Finally, Harvard has announced it has achieved the perfect racial balance in its new freshman class!
Of course, you know that’s an April Fool’s joke.
But this is true. Now, we know how it feels for Asian Americans to be used as a tool to end policies for racial equity.
No one knew what would happ...
Democrats are hoping the buzz from that pre-Good Friday, star-studded Radio City Music Hall fundraiser lasts through a Good November.
That would be some resurrection for President Biden, whose approval numbers are stuck in the 30s.But maybe the sight of Clinton, Obama, and Biden--three Democratic p...
Over the last few years, I’ve taken my columns and turned them into springboards for my comic memoirs that I’ve taken to the stage.
The newest iteration of my live Amok monologues features a new story about my conversion therapy as a transdad.
Transdad?
See the show in New York City starting Apri...
By Brigid Bergin
The New York City Council is asking the state’s highest court to overturn rulings against a law that would grant noncitizens living legally in the five boroughs the right to vote in local elections.
The Council filed a notice with the state Court of Appeals on Monday to defend Loc...
Appeal Filed Challenging Ruling on Local Law 11
NEW YORK, NY — A notice of appeal has been filed challenging a recent ruling on Local Law 11. The law that would expand voting to non-citizens in municipal elections in New York City.
The filing comes after a decision by the New York Supreme Court A...
I bought something from a Chinese company on social media recently. When I got the product, it didn’t work.
I panicked, then relaxed because I bought it through an American tech giant, which gives me recourse.
Going to the product company directly was a nightmare in communication. Most of the emai...
Oh, how we hate the term “model minority,” which presupposes a good model for people of color and Asian Americans in particular to follow in life and career.
But judging by his performance the other day at a congressional hearing, Robert Hur, the former special prosecutor in the Biden documents cas...
AALDEF, Advancing Justice-AAJC, and AAPI New Jersey file an amicus brief in Kim v. Hanlon
NEWARK, NJ — Today, three Asian American organizations filed an amicus brief in Kim v. Hanlon, a suit brought by Rep. Andy Kim, a candidate for U.S. Senate, and two congressional candidates against all but tw...
Most want to rush to see the movies that won an Oscar after the fact. But there is one film you definitely should see after Oscar night and it’s a nominated movie that didn’t win, “Past Lives.”
It didn’t win for best picture or for Celine Song’s original screenplay. But as one who was a film critic...
State of the Union address? It was more like President Biden’s “Save the Nation” address.
And frankly, he had me at “Hello.”
Or more specifically, “Hitler.”
President Joe Biden started his State of the Union address by quoting President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on January 1941 saying, “I address...
Nikki Haley knows how to appeal to the Asian American in me.
“Just last week, my mother, a first generation immigrant, got to vote for her daughter for President,” Haley, of Indian descent, said. “Only in America.”
And with that opening, Haley suspended—though not ended–her campaign on a not so su...
Dear Governor Hochul, Speaker Heastie, and Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins,
We, the undersigned organizations, write in opposition to the expansion of hate crime laws in the Executive Budget. We are eager to address the bias incidents and violence that our loved ones, families, and communities have...
By Michael Carroll
Two plaintiffs who are challenging the constitutionality of a Florida law that restricts Chinese citizens from owning property in the state won a temporary injunction earlier this month barring state officials from enforcing the law against them.
Yifan Shen and Zhiming Xu receiv...
Shane Gillis was on “SNL” hosting last Saturday, and maybe you found him funny. But probably not if you’re Asian American.
Believe me, I empathize with people trying to be funny.
I detest people showing off or underplaying their racism.
I recently returned from Los Angeles where I did five minute...
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BY RANDY BILLINGS | MAINE
A bill that would ban citizens of China and four other countries from purchasing property in Maine drew strong opposition during a public hearing Wednesday, with the state's leading civil rights group calling it blatantly racist and unconstitutional....
Leading Legal Voting Rights Organizations Call for Fair & Equitable Maps
NEW YORK, NY — The Unity Map Coalition, a consortium of leading legal voting rights organizations representing people of color in New York City is urging the New York State legislature to adopt the Unity Map in full.
The Coal...
By Jenna Tooley
TALLAHASSEE, FL— In a significant development, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a temporary injunction against the enforcement of Florida’s SB 264. This law, deemed unconstitutional, prevents Chinese immigrants from purchasing homes in specific regions of the state. ...
Comedian Shane Gillis was announced as the host more than a week ago for the Feb. 24th episode of Saturday Night Live.
Activists rev your engines? Or not?
Boycott the show? Or hope Bowen Yang and Shane Gillis mudwrestle on national TV?
If you’ll recall five years ago, Gillis was hired as a cast m...
By A.L. Lee
A coalition of civil liberties groups sued the Republican-controlled Legislature in Nassau County in New York, claiming that a new voting map discriminates against Blacks, Latinos, and Asians in violation of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
The suit, filed Feb. 8 against the Long Isla...
Ageism is everywhere now if you haven’t noticed, thanks to a certain Asian American special prosecutor.
First, I tried to get away from the news by watching Super Bowl 58, which at 58 is still well under mandatory retirement age.
The San Francisco 49ers seemed to explode out of the gate, dominatin...
