Kristina Wong: “I swear Bernie Sanders got my back pregnant.”
Can you get pregnant just by having a guy put his hand on the small of your back? Maybe —…
Category: Politics
Why The #DemDebate Exchange Over Henry Kissinger Matters for Asian Americans
In a presidential primary cycle that has largely failed to acknowledge or address the growing AAPI electorate, last week the…
Obama Poised To Nominate First Asian American Supreme Court Justice?
Last Saturday, the nation was shocked by the sudden death of Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia, 79, of natural causes.…
Why I’m Supporting Bernie Sanders
This post has been a long time in the making. I’ve spent the better part of the last eight months…
APIAVote Seeking Summer Interns for 2016!
One of my favourite non-profits — APIAVote — is seeking summer interns for 2016! APIAVote is one of the nation’s…
We Must Find the Courage to Defy the NRA
When I first moved to the United States from Canada, I was shocked by the casual normalcy with which Americans…
The Institutionalization of Islamophobia: How Congress May Let Fear and Hatred Dismantle the Visa Waiver Program
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump has built his political platform on intolerance, Islamophobia, and nativism, but (at least for the moment) we…
Appeals Court Dismisses NAACP & NAPAWF Lawsuit Challenging Arizona’s Racist Anti-Abortion Ban
Earlier this year, I named the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) one of my Giving Tuesday Top 5…
Chinese Exclusion, and the Dangerous Islamophobia of Donald Trump
Yesterday, GOP frontrunner Donald Trump announced his most extremist position to-date. Coincident with the 74th anniversary of the attack on…
Why It Matters That Both Civilian Victims of the Planned Parenthood Shooting were People of Colour
On Friday, 57-year-old Robert Lewis Dear entered a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood and opened fire with a long gun. For…
Shame on Reps. Tulsi Gabbard and Ami Bera for Voting to Block Syrian Refugees
The headline says it all: shame on Asian American House Representatives Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) and Ami Bera (D-CA) for casting…
Mayor Justifies Turning Away Syrian Refugees By Citing Japanese American Incarceration
(H/T: Snoopy) Roanoke mayor David A. Bowers, a Democrat who is now in his fourth term in office, joined the growing…