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111-Year-Old Iraqi Chaldean Becomes Naturalized America…

111-Year-Old Iraqi Chaldean Becomes Naturalized American

Arab American News, News Report, Natasha Dado, Posted: Jan 24, 2012

A 111-year-old immigrant from Iraq became the second-oldest person on record to gain citizenship in the United States.
Liberty Ship Café Cooks Up Savory Small-Business Model

Liberty Ship Café Cooks Up Savory Small-Business Model

New America Media/Richmond Pulse, News Feature, Edgardo Cervano-Soto, Posted: Jan 24, 2012

Liberty Ship Café not only serves tasty Latin-fusion lunches at the Farmer’s Market in Richmond, Calif., it’s cooking up a cooperative business dream.
Year of the Dragon Boosts Chinese Tourism to U.S.

Year of the Dragon Boosts Chinese Tourism to U.S.

New America Media, News Report, Summer Chiang and Peter Schurmann, Posted: Jan 23, 2012

More Chinese are traveling abroad for the New Year, bringing an injection of cash to tourism spots across the U.S.
Why Budget Cuts are Bad For Your Health, Part II

Why Budget Cuts are Bad For Your Health, Part II

Iexaminer.org, News Report, Nan Nan Liu, Posted: Jan 23, 2012

Asian American elders in Washington are imperiled due to budget crisis that will cut basic services.
ACLU: Arizona Jail Does Not Meet ‘Basic Human Rig…

ACLU: Arizona Jail Does Not Meet ‘Basic Human Rights’

New America Media, News Report, Valeria Fernández, Posted: Jan 23, 2012

Human rights groups are calling on ICE to end its $13 million contract with an Arizona jail that is notorious for its "inhumane" conditions.
Learning to See the Police in a Different Light

Learning to See the Police in a Different Light

New America Media/Richmond Pulse, Commentary, Sean Shavers, Posted: Jan 22, 2012

By the end of that day, my opinion about the police had changed and I realized there are officers out there who actually care.
Why Washington Governor’s Proposed Cuts Will Hit…

Why Washington Governor’s Proposed Cuts Will Hit Hard

Iexaminer.org, News Report, Nan Nan Liu, Posted: Jan 22, 2012

People are going to suffer. They are going to starve, predicted Tony Lee, one of the founders of the Asian Pacific Islander Coalition.
Historical, Generational Trauma Haunt Vietnamese Senior…

Historical, Generational Trauma Haunt Vietnamese Seniors in U.S.

New America Media/Vien Dong, News Report, Vanessa White , Posted: Jan 21, 2012

The Vietnam War continues in the depression of many Vietnamese seniors decades after moving to the U.S.
National Defense Authorization Act Targets Political Di…

National Defense Authorization Act Targets Political Dissenters

Final Call, News Report, Ashahed M. Muhammad, Posted: Jan 21, 2012

Critics believe that with Obama's signing of NDAA, America has witnessed one of the most tragic reversals of civil liberties in its history.
Medicalizing HIV: Will Social Services Get Squeezed Out…

Medicalizing HIV: Will Social Services Get Squeezed Out?

New America Media, News Report, Zaineb Mohammed, Posted: Jan 20, 2012

Medical developments are causing a change in the dynamics of HIV/AIDS care – a shift that may squeeze out the social services sector.
Tigers: Man-Eaters Eaten by Man

Tigers: Man-Eaters Eaten by Man

New America Media, Commentary, Andrew Lam, Posted: Jan 20, 2012

Tigers are being poached, eaten, made into medicine, and the demand is at an all-time high even as they face extinction.
Nebraska Rancher: Keystone Pipeline Decision Shows R…

Nebraska Rancher: Keystone Pipeline Decision Shows ‘Courage’

New America Media, Question & Answer, Ngoc Nguyen, Posted: Jan 19, 2012

Randy Thompson says Obama's decision to nix the Keystone pipeline has changed his mind about who he is going to vote for in November.

Mitt Romney Has Fences to Mend to Gain Hispanic Votes

Hispanic Link, News Report, Griselda Nevárez, Posted: Jan 20, 2012

Mitt Romney is attempting to reach out to Latino voters without confronting his own negative record on issues of concern to them.

Puerto Rican Migration Continues at Record Pace

Caribbean Business, News Report, John Marino, Posted: Jan 18, 2012

The exodus to the United States is accelerating, hurting the growth prospects in many industries in Puerto Rico.

Coming Out as Undocumented in the Suburbs

Alhambra Source, News Feature, Daniela Gerson and Nathan Solis, Posted: Jan 16, 2012

A new movement has emerged in Southern Calif.’s San Gabriel Valley, attempting to transform undocumented status into a point of empower…

Mexican Media Question Secret U.S. Military Actions

Hispanic Link, Op-ed, José de la Isla, Posted: Jan 15, 2012

Two op-eds in Mexico City's Excelsior and Reforma newspapers take a skeptical look at U.S. military policy in Latin America.

Iran’s Ahmadinejad Visits Four Latin American Countries

Council on Hemispheric Affairs, News Analysis, Christina Gordon, Olga Imbaquingo, Lauren Paverman, Alex Sanchez , Posted: Jan 12, 2012

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Caracas on Sunday night in the first stop of a four-nation tour of Latin America.

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