Students, Parents and Teachers Tell OUSD: Save Lakeview School
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 30, 2011
This week students, teachers, parents and concerned community members representing Lakeview Elementary School in Oakland Calif. protested it's proposed closing.
Categories: African American, Economy, Education, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: budget, closing, cuts, lakeview, oakland, ousd, school
Protesters Rush Wall St. Rallying Against Corporate Greed
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Sep 30, 2011
The movement grew when a largely Black crowd of about 2,000 people marched from Union Square to Wall Street to protest the execution of Troy Davis.
Categories: African, African American, Asian, Caribbean, Chinese, Economy, Education, Environment, European, Health, Immigration, Indigenous, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: 99 percent, corporations, greed, human, poverty, protests, rights, wall st., wealth
NAM Radio: Zahra's Paradise & the Iran Election Protesters
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 30, 2011
Every time Iranians pour into the streets to protest, some of them disappear. This is the story of one young man & the struggle to learn what happened to him.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, International Affairs, Intersections, Law & Justice, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: #iran, #iranelection, abuse, ahmadinejad, amir, evin, graphic novel, humanrights, iran, iran election, iranian, kahrizak, karroubi, khamenei, mousavi, prison, prison abuse, protester, rafsanjani, rape, torture, zahra's paradise
SF Mayoral Candidates Up Close with City College Students
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 30, 2011
Thirteen of the 16 S.F. mayoral candidates turned up to field questions from students at City College eager to be a part of the political debate.
Categories: Education, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video
Tags: City College, homelessness, job creation, mayoral debate, Muni free, public transportation
Federal Court Ruling Could Give Relief to Day Laborers
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 30, 2011
A recent federal court's ruling against one city's anti-solicitation ordinance could impact provisions in Arizona's SB 1070 related to day laborers.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Latino, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: day laborers, Redondo Beach anti-solicitation ordinance, SB 1070, US. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
NAM Radio: Pakistani American Comedian Kumail Nanjiani
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 29, 2011
He is a television star and a top-rated stand up comedian, but Pakistani American Kumail Nanjiani hasn't let it get to his head.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Immigration, Intersections, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: comedian, comedy, franklin and bash, grinnell college, iowa, kumail nanjiani, pakistan, pakistani, pakistani american, pindar singh, punchline, stand up
Inside the Shadow Economy -- A Growing Underworld Bazaar
New America Media/Salon, News Report, Posted: Sep 29, 2011
Amid the recession, an unregulated marketplace worth $1.4 trillion undermines our economy -- and our future.
Categories: African, African American, Asian, Economy, Immigration, Inside the Shadow Economy, International Affairs, Intersections, Law & Justice, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: economy, government, growth, los angeles, salon.com, study, underground
Inside the Shadow Economy -- Touch Me for Money, Life as a Male Escort
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 29, 2011
When "Edward" needs cash fast he relies on the one thing he has complete control over: his body.
Categories: African American, Economy, Gender & Sexuality, Inside the Shadow Economy, Intersections, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: cash, economy, escort, male, oakland, salon.com, underground
School Districts Investigated for Civil Rights Violations
America’s Wire, News Report, Posted: Sep 29, 2011
School districts are being probed for possible violations, including failure to provide minority students with access to college- track courses.
Categories: African American, Education, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: AP, civil rights, department of education, education, special education, suspensions, Title 6
Dark September: Journalists' Deaths Mount in Mexico
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 28, 2011
In Mexico, many journalists have been forced to resign for “security reasons,” as they have become “targets” of organized crime.
Categories: International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: bloggers, drug cartels, Felipe Calderon, journalist deaths, Mexico, murders, twitter
U.S. on a Collision Course with Pakistan and Iran
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 28, 2011
America’s involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq are doubtless impacting the pocketbooks of U.S. taxpayers, but pulling out from those two countries would allow Pakistan to take control of Afghanistan and Iran to move into Iraq. If that happened, Russia and China are not going to simply sit back and watch.
Categories: International Affairs, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Afghanistan, China war, economy, Iran, Iraq, move in, Pakistan, Russia, U.S. pullback
Students, Teachers Push to Halt Methyl Iodide Use in California Farms
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 28, 2011
Teachers and students in Watsonville, Calif., are going all out to put the word out that using methyl iodide as a fumigant on strawberry fields was endangering the health of children and adults, contrary to what the California Department of Pesticide Regulation may say.
