http://news.newamericamedia.org news.newamericamedia.org en-us New California Media DW Alliance LLC http://www.dwalliance.com http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=d2aab23518423a08edd86e983ab1562c&from=rss Stepping into the position as CEO of NBA China seven months ago David Shoemaker could never have predicted just how quickly basketball in China was about to changeOn July 1 exactly one month after starting the job the dispute between 2012-01-27T14:00:04-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=b71db70ea3b16b704bf1e452ee30ceee&from=rss ampnbspA coalition of black Latino and Asian organizations released a redistricting map Monday that seeks to radically redraw the cityamprsquos political boundaries and increase minority influence on the City CouncilThe map proposes splitting Chinatown from South Bostonamprsquos District 2 and 2012-01-27T14:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=2a6d8a353a1c063f93c052c6ef885b74&from=rss WASHINGTON ampmdash The Miami Herald reported Friday that Rep David Rivera RMiami introduced a bill that would provide a path to citizenship to young people who serve in the military The ampldquoAdjusted Residency for Military Service Actamprdquo or ARMS Act 2012-01-27T12:00:03-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=1f87139dc3370fb1325ec8202433e408&from=rss The immigration rights organization Reform Immigration for America delivered 400 tacos to the office of East Havenamprsquos mayor Thursday in protest of the mayors statement that he would address accusations of antiLatino bias by eating tacosMayor Joseph Maturo Jr has 2012-01-27T12:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=13c13087eb06cef9ab84c89822a3bcd2&from=rss MIAMI Fla ampndash Outside the Hispanic Leadership Networkamprsquos 2012 Conference Latino advocacy organization Presente Action launched the campaign ampldquoNO SOMOS RUBIOSamprdquo We are not Marco Rubios with a protest staged by Florida DREAM Act students and others beneath a circling 2012-01-27T11:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=7ab8e2c53bb231f2faf1d1d35b79148f&from=rss Image Texas health officials linked several mercury poisoning cases to Crema Aguamary a cosmetic produced in Mexico SAN FRANCISCO There could be a dark side to skinlightening creams often found in stores that cater to ethnic communities Starting 2012-01-27T09:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=24eeb9f1488df12d4340f11d57229f78&from=rss The Maia Mural Brigade brought artists from The Estria Foundations Water Writes Project and The Break the Silence Mural Project to travel to Palestine and collaborate with local artists on the creation of public murals depicting local water conditions 2012-01-27T02:00:06-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=405c08017ce9f68421b48d4d115ffc59&from=rss Image Texas health officials linked several mercury poisoning cases to Crema Aguamary a cosmetic produced in Mexico There could be a dark side to skinlightening creams often found in stores that cater to ethnic communities Starting next week California 2012-01-27T02:00:03-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=b96f04800fbdcfe8811731b016792e69&from=rss A group of Korean scholars recently launched a campaign to support and vindicate a KoreanAmerican who was indicted by the US government on an espionage charge while he served as a North Korea expert for the US State DepartmentA committee 2012-01-26T14:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=98f343845d5d3f0a68de8961bdcb1b74&from=rss WASHINGTON A US court has upheld a 2008 ruling to grant political asylum to a former South Korean intelligence agent who claims to face threats from both South and North Korea sources here said TuesdayKim Kisam who left South 2012-01-26T12:00:08-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=92b32f2b5cc4c20c14be23322ca2ef57&from=rss A majority of Latinos 54 percent believe that the economic downturn that began in 2007 has been harder on them than on other groups in America according to a new national survey by the Pew Hispanic Center a project of 2012-01-26T12:00:03-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=2ae6ad00cf79fce66d101fc65e39e98a&from=rss The documentary ampldquoThe Invisible Waramprdquo premiered last week at Sundance and it is already bringing much needed attention to the problem of rape in the military Watching clips from the film last fall I found the experience harrowing I was 2012-01-26T12:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=c8c2d87b9973fda6c573ded45d29ffe9&from=rss