Here’s when I last saw California State Senator Leland Yee.
I was the emcee of a community event at the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco last October, and Yee was the featured speaker. The event honored the day the U.S. landed on Leyte during World War II, when General Douglas MacArthur and Fi...
China Daily USA – John G. Chou, general counsel at AmerisourceBergen Corporation, was honored with the 2014 Justice in Action Awards at the 40th anniversary celebration of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)…
Above the Law – Last night, I had the privilege and pleasure of attending the 40th anniversary celebration of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF). Forty years is a remarkable milestone, so everyone…
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)’s lawsuit against the NYC Board of Elections over the Board’s failure to provide Bengali ballots in compliance with the Voting Rights Act has been resolved. The Board read the statement of Asian Indian language assistance compliance onto t...
Grace Lee Boggs rolls onto the big screen with the aid of her senior hybrid (a walker with wheels!), gazing at an old ruin of a Detroit auto plant–a relic of America’s failed industrial past.
But next to all that historical doom, Grace stands alive and well, a triumph of her humanistic vision.
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The Hechinger Report – Every school night, Ramon Leon helps his older son, a third grader at a New Orleans charter school, with his homework. Typically, they speed through the math worksheets…
WGBH News – It’s Tuesday morning at the Chinese Progressive Association in Chinatown. Four residents have arrived with a looming problem: They were recently served eviction notices by their landlord…
IndiaWest – Actor and comic Aasif Mandvi (“The Daily Show,” “Million Dollar Arm”) will receive an honor from the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund at its gala 2014 Justice in Action Awards Mar. 25…
New York, NY–Twelve legislative seats in the New York State Assembly and State Senate are currently vacant, depriving approximately 1.8 million New Yorkers, over 800,000 of whom are people of color, of their fundamental right to representation.
Today, the New York Voting Rights Consortium, a group ...
For a change, there’s a movement to restore affirmative action, and not to end it.
Unfortunately, because of some short-sighted Asian Americans, SCA 5 may die before it can get to the electorate.
SCA 5 is Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 5, which seeks to overturn Proposition 209 in California....
Megaphone Magazine – “Ni hao,” says a red painted wall on the southwest corner of Main and Keefer. The enormous particle board inscription is an English phonetic spelling of “hello” in Cantonese, part of an advertisement…
“12 Years a Slave” won an Oscar for Best Picture, but don’t think that we’ve entered some enlightened period of post-racial bliss.
You saw proof of that if you caught the Oscar-worthy performances for “best racist smear campaign, in a supporting or lead role” this week, as the U.S. Senate considere...
Washington City Paper – Lobbyists have wet dreams about this scenario. You’ve mobilized an entire constituent group, 80,000 potential swing voters in a swing state. It’s a growing immigrant population with a profile coveted by politicians…
Arthur Chu won’t be on “Jeopardy” this weekend. Like most of America, he’ll be watching the Academy Awards.
Just don’t ask him a hypothetical question like “Oscar Nominees for $2000.”
I stumped him. Chu doesn’t know. “’12 Years a Slave’ nominated?” he asked.
The 30-year-old champ has an excuse....
By now, you should know that Asian Americans are the xenophobes’ delight. And if I didn’t have the “Day of Remembrance” to recall the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, my binge watching of “House of Cards” confirms it.
It’s our natural condition to be seen as “foreigners.”
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BuzzFeed - Jin Ming Cao thought he was finally going to get his money back. He’d spent months organizing other workers at a Chinese restaurant in Manhattan, and another two years pursuing a lawsuit demanding $1.5 million in back wages and…
I don’t grouse anymore about the lack of diversity in the Winter Olympics and how it’s still essentially a whiteout.
That’s because despite the retirement of nine-team medalist Apolo Anton Ohno, there are still some truly great competitors like Shani Davis, and Asian Americans like J.R. Celski and ...
Salon Op-Ed – Here we go again. Tiger mom Amy Chua is back, reinforcing stereotypes and presenting glib solutions for attaining success. Her new book, “The Triple Package,” jointly authored with husband Jed Rubenfeld, argues that certain ethnic…
Epoch Times - Jong-Min You sat down in front of his home television, ready to tune into President Barack Obama’s executive action address on immigration. He didn’t know what to expect, but he didn’t want to get his hopes up.
The start of the Lunar New Year is as good a time as any to consider the real State of Asian America. Judging from some recent events, it’s not nearly as perfect as you Tiger Mom lovers out there might believe.
Oh sure, an Indian American, Satya Nadella, will become the new head of Microsoft.
But ...
