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Twenty-five years after Sikh businessman Balbir Singh Sodhi was murdered, his family and members of the community who knew him say more needs to be done to change people’s misconceptions about religions from other parts of the world, especially the Middle East and South Asian countries.

A citywide study led by CUNY SPH doctoral graduate Thinh Toan Vu, city research scientist at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, finds that mental health help-seeking among NYC adults differs significantly depending on the combination of a person’s social identities—including race and ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, and immigration-related characteristics—rather than any single factor alone. … Read more

“Islamophobia after 9/11 became a kind of institutionalized force, primarily through different forms of government repression,” said Moustafa Bayoumi, a Brooklyn College professor who has written about Muslim political organizing in New York City. “The younger generation especially decided that they had to meet those challenges head-on, and they really began organizing collectively under the … Read more

The new face of anti-South Asian hate isn’t about terrorism

Helen Chang, a professor at Hostos Community College, won the highly competitive funding to spur innovation in introductory political science courses.