Chicago Ethnic Media Question U.S. Census Officials

New America Media, Q&A//, Eunji Jang//Video: Paul Billingsley Nov 03, 2009

U.S. Census Bureau officials met with ethnic media in Chicago, where reporters asked questions that are significant to the communities they serve.

Immigration at Issue in NY-23, Virginia, New Jersey Elections

New America Media, Blog Report, Marcelo Ballvé Nov 03, 2009

Today's elections, many of them in eastern seaboard states, are the first big political test for the Obama administration. The trend to watch: the surprising prominence of immigration politics.

Peace Corps Volunteers Return to War-torn African Nations

Washington Informer, News Report, Alvin Peabody Oct 30, 2009

After decades of absence from several war-torn African nations, the U.S. Peace Corps volunteers are making a comeback.

Elephant Voices

New America Media, , Sandip Roy Oct 27, 2009

Dr. Joyce Poole is the director of Elephant Voices, an organization which studies elephant cognition, communication, and social behavior. She discusses her findings on African and Asian elephants.

Africom: President Obama's Bush Inheritance, Challenge

Final Call, News Report, Jehron Muhammad Oct 27, 2009

Africom is overseen by General William “Kip” Ward, the Army's highest-ranking Black American, and is the sixth U.S. geographic combatant command.

Latino Lobby Wants Lou Dobbs Off The Air

New America Now, , Odette Keeley Oct 23, 2009

This week on "Stories From the Ethnic Media": Latino activists want CNN to shut down "Lou Dobbs Tonight"; and African-Caribbean deportees are under the radar in the U.S. immigration debate.

Ethiopia 2010: Here Comes Africa’s Festival of Electoral Fraud

New America Media/Ethiomedia.com, News Analysis, Alemayehu G. Mariam Oct 21, 2009

While U.S. attention is fixed on Afghanistan’s contested elections, African elections have devolved into rituals of absurdity, with open attacks on democracy in Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and Zimbabwe.

Black-Brown Summit in DC Addresses Construction Jobs

Washington Informer, News Report, Shantella Y. Sherman Oct 14, 2009

Last year, $30 billion in federal contracts were awarded to companies in the Washington, D.C. area, yet the number of District minority-owned companies that benefitted from the federal procurement process proved to be miniscule

World Cup Goal: Educate Every Kid

OneWorld, News Report, Jeffrey Allen Oct 08, 2009

World leaders are pledging their support for a new campaign to get every child on the planet into school -- and they're hoping the highest profile sporting event in the world can help them achieve their goal.