Archive for September, 2012
ampnbsp Photo Gerri Goncalves in photo says seniors she helps as a California AARP volunteer and her daughtersamprsquo generation are scared Social Security wonamprsquot be there for them New America MediaDana Levine SAN FRANCISCOampmdashWhen Gerri Goncalves regained her strength after
Risk of Disenfranchisement High for ExFelons
ampnbspWalter Lomax can still remember the day he cast his first vote in an electionThe emotion in his voice changes as he takes a pause attempting to put into words how it felt to exercise the right after serving 40
La Opinin Calls on CA Governor to Sign TRUST Act
ampnbspCalifornia Gov Jerry Brown has one day left to sign the TRUST Act The bill written by Assembly member Tom Ammiano in response to the Secure Communities program would change the way local law enforcement in California interact with federal
Music Helps Shape Latino Identity in US
SACRAMENTO For those who believe music does not play a role in shaping Latino identitythink again says Jorge Andrampeacutes Herrera an adjunct professor at California State University Fullerton who teaches Chicano Studies courses and is a PhD candidate at
Will TV’s long love affair with car chases come to a screeching halt as Fox broadcasts suicide live?
After Fox inadvertently aired live video of a man in Phoenix shooting himself Friday following a car chase, Executive Vice President for News Michael Clemente tried to explain how it happened. He called it a “severe human error.” True… Read more
In a note to all New York Times company employees, publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr., announced the death of his father, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, at 86 .
ampnbspThirty to 37 percent of African Americans most of them men retain abnormally high levels of salt in their bodies even while they sleep as a result of daily stressThe salt about 160 milligrams a teaspoon or what is contained
Editoramprsquos Note In the first in a weekly series of interviews with ethnic media journalists on the 2012 elections Kwokshu Leung executive producer of PanAsian TV network KTSFChannel 26 describes some of the issues of concern to Asian Americans who
During “Studio B with Shepard Smith,” Fox News was airing a car chase on a 5-second delay, but that was not enough to prevent the program from showing the suspect shoot himself during the broadcast. Poynter faculty member Al Tompkins,… Read more
Christian Broughton has been appointed at the Independent’s new digital editor and as such will lead the digital brand across platforms