Autopsy: Tommy Le Shot Twice in Back by Police for Holding a Pen | #JusticeforTommyLe
On June 14th, twenty-year-old Tommy Le was shot and killed just outside of Seattle, Washington by King County Sheriff’s deputy…
Tag: Racial Profiling
Dashcam Video Shows Brutal Police Assault of Laotian American Man
Shocking dashcam footage released today by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Minnesota shows a police officer brutally attacking a…
Activists Organize Against Border Patrol Plans to Scrutinize Social Media of Chinese Travelers to US
Last month, US Customs and Border Protection announced a proposal to institute a “voluntary” social media check of Chinese travelers…
Man Bloodied, Dragged From Overbooked United Flight by Police
An as-yet-unidentified 69-year-old Asian man was physically assaulted by three Chicago-area police officers after he allegedly refused to give up…
‘Designated Survivor’ Recap: Season 1, Episode 2, ‘The First Day’
By Guest Contributor: Lakshmi Gandhi (@LakshmiGandhi) Shortly after the fifteenth anniversary of the 2001 World Trade Center attacks, The Week posted…
The Mattering of Black Lives for Non-Black People of Color
By Guest Contributor: Cynthia Wu I first became aware of Minnesota’s outlier status when I lived there between 2002 and…
‘Doesn’t Mean We Bang’: Reckless Criminalization and Monstrous Peril in the Case of Dylan Yang
By Guest Contributors: Pao Lee Vue, Bee Vang, and Louisa Schein Last March, Wausau resident Dylan Yang, 16 – who…
2015 Asian America in Review: Top 10 AANHPI Stories You Might Have Missed
As the year winds down to a close, these are the top ten political stories that had a major impact…
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…
Anti-Indictment Rallies for NYPD Officer Peter Liang Draw Smaller Than Expected Crowd in NYC
After over a month of build-up, a “National Day of Protest” that organizers said would involve coordinated rallies opposing the indictment of…
Fox News guest is sorry-not-sorry for comments supporting Japanese American internment and Hiroshima
Last week, I posted about a mind-numbingly horrible segment aired by Fox News’ Cashin’ In regarding anti-Muslim profiling. In it, hedge fund…
Fox News calls anti-Muslim profiling “a good start”, supports claim by citing Japanese American internment
I don’t even know where to begin. I really don’t. So, let’s just start at the beginning, shall we? Last…