Building Community Within Diversity
By Richard Kagan AAP correspondent Last week I attended the Convention of the Association for Asian Studies at the Marriott Hotel in Washington D.C. The four-day meeting hosted 3,600 scholars,[…]
By Richard Kagan AAP correspondent Recently, there has been a spate of predictions about fascism coming to America. Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State, has just published “Fascism: A Warning”[…]
Washington, D.C. (April 5, 2018) — Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC), VietLead and more than 60 other organizations have submitted a Freedom of Information[…]
St. Paul, Minn. (April 5, 2018) — Police Chief Medaria Arradondo of the Minneapolis Police Department and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced body camera policy reforms early yesterday. The policy changes include a number of encouraging updates, including measures to prevent miscategorization of body camera case numbers and a matrix to refine their discipline procedure. The policy also[…]
Washington, D.C. — Cecilia Gomez went to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in Las Vegas for a green card interview in March and never came out. Instead, she was shoved[…]
Washington, D.C. — On April 6, 2018, South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) joined MPower Change and 18MillionRising.org (18MR), to insist Southwest Airlines take immediate action in response to passenger John Guandolo’s actions[…]
Dear Editor, The Tibet problem can be solved if India plays pro-active role in it (ii)- TLHRC (also through President Trump / US Congress) should encourage Indian Organizations to work for[…]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (March 6, 2018) — Asian Americans Advancing Justice – California (Advancing Justice – CA) responded with condemnation to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announcement Tuesday that the Trump Administration will[…]
Washington, D.C (March 1, 2018) — On February 13, 2018, during a U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, FBI director Christopher Wray made broad allegations that “professors, scientists, and students” of Chinese heritage in[…]
New York City (March 2, 2018) — In another example of the harsh treatment of Chinese Americans, United States District Judge Cecilia Altonaga recently criticized the federal government for prosecuting[…]
