Andrew Peng, 20, looked like any other Asian American student. Only deep in his heart, he knew he was a chicken.
Especially with his special virtual reality goggles on.
At UC Berkeley, one of the most Asian American campuses in the nation, students were lined up for a unique demonstration–to exp...
As we approach Labor Day, I ponder the map of my labor life, my resume, and realize it is the history of the boom and bust of the American economy.
Hired in good times, reduced in recessions. And, because I’m an Asian American, it all works in conjunction with that time honored employment lament, “...
Downtown Express - State government scrutiny of local landlords extended on Aug. 20 to Marold Properties for alleged tenant harassment in Chinatown and the Lower East Side. Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a subpoena to the company that day as part of an ongoing…
NBC Asian America - Among the many buildings seriously damaged in Sunday’s 6.0 earthquake in Napa, California, is the historic Pfeiffer Building, known locally as the Sam Kee Laundry Building. Built in 1875, it is Napa’s first stone building and oldest surviving commercial building…
The Root - As the nation followed the aftermath of the police shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown in suburban Ferguson, Mo.–including the detention of two journalists and the tear-gassing of at least one camera crew, many journalism organizations rushed…
The spectre of the U.S. Justice Department coming down on the First Amendment rights of reporter James Risen should have been bad enough. (See my blog post on Risen here.)
But as the Asian American Journalists Association convened in Washington, DC this week, the situation in Ferguson, Missouri was...
International Business Times - Friday marks two years since President Barack Obama used his executive authority to halt deportations for hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children…
In a time when all the world could use a laugh, we got a shocker.
Robin Williams, who had spent so much time entertaining the world, had forgotten to leave something for himself.
As someone who had covered Williams as part of the Bay Area’s entertainment scene while the arts and entertainment repo...
In my California, home of the severe drought, I grew up listening to the Beach Boys and the dream of an “endless summer.”
I can’t imagine this summer in Israel and Gaza, home of what appears to be the “endless war.”
Actually, thanks to the media reports, I don’t have to imagine the war. I see it p...
China Daily USA – Mei Chou closed her first New York City restaurant in 2008 because of it. Now she is facing the same issue again with her two-year-old Chinatown bistro – skyrocketing rent. “Rent is going to kill the culture and excitement of New York,”….
When Richard Nixon died in 1994, 20 years after he left office, I can recall how almost all the news stories about him in Washington were like a gigantic free pass. I suppose if you deserve a free pass, the time of your death would be the best time to get one. Out of respect, no one wanted to kick o...
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) applauds the 5th Circuit Court of Appeal’s July 15 decision, finding that the University of Texas-Austin’s affirmative action program is legal and satisfies constitutional scrutiny in Fisher v. UT-Austin.
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court...
On Fox News’ “The Five,” there’s a move afoot to make it “The Four.”
That’s because the show’s co-host and token liberal Bob Beckel used the racial slur “Chinaman” while ranting about Chinese hackers, whom Beckel says are the “single biggest threat to the national security of the United States.”
B...
Times-Ledger - Kum Gang San, a Korean restaurant with locations in Flushing and Manhattan’s Koreatown, has egregiously violated employment law for several years, a lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court by the Asian American Legal Defense Fund…
On June 15, 2012, the Obama Administration announced that it would grant “deferred action” status to young people who qualify as DREAM Act students and provide them with, among other things, relief from deportation.
The basic fact sheet about DACA applications and renewals can be downloaded here in...
AALDEF and 17 other civil rights groups filed an amicus brief in Hassan v. City of New York, a constitutional challenge to the massive surveillance by the New York Police Department (NYPD) of American Muslims, Arabs, and South Asians, based on their religious affiliation and without any evidence of ...
On the current immigration issue, President Obama is doing what a politician with no real direction can do: Throw money at the problem.
Asking Congress for $3.7 billion is actually a puny response in a world where $600 billion goes to defense spending.
But it still could end up being a fight anywa...
How about some fireworks to start just to cheer us up?
After a week in which Hobby Lobby made reshaping democracy a new form of conservative arts and craft activity, and residents in a small California town blocked innocent refugee families seeking safety, I worry for America.
And on its birthday,...
I don’t know why I didn’t do it this year. Maybe because it’s too painful, and rounded-year anniversaries give us an easy excuse to let it go.
But I couldn’t help noticing this year, as I looked at the calendar and remembered the dates. There’s really no reason why we shouldn’t call for a national ...
