Nominations Open for APAP’s Unsung Heroes 2010
Got this in my email, from Asian Pacific Americans for Progress: NOMINATE YOUR TOP AAPI UNSUNG HERO FOR 2010 Sponsored…
Category: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
Buy Far East Movement’s “Free Wired” Album For Damn Near Free!
Far East Movement, who is back on top of the Billboard Top 100 chart after a brief fall from it…
Kamala Harris Wins CA Attorney General Race
After weeks of vote tallying, a winner in California’s tightest attorney general race has emerged: Kamala Harris, a Democrat, has…
South Korea Postures, Threatens “Enormous Retribution” Against North Korea
North Korea claims that South Korea fired shells into North Korean waters during a routine military drill earlier this morning,…
N. Korea Fires Artillery on S. Korean Island
What the hell is going on in South Korea? Major news outlets are reporting this early, early morning that N.…
Why We Need the DREAM Act and What You Can Do: Steve Li’s Story
I’m way late on this story, but thankfully there are others in the APIA blogosphere who have covered it well. Here…
Eddie Huang, Owner of Xiao Ye, Causes a Stir on Cooking and Asian American Identity
Caught this over at CNN’s Eatocracy today. Eddie Huang is the owner of a Lower East Side Chinese/Taiwanese restaurant in…
Yo-Yo Ma Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom
Yesterday, President Obama named the fifteen civilians who will be awarded the highest civilian honour in the country: the Presidential Medal of…
RIP William Hohri, Champion of Internees’ Lawsuit Against Government
I just found out that William Hohri, the lead plaintiff who spear-headed the National Council for Japanese American Redress (NCJAR)…
My New ChannelAPA Shirt (With Bonus Helping of Breast Cancer Research)!
My pals over at ChannelAPA are selling some awesome shirts via BlackLava with proceeds going to benefit the Susan G. Komen…
Kal Penn Rejoins the White House
Suck it, all you haterz who said that Kal Penn left the White House because he was abandoning the Obama…
Lt. Dan Choi and Twelve Other anti-DADT Protesters Arrested After Chaining Themselves to White House Fence
Lt. Dan Choi led thirteen protesters who demonstrated on the White House lawn yesterday by chaining themselves to the White House…