Mexican Bus Drivers Condemn Extortion by Plain-Clothed Police
El Mensajero, News Report, Posted: Oct 29, 2011
On the roads of northwest Mexico, you have to watch out for organized crime and, sometimes, even the police.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Immigration, International Affairs, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: AFI, busdrivers, mexicanbusdrivers, mexicanbuses, mexicanpolice, plainclothedpolice
North Koreans in Libya Barred from Going Home
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: Oct 26, 2011
North Korea has banned its citizens in Libya from returning home in an apparent attempt to prevent the popular uprisings in the Arab world from reaching the isolated regime.
Categories: African, Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, War & Conflict
Tags: arabspring, gadaffi, kimjungil, korea, libya, middleeast, north korea, pyongyang
Does America’s Fortune Ride on Two Numbers? - 9/11 and 99:1
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Oct 26, 2011
9/11 delineates a nation rallying under the flag, of unity against a common enemy. 99:1 speaks of the opposite, of disparity, disunion, and ultimately, disillusionment.
Categories: Economy, Featured Columnists, Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: 9/11, 99:1, economy, foreclosures, middle class, occupy wall street, rich, san francisco
Korean Builders Expect Boom Following Gadhafi's Death
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Oct 24, 2011
Korean construction companies said Thursday that they expect a boom in construction business with the death of Moammar Gadhafi.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, War & Conflict
Tags: asia, construction, gaddafi, korea, libya, middleeast
Brain Drain: Destroying Iran One University Graduate at a Time
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Oct 23, 2011
U.S. efforts to punish Iran overlook one glaring fact: Iranians have long been their own worst enemies, allowing their best and brightest to leave the country in droves.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Science & Technology, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: globalization, iran, middleeast, plot, saudiambassador, tehran
Villain or Hero? Desert Lion Perishes, Leaving West Explosive Legacy
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Oct 21, 2011
Muammar Gaddafi stood up for Africa ruthlessly, but without this flawed Desert Lion, who can the West blame for the bloody aftermath likely to come?
Categories: African, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: 9/11, gaddafi, gadhafi, islamists, libya, middleeasternoil, terrorists
NAM Radio: Craig Thompson's Habibi
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 21, 2011
It looks like a holy book but Thompson's 672-page new graphic novel is anything but.
Categories: African, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Intersections, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: comic, craig thompson, graphic novel, habibi, islam, muslim, slave, slavery
Arab Media: Gaddafi’s Death a Relief and a Concern
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 20, 2011
New America Media surveyed Arab media, editors and publishers, across the country for their reactions to the death of Libya’s former leader, Muammar Gaddafi.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: arabspring, gaddafi, libya
Gaddafi Leaves Behind a Legacy of Rage and Dysfunction
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 20, 2011
Gaddafi's death and the legacy he leaves behind augurs a tumultuous period ahead for the region and the world.
Categories: Eye on Egypt , International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: arabspring, gaddafi, libya, middleeast, qaddafi, quadaffi
Agent Orange Studies Overlook Vietnamese Americans
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Oct 19, 2011
Little has been done to examine the impact of Agent Orange on the Vietnamese American community, even as symptoms continue to emerge.
Categories: Asian, Elders, Health, Immigration, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: agentorange, defoliant, health, veterans, vietnameseamericans, vietnamwar
U.S. Overreach in Tying Assassination Plot to Iran
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 12, 2011
Washington's rush to tie Tehran to an assassination plot aimed at a Saudi diplomat could backfire.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: ambassador, Arbabsiar, assassination, Iran, plot, saudiarabia
Occupy Oakland Protestors Want More Diversity in Movement
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 11, 2011
Monday's kick-off rally of Occupy Oakland stressed that the movement needs more diversity to give truth to its motto, “We are the 99%.”
Categories: Occupy Protests, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: 99%, diversity, minorities, oakland, occupy, protest, wall st.
The Korean Fantasy of Reunification
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Oct 11, 2011
Support among South Koreans for unification of the two Koreas is at a new low, according to recent reports.
Categories: Asian, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: cumings, kimjungil, korea, leemyungbak, northkorea, pyongyang, reunification, seoul
NAM Radio: A Guide to Occupy Wall Street
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 10, 2011
What is Occupy Wall Street and who is involved? Here is a primer, from someone in the midst of it all.
Categories: African American, Asian, Audio, Economy, Education, Environment, European, Foreclosures, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Immigration, Indigenous, International Affairs, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: #occupywallstreet, #ows, bert cannavelli, demands, description, guide, introduction, manifesto, movement, occupy the nation, occupy wall street, what is occupy wall street, who
NAM Radio: 10th Anniversary of the War in Afghanistan
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 07, 2011
October 7th marks exactly ten years since the war in Afghanistan began -- the longest war in U.S. history.
Categories: Audio, Immigration, International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, Veterans, War & Conflict
Tags: afghan, afghan american, afghanistan, anniversary, child brides, decade, fariba nawa, opium, opium nation, tenth, war
Yemen Strikes Perpetuate America’s False Sense of Security
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 05, 2011
The recent killing of two American members of al Qaeda in Yemen highlight America's misguided approach in its battle against terrorism.
Categories: International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: alqaeda. droneattack, awlaki, Islam, middleeast, samirkhan, terrorism, waronterror, yemen
NAM Radio: Manufacturing Immigrant Hysteria in America
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 04, 2011
It's never been easy being different in America, what with all the scapegoating, surveillance and hysteria that surrounds "the other."
Categories: African, African American, Arizona Watch, Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Caribbean, Chinese, European, Immigration, Indigenous, International Affairs, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: history, hysteria, immigrant, immigration, jay feldman, manufacturing hysteria, manufacturing hysteria a history of scapegoating surveillance and secrecy in modern america, media, scapegoating, secrecy, surveillance
NAM Radio: The Legacies of Chemical Warfare in Vietnam
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 03, 2011
Most of us have little understanding of how Agent Orange came to be used in Vietnam & how it is still hurting people & the environment to this day.
Categories: Asian, Audio, Environment, Health, International Affairs, Intersections, Law & Justice, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories, Veterans, War & Conflict
Tags: agent orange, american, birth defect, chemical warfare, environment, fred wilcox, health impact, scorched earth legacies of chemical warfare in vietnam, veteran, veteran's administration, vietnam, vietnamese