April 11, 2025 | Vol. 54, Issue 7
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Double Exposure: Photographer Lisa Tang Liu explores what it means to be ‘American’ Citizens’ Role in Defending Rights on Display in Öztürk Rally: Legal Experts, Activists ‘We Don’t Want to Repeat History’: State Rep. Erika Uyterhoeven Discusses Activist Fred Korematsu, Öztürk, and Trump  Knowing About Birthright Citizenship’s Past Critical to Ensuring Its Future, Say Experts REVIEW: ‘White Poverty’ Exposes Myths of Race, Class and Democracy

Day: March 11, 2023

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What is the Solution to America’s Mass Shootings Culture?

by Kristen Si

Fresh in the minds of many Americans is the Monterey Park Lunar New Year shooting this past February 2023 which took the lives of 11 people within a tight-knit community made up of mostly first generation Chinese immigrants. The 72-year-old shooter used a semiautomatic pistol to shoot into a dance hall on the night of a Lunar New Year celebration before being chased by police and ending his own life. What was a lively celebration turned into a site for […]

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The Bipartisan Effort to Add the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution

by Sonia Cavazos

Congresswomen and men, both senators and representatives are working on a bi-partisan effort to add the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution. Congresswomen such as Ayanna Pressley, Sylvia Garcia, Abigail Spanberger, Cori Bush, Madeleine Dean, and Sydney Kamlager-Dove, along with U.S. Senators Ben Cardin, Lisa Murkowski, Dick Durbin, and Mazie Hirono announced a resolution put forth by the Senate and House of Representatives late last month to help breach the barrier that has been preventing the ERA from appearing in […]

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We Are On The Brink of a Water Catastrophe…….Facing this Crisis Together

by Chetanprett Singh

I recently read a piece by Aryn Baker in Time magazine from Cape Town, South Africa where they are facing acute water scarcity. I read it and sighed, “It sounds horrible, but I am here in the U.S. — shouldn’t bother me, I have enough water and electricity and the Internet of course, but I do sympathize.” Aryn writes:  “I’m sure I can handle 6.6 gallons of water a day. I’m already down to two showers a week, and my daughter would go […]

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Gambling Addiction: A Public Health Issue in Asian Communities

by DongDong Yang

How much gambling has negatively impacted Asian communities nationwide becomes increasingly more apparent each time major casinos enter into bidding processes. In a 2019 chicagobusiness.com report, Wynn Resorts explicitly stated their interest in focusing on “high-end Asian gamblers” for their Encore casino in Everett. In a December 2022 New York Times article about Asians and casinos in the New York area, the “complicated relationship” the gambling industry has with its Asian customer base was even more clearly illustrated: “Many of […]

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Anti-Asian Racism: The Significant Toll on US Economy and DEI Commitment

by Bolin Shen

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Asians and people of Asian descent have been targets of slandering language in media articles, political rhetoric, and social media alike. Negative attitudes were exacerbated by former President Donald Trump, who blamed the outbreak on China and referred to it as the “kung flu” or the “Chinese virus.” AAPI Data and Momentive, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Center for Public Integrity reported anti-Asian violence and racism dramatically spiked in the past […]

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