Categories: Environment, Health, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, food
Tags: alternatives, health impact, methyl iodide, school curriculum, toxic, Watsonville
NAM Radio: The Biography of Obama's Father
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 28, 2011
In utter contrast to his son, Barack Obama, Sr. was a man whose public image was politically incorrect and rebellious, according to a new biography.
Categories: African, African American, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Immigration, International Affairs, Media, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: alcoholism, barack obama, barack obama sr, biography, dead, death, hawaii, immigration, journalist, kenya, kenyan, obama's father, sally jacobs, the other barack, the other barack the bold and reckless life of president obama's father
In Saudi Arabia, a New Era for Women
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 27, 2011
Saudi King Abdullah's speech last week hints at a dramatic generational shift that has been obscured by the stubborn longevity of the country’s ruling family.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: Iran, KingAbdullah, oil, SaudiArabia, Saudiroyalfamily, ShuraCouncil, women, womensrights
The Irvine 11: Disturbing Free Speech
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Sep 27, 2011
A court ruling last week against a group of Muslim students from the University of California raises questions about the right to free speech.
Categories: Asian, Education, Immigration, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: #irvine11, first amendment, freespeech, GazaWar, GoldstoneReport, Irvine11, Islam, israel, MichaelOren, UC
NAM Radio: The Rise & Fall of the American Teacher
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 26, 2011
Sixty-two percent of teachers leave the profession in the first five years, even though they love their jobs. Something has to give for the American teacher.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Economy, Education, European, Latino, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: american teacher, bureaucracy, documentary, education, hours, jonathan dearman, salary, statistics, teach, teacher, teacher salary project, vanessa roth, work, working hours
For the Love of the Game - High School Football Won’t Stop
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 26, 2011
Football players at San Francisco's Galileo High School say the risk of serious injury has not changed their love of the game.
Categories: Asian, Health, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories, Video
Tags: footballinjuries, galileofootball, galileohighschool, highschoolfootball, highschoolfootballinjuries
NAM Radio: Log Cabin Ranch
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 25, 2011
Just outside of La Honda, California, there is a juvenile probation center called Log Cabin Ranch where young men are incarcerated in a different kind of setting.
Categories: Audio, Collaborative Reporting, Education, Law & Justice, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: california, juvenile, log cabin ranch, radio, youth
Pomona CA Schools to Boost Students' Awareness About Bullying
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 25, 2011
Schools in Pomona, Calif., have launched a model art program to boost student awareness about bullying.
Categories: Education, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: bullying, california, education, ethnic, massachusetts, pomona, south hadly high, students, suicide
Dispatch From Mexico—Reynosa, a City Under Siege
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 24, 2011
It takes 30 minutes to reach Reynosa, Mexico, from McAllen, Texas. But it only takes 30 seconds to realize that it’s a town under siege.
Categories: International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: death, drug cartel, economy, government, mcallen, mexico, migrants, murder, reynosa, siege, tamaulipas, texas
Troy Davis Protesters Occupy Wall Street
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Sep 24, 2011
Just hours after the Troy Davis execution, hundreds of protesters joined forces to occupy Wall Street.
Categories: African American, Economy, Intersections, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: #occupywallstreet, capital punishment, day of outrage, death penalty, demonstration, execution, force, nonviolent, nypd, occupy wall street, protest, protesters, rally, troy anthony davis, troy davis
Undocumented Students Push for California Dream Act
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 24, 2011
Undocumented students are calling on Gov. Jerry Brown to sign into law a bill that would allow them to apply for state scholarships.
Categories: Education, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Video, Youth Culture
Tags: ab131, cadreamact, cadreamers, californiadreamact, undocumetedstudents
UN Report: California County Lacks Clean Water
Vida en el Valle, News Report, Posted: Sep 24, 2011
A United Nations report finds that unincorporated, majority-Latino communities in Tulare County have no access to clean drinking water.
