Ethnic Media Network

Ethnic media content tracked by NAM editors and translated, provides a window into this fastest-growing media segment covering issues in its own communities, national policy as it affects immigrant and minority populations, and reporting on homelands. For more information on NAM's aggregated ethnic media content, contact Mary Ambrose at mambrose [at] newamericamedia [dot] org.

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Mexican Presidential Candidate Keeps Her Cool in LA

Mar 13, 2012

LOS ANGELES – Dressed in a blue suit, both simple and elegant, presidential candidate Josefina Vázquez Mota of Mexico’s National Action Party (PAN) left the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles the same way she arrived: smiling and greeting...

In Mexico’s Elections, the Dead Will Be 'Spun'

Mar 13, 2012

The estimated 50,000 dead in the Mexican War on Drugs will become victims once again. This time they’ll fall to political spin in the upcoming presidential campaigns.Although the country’s GDP is expected to grow between three and four percent in...

Mexico’s Female Presidential Candidate Keeps Her Cool in LA

Mar 13, 2012

LOS ANGELES – Dressed in a blue suit, both simple and elegant, presidential candidate Josefina Vázquez Mota of Mexico’s National Action Party (PAN) left the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles the same way she arrived: smiling and greeting...

Protesters Hold Vigil for Deported L.A. Mom

Mar 09, 2012

LOS ANGELES -- On the verge of tears, Gerardo Quiñonez said he didn’t know what the future holds for him, now that he has lost both his home and his wife, Blanca Cardenas, who was recently deported to Mexico by...

Girl Power: First Latina CEO of the Girl Scouts Hopes to Increase Diversity

Feb 18, 2012

Anna Maria Chavez remembers her grandmother’s reaction when as a little girl she announced that she wanted to join the Girl Scouts.“She looked at me and said ‘Qué? What are you doing?’ ” Chavez says with a laugh. “ ‘Uniforms?...

Physician Founds Think Tank to Innovate Healthcare for Poor

Feb 07, 2012

Physician Rishi Manchanda’s epiphany – to develop a new think tank aimed at improving health care for the poor - came last summer as he was treating a patient complaining of severe headaches.Manchanda was working at St. John's Well Child...

Latinos Missing From L.A. Redistricting Process

Feb 06, 2012

The participation of the Los Angeles Latino community in the process of redistricting has been extremely low. The absence of their voice either through private channels or public hearings will have long-term negative repercussions over the next 10 years.The Redistricting...

Mitt Romney Has Fences to Mend to Gain Hispanic Votes

Jan 20, 2012

Mitt Romney, the Republican Party's 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 voters.During a primary race...

Elections for End Times: Mirror Races in U.S. and Mexico

Jan 18, 2012

It's full-tilt 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...

Mexican Media Question Secret U.S. Military Actions

Jan 15, 2012

Traducción al españolMEXICO CITY — Opinion pieces appeared in two of this city’s daily newspapers that would not normally reach U.S. audiences and are worth mentioning.One by Luís Gutiérrez Esparza, appearing Dec. 28 in the Excelsior newspaper, recaps disclosures that...

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