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September 16, 2022 0

What has happened to Asian Enrollment at US Colleges?

College is a strategy for the students to build their future pathways. Yet for the Asian students, their access to college might be different compared with students in other races. This article presents the possible racial bias of colleges when applying, cultural expectation from the Asian students, competition of the colleges, and the impact to the students made by the COVID-19. Does racial bias really exist among the top schools? According to Robert VerBruggen’s report on racial preferences on campus, […]

September 16, 2022 0

The Orange Line: Ready by September 19???

by Aidan O'Mara Schwartz

This reporter attended a September 12, 2022 virtual media roundtable for the immigrant-serving community during which MOIA (The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Advancement), BPHC (Boston Public Health Commission), the Streets Cabinet and the MBTA made themselves available for questions. As public transit commuters know, the entire Orange line and parts of the Green and Blue lines are currently not operating because of long needed emergency repairs to address structural issues, track issues and signaling issues. This shutdown has been impacting […]

September 3, 2022 0

Labor Shortages and Climate Crises: Immigrants Impacted in Food Supply Industry

by Giselle Chu

Immigrants have long played a key role in the creation of the national food supply. Previously, the US faced a labor shortage in the food industry before COVID, only to have it exacerbated by the pandemic. According to a July 2022 report from the American Immigration Council, the existing labor shortage consists of two key parts: “an increase in retirements as the baby boom generation reaches retirement age, and lower labor participation rates since the pandemic.” Immigrants’ positive impact on […]

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August 5, 2022 0

The Silent But Urgent Problem of Food Insecurity in Massachusetts: The Daily Fight Against Hunger

by Max Wei

When considering the term “food insecurity”, one may at first think this is referring to paying the bills for food. The notion of food security certainly has to do with financial capability. If we have money we can prevent ourselves and loved ones from starving. However, the problem of food insecurity is deeper than that. Basically, it refers to one’s ability to regularly access nutritious and healthy meals and implement best eating practices into their lives. If we can’t do […]

August 5, 2022 0

Preserving Chinatown, One Row House at A Time

by Lydia Lowe

To afford the average purchase price of a Boston home, a household would need to earn at least $181,000 a year, according to a recent Boston Globe story. In Chinatown, property values have skyrocketed since the luxury development boom and remain high despite the current recession. What has that meant for Chinatown’s immigrant, working class residents? The signs of gentrification now visible throughout the city took root early in this community. American Community Survey data for 2017 revealed that the […]

July 22, 2022 0

Leaving, Overcrowding, and Waitlisting: What are the next steps for Chinatown’s Affordable Housing?

by Max Wei

While thinking about the settlement of Asian residents in Chinatown, one must consider its role as an ethnic enclave. It means that there is a great percentage of the residents sharing the ethnic and cultural identity, as well as their economic activity. As you walk down the streets of Boston Chinatown, you cannot help to notice the advertisements and brands in Chinese, to smell the sense of ethnic food, to hear people speaking languages such as Mandarin and Cantonese. Yet […]

July 22, 2022 0

Hate Groups Infest Massachusetts as Movement of Intolerance Grows Nationwide

by Sandy Battulga

Marching through downtown Boston, the hundred or so men wore the same style navy shirts, khaki pants, and baseball caps. White masks obscured their faces. But during their demonstration of intolerance on July 2, the group performed more than theatrics: Some members allegedly harmed a man named Charles Murrell, a Boston-area Black artist and activist during an alleged altercation. Murrell suffered injuries to his head and hand, but no arrests have been made yet in relation to the alleged altercation, […]

July 17, 2022 0

The Fall of Roe V. Wade: AAJC & NAPAWF Convene to Discuss National Impact

by Sandy Battulga

On June 24th, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade, ending the constitutional right to abortion that had been upheld for nearly 50 years. In response to this decision, the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) co-hosted a virtual briefing to discuss the details of the SCOTUS decision and how it will affect AAPI communities. The event, which this reporter attended, was moderated by Isra Pananon Weeks of NAPAWF, took […]

July 11, 2022 0

Sampan Interviews Former Government Official About Gun Violence in Haiti

by Megan Wong

[Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of SAMPAN interviews with people living in countries with strict gun laws.] Recent devastating mass shootings in the United States have yet again brought the issue of gun violence to the limelight. In 2022 alone, the Gun Violence Archive has counted more than 250 mass shootings in the United States. The director of the US. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has even come out to say that gun violence in […]

July 10, 2022 0

Sampan Analysis: What Abortion Ruling Means, What’s Ahead

by Chelsea Wang

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 upheld a Mississippi law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, eliminating the constitutional right to abortion. This ruling comes 49 years after Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that struck down a Texas law banning all abortions except those necessary to save the mother’s life. The Court had ruled in 1973 that criminal statutes that outlaw abortions at all stages of pregnancy violate the Due […]

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