Categories: Environment, Ethnic Media Network, Health, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: centralvalleycleanwater, centralvalleywater, cleanwater, uncleanwater
NAM Radio: Hollywood's Ukrainian American Star Vera Farmiga
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 23, 2011
Hollywood actress and now director Vera Farmiga tells NAM what it was like growing up Ukrainian-American.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, European, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Intersections, Media, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: actress, debut, director, higher ground, hollywood, interview, religion, religious, ukraine, ukrainian american, vera farmiga
In San Francisco, Parking Tickets Are the New Taxation
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 23, 2011
Once a deterrent to bad behavior, ticketing and fines have become an important revenue stream in the cash-strapped city.
Categories: Economy, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: parkingtickets, sfparkingtickets
Report: Border Patrol Abuses on the Rise
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 23, 2011
The number of apprehensions of undocumented immigrants on the border has dropped, but reports of abuses are on the rise.
Categories: Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: borderapprehensions, borderdeaths, borderpatrol, borderviolence, deportations, detentions, humanrightsviolations, nomoredeaths, torture
Why Obama Couldn’t Prevent the Troy Davis Execution
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 23, 2011
Obama learned a bitter lesson early on: If you speak out on an issue that involves race, you will pay a heavy political price.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: obaamtroydavis
Justice Irrelevant in Davis Execution
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 22, 2011
As the Ferry Building’s clock tower rung four p.m. in San Francisco, the crowd joined hands to pray for the life of Troy Anthony Davis.
Categories: African American, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: capitalpunishment, deathpenalty, execution, georgia, SAFECalifornia, TraoyAnthonyDavis
Growing Up Poor - Bay Area Kids Tell the Stories Behind the Numbers
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 22, 2011
Young videographers discuss what it's like to grow up poor in California, where one in four children is now living in poverty.
Categories: African American, Economy, Growing Up Poor in the Bay Area, Health, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: cachildrenpoverty, californiachildren, growinguppoor, povertystatistics
Don't Dismiss Ahmadinejad's UN Speech
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 22, 2011
The Iranian President is a controversial but influential leader. It is easy for the mainstream media to dismiss some of the important things he said.
Categories: International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: #ahmadinejad, #UNGA, 9/11, ahmadinejad, ahmadinejad's speech, bin laden, distribution of wealth, general assembly, holocaust, iran, iranian, osama bin laden, poverty, reparations, slave, slave reparations, slavery, speech, un, united nations, wealth
The Model for Palestine 2011 - Israel in 1949
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 22, 2011
Palestinians should study Israel as a model when it comes to seeking statehood and membership with the UN.
Categories: International Affairs, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: barrack obama, israel, middle east, palestine, palestinian, peace, statehood, terrorism, UN, US
Gutting Social Security Would Devastate Blacks and Hispanics
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Sep 22, 2011
Privatization of social security could devastate the millions who rely solely on it to survive.
Categories: African American, Economy, Elders, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: blacks, gop, hispanic, poverty, privatization, social security
Denial of Davis Clemency Sparks Shock, Anger
Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
Barring dramatic 11th-hour intervention, Davis faces a death by lethal injection at 7 p.m. Wednesday for the death of Savannah GA police officer Mark MacPhail.
Categories: African American, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: clemency, death row, georgia, naacp, supreme court, troy davis
Obama’s U.N. Speech: Infomercial at Its Best
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
President Obama is the first infomercial president, taking his time to promise the moon.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: afghanistan, bin laden, death, iran, iraq, middle east. U.N., Obama, palestine, united nations, violence, war
China's March Through the Caribbean Continues
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
This week Beijing unveiled measures worth $6.3 billion aimed at sealing better relations with the 15-nation Caribbean trade bloc.
Categories: African American, Caribbean, Economy, International Affairs, Intersections, Top Stories
Tags: aid, caribbean, china, conference, grants, port of spain, soft loans, trade
Obama Medicare-Medicaid Cuts Would Pinch Rich, But Harm Other Americans
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
Medicare and Medicaid cuts in the President’s budget plan aims to spread the “pain” fairly, but does pinching the rich equal less accessible care for the rest of us?
Categories: Elders, Health, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: budgetdeficit, healthcare, medicaid, medicare, nationaldebt, obamacare
The Math Behind “Class Warfare”--A Middle Class Under Attack
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
“Class warfare?” Do the math: America’s upper 10 percent have taken most, while blacks and Latinos have lost big in the past 30 years.
