Trump Administration Plans to Hold Thousands of Migrants at Guantanamo
Over the last two weeks, ICE conducted several raids across the country, and have reportedly detained 8,000 immigrants. While NBC…
Category: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
Trump Makes Moves to End Federal DEI Initiatives
The Trump administration made several moves this week to end federal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Among the most…
States, ACLU Sue Trump White House to Halt Unconstitutional Attack on Birthright Citizenship
Less than a day after President Trump signed an Executive Order targeting birthright citizenship, several states joined together to file…
Trump Assaults Birthright Citizenship, Ends White House Initiative on AANHPI
Within hours of his inauguration today, President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders – many of them foreshadowed…
Three Faculty of Color Killed in University of Nevada-Las Vegas Shooting
This post was updated on December 11, 2023 to include the identity of the third shooting victim, Dr. Naoko Takemaru.…
Young Texas Asian Americans don’t feel represented in government
AUSTIN, TEXAS. — Austin, Texas is known as a liberal haven in a famously red state. The city should be…
Filipinx American Identity: A Personal (Ongoing) Journey of Positionality
About a year ago, I stood before the faculty and students of my psychology graduate program and declared, “Before I…
My great-grandfather had a horse and a pistol.
He had a horse and a pistol. He also had a house that was so big that when British soldiers…
Asian Americans must reckon with how the fight to remove affirmative action is rooted in anti-Blackness
Asian Americans must reckon with the fact that this latest blow of injustice was made in our name. Again.
“A Great Divide” is a Compelling Exploration of anti-Asian Racism that Deserves More Time
An expansive, desolate wilderness. A lone, gleaming mansion on a hill. A family arrives at their palatial new abode, but…
Where I Am Really From: Or, Sometimes I Think About the Etymology of ‘Gook’
Sometimes I think about the fact that Robert Aaron Long carried out the 2021 Atlanta spa shooting on the fifty-third anniversary of the infamous massacre at Mỹ Lai.
I’m a Southeast Asian American educator. My community will not be weaponized against affirmative action.
I am from district Nha Be in Vietnam, just a bit outside of Saigon. I immigrated to Minnesota with my…