OAKLAND Calif Around this time every year millions of parents in California are working through the school enrollment process Unfortunately while many donamprsquot have a choice regarding what school their child will attend those who do often find their 2012-01-26T03:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=145e573dfa5fd0bfee9d6876d00aedd8&from=rss Photo Eldercare worker and union member Margaret Boyce speaks at rally in Trenton NJWASHINGTON DCRolanda Wade works as restorative aide and certified nursing assistant To her patients she is everything ampldquoA lot of them canamprsquot get dressed by themselves They 2012-01-26T02:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=5de30a160ceecd516cf473e7c8f50f0c&from=rss ampldquoAmerica is backamprdquo President Barack Obama said in his 2012 State of the Union address That sounds muscular very Schwarzeneggersque But Americaamprsquos new avatar is a little different from old Uncle SamIn 2009 in his first State of the Union 2012-01-26T00:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=4d56da2d59134e0a48bf5dc291f3dedd&from=rss WASHINGTON ampmdash While achievement levels have improved considerably for minority elementary and middle school students studies show academic performance among high school age African Americans and Hispanics has fallen to dangerous lowsHow prevalent is the achievement gap at the high 2012-01-25T18:00:08-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=4c6f68fd9bb45cb20892a9069600fa38&from=rss The National Council of La Raza NLCR today reflected on President Obamas State of the Union addressThe NCLR is the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States Today the organization sent out an email regarding 2012-01-25T18:00:03-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=87adf757411c622fdb32ffc77de1e0cf&from=rss Colorblind racism is the new normal in American conservative political thought Well after the election of the nations first AfricanAmerican president in 2012 Republican candidates are using egregious signals and dog whistles to incite racial divisiveness as an effective tool 2012-01-25T17:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=acf6c176640288d30c7f079beb1af3ff&from=rss BERKELEY Calif As President Obama delivered his third State of the Union Address the 11 sentences he dedicated to addressing my current immigration status did little to instill in me any more optimism than did similar statements from the 2012-01-25T16:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=1acf2d4dc33e702820e749e19c94562a&from=rss Jobs education and healthcare ampmdash in that order ampmdash were ranked the top three important issues by Latina moms online in a new survey released today by the web site Mamiverse The Mamiverse Study of Online Latina Moms and New 2012-01-25T12:00:04-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=290ff0469e0af27c1cc9484c3277ed73&from=rss Fox and the Colombian RCN Television Group announced Monday the launch of MundoFox a new Spanishlanguage television network with general content targeting the US Hispanic market MundoFox scheduled to begin broadcasting this fall will offer Fox content to the lucrative 2012-01-25T12:00:03-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=ddf7f47aee258cff7db8f70f69c5896f&from=rss WASHINGTON A US court has upheld a 2008 ruling to grant political asylum to a former South Korean intelligence agent who claims to face threats from both South and North Korea sources here said TuesdayKim Kisam who left South 2012-01-25T12:00:03-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=0444fb2a424d3331a03cda825b34bcfa&from=rss PHOENIX Ariz One day after Democrats in the State Legislature introduced a bill to repeal SB 1070 a bipartisan coalition of business faith and civic groups issued five guidelines emphasizing a humanitarian approach to immigration issuesampldquoWe hope elected officials 2012-01-25T10:00:03-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=f804fdd70f32e0f4896f5356cbb5fa9c&from=rss SAN FRANCISCO ampndash Tareq a Syrian American graphic designer living in Silicon Valley says his life has ampldquocompletely changed 100 percent over the past yearamprdquo a change he credits to protests in Egyptamprsquos Tahrir Square exactly one year ago today 2012-01-25T02:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=fd0c08516a5da0f8b5191ba15d75eefe&from=rss WASHINGTON ampmdash While achievement levels have improved considerably for minority elementary and middle school students studies show academic performance among high school