Categories: African American, Economy, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: classwarfare, obamaclasswarfare, obamatax, taxcode
Obama’s Health Care Cuts Don’t Worry Advocates -- Yet
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
The biggest concern is not what is in the president’s proposal, but what might come out of a negotiation with Congressional Republicans.
Categories: Economy, Health, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: cutstomedicaid, cutstomedicare, healthcarecuts, obamahealthcare, obamamedicaid, obamamedicare
NAM Radio: Latinos and Redistricting
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
The politics of redistricting and how significant growth of the Latino population is likely to result in greater representation and political clout for the Latino community.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Audio, Immigration, Latino, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: census, cloud, community, hispanic, joaquin avila, latino, political, politics, population, redistricting
Population Boost Isn’t Giving Latinos an Edge in State Redistricting Plans
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 20, 2011
As states from California to Nevada to Colorado and Texas map out new electoral districts, some argue that Hispanics are being shortchanged.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: 2012, arizona, census, colorado, elections, florida, hispanics, immigration, latino, latinos, MALDEF, NALEO, nevada, redistricting, texas, voting, voting rights act
NAM Radio: Precious Knowledge & Ethnic Studies in Arizona
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 19, 2011
When Arizona Attorney General Thom Thorne was Tucson's Superintendent of Schools he was known for his inflammatory remarks about ethnic studies & students.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Education, Immigration, Intersections, Latin America, Latino, Media, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: arizona, ethnic studies, hispanic, hispanic studies, la raza, latino, latino studies, mexican american, precious knowledge, thom thorne, tucson, tucson unified school district
New Consumer Bureau Could Especially Protect Ethnic Communities
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 19, 2011
From foreclosures to payday loans, ethnic communities have a big stake in Congress’ battle over the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Categories: Economy, Foreclosures, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: consumerprotections, elizabethwarren, financialcrisis, foreclosures, predatorylending, recession
Maya Roads: A Literary Journey Through the Central American Rainforest
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 18, 2011
Journalist and war correspondent Mary Jo McConahay recounts in her new book her unique explorations revealing the adaptation and resolve of the Mayan people.
Categories: Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: centralamerica, latinamerica, maryjomcconahay, maya, richardrodriguez
NAM Radio: Greek-American Comedian Demetri Martin Lets Loose
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 17, 2011
Greek American comedian Demetri Martin who stars in the blockbuster film Contagion, tells NAM what it's like growing up Greek.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, European, Immigration, Intersections, Media, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: biography, comedian, comedy, comedy central, conan o'brien, daily show, demetri martin, greek, greek american, interview, orthodox, this is a book
The Invasion of Paris, Then and Now
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 17, 2011
A Chinese immigrant in Paris acknowledges the fear-mongering of xenophobic political parties, but says she can't recognize herself in the image they paint.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, European, Immigration, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Israelis and Arabs to Be Pawns in the Endless Spring
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 17, 2011
With the Arab Spring causing widespread instability, the United States and the Europe no longer need Israel to be a regional thorn in the Arabs' side.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: arabspriong, britishprimeminister, gazafloatilla, israel, libya, middleeast, nicolassarcozy, palestinianstatehood
In Mexico, Civil Society Asserts Itself Through Social Media
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2011
Mexicans are increasingly taking to social media in the battle against the nation's cartels - and may be winning.
Categories: Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: border, cartel, facebook, mexico, nuevolaredo, socialmedia, twitter, violence, zatera
NAM Radio: San Francisco Latino Film Festival
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 16, 2011
Founder and Director Lucho Ramirez tells us what to look out for at this year's quirky as ever festival celebrating Latinos and Latino filmmaking.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: cine+mas, festival, film, latino, lou ramirez, lucho ramirez, san francisco latino film festival
Older Hispanics Unable to Recover from Recession
Equal Voice, News Feature, Posted: Sep 16, 2011
The recovery has been more like quicksand for Older Hispanics, whose homes are financially “under water” and jobs are more scarce than for younger workers.
