Asian Americans Must Join the Fight to #StopSessions (and #StopBannon)
Earlier this morning, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he has chosen Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions to fill the role of…
Author: Jenn
Trump Supporter Cites Japanese American Incarceration to Justify Planned Muslim Registry
We all knew it would come to this, didn’t we? Last night, Trump supporter Carl Higbie, a former spokesperson for…
Dwayne Johnson is first Pacific Islander to be named People’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive’
People magazine announced today that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has been crowned 2016’s “Sexiest Man Alive.” Johnson is a former college football player…
Silicon Valley’s Kumail Nanjiani and Thomas Middleditch Harassed as #EmboldenedRacists Get Even Bolder
Silicon Valley‘s stars Thomas Middleditch and Kumail Nanjiani tweeted over the weekend that they were targets of harassment Friday night…
Nordstrom Rack Pulls Hoodie with Images of Nanjing Massacre from Online Store
Nordstrom Rack, the off-price retail division of Nordstrom Inc., came under fire over the weekend for its sale of a…
#EmboldenedRacists After Election of Donald Trump
Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign by calling Mexicans “rapists” and “killers”. On the campaign trail, he has advocated a…
National Exit Polls Totally Underestimated Clinton’s Support among AAPI Voters
Following the devastating defeat of Democratic nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton by Republican nominee — and now President-elect — Donald Trump,…
In Search of Political Power: Captured Minorities and the AAPI Electorate
On Tuesday, America will mark yet another Election Day. For Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI), this coming election seems…
Rae Na Lee, ’19, is Second Student Death at Yale in Past Week
In a message circulated late yesterday to members of the Yale University community, Yale University dean of students Jonathan Holloway…
Korean American Adoptee to be Deported after Four Decades in United States
I first posted about this story back in March 2015, when the AAPI community first began organizing on behalf of…
‘Ambush Journalist’ Jesse Watters is Ambushed by Guerilla Comedians, and it is Amazing
Karma is amazing. So-called “guerilla comedians” Justin Selvig and Davram Stiefler posted a video this morning documenting an exchange between…
Sen. Mark Kirk apologizes after racist remark against Rep. Tammy Duckworth
Senator Mark Kirk apologized Friday after he made a racist remark against Representative Tammy Duckworth at a televised debate on…