Sunday, November 22, 2009 2:14 AM
New America Media, News report, Anthony Advincula
Pres. Barack Obama declared the H1N1 flu outbreak a national emergency, and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held a briefing for ethnic news media in order to debunk fears about flu shots and encourage mass vaccinations.
Immigration Reform: The Phone Call Heard Around the Country
Thursday, November 19, 2009 3:14 AM
New America Media, News Report, Marcelo Ballvé
Across the country, in churches, schools, immigrant support centers and private homes, backers of immigration reform gathered around telephones as Hispanic U.S. legislators laid out the strategy for pushing a reform of the immigration system in 2010.
License to Deport in Gwinnett County, Georgia
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 10:14 AM
Atlanta Latino, News Report, Judith Martínez, Translated by Elena Shore
Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway announced this week that the jail he runs is ready to deport an estimated 60,000 to 70,000 undocumented immigrants who have driven without a valid Georgia license.
Immigrant Rights Movement Fights On, Despite Obstacles
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 1:02 AM
America'sVoice, Commentary, Maribel Hastings
The immigrant rights movement is using social networking and technology to mobilize the public and exert political pressure to make comprehensive immigration reform a reality. This is the fourth part in the series “Immigration Reform: Know the Players.”
Janet Napolitano Predicts Immigration Reform in 2010
Monday, November 16, 2009 7:15 AM
New America Media, News Report, Khalil Abdullah
Napolitano’s speech at the Center for American Progress was a finely calibrated recitation of the Obama administration’s wish list and rationale for the ingredients of a comprehensive immigration reform package it hopes will move through Congress in 2010.
Chinese Hotel Workers Blast Hyatt
Monday, November 16, 2009 12:01 AM
New America Media , Vivian Po
During a recent three-day strike outside the Grand Hyatt hotel in San Francisco, nearly half of the protesters were Chinese immigrants.
Long Beach's Cambodians Still Haunted by Killing Fields
Sunday, November 15, 2009 1:27 AM
New America Media, Mike Siv
Twenty-seven years after the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia, during which 1.7 million Cambodians were killed, the first trials of Khmer Rouge officials for their part in the mass murders began last spring. But Cambodians in Long Beach, Calif., aren't more concerned with the present than the past.
Census Counts on Colorado's Ethnic Communities for 2010 Count
Friday, November 13, 2009 4:00 PM
New America Media, News Report, Elena Shore / Video by Paul Billingsley
Census representatives asked ethnic media leaders to help them reach Denver's growing populations – including Hispanic, Brazilian, African and Russian – and to encourage their audiences to participate in the 2010 count.
Undoing the Damage: S.F. Scraps Undocumented Youth Policy
Friday, November 13, 2009 2:30 PM
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, and Blog, Audio: Donny Lumpkins and Malcolm Marshall // Video: Liat Krawczyk // Blog: Alexi Drier
On November 10, the San Francisco Broad of Supervisors voted 8-3 to override the Mayor's veto on the legislation to amend the sanctuary city ordinance. This decision indicates that undocumented minors can no longer be directly turned over to the Immigrations Customs Enforcement (ICE) if arrested on a felony charge.
Health Care Reform Shouldn't Limit Women's Care
Friday, November 13, 2009 11:25 AM
New America Media, Commentary, Rocio Córdoba and Destiny Lopez
The House jeopardized the health and well-being of women with the passage of the Stupak amendment, which would eliminate abortion coverage from both private and public health plans participating in the insurance exchange.