Categories: Economy, Elders, Latino, Politics & Governance, Stimulus Watch, Top Stories
Tags: aarppublicpolicyinstitute, latinos, miami, mortgagecrisis, olderworkers, pewhispaniccenter, poverty, recession, scsepbudgetcuts, stimulus
Latina Tea Party Favorite Could Save Anti-Immigrant Senator in AZ Recall
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 16, 2011
A Latina candidate running with help from Mesa’s Tea Party president could help divert the vote in Arizona’s historic recall against the architect of SB 1070
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: arizonarecallelection, immigrationreform, sb1070, senatorrussellpearce, taquilaparty, teaparty
In Mexico, Tweet and Die
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 15, 2011
The discovery of two mutilated bodies hanging from a bridge in Nuevo Laredo highlights the dangers of social media in a country racked by drug violence.
Categories: International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: calderon, cartel, drugwar, mexico, nuevolaredo, socialnetworking, torture, twitter, violence
Bad Teeth a Barrier to Health and Jobs
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 15, 2011
A dental clinic for low-income Californians gives hope to some, but exposes painful, costly state and federal policies.
Categories: Health, Intersections, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, food
Tags: americandentalassociation, californiadentalassociation, dentalcare, health, healthcarereform, nutrition, poverty, publichealth, ravenswoodclinic, unisured
Getting Sick Doesn’t Pay
Equal Voice, News Report, Posted: Sep 15, 2011
Decades of progress in the fight for better employee benefits have been wiped out, putting families at risk of not being able to buy food, or losing their home over getting sick.
Categories: Economy, Health, Top Stories
Tags: benefits, economy, family, health, jobs, labor, laborrights, starbucks, unemployment
Rising Poverty Undermines Children and Dr. King’s Dream
America's Wire, Commentary, Posted: Sep 15, 2011
New census data show rising child poverty, especially for black and Latino children. England cut child poverty in half. Is racism keeping us from doing the same?
Categories: African American, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: 2010census, centerforamericanprogress, childpoverty, englishpoverty, martinlutherking, racism
Ex-Congressman Feared Dead in Libya, Returns Home
AFRO, News Report, Posted: Sep 14, 2011
Former U.S. Congressman Walter Fauntroy, who recently returned from a self-sanctioned peace mission to Libya, said he went into hiding for about a month in Libya after witnessing horrifying events in Libya's bloody civil war -- a war that Fauntroy claims is backed by European forces.
Categories: Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Working, but Still Poor
Investigative Reporting Workshop, News Report, Posted: Sep 14, 2011
The focus today is on job creation. But for millions of Americans, just having a job doesn’t mean prosperity or anything like it.
Categories: Economy, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: census, jobs, poverty, unemployment
2010 Census Shows 2 Million California Kids in Poverty
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 14, 2011
New data from the U.S. Census shows a rise is the number of California children in poverty leaving families caught between food banks and cheap fast-food meals.
Categories: Economy, Health, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture, food
Tags: 2010census, californiahealth, childpoverty, hunger, macdonalds, obesity, uninsured
Indian Actress Banned After Her Co-Star Shot His Wife
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Sep 14, 2011
A top Indian action hero shot his wife after she accused him of having an affair with a co-star. The co-star has been banned by the industry for being implicated.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Gender & Sexuality, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: actor, actress, affair, ban, banned, bollywood, cinema, darshan, film, gun, india, indian, infidelity, kannada, karnataka, nikita thukral, scandal, sex, shooting, shot, vijayalakshmi, wife
Workers Sue Local Salon Chain for Labor Violations
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 14, 2011
Current and former employees of a Bay Area nail salon chain have filed suit against their employers for withholding overtime pay and other violations.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: economy, jobs, laborrights, salons, unemployment, vietnamese
Parolees and Service Providers Describe the Challenges of Re-Entry
Silicon Valley DeBug/New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 14, 2011
Following new legislation mandating the transfer of near 40,000 inmates from parole to county supervision, parolees and service providers discuss their thoughts on getting out.
Categories: Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: california, jerrybrown, parole, prison, recidivism
Bailing out the Iran Hikers: Don't Call it Ransom
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 13, 2011
With news that Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, are due to be released within days, the Internet and the American media are aflare with chatter.