age African Americans and Hispanics has fallen to levels not seen in thirty yearsHow prevalent is the achievement 2012-01-24T08:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=6169ae40bfa954d73ab32a3efc2526c0&from=rss Before passing away Warina Bashouamprsquos husband wished her a long life That wish came true beyond his greatest expectations Bashou 111 often tells others she hopes they live to be 100 ampldquoShe always tells us amplsquoThis is what my husband 2012-01-24T02:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=1941826873ab2480aeceaad3291627ca&from=rss RICHMOND CalifIt is 8 oamprsquoclock on a Thursday night and inside a commercial kitchen at Veterans Hall members of the Liberty Ship Cafampeacute a new workersamprsquo cooperative in Richmond Calif complete their last tasks after five hours of cooking The 2012-01-24T01:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=28d4d8509397d054fcb23e4854bbf06e&from=rss ampnbspAt a Republican debate last Monday former speaker Newt Gingrich claimed that ampldquomore people have been put on food stamps by Barack Obama than any president in American historyamprdquo The Gingrich campaign quickly released a commercial the next day touting 2012-01-23T17:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=aa84c185f3037378924e9f655754fced&from=rss SAN FRANCISCO ampndash People in China traditionally head home for the lunar New Year holiday marking one of the largest annual human migrations on the planet This year however a growing number are opting to travel abroad bringing in new 2012-01-23T11:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=bacdd8b5790c676f10986ab27ded89f5&from=rss PHOENIX Ariz Human rights groups are calling on Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE to stop a yearly 13 million contract with the Pinal County Jail for the incarceration of immigrant detainees facing deportationIn a letter sent to ICE director 2012-01-23T02:00:07-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=06b99ad2e8d9613801d81099ad911b35&from=rss Seattle Wa ampnbspIn 2001 a sudden car crash shattered the wonderful life Wing Tse shared with his wife and two daughters After months in a coma years of painful surgeries and therapy losing his career and enduring deep depression 2012-01-23T02:00:01-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=31b7d404544d85465fd96195ca9ac782&from=rss WASHINGTON Local and national leaders compared the preliminary results of Obamas deportation pilot program which has been reviewing pending deportation cases in Denver and Baltimore to a student who has a lot of potential but doesnt deliver reports La 2012-01-22T11:00:03-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=81341b330797604e7a07e3440192e68f&from=rss A different Republican contender has won in each of the first three states in this months Republican caucuses and primaries making Mitt Romneys path to the Republican nomination less than a sure thingNewt Gingrichampnbspwon 40 percent of the vote in 2012-01-22T11:00:01-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=4594a7af2a8cb5ff478d6531bdfcb49b&from=rss All my life Iamprsquove been taught to despise the police and for that matter any other law enforcement official I even had a saying ampldquoFrom the Pigs to the Feds may they all drop deadamprdquo Now you could say that 2012-01-22T04:00:03-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=5c1552b28755fd7852b646b47f5f3e58&from=rss Seattle Wa ampnbspTuyet Thi Mai 69 already receives state public assistance but still cannot afford rent She is among the poorest and most vulnerable of the Asian Pacific American APA populationThe Model Minority Myth often leads to the perception that 2012-01-22T02:00:03-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=24b4f5e088ecb5cbd9bac3859e130237&from=rss ampnbsp The Asian Pacific American Legal Center condemns derogatory remarks against Korean Americans expressed by cohost John Kobylt KFI 640 during the Jan 5 broadcast of Clear Channelamprsquos ampldquoThe John and Ken ShowamprdquoThe press conference was held at the Korean 2012-01-21T11:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=1056ed7e5c6ba66f394db017a7076791&from=rss ampnbspEditoramprsquos Note The Vietnam War continues in the depression of many Vietnamese seniors decades after moving to the US ampnbspPart 2 of series Read Part 1 hereORANGE COUNTY CalifampmdashKim Trn smiled as she talked about her life in Vietnam before 2012-01-21T03:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=612bbcab4b34b055e2b44a281122be2e&from=rss On January 22 