On The Urgency of Solidarity
By Guest Contributor: Daniel Yu Asian America is confronted at this moment with a grave responsibility: the responsibility and absolute…
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Hmong Americans Are Not Simply “Caught up” in America’s Racial Conflicts. We are Actively Engaged In It.
By Guest Contributor: Kong Pheng Pha Conversations have proliferated on social media debating Hmong Americans’ position in the ongoing racial conflicts…
Working people are uprising. Where are the institutions that are supposed to represent them?
By Guest Contributor: Gregory A. Cendana Working class people, particularly femmes, queers and non-binary folks, impacted disproportionately by a global…
Talking to my non-Black Asian Mom About Property Destruction
By Guest Contributor: Kim Tran This post is cross-posted from Medium, where it originally appeared. My mom is livid. We’ve…
The Power of Anti-Black Ideology
By Guest Contributor: Sudip Bhattacharya The acquittal of police officer, Betty Shelby, in the shooting death of Terence Crutcher was…
There is No “Chinese” Side of Justice
By Guest Contributor: Timmy Lu (@timmyhlu) This post was first published on Facebook, and has been adapted for publication on…
This Is Not About Free Speech
The protests that have embroiled university campuses across this country over the past week are as much about free speech…
We Need To Stop Blaming the Victims of Police Brutality For The Violence Committed Against Their Bodies
An unarmed 16-year-old schoolgirl who refuses to put away her cellphone does not deserve being grabbed by the neck and…
Why We Must Support the Indictment of Peter Liang
In December of last year, I predicted that Officer Peter Liang — the rookie New York Police Department cop who…
Minorities Trapped in Tropes: The Conservative Right’s Cognitive Dissonance on POC Humanity
Earlier this year, unarmed Black teenager Michael Brown was fatally shot by police officer Darren Wilson; earlier this month, a…
No Indictment Verdict in Death of Eric Garner Begs Question: Will Cop Body-cams Really Help? | #BlackLivesMatter
This afternoon, a Staten Island grand jury refused to indict New York Police Department officer Daniel Pantaleo in the July…