Non-AAARI News

Today, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra launched the Biden-Harris Administration’s White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (WHIAANHPI) and announced U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai as his co-chair of both the White House Initiative and the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. … Read more

Police say the spike has been driven by crimes against the Asian community, where there’s been a 361% increase — 129 incidents this year versus 28 last year.

Student leader Dave Basnet (Hunter ’22) joins Hannah to discuss his experiences being a DACA recipient from Nepal, the various trials and tribulations he faced when solidifying his legal status, and what could be done to make the immigration process more accessible to undocumented people.

Brooklyn College and CUNY have told the activists fighting for the last 25+ years for an Asian American Studies Program, in some subtle and not-so-subtle ways, that they don’t care. The Asian American Studies Project, as part of the Mellon Transfer Student Research Program, is researching that activism, delving into the necessity of AA/AAPI Studies … Read more

In the aftermath of this summer’s U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the return to power of the Taliban, thousands of Afghan families are still trying to evacuate their country and come to the United States. Zohra Saed (left), a poet, editor and distinguished professor at Macaulay Honors College who was born in Afghanistan, has rallied … Read more

Queens officials and Asian American organizations gathered outside the Flushing branch of the Queens Public Library Tuesday to denounce recent attacks against Asian Americans, including the assault against 61-year-old Guiying Ma who was randomly beaten with a large rock in North Corona on Nov. 26 — as well as another assault against an Asian teen, … Read more