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.html?article_id=e573b0981fd2f30df36b1efc0e49042d&from=rss As the health care reform bill heads to the Senate, New America Now presents a special on Health Care in the United States. New America Now 2009-11-21T01:00:00-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=3f0828e646c235c12c4be66499cd7dd5&from=rss This week on "Stories From the Ethnic Media": More African-American Veterans are homeless; and legislators tighten abortion funds. Odette Keeley New America Now 2009-11-20T13:00:00-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=7a2aa72d82d82727f405ef6b0c6dfb63&from=rss The seasonally-adjusted October unemployment rate for Black males is above 17 percent whereas the jobless rate for White adult males and females is under double digits at 9.5 percent and 7.4 percent, respectively. Pharoh Martin NNPA 2009-11-20T03:14:00-08:00 News Analysis http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=56ed418d8b2f92befa9edac862fee28f&from=rss As school districts across the state struggle to meet the challenges of providing a quality education with fewer resources during the economic downturn, state subsidized small class sizes--with 20 students to 1 teacher in grades K-3--are in jeopardy. Gail Berkley New America Media 2009-11-20T02:14:00-08:00 News feature http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=bffea2722d600b8027e6a19b1737128c&from=rss Xiao Hui and Zhou Jun Singtao 2009-11-20T01:00:00-08:00 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=9b71dad7ac83f426658b39ca6b4e553e&from=rss The American Cancer Society has reported that racial and ethnic minorities still tend to receive lower-quality health care than whites even when insurance status, income, age and severity of conditions are comparable. Jackie Jones Black America Web 2009-11-19T11:09:00-08:00 News Report http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=0dd8546495d15150535c6132691a4723&from=rss After a text-messaging scandal, allegations of inappropriate behavior and legal troubles, Kirkpatrick resigned from office in September of 2008 and ultimately ended up serving a brief prison sentence. Ashahed M. Muhammad Final Call 2009-11-19T11:00:00-08:00 QA http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=87961f43768ae90b49ae0fc4483e9c43&from=rss California may be a beacon of diversity, with Asians, Latinos and African Americans comprising the majority. But when it comes to its nonprofit sector, that racial and ethnic diversity is not reflected, and Latinos are especially underrepresented, according to a recent study. Annette Fuentes New America Media 2009-11-19T01:01:00-08:00 News report http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=ea0c0660f7c6ede15bdcf81efe59eccd&from=rss New America Media recently held a two-day fellowship to train 13 selected ethnic media on writing stories about the impact that stimulus money is having on ethnic communities across the nation. Charles Hallman Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder 2009-11-18T08:59:00-08:00 News Report http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=86a13e9799476705a9a034a48bd0fd79&from=rss Andrea Lewis, long-time broadcast and print journalist, co-anchor of the KPFA Evening News and host of Pacifica’s Sunday Sedition, died last weekend of an apparent heart attack. She was 52. Max Pringle KPFA 2009-11-17T06:32:00-08:00 Obituary