China closes labour camps, eases one-child policy
In a major announcement, the Chinese government committed today to several major changes to national policy. The most profound change…
Category: Politics
Richard Cohen is guilty of bad writing, but is he guilty of racism?
Richard Cohen will never be accused of being a progressive on race politics: one need only look to his ham-fisted…
Asian Americans helped deliver McAuliffe victory in VA in Election 2013, despite reports of voting rights violations at polls
Yesterday marked a critical election day for the nation, despite being an off-year election with only a handful of “headline-worthy”…
“We The People” an unreported casualty of the GOP shutdown of government
(H/T to Glenn Robinson, @getgln) As if we needed yet more evidence that the GOP is anti-populist and anti-democratic. The government…
Kal Penn, #StopandFrisk, and Tacos: Is rational discussion possible in the age of Twitter?
Earlier this week, Kal Penn blew up the Twitterverse. It all started when Penn — best known to America at-large…
The problem with the Genetically Modified Food controversy is that it lacks a basic grounding in science.
Yesterday, President Obama signed into law a continuing resolution aimed at keeping the federal government going amidst budget talks. However,…
Should there be a White House petition to establish a U.S. federal “Immigrants Day” holiday?
The Asian American blogosphere has been a-twitter over a recent White House petition asking that Lunar New Year be made a U.S.…
White House Petition to Make Lunar New Year a Recognized Federal Holiday in Schools
Under the Obama administration, the White House website has become a hub of online social activism where users can create…
Gun advocate suggests slavery could have been prevented had slaves been granted right to bear arms
Larry Ward, chairman of Gun Appreciation Day, a made-up holiday to celebrate guns and gun owners, went on CNN on…
The brilliance of “Lincoln” is lost in the era of “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”
Last night, I went to the movie theatre to see Lincoln. It was fantastic. It was epic. It was brilliant in…
Is Gov. Bobby Jindal the new face of the Republican party?
After the thrashing that the Republican party received Election Night 2012 — one that even Fox News anchors and Karl…
Happy Veteran’s Day and Happy Remembrance Day to Asian-American and -Canadian Veterans; and to All Veterans of These Two Great Nations
Happy Veteran’s Day to all the veterans out there, and Happy Remembrance Day to all Canadian vets (read more about Japanese Canadian…