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by Cindy Von Quednow on November 3 2009, 10:03AM
Last month, a mixed-race college student won the beauty pageant at a traditionally Black university in Virginia. But it wasn’t exactly the student’s choice. Hampton University’s student body didn’t get to vote for their tall, fair-skinned queen. A five-judge panel…
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On Diwali, Obama Can Bring Real Change to AAPI Community [VIDEO]
by Cindy Von Quednow on October 15 2009, 11:38AM
by Cindy Von Quednow, intern for Scripps Howard Foundation Wire. Days after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, President Obama lit a diya at the White House in celebration of Diwali, a light festival practiced by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and…
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by Cindy Von Quednow on September 3 2009, 12:00PM
Mom and daughter struggle to stay in college during economic uncertainty.
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by Cindy Von Quednow on September 2 2009, 12:00PM
The good (and sometimes great) things people of color made happen.
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by Cindy Von Quednow on September 2 2009, 12:00PM
News to make you doubt your sanity or at least start a petition.
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by Cindy Von Quednow on September 1 2009, 12:00PM
In the recession, undocumented students face more barriers to higher education.
Topics: Schools & Youth
by Cindy Von Quednow on August 25 2009, 12:00PM
What students of color are doing to stay in college during the recession
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BREAKING: Imprisoned American Journalists Freed after Clinton Visit
by Cindy Von Quednow on August 4 2009, 12:44PM
Laura Ling and Euna Lee have been pardoned! That’s right the two Current TV reporters who were captured in North Korea in March and sentenced to 12 years of hard labor were officially released and pardoned this afternoon after…
Topics: Global Affairs
5 Things You Can Do Right Now to Help Honduras Fight for Justice
by Cindy Von Quednow on July 1 2009, 2:41PM
In a throwback to the political upheaval and unrest of the 1980s, the democratically elected president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, was ousted by the military and flown to Costa Rica on Sunday. Coverage of Iran’s rigged election has dominated…
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New America Media: Time for Immigration Reform is Now
by Cindy Von Quednow on June 29 2009, 2:33PM
New America Media, a national association of ethnic media, wrote an editorial calling for comprehensive immigration reform throughout the United States. NAM seeks to bring attention to the urgency and importance of fair immigration law by reaching ethnic outlets…
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Minutemen Do More Than “Secure” Borders, Also Kill Arizona Dad and Daughter
by Cindy Von Quednow on June 25 2009, 12:18PM
Earlier this month, nine-year-old Brisenia Flores and her young father Raul were shot and killed during the night in their home in the border town of Arivaca, Arizona. Three suspects allegedly forced themselves into the family’s home dressed as law…
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Misspellings and Strategies: Inside Buchanan’s Radical Right-Wing Agenda
by Cindy Von Quednow on June 23 2009, 4:21PM
By now, you’ve probably already seen this hilarious and ironic picture in other blog sites, but let me reiterate. Here you see conservative commentator Pat Buchanan and accused white supremacist Peter Brimelow at a conference discussing how to win…
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Students Denied Diplomas For Protesting
by Cindy Von Quednow on June 23 2009, 1:14PM
photo credit: David Rapkin In protest to the Los Angeles Unified School District layoffs and cuts, fifteen students at Liechty Middle School in Los Angeles turned their backs during their graduation ceremony. For this they were not allowed to…
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Uighur Release Debunks Racist Right-Wing Narrative
by Cindy Von Quednow on June 16 2009, 12:50PM
Photo: Justin Maxon/The New York Times Last Sunday, The New York Times printed a pleasant piece on the new lives of four recently released Uighur prisoners in Bermuda, debunked the conservative rhetoric around them as “dangerous terrorists.” The Uighurs’…
Topics: Global Affairs
by Cindy Von Quednow on June 9 2009, 12:00PM
Former mainstream journalists find work and more in the ethnic press.
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by Cindy Von Quednow on June 2 2009, 12:00PM
As the recession persists and mainstream newspapers close, ethnic media outlets face a different reality.
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