poverty, recession, U.S.
S&P’s U.S. Downgrade: What’s Age Got to Do With It?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Aug 12, 2011
In the shadows of S&P’s downgrade of the U.S. credit rating is its 2010 global aging report, calling for nations to cut their health and pension budgets—or else!
Categories: Economy, Elders, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: credit rating, elderly, entitlements, global aging, Medicare, S&P, Social Security, Standard and Poor's
Republicans Delay Confirmation of New US Ambassador to South Korea
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 11, 2011
The official confirmation for the next U.S. ambassador to South Korea designate, Sung Kim, is unexpectedly being delayed although it seemed a mere formality. Apparently some senators are stalling because they worry about the direction of the Obama administration's North Korea policy, but who they are is not known.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media in the News, Top Stories
Tags: ambassador, politics, south korea, U.S.
The Macroeconomics of London Riots
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Aug 11, 2011
Britain's social fabric is clearly brittle and children growing there suffer greater deprivation, frail parental ties, exposure to drugs and alcohol than other wealthy countries. Little wonder that they snapped.
Categories: Economy, European, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: economics, kids, London, macroeconomics, race, riots, UNICEF
Muslim TV Show Airs on Hispanic Network
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 11, 2011
Salam TV is a groundbreaking partnership between Muslim and Hispanic media in Phoenix, Ariz.
Categories: Latino, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: anti-immigrant, latino, media, muslim, phoenix, ramadan, salam tv, SB 1070
Eye on Europe: Once Public Trust Goes, Can Democracy Be Far Behind?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Aug 10, 2011
Angry, violent civil disturbances, first in Paris and now in London, have revealed enormous tinderboxes of alienation.
Categories: International Affairs, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: democracy, london riots, media, murdoch, news of the world, youth protests
Oakland Youth Crosses Culture Boundaries with Chinese Opera
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 10, 2011
This week on YO!Radio -- for backpack packed college students e-books make the grade, youth friendly MTV turns 30, and one Black youth from Oakland enters the world of Chinese opera.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Media, Top Stories, Youth Culture
S. Korea Angered Over U.S. Support for 'Sea of Japan'
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Aug 10, 2011
South Korea is urging Washington to withdraw its recent decision to support the use of the name "Sea of Japan" for waters separating the country from its neighbor to the east.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: Dokdo, Japan, Korea, politics, Sea of Japan, territorialdisputes
Wells Fargo Sued in Reverse Mortgage Dispute
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 10, 2011
AARP and two law firms filed a class action suit against Wells Fargo and Fannie Mae on behalf of reverse mortgage heirs for illegally foreclosing on their homes.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Foreclosures, Top Stories
Tags: AARP, Fannie Mae, foreclosures, housing, market value, reverse mortgages, Wells Fargo
CA’s Goal to Reduce Prison Overcrowding Hinges on Counties
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 09, 2011
If Santa Clara County is going to reduce the number of people it sends to state prisons, it needs to change the decision points that lead to incarceration in the first place.
Categories: Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: AB 109, inmates, parolees, prison overcrowing, prisoners, re-entry, Santa Clara County
Is Obama Losing Black Support?
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Aug 09, 2011
“I’m not voting for Obama!” said one black man, a regular barbershop customer. “Won’t do it, and I’m not afraid to say it. Black men don’t have jobs."
Categories: African American, Economy, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012, black, elections, jobs, men, obama, support, unemployment, voting
Brooklynites Locked out of Neighborhood Jobs
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Aug 09, 2011
Low-income and minority residents in Brooklyn say they are being left out in the cold while looking for jobs in developments springing up downtown.
Categories: African American, Economy, Intersections, Latino, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: black, brooklyn, development, jobs, latino, new york, poor, unemployed
GA Redistricting to Curb Voting Power of Immigrants, Minorities
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 09, 2011
The passage of HB 87, state legislation clearly targeting immigrants, has given rise to an increasing awareness among Georgia’s ethnic minorities about what’s at stake for their political empowerment under the ongoing redistricting process.
