Biden has condemned racism toward Asian Americans. It’s a start.
A new executive action confronts the racism Trump stoked toward Asian Americans during the pandemic.
Month: January 2021
Corky Lee, legendary Asian American photographer, dies at 73
Corky Lee, an award-winning photographer who captured the everyday lives and political activism of the Asian American community, has died at the age of 73 after battling Covid-19.
How Stacey Abrams has been mobilizing Asian Americans for years
Abrams has long been unrecognized for engaging with the Asian American electorate, targeting them when many politicians continued to treat them as virtually invisible, experts say.
Biden to address racism toward Asian Americans during pandemic with executive action
President Biden is expected to use his executive authority this week to disavow racism and xenophobia toward Asian Americans, specifically targeting anti-Asian animus connected to the COVID-19 pandemic. This action is expected on Tuesday, multiple people familiar with the plan told CBS News.
Engineer Jing Fan earns CCNY its 6th NSF CAREER Award in three years
Jing Fan, assistant professor in the Grove School of Engineering, is the sixth City College of New York faculty to receive a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award since 2018. A mechanical engineer, her $546,626 award over five years is for her research project entitled: “Microfluidic development of dual-gel culture matrices for studying effects of interstitial flow on … Read more
Trump’s Census Director To Quit After Trying To Rush Out ‘Indefensible’ Report
The Trump-appointed director of the U.S. Census Bureau is stepping down close to a week after whistleblower complaints about his role in attempting to rush out an incomplete data report about noncitizens became public.