Gay Asian Group in NYC Condemns NYS Senate Candidate SJ Jung’s Comments on LGBTQ People
By Guest Contributor: Gay Asian Pacific Islander Men of New York (GAPIMNY, @GAPIMNYorg) Since 1990, the Gay Asian Pacific Islander Men of…
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Anti-Affirmative Action Group Files Another Complaint — This Time Against Cornell and Columbia
Yesterday, guest writer Felix Huang (@Brkn_Yllw_Lns) wrote an incredible essay for this blog suggesting that in talking to Chinese American…
New Poll Shows that Trump has Alienated Two-Thirds of Asian American Voters
A rarity among national polls, a new political poll jointly conducted by NBC News and SurveyMonkey has included much-anticipated survey data…
California’s Proposed Bill to Disaggregate AAPI Data Significantly Weakened in New Amendments
After months of increasingly vitriolic debate that divided the AAPI community, California Assembly Bill 1726 (AB1726) was significantly amended on…
Trump Includes Philippines, Pakistan Among “Terrorist” Nations Whose Immigrants He’d Restrict
Earlier this month, Donald Trump spoke to a rally in Portland, Maine where he repeated one of his most infamous…
Broad Data Categories Undermine California Community Colleges’ Commitment to Student Success
By Guest Contributor: Ryan Khamkongsay, Institutional Researcher If knowledge is power, then accurate data is the foundation of empowerment. We…
BREAKING: United States Will Stop Using For-Profit Prisons
The Justice Department announced today that the United States will stop using for-profit prisons. The decision comes just a week…
HBO Launches Short Film Contest for AAPI “Visionary” Filmmakers
Are you an emerging AAPI filmmaker? If so, then this post is for you! HBO announced today Asian Pacific American…
$4.5 Million Dollar Settlement Reached in Shooting Death of Akai Gurley
NBC News reports today that a settlement was reached in a civil suit filed by the Gurley family following the…
We Cannot Disregard Data: How Opposition to Data Disaggregation Hurts AAPI
In California, a battle over data disaggregation has reached a fevered pitch. Earlier this year, Asian American and Pacific Islander…
Toxic Masculinity Claims Life of Another Asian American Woman
Last week, toxic masculinity claimed its latest victims. In Mukilteo, Washington, 19-year-old Allen Ivanov has been arrested after driving to…
Matt Damon is Not the Hero China Needs, But He’s The One Hollywood Will Give Us
I can’t even right now. The basic concept of the upcoming The Great Wall seems like a Hollywood studio wet dream: the…