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Eight books that celebrate AAPI joy
Originally Published in NBC News Victoria Namkung - May 19, 2021 From romantic comedies to cooking, memoir and photography, these books highlight some of the unique delights that come with being Asian American and Pacific Islander. Since the coronavirus pandemic began early last year, news reports and social media feeds have filled with disturbing stories, ...
She couldn’t eradicate anti-Asian hate crimes. So she made a handbook on how to fight them
Originally Published in the Los Angeles Times Any Do - April 25, 2021 ‘How to Report a Hate Crime’ comes in languages including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Vietnamese, with specific versions for L.A. and Orange counties. The COVID-19 pandemic had already left Anna Yao's grandparents largely confined to their Oakland homes. In March, after ...
Kamala Harris: ‘Asian Americans Have The Right To Be Recognized As Americans’
Originally Published in HuffPost Sarah Ruiz-Grossman - May 19, 2021 The vice president spoke of the rise in anti-Asian racism, saying: “As a member of this community, I share in that outrage and grief.” Vice President Kamala Harris said that Asian Americans, facing a rise in anti-Asian racism over the past year, have “the right ...
Essential Politics: A Times reporter explores American divisions at the border
Originally Published in the Los Angeles Times Laura Blasey - May 19, 2021 In January, Times staff writer Tyrone Beason took a 600-mile journey to Washington from Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., where a white supremacist killed nine Black worshipers in 2015. (Tyrone Beason / Los Angeles Times) Among the biggest lessons of the ...
For Migrant Children in Federal Care, a ‘Sense of Desperation’
Originally Published in The New York Times Eileen Sullivan - May 18, 2021 Interviews and a Times review showed a shelter system with wildly varying conditions, some of which are far below the standard that the Biden administration has promised. Teenage girls leaving a shelter in Houston last month. The facility was described as a ...
In Arizona, Border Patrol encounters new tactics in migrants’ bid to cross into US
Originally Published in CNN Jim Sciutto - May 20, 2021 (CNN) Just south of Tucson, Arizona, lies one of the most treacherous stretches of the US-Mexico border: 262 miles of hot, dry, often mountainous terrain. Patrolling this area -- which encompasses some 90,000 square miles -- is the responsibility of US Border Patrol Tucson Sector, who ...
US reverses longstanding policy on citizenship for babies born overseas using reproductive technology
Originally Published in CNN Nicole Gaouette and Jennifer Hansler - May 18, 2021 Washington (CNN) - The State Department said Tuesday that it will now grant US citizenship to children born abroad to parents who used artificial reproductive technology, including surrogacy, notifying Congress and diplomatic posts of the change to longstanding policy. The decision allows same-sex ...
Newsom proposes healthcare for seniors without legal immigration status, but Democrats want more
Originally Published in the Los Angeles Times Melody Gutierrez - May 14, 2021 California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses his revised 2020-21 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento on May 14, 2020. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press) SACRAMENTO — California would allow seniors living in the country illegally to apply for the state’s healthcare program for low-income ...
U.S. border closure cracks under pressure from lawsuits, advocates and the easing pandemic
Originally Published in the Los Angeles Times Molly O'Toole - May 17, 2021 Asylum seekers arrive in Reynosa, Mexico, after they were sent back from McAllen, Texas. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) WASHINGTON — When Maria stepped off the bus in late March, her 3-year-old daughter in her arms, her stomach dropped: The men waiting wore Mexican ...
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