In combat and in Congress, Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth has seen a lot of firsts. She was the first female soldier to lose both her legs in the Iraq War. She was the first Thai American woman elected to Congress. And she was the first U.S. senator to give birth while in office. Now she may […]
More than a month before former Vice President Joe Biden’s stated deadline for naming his running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris is seen as the consensus front-runner to become Democrats’ vice presidential nominee. Speculation about running mates can be wrong, of course. Ultimately, the choice is Biden’s and Biden’s alone — just as it was […]
As Joe Biden weighs potential running mates, he has been asked repeatedly about the women he is considering. The Democrat has responded repeatedly that multiple women of color are on his list. The former vice president’s statement has all the makings of a coy dodge, keeping all possibilities open. But it is also a milestone. […]
It was still early in California’s coronavirus outbreak when Lina Ili started feeling the symptoms that would soon turn her family’s life upside down. Coughing and running a fever, she holed up inside the bedroom of her Long Beach home for weeks. But breathing grew increasingly difficult, Ili, 46, said. “You couldn’t even lie down […]
Jonathan H. X. Lee was just a high school student when the 1996 Proposition 209 initiative first went into effect. Now a tenured Asian American Studies professor at SF State, he is sought after by students seeking his assistance in building portfolios impressive enough for universities such as Harvard and Yale. Lee recalled the initiative that “prohibits […]
“It takes an entire village to do the persistent discrimination against Black Americans in these police encounters, and you’ve got to reform the system. So that that doesn’t keep happening,” Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., told NBC Asian America. Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., and Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif.Getty Images; CQ-Roll Call, IncJuly […]
An electrical engineer and roboticist by training, he worked for a long time at Lucasfilm’s THX and Industrial Light and Magic divisions. Grant Imahara, an electrical engineer and roboticist who hosted the popular science show MythBusters and Netflix’s White Rabbit Project, has died. He was 49. Imahara died suddenly following a brain aneurysm, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. “We are […]
Public opinion pollsters in the United States survey adults of every racial and ethnic group. Historically, though, while the attitudes of white, Hispanic and Black adults are readily reported, those of Asian Americans are not. That raises a question: If Asian Americans are part of the survey sample, why don’t analysts report their views in […]
Wearing their masks, Donalene Ferrer and two other generations of family members were walking along an Oceanside neighborhood in April when a car pulled up and a woman yelled: “You started the corona!” The accuser, with a baby and a toddler in tow, turned out to be her mother’s neighbor, Ferrer said. Still in shock, […]
APAPA Takes a Stand and is Proactively Involved in Support in November Ballot Initiative to Restore Equity and Opportunity in California SACRAMENTO, CA – One of the most active grassroots organizations of Asian Pacific Islanders Americans (APIA), Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs (APAPA) releases the first of three videos to help educate the APIA […]