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Politics briefing: Native Hawaiians renew calls for sovereignty
Also this week: AAPI labor organizers convene in Vegas; California moves to ban caste discrimination; high school Korean American studies.
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.
Politics briefing: Boom in U.S.’s Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander population
Also this week: More Asian American judges are confirmed; robberies in Sacramento; a standing ovation for Roland Abante on AGT.
Politics briefing: Asian Americans’ party affiliations ahead of 2024
Also this week: Iam Tongi's historic "American Idol" win; delayed federal support in Guam; NHPIs' alarmingly high cancer mortality rates.
AAPIs face knowledge gap with abortion pills, study reveals
A little over a third of survey respondents said they had not heard of—or did not know if they had heard of—medication abortion.
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.
Politics briefing: Hawai‘i’s underlying racial tensions thrust center stage
Also this week: Asians in Texas fall victim to identify theft; the latest in 76ers' arena proposal; preserving Northern Virginia’s Eden Center.
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.
'Onipa'a Kākou: Native Hawaiians’ resilience through centuries of exploitation
From uprisings against white colonizers in the 1800s to protests against land seizures today, Native Hawaiians remain a force to reckon with.