Stimulus Can't Slow Black Foreclosures
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Feb 28, 2010
Equity rich but cash poor black households hardest hit by the crippling subprime lending scheme have benefited less than predatory financial institutions from stimulus dollars meant to help them recover, say fair lending advocates and loan modification analysts.
Categories: African American, Original NAM Content, Stimulus Watch
Tags: arra, foreclosures, stimulus
Will Magic Johnson Buy Ebony, Jet Magazines?
LA Sentinel, News Report, Posted: Feb 25, 2010
There is much speculation in the news that retired NBA star and businessman extraordinaire, Earvin "Magic" Johnson is negotiating to purchase Johnson Publishing Company, the parent company of Ebony and Jet magazines
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media in the News, Stimulus Watch
Tags: Ebony Magazine, Magic Johson
Filipino General Leads UN Peace Force in Golan Heights
Inquirer.Net" class="url org fn">Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Feb 24, 2010
MANILA—A Filipino three-star general has assumed command of the 1,050-strong United Nations Peacekeeping Force in the Golan Heights, following the approval of his appointment by the UN Security Council.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Stimulus Watch
Community Protests Evisceration of General Assistance
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 24, 2010
Record numbers of Californians are turning to General Assistance just to survive. And yet, in a cruel irony the same recession that's causing the GA rolls to surge is also leading to record deficits in local government.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Stimulus Watch, Top Stories
Tags: general assistance, poverty, recession
For Ethnic Communities, a Year of Stimulus Not Enough
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 20, 2010
A year after the federal stimulus program took effect, many Americans are still hurting, and the benefits of the recovery program have not been distributed to the most needy communities.
Categories: African American, Latino, Original NAM Content, Stimulus Watch, Top Stories
Tags: african americans, BART, civil rights, ethnic minorities, obama, recession, stimulus
Stimulus Throws a Lifeline to Afrocentric School
New America Media/Final Call, News Report, Posted: Feb 20, 2010
The Imhotep Institute Charter School (IICS) is thriving with new technology and increased cultural activities, thanks to stimulus funds it received from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
Categories: African American, Education, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Stimulus Watch
Tags: charter school, Imhotep, laptops, obama, philadelphia, stimulus
BART Loses Fed Funds for Oakland Airport Tram
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 19, 2010
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) this week pulled $70 million in federal stimulus funds from Northern California’s Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system for failing to analyze how a planned connector to the Oakland International Airport would affect low-income and minority riders. Now, the funds will pump up public transit systems in the region.
Categories: African American, Asian, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Stimulus Watch, Top Stories
Tags: BART, civil rights Title VI, oakland airport, obama, public transportation, stimulus
Stimulus Boost Health Clinics’ Budgets in Massachusetts
New America Media/Brazilian Journal, News Report, Posted: Feb 18, 2010
Roughly one of every eight dollars that the federal Health Resources and Services Administration committed to community clinics is bound for Massachusetts. Lowell Community Health Center was granted $9.35 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act).
Categories: Health, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Stimulus Watch
Tags: ARRA, brazilian, business, clinic, grant, health care, healthcare, job creation, massachusetts, minorities, stimulus, transportation projects
Minn. Stimulus Dollars Bypass Black Businesses
New America Media/Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, News Report, Posted: Feb 17, 2010
While Minnesota received almost $600 million in federal stimulus funds for transportation projects, not one project has been awarded to an African-American-owned company, reinforcing existing inequities instead of opening new opportunities, according to community advocates and business leaders.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Stimulus Watch, Top Stories
Tags: ARRA, black minorit business, job creation, Minnesota, stimulus, transportation projects
The Human Face of the Stimulus
RUMBO/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 15, 2010
Some saved their jobs in cultural organizations, others received larger scholarships for studying art thanks to funds from the economic Recovery Act.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Latino, Original NAM Content, Stimulus Watch
Art in Times of Crisis
RUMBO/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 14, 2010
Though the economic stimulus to the cultural sector in Texas was scant, for its beneficiaries the funds received were a blessing.
Categories: Latino, Original NAM Content, Stimulus Watch
Stimulus Leaves Out Latino Arts Organizations
RUMBO/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 13, 2010
President Barack Obama's stimulus package allocated $50 million for the country's cultural section, but only tens of thousands have gone to Latino organizations.
Categories: Latino, Original NAM Content, Stimulus Watch, Top Stories
School Matters: 7,000 Head Start Spots At Risk
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Feb 12, 2010
President Obama's stimulus package helped allowed 7,000 more California children to attend Head Start. With the stimulus funds spent, those Head Start slots could be eliminated
Categories: Education, Original NAM Content, Stimulus Watch
Tags: budget cuts, california, head start, obama, preschool, stimulus
Brooklyn Asks: Where Did the Stimulus Funds Go?
El Diario/La Prensa/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 11, 2010
Residents of Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood say President Obama's $787 billion stimulus package has done little to slow an epidemic of foreclosures in their community.
Categories: Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Stimulus Watch
Tags: arra, bushwick, foreclosure, stimulus
Youth Jobs Hit Hard by Recession
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Feb 11, 2010
Across the country, youth unemployment rates have risen at a staggering pace. Nationally, 26 percent of teens aged 16-19 are unemployed, and the rates are much higher for blacks and Latinos.
Categories: Original NAM Content, Stimulus Watch, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Green Jobs Promise Broken?
Equal Voice, News Analysis, Posted: Feb 10, 2010
Despite $500 million set aside to create “green jobs” for disadvantaged workers – including a program titled “Pathways Out of Poverty” – there is no method in place to monitor exactly where Recovery Act dollars have landed on the ground.
Categories: Stimulus Watch
Obama Comes to Bushwick, but the Vultures Arrive Sooner
El Diario/La Prensa/New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 10, 2010
In Bushwick, a Brooklyn neighborhood where foreclosures became an epidemic, opportunists are making a killing. Many offer struggling homeowners help from President Obama’s mortgage rescue plans in exchange for thousands of dollars, and vanish once they receive the money.
Categories: Latino, Original NAM Content, Stimulus Watch
Tags: arra, foreclosure, obama, scam, stimulus
Bushwick Is Dying
El Diario/La Prensa/New America Media, Video, Posted: Feb 09, 2010
Ramona Ortiz is about to lose the home her parents own--where she grew up--in Bushwick, Brooklyn, because of a series of loans her father took out. The Ortiz family is part of an epidemic of foreclosures that is ending an era of Hispanic home ownership in Brooklyn.
Categories: Latino, Original NAM Content, Stimulus Watch, Top Stories
Tags: ARRA, brooklyn, bushwick, foreclosure, new york, stimulus