BY AKEMI TAMANAHA
Five Filipino immigrant nurses have filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against their employer CommuniCare Family of Companies in Cincinnati, Ohio.
According to a press release, the nurses are being represented by the Asian American Legal Defense and Educ...
NEW YORK, NY — On Tuesday, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), filed an appeal to the trial court’s decision in its suit against the New York City Districting Commission, the New York City Board of Elections, and the New York State Board of Elections, challenging the lawful...
If you don’t remember how special December 7th is, I get it.
You’re busy. You’re likely traumatized after last night’s GOP presidential debate, where Vivek Ramaswamy attacked fellow South Asian pol Nikki Haley for Americanizing her name and playing identity politics.
But then fellow debater Chris ...
CINCINNATI, OHIO — Today, five Filipino immigrant nurses filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against their former employer, CommuniCare Family of Companies, to challenge the company’s use of training repayment agreement provisions (TRAPs) in the nurses’ employment contracts....
Asian Americans can be blunt about Henry Kissinger. He carpet-bombed Cambodia. He napalmed the hell out of Vietnam, a war that he should be pilloried for extending rather than praised for ending. But in a depraved war mongering world, it got him a Nobel Peace Prize. AAPIs who survived Kissinger’s da...
Post-Thanksgiving week’s Black Friday was more like “Asian Friday” with a little something extra to be thankful for, if you were following world news from the Middle East.
One expected to see the 13 Israeli women and children swapped out for 39 Palestinians in the first major exchange of hostages o...
It should have been a perfect weekend. It included Bowen Yang on SNL playing an airport TSA guy named Umberto. When asked if he were Spanish, Yang in character declared, “I’m Filipino…Your Boy’s Pinoy!”
Now that’s a great AAPI weekend-- in most cases.
But even when my football team won (the 49ers–...
My dilemma this week? I could go to that capitalist meet-up known as APEC (Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation), or I could have a root canal.
Speaking of canals, I would prefer a vacation in Venice.
But as I have an actual tooth issue, I skipped my chance to go to APEC in San Francisco and saw my ...
Earlier in the week, anti-arena organizers reminded supporters that “the deal isn’t done,” mapping out future plans.
By Jordan Levy
As the Sixers made their case Thursday night for a Center City arena, rallying supporters around the union jobs and economic revitalization they say will follow, acti...
An Interview with Theodore S. Gonsalves, editor of “Smithsonian Asian Pacific American History, Art, and Culture in 101 Objects.”
Maybe it was the coincidence of the weekend holiday, but when you look at the three Congressional Gold Medals given to Chinese American, Filipino American and Japanese A...
Some of my heroes are Poles, like the late great Chicago Tribune columnist Mike Royko, but polls, I don’t care for much.
I’ll write about them, sure, but usually they say nothing about Asian Americans and what we think. There’s barely enough to mention what Blacks or Hispanics think. At best, with ...
Asian American voters broadly supported Democratic candidates, legal abortion, and protection against transgender discrimination
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New York City — Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) released the results of its poll monitoring and nonp...
A Democrat won Tuesday's City Council election between two Chinese Americans, but “partisanship is not yet ingrained” in the newly redistricted area, one expert said.
By Kimmy Yam and Sakshi Venkatraman
Virginia S. Tong, a longtime Chinese American resident of South Brooklyn, New York, said she h...
If ever there was an argument for cameras in the courtroom, it was last Monday when Donald Trump took the witness stand for three-and-a-half hours in his civil fraud case in Manhattan and made a mockery of the legal system–and of our democracy.
Again.
If you and I had pulled a stunt like that, we’...
I didn’t want to let the Nov.1 deadline for the so-called “Common App” go without mention. If you missed it, there’s still time to get your application in to the school of your choice, since many schools still have admissions deadlines into January.
But if you want to apply to Harvard, the litigant...
Filipino American History Month comes to a close on Halloween, and what better way to usher it out than in costume as your favorite Filipino historical figure.
This Halloween, I will don a ranch-style jean jacket and parade through the Central Valley holding up a cigar with seven fingers in honor o...
By Jeff Gammage
Separate studies on economic- and community-impact are expected by the end of the year — just before a new City Council and mayor are seated in January.
Supporters and opponents of the Philadelphia 76ers’ proposal to build a $1.55 billion basketball arena on Market Street have lots...
By Akemi Tamanaha
Asian American advocacy groups want to know what conversations city government officials and developers are having about the proposed 76ers arena (76 Place) behind closed doors.
Executives for the 76ers have proposed building 76 Place near the heart of Philadelphia’s Chinatown. ...
If you turned on “60 Minutes” last Sunday expecting a Middle East lead report, you didn’t really get one.
Instead, Asian Americans, especially Chinese Americans, got a wakeup call from the FBI.
The first story barely touched on the crises in the Middle East. It featured FBI director Christopher Wr...
SAN ANTONIO, TX — The federal trial against Texas’ anti-voter law Senate Bill 1 concluded Friday after nearly six weeks of testimony from dozens of witnesses. Closing arguments are set for January 12. The judge will issue his final ruling at a future date.
At the consolidated trial, representativ...