Categories: Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: African Americans, bias, Georgia, HB 87, immigrant communities, limiting, redistricting
RAW VIDEO: San Francisco District Attorney Debate
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 08, 2011
Last week, a debate was held between the four candidates vying for the recently vacated position of San Francisco Attorney. George Gason, David Onek, Vu Trinh and Sharmin Bock spoke on a number of issues including: the war on drugs, conviction rates, and the three strikes law.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: conviction rates, David Onek, debate, George Gasonm, LCCR, San Francisco District Attorney, Sharmin Bock, three strikesm, Vu Trinh, war on drugs
Nikki Haley - A Whiter Shade of Brown
Firstpost.com, News Analysis, Posted: Aug 07, 2011
The Nikki Haley story is turning into a Shakespearean tragedy. The newest great brown hope of American politics is now being stabbed in the back by the Old Boys’ cabal.
Categories: Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: brown, democrats, governor, nikki haley, republicans, white, woman
Study Shows Growing Number of Ethnic Elders in Financial Crisis
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 06, 2011
As Washington considers cutting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, a new report shows the ethnic elders are sinking ever more deeply into poverty.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Health, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: asian, black, color, disproportion, elder, ethnic, health, latino, poverty, social security, wealth
Letter from Cairo: Ramadan Brings Protest, Crackdown and Hope
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Aug 06, 2011
It was the first day of Ramadan and as afternoon prayers ended, men and women spilled out of mosques into the scorching downtown heat.
Categories: African, African American, Eye on Egypt , Intersections, Middle Eastern, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: egypt, mubarak, protests, ramadan, revolution, scaf, tahir square, trial, troops
Writing the Tea Party Epitaph is Not Just Premature but Absurd
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 06, 2011
Far from writing the epitaph for the Tea Party, pundits should write about its rise in power.
Categories: African American, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Stimulus Watch, Top Stories
Tags: budget crisis, economy, gop, power, tea party, white house
Ethnic Californians -- The State’s ‘Environmental Vote’
New America Media, Video, Posted: Aug 05, 2011
Nearly three-fourths of Asians, blacks and Latinos support the state’s climate change law, according to a new PPIC poll.
Categories: African American, Asian, Environment, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: ab32, climatechange, environment, environmental issues, MarkBaldassare, ppicpoll, prop23
SFPD Chief Answers Hunters Point Community After Shooting
New America Media, Video, Posted: Aug 05, 2011
In the wake of a police involved incident that resulted in the death of 19-year-old Kenneth Harding SFPD Greg Suhr held a community meeting in the city's Hunters Point neighborhood.
Categories: African American, Health, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: greg suhr, hunter's point, kenneth harding, sfpd, shooting, street soldiers
In Indiana, Young People Lead Fight Against Immigration Laws
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 05, 2011
A law prohibiting undocumented students from accessing scholarships has ignited a wave of youth activism in Indiana.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: hb1402, indiana, indianaimmigrants, indianaimmigrationlaw, indianalatinos, sb590
Born to Run: The Secrets of Mexico's Tarahumara Tribe
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 05, 2011
Running is one of those sports that hurts so good, but a secretive tribe in Mexico has centuries-old traditions that help people run for hundreds of miles with no pain.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Health, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Media, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: born to run, christopher mcdougall, naked, run, running, running shoes, secret, secretive, tarahumara, tribe
Frontline Troops in Foreclosure Fight Under Siege
The Investigative Reporting Workshop, Video, Posted: Aug 05, 2011
As many as 1 million foreclosure actions that should have taken place in 2011 will now happen in 2012, or even later.
Categories: Economy, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video
Tags: california, closure, crisis, economy, foreclosure, homeowners, housing, mortgage
Native American Activists Save Sacred Burial Ground From Bulldozers
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Aug 04, 2011
Bulldozers were primed to level the ancient burial ground at Glen Cove, Calif., until hundreds of Native Americans staged a 108-day occupation.