Categories: Immigration, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: bauer, fattal, guantanamo, hikers, humanrights, immigration, iran, media
Hispanics and Blacks Missing in Gaming Industry
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 13, 2011
With studies showing blacks and Hispanics accounting for a majority of gamers, why do video game characters and story lines lack diversity?
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Latino, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: africanamerican, angrybirds, diversity, gaming, hispanic, race, racerelations, videogames
Boycott Against Arizona Is Not Over, Say Grassroots Groups
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 13, 2011
The decision by the National Council of La Raza to call off a year-long boycott of Arizona is being met with opposition.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: anti immigration laws, Arizona, Hispanic, Immigrants, Immigration
Latinos in Mississippi: A Force for Reconstruction
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 12, 2011
Hispanic immigrants helped rebuild Mississippi after hurricane Katrina but even that didn't alleviate the anti-immigrant climate.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Collaborative Reporting, Economy, Environment, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: anti-immigrant, hispanic, hysteria, immigration, katrina, latino, mississippi, poultry, reconstruction, severe, target
9/11: The Latino Experience
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 11, 2011
A massive new multimedia project has collected the stories and voices of the Latino community in the aftermath of September 11.
Categories: Collaborative Reporting, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: aftermath, community, el diario, experiences, latino, multimedia, new york city, population, responders, september 11, survivors, voices
NAM Radio: The Post 9/11 Exclusion of Ethnic Journalists
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 11, 2011
The persisting lack of diversity in America's newsrooms has left out the voices & views of many Americans whose lives were profoundly affected by 9/11 & its aftermath.
Categories: African, African American, Audio, Chinese, Eye on Egypt , Immigration, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: afghan, arab, censorship, china, chinese, ethiopia, ethnic, ethnic journalist, exclusion, india, journalist, lack, laila al-arian, mainstream media, media, middle eastern, minority, misrepresentation, mizgon zahir darby, muslim, pakistan, palestine, portrayal, rong xiaoqing, sabahat ashraf, saqib mausoof, south asian, yayne abeba, zaineb mohammed
9/11 Raised Unrealized Hopes in US-Iran Relations
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 11, 2011
Bush's post 9/11 Axis of Evil speech against Iran transformed a reservoir of good feeling on the part of Iran into the serious deterioration of an already weak relationship.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: axis of evil, bush, deteriorate, iran, relations, relationship, speech, us, us-iran
Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post 9-11 Injustice
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Sep 10, 2011
Syrian-American journalist Alia Malek discusses her new collection of portraits of life in America in the decade since 9/11.
Categories: International Affairs, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: alia malek, amemsa, arab, latino, muslim, patriot act, patriot acts narratives of post 9-11 injustice, sikh, syrian american, white
Israeli Embassy Siege & Anti-Muslim, Anti-Arab Iconography
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 10, 2011
The events and images of the siege of the Israeli embassy in Cairo go a long way to further the iconographies of “Arab barbarism” and “Islamic Terror.”
Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: anti-arab, anti-islam, anti-muslim, cairo, iconography, israeli embassy, media, star of david, symbol
September 11, When Muslims Stay at Home
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 10, 2011
September 11 has become an unofficial "day of rest" for many Muslims, who would rather stay at home than risk harassment.
Categories: Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: 911, groundzero, racialprofiling, september11, transportationsecurityagency, tsa
Hispanic City, Mississippi: Between Jobs & Threats
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 10, 2011
A small town near Laurel, Mississippi, has provided jobs for many Hispanic immigrants, but also many worries.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Collaborative Reporting, Economy, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: census, economy, hispanic, hispanic city, howard industries, immigration, jobs, latino, laurel, mississippi, threats
The End of the UK, or the Start of a New Federation?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 10, 2011
These days, the United Kingdom is anything but united. In fact, it may just be on the verge of breaking up.
Categories: European, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: england, london, londonriots, scotland, ukriots, unitedkingdom
NAM Radio: Richard Rodriguez on 9/11
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 09, 2011
The author says that today the danger is not forgetting 9/11 but forgetting what America has become.
Tags: 9/11, forgetting, remembering, richard rodriguez, september 11
A Homeless Shelter Reacts to Obama's Jobs Speech
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 09, 2011
Residents of a homeless shelter in California watched Obama's jobs speech & wondered what it meant for them & the millions of other unemployed Americans.
