Mark Wahlberg Ends Request for Pardon in Anti-Asian Assault Conviction
Last week, actor Mark Wahlberg said in an interview at the Toronto Film Festival that he “regrets” filing a request in…
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Asian Americans, We Cannot Be Silent on the Dakota Access Pipeline | #NoDAPL
A war is being waged right now to defend Native lands and people from fresh exploitation by the United States…
UFC Issues Statement on Anti-Asian Racism During UFC 202
The Ultimate Fighting Championship company has released an official statement reprimanding middleweight Alex Nicholson for a series of derogatory and racially charged anti-Asian…
BREAKING: Purvi Patel Released After Appeals Court Overturns Feticide Conviction
Just over a month after her feticide conviction was overturned by an Indiana Appeals Court, Purvi Patel has been freed.…
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…
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…