NBC News - Before Sen. Kamala Harris broke historic barriers in the ivory halls of Congress, and now on the Democratic presidential ticket, she dug into her heritage on Howard University’s campus, one of the most prestigious historically Black colleges in the country.
“She was well-steeped in her h...
As a journalist in both the mainstream and ethnic media, I’ve covered diversity in America before anyone knew what to call it.
There’s never been a night quite like Wednesday in American political history.
Barack Obama, America’s first Black, multiracial president, quietly ripped apart Donald Trum...
NorthJersey.com - Karan Virmani’s inbox starts filling at 7 a.m. with emails from New Jersey residents of South Asian descent eager to help Democrat Joe Biden’s campaign for president.
It’s been this way since the former vice president selected California Sen. Kamala Harris — whose mother, Shyamala...
Michelle Obama hit it out of the Zoom room (as we all expected). So did Bernie Sanders, acting like the pole holding up the Dems’ Big Tent. (He actually mentioned “Asian Americans” by name!) But poor Eva Longoria Baston (whom I love maybe a tad bit more than Terri Hatcher). She just seemed like a “D...
MarketWatch - It was Oct. 3, 1965, when President Lyndon Johnson signed the Immigration and Nationality Act that abolished the so-called National Origins Formula, giving to Asian Americans, among other minorities, the right to become U.S. citizens after years of tension and discrimination, particula...
Axios - When Democrats next week formally nominate the daughter of an Indian immigrant to be vice president, it’ll be perhaps the biggest leap yet in the Indian American community’s rapid ascent into a powerful political force.
Why it matters: Indian Americans are one of the fastest-growing, wealth...
Fay Chew Matsuda, a social worker, community activist, and former director of the Museum of Chinese in the Americas (MOCA) in Manhattan’s Chinatown, died on July 24, 2020 at the age of 71. We send our condolences to her husband, Karl; her daughter Amy; and the Chew and Matsuda families.
Fay serve...
WXYZ-TV - With Senator Kamala Harris picked to be Joe Biden’s running mate, what does this mean for one of the fastest-growing voting ethnic groups?
Experts say Asian-American voters will have a large presence in this year’s presidential election.
Harris represents two groups of voters, the Black ...
Kamala Harris is the feel-good politician of the hour. Being Joe Biden’s pick for veep means if something happens to elder Joe, Kamala is it. Does that make you feel good? What balances out a legacy warhorse from Delaware better than a fiery and energetic Black and South Asian woman of Indian descen...
Rafu Shimpo - The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of the Organization of American States (OAS) came out with a verdict on Aug. 4 that ruled in favor of Isamu Carlos “Art” Shibayama and the Japanese Peruvian Oral History Project (JPOHP). . .
Phil Tajitsu Nash, who had submitted a l...
Dolores Velasco hangs on to life in a Tehachapi, Calif. hospital near where the Filipino farm workers fought the ag industry and made history.
Now she’s fighting not to be part of an historic surge in the pandemic.
Velasco has Covid-19 and goes in and out of alertness, according to her friends. Bu...
The City - New Yorkers looking for a mail-in copy of the state voter registration form or any assistance at all in registering to vote during the pandemic won’t get any direct answers from the state Board of Elections’ dedicated hotline.
The number —800-367-8683 — is answered with a recorded messag...
In a moment I will share my one regret as an Asian American of Filipino descent, after observing Donald Trump these last few days. But let’s start by saying I’m truly embarrassed for our country.
Earlier this week, Trump retweeted a message from Dr. Stella Immanuel of Houston. She’s a pastor/doctor...
AALDEF Executive Director Margaret Fung (#28) was named by City & State NY as one of the 100 most influential Asian Americans in New York politics and policy:
Asian Americans are a rising political force. In 2013, Grace Meng became New York’s first Asian American representative in Congress. While J...
Newsweek - San Francisco bus driver was attacked by three passengers while he was trying to enforce the city’s mask requirement onboard a San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) bus last week.
The driver was operating the bus on the afternoon of July 22 in the South of Market district...
Newsweek - White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Monday said the American people are growing tired of the politics surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.
Navarro appeared on Fox News Monday morning to discuss vaccine development efforts for the virus, which he repeatedly called “the China virus...
Newsweek - In a CNN interview on Tuesday evening, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi referred to the COVID-19 coronavirus as the “Trump virus”, laying the blame for rising infection rates on the “inaction” of Republican President Donald Trump.
Pelosi’s comment came immediately after Trump held h...
I would see John Lewis when I worked as a press secretary in the 103rd Congress. He was still young and feisty, just in his 50s, and had the fire to turn an ordinary one-minute speech on the House floor into a bit of passionate rhetorical magnificence. It could be on anything, but more likely it was...
The Washington Slants of the NFL? Could be the new name. Simon Tam likes the sports entendre.
Three years ago this month, Simon Tam won the right to call his rock band something that was considered a disparaging name, The Slants.
The Supreme Court affirmed unanimously that Tam could trademark and ...
Roger Stone’s commutation? Is that like being sentenced to years of never-ending rush hour traffic through the Lincoln Tunnel? (Though truthfully, that might be the equivalent of 40 months in prison.)
No, a commutation wipes out the time to be served. That’s better than an express lane. You’re done...
