Mike Huckabee tweets racist anti-Asian joke during CNN Democratic Debate
I get that tonight’s Democratic debate has been highly entertaining, but this tweet from Mike Huckabee sent just a few…
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Asian Americans, We Must Stand Strong with our Undocumented Immigrants | #MyAsianAmericanStory
Whether it is Donald Trump’s verbal caricature of overseas Chinese businessmen, or Jeb Bush’s proclamation that when it comes to “anchor…
#WomensEqualityDay Forgets Women of Colour
On August 26th, Americans marked the 95th anniversary of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, after a long and hard-fought battle by…
Trump Mocks Asian Speech Patterns in Campaign Speech
Oh, hell no. Less than an hour after Donald Trump ejected Univision reporter Jorge Ramos from a press conference in Iowa,…
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Jeb Bush Clarifies his Position on “Anchor Babies”: “It’s more related to Asian[s].”
Snoopy believes Jeb Bush — son of the country’s 41st president and brother to the country’s 43rd president — will ultimately emerge…
Birthright Citizenship and How the GOP is Abandoning Asian American Voters
Asian Americans voters are America’s fastest growing population of voters, growing from 1.6% of registered voters in 1996 to 3.4% in…
Jindal Cuts Medicaid Funding for Planned Parenthood as Senate Efforts to Defund Group Fail
In the wake of a smear campaign against Planned Parenthood — one of the nation’s largest healthcare service providers for…
Tammy Duckworth Announces Senate Bid
Confirming rumours that circulated through much of the weekend, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-8) became the first Democrat to announced a…
A Step-by-Step Guide to #RecallMcCulloch | #Ferguson #BlackLivesMatter
By now, it’s probably unnecessary for me to explain who Robert P. McCulloch is, but I will do it anyways.…
New York’s Asian American “band of brothers” all defeated in Tuesday’s Democratic primary
Over this past week, I’ve been covering the New York Democratic primary, where three Asian American men — Tim Wu,…
The Wu/Liu Divide: NY Asian American politicians caught in the crossfire of a Dem upheaval
Late last week, I wrote about New York Lt. Governor candidate Tim Wu’s endorsement of State Senator hopeful John Liu’s…
Could Tim Wu become New York’s first Asian American to hold statewide elected office?
Next week on September 9th, New York voters will go to the polls to vote in the Democratic primary for…