Trump Includes Philippines, Pakistan Among “Terrorist” Nations Whose Immigrants He’d Restrict
Earlier this month, Donald Trump spoke to a rally in Portland, Maine where he repeated one of his most infamous…
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Why This Election Matters
By Guest Contributor: Timmy Lu (@timmyhlu) I’ve been voting and tracking national electoral politics since I was nine, when I…
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Would Donald Trump still be a Freddie Mercury fan if he knew Freddie’s life story?
By Guest Contributor: Lakshmi Gandhi (@LakshmiGandhi) Before journalist Jarrett Hill broke the story of Melania Trump’s alleged plagiarism of Michelle…
Why a Vice President Mike Pence is Bad News for AAPIs
Hours ago, the Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump confirmed weeks of political gossip with his announcement that he…
We Need Comprehensive Gun Control, Not More Racial Profiling
Last week, freshman Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) ended a marathon fifteen hour filibuster demanding that Congress finally do something — anything…
AAPI Civic and Civil Rights Groups Urge Cable News Networks to Improve On-Air Diversity
Mere weeks after Ann Coulter called Asian Americans the racially charged slur “Mandarins” on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews, twenty-three of the nation’s…
Congressional Asian American Democrats Create Video Celebrating APAHM2016
Marking the closing of this year’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (which is celebrated every year for the month of…
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Donald Trump Fakes Indian Accent While Maine’s GOP Governor Calls Indians “The Worst Ones”
Did the RNC send out a memo instructing Republicans to be racially offensive towards Indians and Indian Americans this weekend? It’s…
New York City’s Chinese American Democrats Backed Clinton Despite Voting Barriers
Hillary Clinton advanced one step closer to the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday when she faced off against challenger Bernie…
Former WHIAAPI Deputy Director Joins Clinton Campaign to Head AAPI Outreach Efforts
A week after Hillary Clinton’s AAPI Outreach Director, Lisa Changadveja, departed the campaign for a position with the Colorado Democratic…
Clinton Campaign’s Director of AAPI Outreach Steps Down
Just half a year after taking the position, Hillary Clinton’s Director of AAPI Outreach will be leaving the Democratic primary frontrunner’s…
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GOP Autopsy: Dead and Buried
By Guest Contributor: Bel Leong-Hong, Chair of the Democratic National Committee’s AAPI Caucus Three years ago today, the Republican National…