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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
How Native Hawaiians are fighting back against their language’s near-extinction
After being forced to abandon their language and other aspects of their culture, Native Hawaiians are returning to the use of ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i—and it’s bouncing back.
After 1965, a varied picture of immigration to the U.S.
People around the world have long seen America as a land of opportunity, home of the American Dream.
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.
‘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.
Two years after the Atlanta spa shootings, fear of anti-Asian discrimination still looms
As the world re-opens, advocates are escalating calls on officials to strengthen holistic responses to violence targeting Asian Americans.