NBC News - Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) groups are among those slamming the Trump administration for its decision to end an Obama-era executive action that allowed undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children..
Asian American Press - Reaction from organizations and elected officials around the country have condened the Trump Administration’s action to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that allows children of undocumented parents..
NPR - On a Monday morning in June, Simon Tam woke up at his home in Portland, Ore., to 753 notifications blowing up his phone. “At that point, I knew something had happened,” Tam said. The Supreme Court had finally resolved his nearly eight year fight. . .
Boston Globe - Asian-Americans don’t expect much coverage in the mainstream media, but recent Globe stories from its poll on politics and race relations left me scratching my head. In reporting the results, the Globe left the impression…
New York Times - On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that a law denying federal trademark protection to names that are deemed disparaging is unconstitutional. “It offends a bedrock First Amendment principle: Speech may not be banned. . .
Frontera News - Affirmative action used to be about black and white. But new Chinese immigrants have “scrambled that traditional thinking,” and clashed with the so-called Chinatown Chinese. . .
Houston Chronicle - This happens today. Amid last-minute efforts to overhaul the state’s voter identification law in light of an ongoing legal fight, the Texas Legislature gaveled out without addressing another embattled election law. . .
Morning Consult - Even as Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders celebrated Heritage Month throughout the month of May, we received reminders that AAPIs are under siege by President Donald Trump’s agenda…
My High Plains - Today, ahead of Texas municipal elections this Saturday May 6th, Election Protection, the nation’s largest nonpartisan voter protection coalition, is launching the #KnowB4YouVote campaign encouraging voters to participate in their local elections…
Hyperallergic - Originally formed at the edges of downtowns, Chinatowns held on as such commercial and residential areas expanded. Collectively, they represent more than 150 years of immigrant survival since the first wave of Chinese immigration began in the 1850s…
Inquirer - “We aren’t Asian American!” a friend of mind said to me not long ago. “We’re Filipino.” Indeed, we are. My friend would say “Filipino American.” I like to say “American Filipino.” The one thing we got correct was the ethnic part…
https://usa.inquirer.net/3032/asian-american-study-16-poll
Rafu Shimpo - Isamu Carlos “Art” Shibayama and the Campaign for Justice: Redress Now for Japanese Latin Americans! delegation appeared to have received a favorable hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on March 21…
NPR - On a Friday evening in January, people spilled out of a storefront into an alleyway in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Neighborhood business owners, parents with young children, and artists in warm coats chatted with one another…
San Francisco Chronicle - When Judge Neil Gorsuch ruled against our family member battling cancer, Grace Hwang, almost three years ago, his decision was heartless. It removed the human element from the equation. It did not bring justice…
Asia Times - A major Asian American civil liberties group has condemned President Donald Trump’s revamped March 6 travel ban blocking citizens of six predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States…
Asian American Press - Attorneys for Hispanic Federation, Voto Latino, Chhaya CDC, MinKwon Center for Community Action, and New York resident William Towbin sent a pre-litigation notice letter Wednesday…
Indian Panorama - Indian American civil rights activist and attorney Deepa Iyer receive Justice in Action Awards from The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDF) at its 2017 Gala on March 2, 2017 at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers, in New York City…
Global Times - Back in October - before the presidential election - I was invited to be a guest speaker at a local TV station, talking about minority voters’ preferences. The host asked many questions that he and I had discussed before via emails…
NBC News - Asian-American and Latino civil rights groups are among those threatening to sue New York state over allegations that its Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) failed to send voter registration applications it received to local election boards…
News India-Times - Civil rights attorney and author Deepa Iyer was awarded the 2017 Justice in Action Award by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund on March 2, during the organization’s annual gala at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers, in New York City.