2009 newly inaugurated President Barack H Obama proudly issued his first three executive orders one of them a directive requiring the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison facility to be closed within one yearNearly three years later Guantanamo Bay 2012-01-21T01:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=36f0023f7660827f89ec60863e619367&from=rss OAKLAND Calif Major medical breakthroughs over the past year in the treatment of HIVAIDS are setting off some surprising alarm bells While praised for their lifesaving potential they are causing a change in the dynamics of HIVAIDS care ampndash 2012-01-20T10:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=895251b012984269510b49a45b5b6465&from=rss LOS ANGELESFilipinos here will celebrate Historic Filipinotown which was named in December by first lady Michelle Obama as one of the Preserve America communities It is a district in the southwest portion of Echo Park The historic district was created 2012-01-20T02:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=b8effca29af54e1810330c44844ed0df&from=rss The Republican primary in South Carolina has turned into a race among the presidential hopefuls to show who is tougher on the undocumented leading them to take positions that could hurt their chances in the general election when they will 2012-01-20T01:00:05-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=2137a4b7e301f75f8d1b63d3ccaf20d3&from=rss Mitt Romney the Republican Partys presumptive presidential candidate made his first attempts to gain critical support from Latino voters this month but failed to confront his own negative record on issues of high priority to Latino votersDuring a primary race 2012-01-20T01:00:03-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=211d5ddae79b4148737dfb5b1727126f&from=rss Andrew Lam New America Media 2012-01-20T01:00:00-08:00 Commentary http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=ea6c34d7c96f26063c5576bdacbbb6b4&from=rss English TranslationNota de Redacciampoacuten Un reciente artampiacuteculo de opiniampoacuten del New York Times de Dowell Myers sostiene que es necesario pasar de una ampquotpolampiacutetica de inmigraciampoacutenampquot centrada en la vigilancia fronteriza a una ampquotpolampiacutetica de inmigrantesampquot centrada en la integraciampoacuten 2012-01-19T16:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=26b4eab8527f7c96c6b6600ed1bf4feb&from=rss ampnbspNewt Gingrich looks to be winning the racebaiting competition this Republican primary season Fueled by a new version of his well honed attacks on the safety net Gingrich celebrated Martin Luther King Day on Monday by restating what has become 2012-01-19T15:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=13d5423fe4f3d62e62c43356362c560d&from=rss A seasoned mountaineer who was lost for two days in a snowstorm on a mountainside told rescuers he survived by burning dollar bills and dreaming of a sauna the Daily Mail reported Wednesday on its online edition Kim Yongchun 66 2012-01-19T13:00:03-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=3a0a744e88a52a185fdc4d6770d2c18c&from=rss Conceding to her rival Ma Yingjeou in Taiwanamprsquos heated presidential race Democratic Progressive Party DPP candidate Tsai Ingwen delivered what many consider to be one of the most moving speeches in the island nationamprsquos sixdecade history reports New Tang Dynasty 2012-01-19T12:00:03-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=9dbfc7503a3c2de65be8b74dac57d83d&from=rss ampnbspKyle Crawford a 4yearold San Mateo resident suffers from a rare disease calledampmdashaplastic anemia It prevents his body from making new blood cells and if he does not receive a bonemarrow transplant he has little chance of living a long 2012-01-19T12:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=00756c1018171e3a95299ce666468a41&from=rss On Tuesday January 24th NAM and California Common Cause will cohost a briefing in Los Angeles where a coalition of good government civil rights and progressive organizations will brief ethnic and mainstream media on the current state of voting rights 2012-01-19T09:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=ff43874f528b718461ffd72c60ee7996&from=rss To anyone who grew up in the Cold War the rhetoric of the Republican Partyamprsquos 2012 presidential candidates is strangely familiar The United States they warn is threatened by an alien ideology Whatamprsquos startling is that the bogeyman this time 2012-01-19T02:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=444a23907c4c5a0be830ce8a32803216&from=rss