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Presidential Campaign Update
With about a month to go until the election, Asian Pacific Americans are engaged in a frenetic race to the finish line as part of the McCain-Palin team.
California APAs have turned to “virtual” phone bank centers targeting APA voters in swing states, in addition to local and state campaigns. -
APAs and the Bailout
Asian Pacific Americans in the House of Representatives were split on the Wall Street bailout bill as it went down in defeat on Monday. Supporting the bill were California Democrats Doris Matsui and Mike Honda. Opposing it were Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Bobby Scott (D-Va.) and David Wu (D-Ore.). Madeleine Bordallo (D-Guam) and Eni Faleomavaega (D-Samoa), […]
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Asian Americans Consider Bailout Plan
While details are still being worked out on a suggested $700 billion federal bailout plan for the nation’s troubled economy, the Asian American community holds mixed views about the proposal.
The Bush administration’s original plan, still under discussion as of press time, would give Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson the authority to use taxpayer money to buy […] -
Presidential Campaign Update
Hundreds of women leaders across the country in fields ranging from business to women’s rights recently highlighted their support for Barack Obama.
These AAPI leaders included Bel Leong-Hong, chairwoman of the Democratic Party’s APIA Caucus; Daphne Kwok, former executive director of Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies and the Organization of Chinese Americans; Aileen Lee, […] -
Asian Pacific Americans and the Crisis
What effect will the current economic crisis have on the Asian Pacific American community? No matter what happens with the proposed “bailout” of Wall Street (what some people are referring to as taxpayers being extorted to pay “cash for trash”), I can foresee many negative impacts for Asian Pacific Americans in the coming years, no […]
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An Unusual Cancer Burden: APAs battle both disease and taboos
When it comes to cancer, APAs are not the model minority.
Lack of awareness surrounded by taboo and a tendency by health professionals to treat APAs as a homogenous group make the battle over the disease especially challenging. With all cancers considered, APAs may have lower rates of cancer compared to other groups. But what makes […] -
How Are Sarah Palin and Jerry Yang Connected?
If you answered with “they both shopped at the same place for their frames,” your guess is as good as anyone’s. This morning Yang’s Yahoo! company was in the presidential campaign spotlight. It was reported that Sarah Palin’s Yahoo! email account was recently broken into by a hacker from Tennessee.
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Asian American Boy Invents Solar Energy Panel Enhancer
For the majority of people, the sentence “when I was 12 years old…” usually follows with “playing outside,” “riding my bike,” or something rather similar. Not that William Yuan of Portland, Oregon doesn’t play outside or ride his bike, but “inventing a highly-efficient 3D nanotube solar cell for visible and ultraviolet light” normally doesn’t accompany […]
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Presidential Campaign Update
Enthused from Senator John McCain’s resurgent electoral strength after the Republican National Convention and the selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as the vice presidential nominee, Asian Pacific American McCain supporters engaged themselves in election season events.
On September 13, Northern Virginia Vietnamese American leaders gathered at McCain Headquarters in -
Voter Registration and Voter Purges
On September 14, the Asian American Action Fund and its Democratic allies in the D.C. metropolitan area held a major voter registration drive in the Falls Church area of Northern Virginia, where many immigrant communities live. Over 100 volunteers received training at the local Obama headquarters in registration techniques, and well over 200 volunteers […]
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It’s All Relative: The would-be presidents and their Asian American family ties
Both Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee John McCain candidates have familial ties to Asian America.
Obama’s parents divorced when he was two years old, and a few years later his mother, Ann Dunham, met and married Lolo Soetoro, an Indonesian native who was studying at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa (UHM) […] -
Juju Chang on Sex Addiction
Juju Chang, the New York-based Emmy award winning news correspondent for ABC, was interviewed on abc.com’s Good Morning America: Now and commented on a health issue that has seen a recent surge in media attention: sex addiction. Due in part to David Duchovny’s latest public admission to the behavioral disorder, Chang clarifies some of the […]
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The Hmong are refugees, not immigrants.
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An awesome thing to do. I going learn how to ballroom dance too.
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I think Ken Eng has a few good points. But he is also a little on the hard headed side. I happen to agree that many Asian don't stand up agaisnt discrimination.
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GREAT ARTICLE!
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Folks: Wow!!! And I thought trig was unfathomable. Nevertheless, time for decency AND honor to manifest themselves in our governance.
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Sounds like a great event. All of these classes and knowledge will be much needed during this economic time.
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