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Environment
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How one Hawaiʻi nonprofit cleaned over 70,000 pounds of marine debris in 19 days
A 12-person team cleared run-down fishing nets and gear along nearly 11 miles of shoreline in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
Historically pushed out, AAPIs are reclaiming traditional farming practices and produce
“We come from rich cultures that have these ideas of beauty and ways we merge our aesthetics and design with our food.”
If only he knew: The legacy of labor leader Larry Itliong
The new Larry Itliong Unity Park in Delano, California, is a tribute to a crucial but oft-overlooked leader of the labor movement.
Asian American environmental activists strive to make climate crisis an electoral priority
Despite the pressing urgency of climate change, environmental issues receive limited attention during elections among AAPI voters.
Politics briefing: Julie Su’s place in the presidential succession
Also this week: Relieving double taxation on Taiwan; inflation is AAPIs' top voter concern; mourning Wadea Al-Fayoume.
Politics briefing: COFA states in limbo amid budget stopgap
Also this week: Filipino American History Month; new Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, and Jain Congressional Caucus; “Kim-mentum” in New Jersey.
Asian Americans have higher levels of cancer-linked “forever chemicals,” new study finds
PFAS are notoriously difficult for the environment and the human body to break down, and can sometimes remain in people’s systems for years.
Politics briefing: Repairing the damage on Maui
Also this week: Federal benefits for COFA migrant workers; the caregiving economy; AAPIs gear up for 2024.
Maui wildfires reignite concern over climate change’s outsized impacts on Native Hawaiians
The wildfires have killed over 100 people and destroyed countless cultural landmarks in Lāhainā—the former capital of the Kingdom of Hawai‘i.
Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders weave homelands and climate issues into their art
NHPIs suffer climate degradation and cultural deterioration rooted in colonialism. The impact of that history is now central to their art.