Categories: Environment, Indigenous, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: burial grounds, indigenous, land, native americans, occupation, ohlone, sacred, vallejo
New Marvel Comics Spider-Man is Black-Latino
ColorLines, News Report, Posted: Aug 03, 2011
Marvel Comics’ new superhero is a half-African American half-Latino kid named Miles Morales.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Ethnic Media Network, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: spidey
Hikers In Iran - Caught in Web of International Politics
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 03, 2011
There is some hope that Shane Bauer and his traveling companion Josh Fattal -- incarcerated in Iran for two year -- may be released soon.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories
Sister Mischief: Young Adult Fiction's New Stars
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 03, 2011
A new book of young adult fiction explores homosexuality and cross-cultural relationships.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Gender & Sexuality, Intersections, Media, New America Now, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: bengali, fiction, laura goode, lesbian, sister mischief, young adult, young adult fiction
South Carolina Immigration Law Starts New Era of Racial Profiling
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 03, 2011
South Carolina’s new anti-immigrant law strikes Latinos with fear of racial profiling—and reminds blacks of the state’s racist past.
Categories: African American, Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: nikkihaleyimmigration, racialprofiling, southcarolina, southcarolinaimmigrationlaw
China Side-Steps US Financial Crisis With Innovative Strategies
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 03, 2011
China holds more US federal debt than any other foreign country and is taking action to side step potential future US default.
Categories: Chinese, Economy, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: china, chinese, congress, debt, default, development, dollar, economy, investment, obama, renminbi, US, yuan
Danger Signs for President Obama with Black Voters
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 02, 2011
The jobless rate has hit crisis levels in many inner city communities, and the perception is that the President simply isn’t doing enough to combat the crisis.
Categories: African American, Economy, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: black, disapprove, joblessness, obama, poll
Alabama - On the Frontlines of the Nation’s Harshest Immigration Law
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 02, 2011
In June, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley signed into law the most severe immigration legislation in the nation.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: alabama, alabamaimmigration, alabamaimmigrationlaw, HB 56
Afghanistan the New Mexico?: Assassinations and the Drug Trade
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Aug 02, 2011
The Afghan drug trade has entered a new phase that could lead to the sort of violence that plagues Mexico.
Categories: International Affairs, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: afghan, afghanistan, assassination, karzai, mexico, narcotics, opium, U.S., violence
Hanging Out: Young People's Worries and Tactics to Stay Safe
New York Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Aug 01, 2011
As we pass through the sweltering days and nights of another summer, young people continue the usual rituals of hanging out with friends at parties and outdoor events across the city on weekends and during the evening hours.
Categories: Environment, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Latest CA Redistricting Maps Satisfy Most Minorities—But Not Latinos
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 01, 2011
Latinos say new political maps are an improvement over first drafts released in June but still don't reflect big population gains over the past decade.
Categories: African American, Asian, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: california, citizensredistrictingcommission, Latinos, MALDEF, redistricting, sacramento, TeaPArty, visionary, votingrightsact, wedrawthelines
Foreclosures Brutalize Rural Glenn County in Calif.
Sacramento Valley Mirror, News Feature, Posted: Aug 01, 2011
Glenn County's foreclosure rate is not much worse than California's average, but the mortgage crisis has had a greater impact in the small farming community than in other parts of the state.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Foreclosures, Top Stories
Tags: California foreclosure, Glenn County, housing crisis, mortgage, rural
U.S. Pharmaceutical Companies Testing Drugs on India’s Poor
New America Media, Interview, Posted: Aug 01, 2011
Drug companies are experimenting on poor people in India and elsewhere without their informed consent. NAM interviewed Al Jazeera’s reporter on the story.
Categories: Health, International Affairs, Intersections, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: bhopal, ceravix, climicalresearch, clinicaltrials, departmentofjustice, drugcompanies, gardasil, globaleconomy, india, merck, poverty, publiccitizen