Editoramprsquos Note Pres Obama announced Wednesday that his administration is denying a permit to TransCanada to construct a controversial CanadatoTexas oil pipeline that would carry tar sands from the north to refineries along the Gulf Coast The White House 2012-01-19T01:00:03-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=0d58ba1355d318244c4d486975533d43&from=rss OAXACA Mexico Just before Christmas the women and children whod spent 17 months living on the sidewalk outside the governors palace in Oaxaca announced they were going home In the spring of 2010 these refugees abandoned their homes 2012-01-18T18:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=e30e03615e3769b167ab93dc85add54e&from=rss If the idea of retirement sounds to you like a oneway ticket to boredom youamprsquod to well to read personal finance writer Kerry Hannonamprsquos latest group of articles for Forbes Hannon is one of 16 writers selected from both the 2012-01-18T16:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=c5de62d1da34308842bff549f2b2de8d&from=rss BATON ROUGE ampmdash A Los Angeles federal judge ruled that the case of Filipino teachers brought to Louisiana and then subjected to allegedly abusive conditions qualifies to be heard under the federal human trafficking lawUS District Judge John A Kronstadtamprsquos 2012-01-18T11:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=cd38b4bc22d07601fbc4d9a6b84caf1a&from=rss Its fulltilt political boogie in the United States and Mexico Media in both nations are saturated with interviews profiles and satires of the candidates Cable blasts virtually nonstop news of the Republican primaries and the ones for president and Mexico 2012-01-18T02:00:10-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=4e7ff0672047536747e5b52545a98929&from=rss ampnbsp ORANGE COUNTY CalifampmdashLan Nguyn remembers being depressed when she did not pass her medical licensing exam in 1979 She had sought a haven in Melbourne Australia after the Fall of Saigon the last day of the Vietnam War When 2012-01-18T02:00:08-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=18caf8ca774aaa1e5900eaf4fd4f4ebd&from=rss Editoramprsquos Note A recent New York Times oped by Dowell Myers argues that we need to shift from an ampldquoimmigration policyamprdquo focused on border enforcement to an ampldquoimmigrant policyamprdquo focused on the integration of those who are already here The 2012-01-18T02:00:06-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=3dee9348fc61a1aea63d5d13d177624c&from=rss Puerto Rico residents continued their exodus from the island over the past year during tough economic times with the local population shrinking by 19099 residents or 051 percent the biggest percentage loss by far of any US jurisdiction according to 2012-01-18T01:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=89cbca448ff8585798e2fa69c41147d9&from=rss OSAKAampmdashWith US officials pressing Japan to make major progress on the longstalled relocation of US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma within Okinawa Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and his new defense minister will have their work cut out getting locals to 2012-01-17T19:00:03-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=ca62536edaf18673d27c3182482144e4&from=rss DETROITampmdashLocal Arab Americans met with Latino community members and national advocates last week to discuss immigration reform and strengthening community partnerships reports Arab American News The Arab community met with immigrant groups on various occasions in 2011 to collectively discuss 2012-01-17T18:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=56b2899696fe009d39d0fe3b722e9e1a&from=rss SAN FRANCISCO Mayor Ed Lee appointed Planning Commission President Christina Olague as the new supervisor for District 5 replacing Ross Mirkarimi who was elected sheriff Olague 50 is the daughter of a Latino farmworker reports El Mensajero She is 2012-01-17T16:00:04-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=94f30cb6db5ad301a53deb15ae8c5a50&from=rss A senior US official urged Korea to reduce its crude oil imports from Iran Tuesday as part of a USled sanctions campaign over Tehranamprsquos alleged nuclear weapons program saying Washington would work closely to minimize adverse effects on the local 2012-01-17T16:00:03-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=f84da7a5d1cd8c1337749e8b611cab4e&from=rss ampnbspOn Tuesday the Association of Black Women Historians ABWH published an open statement to the fans of The Help and