Fate of White House’s Black, Hispanic, and AAPI Education and Community Outreach Initiatives In Doubt Under Trump
In a major feature story published today, NBC News reports that three major White House Initiatives — each designed to…
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Asian American Advocacy Group Launches 22-Day, 24hr White House Vigil to Defend Immigrants | #DREAMAction17
Asian American advocacy group, National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC), is currently one week into a marathon 22-day vigil…
Elaine Chao, and Those Who Would Use Asian Americans as Shields Against Racism | #DisavowChao
Earlier this week, President Trump held a press conference in the lobby of Trump Tower, where the president — flanked…
Kal Penn, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Rest of President’s Arts Committee Resign in Protest of Trump’s Response to Charlottesville
Yesterday, all seventeen private members of President Trump’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities jointly resigned in protest of the…
US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy Dismissed by Trump Administration
US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, the nation’s youngest and first Indian American Surgeon General, was asked to resign on Friday…
Where is America’s Outrage over Hate Crime Killing in Olathe?
Last week, a man was shot and killed because of the colour of his skin. It was a warm Wednesday…
Travel Bans and Incarceration Camps: A Country that Forgets its History is Poised to Repeat It | #DayofRemembrance
75 years ago today, an American president passed an executive order that led to the forcible removal and incarceration of…
BREAKING: Most of President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Just Resigned in Protest
In a joint letter delivered to the president yesterday (and shared to NBC News Asian America), 10 out of the…
Against a Deracinated Discourse
By Guest Contributor: Sudip Bhattacharya At a post-election event in Boston, Senator Bernie Sanders uttered the following: “It’s not good enough…
Elaine Chao Joins Trump’s Cabinet as Secretary of Transportation
Former Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, who is the only member of President George W. Bush’s Cabinet to serve the…
Asian Americans Must Join the Fight to #StopSessions (and #StopBannon)
Earlier this morning, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he has chosen Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions to fill the role of…
Trump Supporter Cites Japanese American Incarceration to Justify Planned Muslim Registry
We all knew it would come to this, didn’t we? Last night, Trump supporter Carl Higbie, a former spokesperson for…