Policy
New White House guidelines to reshape how federal agencies collect AANHPI data
Poor data disaggregation for AAPI subgroups in government data obscured social, political, and economic disparities.
April 9, 2024
End of FEMA-funded housing looms over Maui wildfire survivors
Thousands of displaced residents living in FEMA’s non-congregate sheltering program are struggling to secure independent long-term housing options.
March 27, 2024
Congress passes COFA funding for Pacific Islanders after beleaguered delays
The deal will provide $7 billion to the three Pacific nations over 20 years and restore COFA migrants' access to certain federal benefits.
March 20, 2024
FEMA releases changes to bolster emergency disaster response post-Maui
In the aftermath of the Maui wildfires, FEMA faced scrutiny from residents who called the organization’s aid efforts lacking.
January 30, 2024
AAPI Data to launch monthly polling series with Associated Press
The series aims to fill a gap in disaggregated data about AAPIs, who have been historically overlooked and/or misrepresented in public opinion polling.
November 2, 2023
What the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling means for Asian America
The decision deals a blow to Asian Americans’ decades of fighting for and building on affirmative action policies.
July 1, 2023
How Native Hawaiians are fighting back against their language’s near-extinction
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May 31, 2023
After 1965, a varied picture of immigration to the U.S.
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May 31, 2023
Lawmakers renew push to designate April 14 as National Sikh Day
Sikhism is the fifth largest religion in the world, and roughly 500,000 Sikh people live in the U.S. today.
April 18, 2023
‘Our lives depend on it’: The growing AAPI movement to end police brutality
Police killings of AAPIs—such as Angelo Quinto—have forced a confrontation with the community’s history as a target of state-sanctioned violence.
March 24, 2023