said the film ampldquodistorts ignores and trivializes the experiences of black domestic workersamprdquo According to the historians about the only 2012-01-17T15:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=97b8500d157af3d663b988745b80677d&from=rss Somos Republicans which calls itself the largest Hispanic Republican group in the country with some 6000 members announced on Monday that it is endorsing Newt Gingrich as the best Republican candidate for 2012ampnbsp ampquotWe believe that Newt Gingrich knows the 2012-01-17T12:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=d9b518db9db308319c168f98cd0528e8&from=rss SAN FRANCISCO After nearly a decade of serving the Central Valley the Spanishlanguage weekly El Sol De Visalia printed its last edition in late December The newspaper which was published by the Gannettowned Visalia Delta Times had not been 2012-01-17T02:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=3197b97f7a1a256854aeb86f59e7c74e&from=rss Should yoga come with a statutory warning Practising yoga can be injurious to healthThe New York Times seems to think so ampldquoYoga is for people in good physical condition Or it can be used therapeutically Itamprsquos controversial to say but 2012-01-16T14:00:03-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=0fa489999b029cd98b3a7c44f4773111&from=rss Traditionally the New Year brings resolutions to accomplish a variety of tasks but due to Californiaamprsquos budget woes this new year starts with bad news in the early childhood education realm A new prekindergarten program supposed to take off this 2012-01-16T04:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=6707e72a37f53db688d6f6d512673cd5&from=rss Photo caption Jonathan Perez bottom left is part of a new movement of undocumented youth in the San Gabriel ValleyJonathan Perez felt the surprised stares as he ate his Chinese food The East Los Angeles College student wore a tshirt 2012-01-16T02:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=e19e4725727e2c3b8e1993fe2ffee31f&from=rss When Director Ngoc Dang Vu released his movie ampldquoLost in Paradiseamprdquo late last year he knew he was not only depicting an onscreen forbidden romance but challenging ossified Vietnamese views on homosexuality as well Though the country has gradually grown 2012-01-15T12:00:03-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=e2a1ee575bbb511d322dde5bfc0cfe8f&from=rss ampnbspWhether Little Tokyo will remain in the 9th Council District or Koreatown will be united into one district will depend on the redrawn map of the Los Angeles City Council A 21member citizens commission is seeking input from the public 2012-01-15T12:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=769f41dbc9ecf18f83d46c9c26b960e2&from=rss In his New York Times Jan 9 columnampnbspampldquoWhere Are the Liberalsamprdquoampnbsp conservative commentator David Brooks rightly chides the venality of Democrats as well as Republicans for ampldquoperpetually soiling the name of government for the sake of shortterm gainamprdquo He correctly 2012-01-15T04:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=06f1a25de9b68c08581cc8cd7d830f50&from=rss Traducciampoacuten al espaampntildeolMEXICO CITY ampmdash Opinion pieces appeared in two of this cityamprsquos daily newspapers that would not normally reach US audiences and are worth mentioningOne by Luampiacutes Gutiampeacuterrez Esparza appearing Dec 28 in the Excelsior newspaper recaps disclosures that 2012-01-15T01:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=a69510a4344c4856771c2930e4259070&from=rss ampnbsp Rep Ed Royce RCA joined several members of Congress including the Chairman and top Democrat of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in writing to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging the State Department to substantially improve its annual human 2012-01-14T12:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=a009b6f4fd710ba14927470aa1dca958&from=rss PHOENIX Mike Atencio watched the crowd of protesters outside the offices of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio MCSO at the Wells Fargo building in downtown Phoenix listening to the chants of ampldquoArrest Arpaio not the peopleamprdquoThe latest protest convened 2012-01-14T02:00:06-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=1ed149a22c86733ad237b0745ee180d6&from=rss While a majority of Mississippi voters approved a bill last November to show a governmentissued photo ID before casting a ballot more than 75 percent of the stateamprsquos minority population voted to