Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the CUNY Comeback Program, a sweeping plan to eliminate up to $125 million in unpaid debt for at least 50,000 students who attended CUNY and suffered financial hardships during the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative is one of the nation’s largest student debt forgiveness plans of its kind. Additionally, students … Read more
The Olympics are always framed as a chance to root for your home team, as medal counts keep track of which countries are leading in hardware, or news coverage drives the competition narrative between major world powers. But for many people of color, the Games are also a way to show solidarity — not around … Read more
An alumna and media professional turned professor found her academic path in the rise of K-pop.
How a complicated and expansive academic theory developed during the 1980s has become a hot-button political issue 40 years later.
$5.5 Million Awarded to Hispanic Federation, $5.5 Million Awarded to Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, $1 Million Awarded to New York Immigration Coalition, $1 Million Awarded to Asian American Federation, $1 Million Awarded to Charles B. Wang Community Center, $1 Million Awarded to APICHA Community Health Center
A path to citizenship is their demand! More than one thousand essential workers and allies rallied on Friday in Chinatown’s Columbus Park making their voices heard. Essential workers kept—and continue to keep— the city running when the city went on the pandemic Pause and the majority of citizenry followed directives to stay put, work from … Read more