BuzzFeed - Jin Ming Cao thought he was finally going to get his money back. He’d spent months organizing other workers at a Chinese restaurant in Manhattan, and another two years pursuing a lawsuit demanding $1.5 million in back wages and…
Salon Op-Ed – Here we go again. Tiger mom Amy Chua is back, reinforcing stereotypes and presenting glib solutions for attaining success. Her new book, “The Triple Package,” jointly authored with husband Jed Rubenfeld, argues that certain ethnic…
Epoch Times - Jong-Min You sat down in front of his home television, ready to tune into President Barack Obama’s executive action address on immigration. He didn’t know what to expect, but he didn’t want to get his hopes up.
TakePart - It’s been called the “bamboo ceiling”–the perception that highly qualified Asian American high school students face an unspoken quota at the nation’s elite universities. College admissions directors, the argument goes, often pass over Asian…
The Hill - Hispanics were not the only ethnic group shedding support for the Democrats in this year’s midterm elections. Democratic backing among Asian-Americans declined sharply in the 2014 cycle, according to exit polls, suggesting President Obama’s…
Philadelphia Inquirer – The original Dim Sum Garden was a definitive Chinatown dumpling dive, a no-frills storefront under the 11th Street tunnel where devotees braved bus fumes and panhandlers for xiao long bao,
Asian Fortune – AAPIs are gaining more visibility in the immigrant rights movement, and exit polls from the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund show that the majority of AAPIs support comprehensive immigration reform…
Huffington Post - Last month, a San Francisco tour guide was caught in a racist rant about the city’s Chinatown, berating residents for “eating turtles and frogs” and for not assimilating into American culture. There’s an irony to these grievances…
New York Times – Sangeeta Richard, the housekeeper whose accusations of employer mistreatment led to the arrest of India’s deputy consul general in New York and an international furor, is not the first domestic worker…
2013
Philadelphia Inquirer - Three older men stood together at a Bensalem Township polling station Tuesday, chatting in Gujarati, an Indian language, about the election. They weren’t there to vote; they aren’t yet U.S. citizens. But they went to the polling station…
ChinaDaily USA - Asian American voters in 11 states and Washington largely supported Democratic candidates in the 2014 mid-term elections, according to preliminary results of an exit poll…
NBC News - Asian-American voters continued to support Democratic candidates in 2014, but their support has declined since the 2012 presidential election," said Margaret Fung, Executive Director of Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF).
The Guardian - Since when is a selfie a crime? In New Hampshire, it’s whenever you take that selfie at the polls, as so many thousands of Americans did on Tuesday. And it might cost you a $1,000 fine…
New York Magazine - A cardinal fact of American politics that has emerged during the Obama years is that demographic forces are slowly and inexorably driving the electorate leftward. But the Republican Party has its own corresponding advantages. Its voters turn out for elections…
New America Media - Asian American voters in 11 states and Washington DC largely supported Democratic candidates in the 2014 midterm elections, according to preliminary results of an exit poll released today…
NBC News - “We started our multilingual exit poll back in 1988 to get a snapshot of Asian-American voting patterns,” said Margaret Fung, Executive Director of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund. “Mainstream media mostly ignored Asian American…
Voice of America – New York’s soaring real estate prices have had a dramatic impact on scores of neighborhoods, including the city’s famed Chinatown. The area in lower Manhattan has long been a critical base for Chinese immigrants…
ESPN – When Milena Clarke heard about the Miami Dolphins’ bullying controversy, she instantly felt that familiar sick sensation. “It brought back a lot of the pain and reminded me of my situation,” said the 14-year-old high school freshman basketball player…
Washington Times – It’s a typical midweek noon rush in the heart of Washington’s Chinatown, and the streets are packed. Locals, tourists and local office workers flock to the restaurants…
China Daily – Like other ethnic neighborhoods in large US cities, Chinatowns are at risk of disappearing due to accelerated gentrification, according to a new report. The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) surveyed Chinatowns…
