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	APAs Struggle To Fit Into the Landscape of Progressive Politics Empowerment takes precedent over labels By May Chow AsianWeek Staff Writer In the past two years, there has been a progressive renaissance in San Francisco’s electoral politics. With progressive members overtaking the Board of Supervisors in direct retaliation to a mayoral “political machine” in 2000, the power shift continues to have ripple effects throughout the city. Progressivism saw its heyday between 1975 and 1991, before internal strife caused it to topple in the 1991 mayoral race. Founded on a belief of ethnic and cultural diversity and non-conformist ideas, progressivism has found its way back into the political scene in a big way... COMPLETE STORY...		The Greening of Asian Pacific America (Feature) First and Only APA Congresswoman Dies (in National News) APAs Struggle To Fit Into the Landscape of Progressive Politics (in Bay Area News) Fashion and Compassion (in Business) The Ultimate Sports Fan (in Sports) Out of Hiding (in A&E) Emil Amok: Un-American Airports (in Opinion)

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Youth Organization Empowers and Crosses Ethnic Lines By Samantha Kiyomi Witt Special to AsianWeek Early this September, California first lady Sharon Davis and David Mineta — son of U.S. Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta and a vocal Asian Pacific American community leader — met with members of Unity 2000, an organization focused on the political empowerment of youth, to commend and encourage their advocacy in the political process. Mineta commented, “Today’s youth are growing up alone and disconnected. Through these movements, [Unity 2000] is allowing them to do something positive, creating a healthy outlet to connect with their community.”

Political Potstickers: Progressives Are Displacing the APA Community San Jose, Oakland Airport Screeners Displaced SF Neighbors Group Honors Leaders Pioneering APA Pilot Honored Asian Environmental Activists Getting Back to Zero in Berkeley

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