reject the measure according to a new study 2012-01-14T02:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=9b579a6285d873fb50627797075948ff&from=rss CIUDAD DE MampEacuteXICO Salieron un par de ensayos de comentaristas en dos de los diarios de esta ciudad los cuales normalmente no llegarampiacutean a oampiacutedas del pampuacuteblico estadounidense y que son dignos de atenciampoacuten Uno por Luis Gutiampeacuterrez Esparza 2012-01-13T14:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=f0e54e837cc6a9f5c336b2b201b1d56d&from=rss Editors Note TransCanada the company that wants to build a CanadatoTexas oil pipeline says the project will generate tens of thousands of jobs while environmental advocates say it will create just a fraction of that number Pres Obama has delayed 2012-01-13T02:00:05-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=0abe8259e79dd2e7b69ecd879bf3951f&from=rss SAN FRANCISCO With just a day to go before Taiwanese vote for their countryamprsquos next leader on January 14 polls show the two leading candidates running neckandneck Which is why their parties are making a last bid attempt to 2012-01-13T02:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=aeb3b3b83f9b62053ab25ab40af2c1ac&from=rss WASHINGTON ampndash As Occupy protests continue across the country members of the NigerianAmerican community rallied Monday in front of the World Bank headquarters to voice opposition to the Nigerian governmentamprsquos cuts to domestic fuel subsidies The repeal of subsidies to 2012-01-12T16:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=71872b19b3ba65e1fe263fa8fc2c6f31&from=rss President Obamaamprsquos authorization of the expulsion of the Venezuelan consul general from that countryamprsquos consulate office has further deteriorated relations between the two countries Although the Obama administration has not been explicit as to the reason for the expulsion the 2012-01-12T12:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=c19e7f1e1b985e7210a0fe9c4efb29a5&from=rss For more than six years Lilia Fuentes did not get a Pap test Lilia whose name has been changed didnt think it was necessary since she always felt healthy Then at the beginning of 2010 she went to see a 2012-01-12T04:00:08-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=033e046e7603318b505ed2ed93387a65&from=rss SAN FRANCISCO ampndash Leah AlbrightByrd a native San Franciscan who ran away from home at age 14 to escape a violent father said she didnamprsquot know she ampldquowas running into the arms of a traffickeramprdquo ampldquoThe trafficker told me amplsquoYouamprsquore 2012-01-12T04:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=3d316cb724213ad872e11b02bcfc062a&from=rss The interim emergency committee of the ruling Grand National Party GNP has allegedly decided to shed the expression ampldquoconservatismamprdquo causing heated debate within the party ahead of the general election in AprilThe proposal comes at a time when the GNP 2012-01-11T15:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=e93c51cd9bb2ae86412f507b98846eb9&from=rss ampnbspYou know itamprsquos bad when George Lucas the man behind amplsquoStar Warsamprsquo who has two of the top 10 grossing films of all time canamprsquot get funding to make a movie because his lead characters are all blackLucas says his 2012-01-11T14:00:05-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=78d58274a35e185ae40555059bf804b5&from=rss ampnbspFandoms collide at CES the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that opened yesterday and runs until January 13th this yearWhile CES is usually known for being tech mecca and made a name for itself for being the choice debut 2012-01-11T14:00:04-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=16572fa3dbc39ca148972f3ae042ae05&from=rss ampnbspIts been three decades since Auxiliary Bishop Gabino Zavala 60 led mass and religious functions at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in East Los Angeles but his recent resignation and admission that he fathered two sons now living out of 2012-01-11T14:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=fd1ff7f2fab7c80f75720311aac35f89&from=rss Editoramprsquos Note The US has lost the Afghanistan war says Fariba Nawa Will Taliban brutality end gains for women and minorities FREMONT CalifAs the United States and the Taliban negotiate a ceasefire Afghans in the US are wondering what will 2012-01-11T13:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=d40a695ed4d38203012780724bfbac9a&from=rss ampnbspYou know itamprsquos bad when George Lucas the man