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…
Category: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
SFPD release graphic video of suspects seen kicking homeless man, Tai Lam, to death
On November 23rd, 67-year-old Tai Lam — who was homeless — was sleeping in an alley near Crocker Galleria in…
Hmong American man brutally beaten by hunter following trespassing dispute
Three weeks ago, 64-year-old Sao Lue Vang was out hunting with two friends in Pepin County, Wisconsin. It was a…
A Master-List of #AAPI Non-Profit Groups for 2014’s #GivingTuesday!
Did you participate in the #NotOneDime boycott of Black Friday in solidarity with Ferguson supporters, which may have contributed to…
10 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know about HIV/AIDS in Asia | #WorldAIDSDay
Today is World AIDS Day, a day to raise awareness about the global fight to end new HIV infections and…
Please donate NOW to support Grace Lee Boggs’ hospice care!
Earlier this year, the AAPI community was devastated to learn that revered civil rights icon Grace Lee Boggs was in…
Patsy Mink to be post-humously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Obama is scheduled to honour 19 individuals today with receipt of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest award…
Dim sum workers win landmark labour victory against Yank Sing restaurant in San Francisco
Last week, nearly 300 dim sum workers won a landmark $4 million dollar settlement from major San Francisco-area restaurant chain,…
Help Hyphen make an important magazine issue on AAPI health go to print! | #APIHealthTalk
Hyphen Magazine, the nation’s premiere Asian American magazine needs your help to help fund their next print issue, which will…
Obama makes a small – but necessary – first step towards comprehensive immigration reform
In a speech — less than 20 minutes long and snubbed by the country’s major cable networks — President Barack…
#AAPI groups & writing in support of affirmative action | #IAmNotYourWedge #BlockBlum
With Monday’s news of two lawsuits filed by a conservative anti-affirmative action activist Edward Blum hoping to challenge affirmative action…
Rep. Ami Bera wins re-election, sets new record for #AAPI in Congress
Yep, my Midterm Elections wrap-up post was wrong on Bera’s race. Bera, who was running for re-election while holding what some…