Tags: california, congress, economy, homeless, jobless, jobs, obama, richmond, shelter, speech, unemployment
6 Simple Things That Can Turn Deadly in Richmond, CA
Richmond Pulse, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 09, 2011
Three youth reporters share their thoughts on the various ways violence gets sparked on the streets of Richmond, CA.
Categories: Health, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Richmond Pulse, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: richmond, richmondkillings, richmondpulse, richmondshootings, richmondviolence
Growing Up Muslim in a Post 9/11 World
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 09, 2011
For Muslim and Sikh high school students, the post 9/11 America has not been an easy time.
Tags: 9/11, bully, bullying, california, coping, high school, islamic school, media, muslim, public school, sikh, terrorists
Green Jobs: A Promise Unfulfilled
Investigative Reporting Workshop, News Report, Posted: Sep 08, 2011
Green job-training initiatives implemented during Obama's presidency have fallen far short of the hype.
Categories: Economy, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Stimulus Watch, Top Stories
Tags: economicstimulus, greeneconomy, greenjobs, obama, unemployment
The Troy Davis Case: Will America Execute Another Innocent?
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 08, 2011
He is convicted of killing a cop in Georgia but many people believe Troy Davis will be the next in line in a list of innocent Americans who were wrongly executed.
Categories: African American, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: cop killer, death penalty, execution, georgia, georgia board of pardons and paroles, innocence, innocent, stay, troy davis
Post 9/11, Is Coming to America Still Worth the Journey?
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Sep 08, 2011
For the prospective immigrant, is the journey to a post-9/11 America even worth the trouble?
Categories: Immigration, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: 9/11, 9/11anniversary, andrewlam, civilliberties, immigration, september11
Public Transportation Blues in San Francisco Bay
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Sep 08, 2011
Though the prices and enforcement are on the rise for public transportation in the San Francisco Bay, the quality of the ride doesn't seem to be improving at all.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: bart, bay area, johannes mehserle, K9, muni, oscar grant, police, policeshooting, prices, public transportation, san francisco
How 9/11 Led to an Attack on Immigrants
El Diario NY, News Report, Posted: Sep 07, 2011
A decade ago, President Bush said, “The object of terrorism is to try to force us to change our way of life.” It has done just that.
Tags: 9/11, 9/11immigration, 9/11Latinos, 911
Evidence of British & Pakistani Complicity on 9/11
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 07, 2011
The United States should rid itself of such toxic “allies” as Pakistan and even Britain, whose governments consider Americans gullible and easy to manipulate.
Categories: European, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: 9/11, 9/11 commission report, ahmed omar saeed sheikh, asif ali zardari, bob graham, bp, britain, british, condoleezza rice, daniel pearl, exxon mobile, gaddafi, gadhafi, isi, john ashcroft, mahmoud ahmed, mi6, mohamed atta, mumbai, osama bin laden, pakistan, pakistani, pervez musharraf, petronas, porter goss, pranab mukherjee, qaddafi, richard armitage, royal dutch shell, september 11
Can Perry Duplicate Bush and Win Over Black Evangelicals?
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Sep 07, 2011
If Rick Perry wins the GOP nomination, his wooing of black evangelicals could pose a political threat to the Obama campaign.
Categories: African American, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: blackevangelicals, obama, rickperry
Healthy is the New Skinny: Group Challenges Body Image Stereotypes
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 07, 2011
A fashion model and a doctor are joining forces to change the way young people see their bodies.
Categories: Health, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: bodyimage, eatingdisorders, healthyisthenewskinny, perfectlyunperfectedproject
Immigration Divides GOP Mormons in Arizona Recall Election
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 06, 2011
Arizona’s first recall election of a State Senate president is pitting Mormon Republicans against each other.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: arizonaelection, arizonarecallelection, jerrylewis, mormonsimmigration, russellpearce, russellpearcerecall
Banned Pesticide Use Remains High in CA Strawberry Fields
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 06, 2011
In some of California's top strawberry-growing counties, levels of banned methyl bromide are only slightly lower than they were a decade ago.