behind amplsquoStar Warsamprsquo who has two of the top 10 grossing films of all time canamprsquot get funding to make a movie because his lead characters are all blackLucas says his 2012-01-11T11:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=7c973ba33c25b29d0e8d9f329d151568&from=rss ampnbspThe place is full of gangs kidnappings parricides rapes murders you name it So when someone says Islamic revolution it brings to mind something terribly organised But nothing as organised as that can come out of this chaos Islam hides 2012-01-11T04:00:09-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=12795d0919b8817dde47b3e8b820cf2f&from=rss ampnbspIgnoring a constitutional ban against making ampldquomidnightamprdquo appointments in the last three months of her term former Philippine Pres Gloria MacapagalArroyo GMA went ahead and appointed her personal manicurist Nitz Carpon as director of a government housing agency and her 2012-01-11T04:00:07-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=4b8853423a22a6886ce9fc8d79596641&from=rss ampnbspEditoramprsquos Note Providing eldercare is hard enough for family adults but is even tougher for a teenager One California youth reveals both his challenges and life lessons RICHMOND CalifI have been taking care of my Grandmother at our home in 2012-01-11T04:00:04-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=f077e04b1b7aeb78400a63981565db46&from=rss Editoramprsquos Note The US has lost the Afghanistan war says Fariba Nawa Will Taliban brutality end gains for women and minorities FREMONT CalifAs the United States and the Taliban negotiate a ceasefire Afghans in the US are wondering what will 2012-01-11T04:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=a01ca0bc95ca94ded571029f12eadb77&from=rss MANCHESTER NH ampndash Ahmed was called a traitor in Iraq The 48yearold worked as a security manager for several American newspapers For that he was kidnapped twice and threatened by men half his age Both he and his wife were 2012-01-10T17:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=7a473aecaa1dc0e11da500251653ab81&from=rss Korean students in California say they are being shunned by the stateamprsquos public universities in favor of international students many from China reports the Korea Times in Los Angeles According to the report a growing number of instate students are 2012-01-10T14:00:03-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=1cf15b40e275210771a63677d9f70740&from=rss A Korean man in his thirties reportedly hanged himself in Los Angeles late last week in what appears to be the first case of suicide in the community this year reports the Korea Times The man identified as 32yearold Jongseong 2012-01-10T14:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=56b406c32e032671223ef6b8273f0224&from=rss The White House announced Tuesday that Cecilia Muampntildeoz will replace Melody Barnes as the director of the White Houses Domestic Policy Council Muampntildeoz has been at the center of a debate over the Obama administrations immigration policies Angela Kelley vice 2012-01-10T11:00:04-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=a5a1d7f79380ab72756d99bdc730045f&from=rss ampnbspEver ordered something at Jamba Juice or Starbucks and been asked for your name The process is supposed to help speed things up and make sure customers get the correct drink but now a third incident has been recorded where 2012-01-10T11:00:02-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=fdff865f7958f0a113352ae0e8d332ae&from=rss The human race has been considered a race of hunterampndashgatherers Groups that lived inland hunted wild animals and when the opportunity presented itself they fished in lakes and rivers Alternatively groups that lived by a coast relied far more heavily 2012-01-10T04:00:03-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=8e242a2b316bac191257b057239999be&from=rss Editors Note US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE anounced that the option to exit the controversial Secure Communities program will be ampquoteliminatedampquot and the program will become mandatory for 2013 Under the program local police are required to share the 2012-01-10T02:00:03-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=38c12b4317a08f411ce01d6c8b3c0c23&from=rss Columnist Milagros Aguirre writes for Quitos ElComerciocom that the decision in the 18year case against the Chevron Corporation marked the end of what she calls ampquotthe trial of the centuryampquot An appeals court in Ecuador upheld an 18 billion ruling 2012-01-09T18:00:02-08:00