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.
One fact check at a time: Asian Americans wage war on digital misinformation
Falsehoods and disinformation campaigns are flourishing on ethnic media platforms where Asian immigrants connect. Volunteer groups with progressive backing have stepped up to confront them—but not without controversy.
Voters oust San Francisco school board members in historic race that galvanized AAPIs
The city’s first Pacific Islander elected leader was one of three officials recalled in Tuesday’s high-stakes special election, which featured a surge in AAPI activism.
Politics briefing: Biden's AANHPI advisory commission takes shape
Also this week: Kahele reportedly mulls gubernatorial run; Republicans grill Kato; tracking PAC $$; state AAPI history mandates gain traction.