Atlanta Journal-Constitution – Asian American voters in Georgia had a range of problems during the 2012 presidential election, including being improperly asked to show proof of citizenship at the polls…
Next City – Last month, charter school operators across New York City submitted letters to local parent volunteer groups announcing plans to site new charter schools. Some of these operators are increasingly touting the benefits of racially and economically…
MintPress News – Gentrification is not only eroding America’s Chinatowns, but robbing the country of important cultural and economic centers relied upon by Asian Americans and immigrant families, as a recent study…
China Daily – During the construction of New York City Chinatown’s Confucius Plaza in 1974, the lack of Chinese representation on the building crew inspired an outpouring of protests within the community over the span of several months…
Wall Street Journal – #NotYourAsianSidekick has gone global. The algorithms that determine how Twitter hashtags trend are opaque, but to have a worldwide impact, it’s clear that a conversation…
MSNBC – If a budget can pass the House quickly, then anything’s possible-even immigration reform. Like the budget, it would need concerted Democratic and Republican support. Certain GOP voters expect not only fiscal conservatism…
Capital New York – Two translators from the New York City Board of Elections were suspended after the Chinese-language version of the November ballot included the same text for two different Adirondack-related ballot proposals….
The Brian Lehrer Show (WNYC) – Since the most recent City Council redistricting proposal, negotiations have been taking place to further adjust the balance of power among New York City communities. In advance…
NPR – Although the national conversation about immigration policy tends to focus on Latinos, it is Asian-Americans who encounter some of the knottiest challenges facing immigrants and immigration reformers…
PennLive – Pandemonium erupted in a federal courtroom Thursday afternoon as a judge sentenced an East Shore woman to 15 months in prison for a scheme to illegally bring Indonesian women to the U.S. to work as domestics for starkly substandard wages…
The Wrap – Google has removed the app “Make Me Asian” from its Google Play store after weeks of protest from groups that said the game, which allowed users to change their appearance by reshaping eyes or fashioning portraits…
Guardian – There will always be a little corner of the American public imagination reserved for Chinatown. Whether the word evokes for you the stereotypical mystique of opium dens and gambling halls, or the gritty restaurants…
National Journal – Like other minority groups, an overwhelming majority of Asian-American voters supported President Obama in his reelection. National exit polls estimated that 73 percent of Asian-Americans voted blue in November, an 11-percentage-point jump from 2008…
NPR – Big city Chinatowns have long been a haven for Chinese immigrants. But a new report finds that Asian-Americans are leaving Chinatowns as luxury buildings attract wealthier, white residents…
The Times Picayune – Two groups are set to file a federal complaint that several eastern New Orleans schools are violating civil rights law by failing adequately to serve non-native English-speaking families. VAYLA and the national AALDEF…
China Daily – Asian-Americans are the fastest-growing ethnic group in the United States, and politicians are increasingly scrambling to reconcile a need to appeal to them with a lingering anti-China sentiment that reached a climax in the 2010 midterm elections…
National Journal – An analysis of the Chinatowns in Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia show the Asian populations there are in decline, partly because of rising rental costs and median housing value. A joint report…
Washington Examiner (AP) – A naval officer from the United Arab Emirates has been ordered to pay $1.2 million to a former domestic worker who accused him of imprisoning her and forcing her to work long hours for little pay…
New York Times – Joshua Pajarillo stood outside Seafood City, greeting fellow Filipinos in Tagalog – one of his native country’s main languages – and trying to get them to stop and fill out Clark County’s new voter registration form…
Queens Campaigner – The nonpartisan commission charged with drawing new City Council districts has isolated itself from criticism by not completing a comprehensive first draft, critics of the process contended…
