Asians Behaving Badly: Shashank Tripathi spread false updates during Hurricane Sandy
This past week, the East Coast was slammed by Hurricane Sandy, a category 1 hurricane that caused widespread flooding and…
Category: Elections
Daniel Dae Kim Hosts GOTV Contest; Is the Coolest Celebrity on the Planet
If ever you needed proof that Daniel Dae Kim, of Lost and Hawaii 5-0 fame, is the coolest celebrity on the…
Latest Time Magazine Photoshoot Reveals That Paul Ryan Is Actually That 16-Year Old Kid Who Lifts Weights In His Parents’ Basement
This week, Time Magazine, reaffirming its commitment to report nothing that could even remotely be construed as news-worthy in the…
Why I’m Supporting President Barack Obama in 2012
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd8MFmUDbg4 President Barack Obama was elected four years ago in a landslide of optimism for the future. He won the…
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…
Oakland Elects Their First Asian American and Female Mayor
The hotly contested race for Oakland was called yesterday for Jean Quan, a former City Council member whom The Bay…
AALDEF 2010 Exit Polling Shows APIA Voting Trends, Documents Voter Disenfranchisement
The Asiam American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) released the preliminary findings of their exit polling of the 2010…
San Francisco May Have First Chinese-American (Acting) Mayor
(H/T Jeff Yang) California’s election of current San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom as its new lieutenant governor on Tuesday…
Waking Up on November 3, 2010 Wanting a Return to Progressivism
Was it all some horrible nightmare? This was the hope I woke up to this morning after a long, bleary-eyed…
An “I Can’t Bear to Look” Elections Night Live-Blog
Polls on the East Coast have just closed, and Election Night coverage has started. Since I am actually in the…
Yes on 107: Voters Shouldn’t Hear the Ramifications of this Ballot Measure?
Two hours ago, Intellectual Conservative Arizona, who is blogging on behalf of Yes on 107, posted a little “clap back”…
Asian American Groups Speak Out Against Xenophobic Tone of Election Cycle
Here’s a great statement I received today by email: Asian American and Pacific Islander Organizations Express Concern Regarding Xenophobic Rhetoric…