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Urban Youth Ask Are We Married to Facebook for Life

New American Media - 4 February 2012 - 9:00pm
Ed Note Lowincome young people in the San Francisco Bay Area write about how they see their future with the regional Internet giant FacebookMolly Raynor 27 RichmondI am a 27yearold transplant from Ann Arbor Michigan I run a creative arts

Cutting School Buses Would Spell Disaster for CAs Desert Communities

New American Media - 4 February 2012 - 9:00pm
Governor Jerry Brown recently announced that midyear budget cuts could include a reduction of school transportation budgets by 15 million throughout California The news was met with horror by students parents and community members in the eastern Coachella Valley an

Komen Reversal a Victory for Latina Fight Against Breast Cancer

New American Media - 4 February 2012 - 1:00pm
NEW YORKWhen I was 16 a health educator came to my highschool gym class corralled the girls in the locker room and talked about breast health My experience that day proved fateful for me and those memories came back this

Study California Women Falling Behindand Held Back by Budget Cuts

New American Media - 4 February 2012 - 4:00am
ampnbspSAN FRANCISCOWomen are recovering from the recession at a slower rate than men according to a new report by the California Budget Project CBP published in partnership with the Womenamprsquos Foundation of CaliforniaThe report titled ampldquoFalling Behind The Impact of

Arizona Bill Would Bar Shackling of Mothers Giving Birth

New American Media - 3 February 2012 - 9:00pm
ampnbspPHOENIX ArizLisa Marie Cookingham an OBGYN doctor at several hospitals in Maricopa County often sees cases of incarcerated patients being shackled to their beds during laborampmdasha practice she said puts women and their unborn babies at riskampldquoI experience firsthand the

School Nurses Become Medical Safety Net

New American Media - 3 February 2012 - 9:00pm
ampnbspNEWMAN CalifWhen Bernice Arnett accepted a school nurse position with the NewmanCrows Landing Unified School District seven years ago people suggested the job would entail little more than applying BandAids to booboosBut as the sole medical provider for seven schools

Filipino Veterans Got 214 Million from US Last Year

New American Media - 3 February 2012 - 9:00pm
MANILAThousands of Filipino World War II veterans or their family members last year received 2144 million in benefits and services from the US Department of Veterans Affairs VA according to the US EmbassyMore than 18500 veterans or their survivors received

Can Asians Save Classical Music

New American Media - 3 February 2012 - 9:00am
ampnbsp Michael Ahn Paarlberg of Slatecom posits that Asian and Asian Americans have now become the lifeblood of classical music Himself a Korean American hapa Paarlberg points out that fewer adults are attending classical concerts than before and the median

LA Hispanics Say Local Gym Conditions Discriminatory

New American Media - 3 February 2012 - 8:00am
MONTEBELLO Calif Hispanic gym goers in Los Angeles are about to flex their legal muscle against a nationwide fitness chain they claim deliberately failed to maintain proper health standards in clubs where a majority of members are Latino ampldquoThe

How Toxic is Black Hair Care

New American Media - 3 February 2012 - 7:00am
ampldquoTake the kinks out of your mindamprdquo intoned Marcus Garvey founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association UNIA ampldquoinstead of out of your hairamprdquo As founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association UNIA Garvey refused advertisements for products to

Iran Launches SpanishLanguage Satellite TV

New American Media - 3 February 2012 - 6:00am
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad officially launched HispanTV a Spanishlanguage satellite TV network on Tuesday saying the station would help end theampnbspWests ampquothegemonyampquot of the airwaves The launch of the station comes on the heels ofampnbspAhmadinejads tour ofampnbspVenezuela Cuba and Ecuador

Innovative Latinos Showcased at SXSW The Social Revolucin

New American Media - 3 February 2012 - 5:00am
This year at South By Southwest SXSW Latinos in the digital media space will have their very own lounge party and award ceremony highlighting their innovative work in social media and beyond The events wrapped into the name The Social

Komen Decision May Deny Care For Latinas

New American Media - 3 February 2012 - 5:00am
The Susan G Komen for the Cure Foundationamprsquos decision to discontinue funds to Planned Parenthood health centers for breast cancer prevention screenings and education is ampquotpotentially deadly for Latinas the uninsured and lowincome women across the countryampquot according to Jessica

LA Hispanics Say Local Gym Conditions Discriminatory

New American Media - 2 February 2012 - 9:00pm
MONTEBELLO CA Hispanic gym goers in Los Angeles are about to flex their legal muscle against a nationwide fitness chain they claim deliberately failed to maintain proper health standards in clubs where a majority of members are Latino ampldquoThe health

Skin Deep In More Ways Than One

New American Media - 2 February 2012 - 9:00pm
ampldquoTake the kinks out of your mindamprdquo intoned Marcus Garvey founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association UNIA ampldquoinstead of out of your hairamprdquo As founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association UNIA Garvey refused advertisements for products to

East LA Cityhood in Limbo

New American Media - 2 February 2012 - 5:00pm
Backers of a fouryear campaign to gain cityhood status for unincorporated East Los Angeles were left in limbo Wednesday when the Los Angeles Local Agency Formation Commission LA LAFCO voted in favor of closing public participation and tabling the matter

The Rise of the Hispanic SuperPAC

New American Media - 2 February 2012 - 5:00pm
Thereamprsquos a new phenomenon in Washington the Hispanic superPAC which aims to give political voice to the nationamprsquos fastestgrowing demographicTwo have cropped up since the beginning of the year Another that formed as a regular PAC in 2010 has relaunched

Russell Pearce Elected First Vice Chairman of Arizona Republican Party

New American Media - 2 February 2012 - 4:00pm
PHOENIX Two months after being ousted in a recall election Russell Pearce was elected by GOP leadership to the second highest position in Arizonas Republican Party Pearce won election as first vice chairman at a state party meeting on

Don Cornelius Dead Why Soul Train Will Never Leave Americas Station

New American Media - 2 February 2012 - 10:00am
A few days before the release of The Best of Soul Train DVD set Soul Train founder creator and impresario Don Cornelius was asked what it was that made Soul Train the hit that was Cornelius didnt hesitate ampquotThat was

Florida Latino Republicans Voted for Romney

New American Media - 2 February 2012 - 5:00am
A poll conducted by Latino Decisions for Univision News and ABC News and released January 25 2012 accurately predicted Mitt Romney would hold more than a 20point lead among Latino Republicans in Florida and exit polls released January 31 2012
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