Election briefing: Incumbents dominate as GOP’s Asian American hopefuls are shut out
Also this week: Democrats’ hold on Asian American voters slips; key House races in California remain undecided; a slew of historic wins.
Republican Jennifer-Ruth Green defeated in campaign to flip Indiana's House seat
Green, a military veteran, would have been the first Asian American woman elected to represent Indiana in Congress.
Politics briefing: U.S. Navy targets 2027 for Red Hill closure
Also this week: Seattle could slash anti-Asian hate budget; Minnesota’s first-ever Hmong county commissioner; Shah takes the helm at the Texas Tribune.
Politics briefing: Affirmative action on the chopping block
Also this week: Asian American Democrats eye House leadership bids; the Blame Game escalates; new super PAC launches for progressive Vietnamese Americans.
Politics briefing: Unpacking the White House’s Pacific Island partnership strategy
Also this week: Backlash to Steel's ‘red-baiting’ mailers; DACA in limbo; Chao testifies.
Politics briefing: What Pacific Islander leaders want from Washington
Also this week: A new bill tackles deportations of Southeast Asian refugees; $10 million midterm mobilization; watching Lanhee Chen.
Politics briefing: Hirono presses DOJ on Native Hawaiian sex trafficking crisis
Also this week: Biden to host U.S.-Pacific Island summit; highlighting unequal pay; Jayapal speaks out; Pentagon to shut down Red Hill fuel tanks.
Q&A with USTR Katherine Tai: Cutting through the noise on China
The Chinese American Cabinet-level official leads trade policy in a time of growing animosity between China and the U.S.
Indigenous boarding school probe spurs reckoning over forced Native Hawaiian assimilation
Seven U.S.-funded institutions in Hawai‘i took part in the federal policy that forcibly removed Indigenous children from their homes.
Democratic Rep. Kai Kahele announces run for Hawai‘i governor
Losing Kahele, a strong proponent for data disaggregation, will deal a blow to Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander representation in D.C.