By Bethany Li and Thông Phan
For Asian Americans around the country, all eyes are on Florida this week.
On Friday at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Miami, counsel representing four Chinese immigrants will argue against SB 264, a Florida law banning many Chinese immigrants fr...
Trump jury? It better have at least one Asian American, as we generally get cast as Juror No.1 or Juror No. 9, in many court dramas on TV.
It’s one of our stereotypes.
We will have to wait a few days to see if that happens or if we can even find the perfect Americans for this history-making jury. ...
By Rachel Kim
An appeal filed by the New York City Council is an attempt to bring back voting rights for legal noncitizens in New York. The legal action comes after the noncitizen voting law was struck down in 2022, sparking a debate about inclusivity in the electoral process.
Enacting this landma...
I’m in New York doing my show, “Emil Amok, Lost NPR Host, Wiley Filipino, Vegan Transdad” as part of the New York City Fringe/Under St Marks Theater for three more shows, including one this Saturday.
But I’m still working as a journalist, viewing the world from an Asian American lens.
This week, I...
You might have seen a certain digital billboard over Times Square last week.
Hope you didn’t blink. It was up just 5 seconds an hour for just ten hours. It did not cause the earth to move. If you missed it, this very picture will be used in another digital ad over Times Square by the George Cohan s...
NEW YORK, NY – Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), submitted a reply brief in its suit against the New York City Districting Commission, the New York City Board of Elections, and the New York State Board of Elections, challenging the lawfulness of the New York City C...
Finally, Harvard has announced it has achieved the perfect racial balance in its new freshman class!
Of course, you know that’s an April Fool’s joke.
But this is true. Now, we know how it feels for Asian Americans to be used as a tool to end policies for racial equity.
No one knew what would happ...
Democrats are hoping the buzz from that pre-Good Friday, star-studded Radio City Music Hall fundraiser lasts through a Good November.
That would be some resurrection for President Biden, whose approval numbers are stuck in the 30s.But maybe the sight of Clinton, Obama, and Biden--three Democratic p...
Over the last few years, I’ve taken my columns and turned them into springboards for my comic memoirs that I’ve taken to the stage.
The newest iteration of my live Amok monologues features a new story about my conversion therapy as a transdad.
Transdad?
See the show in New York City starting Apri...
By Brigid Bergin
The New York City Council is asking the state’s highest court to overturn rulings against a law that would grant noncitizens living legally in the five boroughs the right to vote in local elections.
The Council filed a notice with the state Court of Appeals on Monday to defend Loc...
Appeal Filed Challenging Ruling on Local Law 11
NEW YORK, NY — A notice of appeal has been filed challenging a recent ruling on Local Law 11. The law that would expand voting to non-citizens in municipal elections in New York City.
The filing comes after a decision by the New York Supreme Court A...
I bought something from a Chinese company on social media recently. When I got the product, it didn’t work.
I panicked, then relaxed because I bought it through an American tech giant, which gives me recourse.
Going to the product company directly was a nightmare in communication. Most of the emai...
Oh, how we hate the term “model minority,” which presupposes a good model for people of color and Asian Americans in particular to follow in life and career.
But judging by his performance the other day at a congressional hearing, Robert Hur, the former special prosecutor in the Biden documents cas...
AALDEF, Advancing Justice-AAJC, and AAPI New Jersey file an amicus brief in Kim v. Hanlon
NEWARK, NJ — Today, three Asian American organizations filed an amicus brief in Kim v. Hanlon, a suit brought by Rep. Andy Kim, a candidate for U.S. Senate, and two congressional candidates against all but tw...
Most want to rush to see the movies that won an Oscar after the fact. But there is one film you definitely should see after Oscar night and it’s a nominated movie that didn’t win, “Past Lives.”
It didn’t win for best picture or for Celine Song’s original screenplay. But as one who was a film critic...
State of the Union address? It was more like President Biden’s “Save the Nation” address.
And frankly, he had me at “Hello.”
Or more specifically, “Hitler.”
President Joe Biden started his State of the Union address by quoting President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on January 1941 saying, “I address...
Nikki Haley knows how to appeal to the Asian American in me.
“Just last week, my mother, a first generation immigrant, got to vote for her daughter for President,” Haley, of Indian descent, said. “Only in America.”
And with that opening, Haley suspended—though not ended–her campaign on a not so su...
Dear Governor Hochul, Speaker Heastie, and Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins,
We, the undersigned organizations, write in opposition to the expansion of hate crime laws in the Executive Budget. We are eager to address the bias incidents and violence that our loved ones, families, and communities have...
By Michael Carroll
Two plaintiffs who are challenging the constitutionality of a Florida law that restricts Chinese citizens from owning property in the state won a temporary injunction earlier this month barring state officials from enforcing the law against them.
Yifan Shen and Zhiming Xu receiv...
Shane Gillis was on “SNL” hosting last Saturday, and maybe you found him funny. But probably not if you’re Asian American.
Believe me, I empathize with people trying to be funny.
I detest people showing off or underplaying their racism.
I recently returned from Los Angeles where I did five minute...