Categories: Economy, Environment, Health, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: banned, california, cancer, epa, farmworkers, latinos, methyl bromide, pesticide
NAM Radio: The Dire Future of Urban Radio
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 06, 2011
The future of minority owned and urban formatted radio is now in question.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Media, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: bankruptcy, black owned radio, inner city media, joe miller, joint center for political and economic studies, minority, radio
Ten Years After 9/11: Korean Families Still Hurting
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 05, 2011
"Ten years is an epoch, but our hearts remain as black as charcoal," said the mother of Jun-koo Kang, who died at the World Trade Center on 9/11.
Categories: Asian, Elders, Ethnic Media Network, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: 9/11, koreans, new york, terrorism, war, world trade center
9/11 Through New York’s Ethnic Media Lens
New America Media, Video, Posted: Sep 05, 2011
A decade after the terrorist attacks, New York ethnic media are still covering the aftermath of 9/11 on the city's immigrants.
Tags: 9/11, 9/11ethnicmedia, newyorkethnicmedia
Latino Families Remember Relatives Lost on 9/11
El Diario La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Sep 05, 2011
Ten years later, Cecilia Hidrovo is still not resigned to the idea that her son, a pastry chef at Windows on the World, is dead.
Tags: 9/11, 9/11latinos
No Messiah for Indian Football, But At Least There’s Messi
Firstpost.com, News Report, Posted: Sep 04, 2011
There is no news in Kolkata these days except Messi-spotting. The problem is the Argentine football superstar says next to nothing.
Categories: Asian, South Asian, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: argentine., fans, football, india, soccer
For Mexico, Years Since 9/11 Are a Lost Decade
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Sep 03, 2011
Many Mexicans blame the U.S.-led “war on terror” for their own government's failure to move against their country’s drug cartels.
Tags: mexico9/11, mexicolostdecade, thelostdecade, usmexico9/11, usmexicorelations
A Decade After 9/11: Turkey Redefines Political Islam
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 02, 2011
The Turkish economy now ranks ahead of such highly-developed nations as Australia and the Netherlands, and oil-giant Saudi Arabia.
Categories: Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: 911. turkey, economy, islam, saudi arabia
Texas African-Americans Advise Looking at the Real Rick Perry
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Sep 02, 2011
Perry's standard line is that he can do for the nation what he has done for Texas, which he says is create jobs. Black residents of the state, tell a different story.
Categories: African American, Economy, Intersections, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: black, health, jobs, president, rick perry, texas, unemployment
Son Pleads for Terminal Mom's Release from CA Prison
San Francisco Bayview, News Report, Posted: Sep 02, 2011
My mother, who was incarcerated in 1991, is diagnosed with fourth stage terminal cancer. She is severely incapacitated.
Categories: African American, Elders, Health, Intersections, Law & Justice, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: california, jerry brown, mark leno, medical parole, patricia wright, prisons, senate bill 1399
NAM Radio: Director John Madden on History & Film
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Sep 02, 2011
Hollywood director John Madden discusses how obscured international stories can return to the light of day when someone makes a film about them.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, European, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: film, history, hollywood, interview, john madden, opinion, the debt, war criminal, world war II
Students and Parents Tell LA Truancy Task Force to End the Tickets and Fines
California Endowment, News Report, Posted: Sep 02, 2011
Truancy tickets and fines of students are not a solution to better education.
Categories: Education, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: education, fines, poverty, students, truancy, young people
Green Cards for 9/11 Families
El Diario La Prensa, Editorial, Posted: Sep 02, 2011
Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, families of the workers in the Windows on the World restaurant who died in the attacks are still waiting for a fix to their immigration status.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: 9/11, immigration, latino
Study: Kids Who Get Out of Class Do Better in Class
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 02, 2011
New research shows that children who spend time outside the classroom do better academically, socially and emotionally.
Categories: Education, Health, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Sports, Top Stories
Tags: physed, physicaleducation, playworks, sportsinschool
How Prisons Imperil Black Voting Power in Post-Katrina Louisiana
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 01, 2011
Prisons are skewing Louisiana’s political process, shifting power from urban areas to rural ones and further disenfranchising black communities suffering from racism and Hurricane Katrina.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Law & Justice, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: Angolaprison, census, GOP, Louisiana, NewOrleans, prison-basedgerrymandering, Prisons, redistricting, votingrightsact