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NAM original coverage and ethnic media articles on U.S. politics and policy and its impact on everyday lives. For more information on NAM's U.S. policy coverage, contact Andrew Lam at alam [at] newamericamedia [dot] org

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Boyajian: Turkey’s Henchmen: Mass Media Butcher the Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Weekly, Commentary, David Boyajian, Apr 24, 2010

On Armenian Genocide memorial day, David Boyajian unravels the politics behind U.S. acknowledgment of the genocide and its strategic relationship with Turkey.

ICE Investigates Restaurants

La Opinion, Claudia Nunez, Apr 23, 2010


U.S. Military Base Under Taliban Control

Al Jazeera English, Video, Apr 21, 2010

Known to U.S. soldiers as the Valley of Death, it's been the scene of the some of the most intense fighting in the war in Afghanistan. After years of intense fighting, the United States has left its remote outpost in the Korengal Valley, in the country's east.

McCain Supports Arizona's Anti-immigrant Law

La Opinión, Apr 20, 2010

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who co-authored an immigration reform bill with Sen. Ted Kennedy in 2005, called the new legislation approved in Arizona “a very important step forward,” La Opinión reports.

The Two Sides of Daryl Gates That I Saw

New America Media, Commentary, Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Apr 17, 2010

Daryl Gates, who died on Friday at 83, was depending on whom one talked to, the top cop who expanded and popularized the kick-butt, SWAT teams, or the top cop who devised and expanded innovative, programs such as DARE, which served as a national police model for drug prevention and education.

On April 15, Education Advocates Thanked Taxpayers

New America Media, News Report , Nadia Prupis, Apr 16, 2010

On Tax Day, parents, students and advocates rallied at post offices to urge the investment of taxpayer dollars in public education.

Report: Climate Law Healthy for Ethnic Communities

New America Media, News Report , Ngoc Nguyen, Apr 16, 2010

California’s efforts to tackle climate change could benefit poor and minority communities long burdened by industrial pollution if the state takes into account the needs of communities hurt most by climate change, a new report finds.

Arizona ICE, Tea Parties Panic Immigrants

New America Media, News Report, Valeria Fernández, Apr 16, 2010

In what immigration authorities called the single largest operation to fight human smuggling in the country, ICE agents conducted actions in immigrant neighborhoods in Phoenix and Tuscon, spreading panic among residents. Tea Party rallies in Maricopa County offered anti-immigration rhetoric, adding to the climate of fear.

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