Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
On August 11 the Census Bureau will begin a Nonresponse Follow-up (NRFU) field operation, sending out enumerators to homes that have not yet responded to the Census, including nearly half of NYC households. The need for an effective NRFU operation is greater than ever due to constraints related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and due to … Read more
From Houston to Atlanta, AAPI organizations prepare for full reopening with new initiatives to support small businesses, boost testing and tackle hate crimes.
As the AAPI Data team noted in a previous blog post last year, Asian Americans and Pacific Islander voters saw increases in voter registration after the 2016 election. These sizable gains in voter registration could potentially make a noticeable impact this November in battleground states like Arizona, where 173,231 AAPIs comprise 4.6 percent of the … Read more
Indian-American political leaders and community advocates described the choice of Ms. Harris as the Democratic vice-presidential nominee as a powerful statement on American possibility.
The Department of Justice accused Yale University of violating federal civil rights law by illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants in its undergraduate admissions process.
A social worker turned preservationist, she directed the Museum of Chinese in America. “Sometimes it was literally dumpster-diving,” she said of rescuing artifacts.