The Roller Skater Trying to Reframe the History of Farmworker Rights
Johnny Itliong says Cesar Chavez stole credit from his father, the farmworker activist Larry Itliong. For years, he has been trying to correct the record.
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SAVE America Act, gutting of Voting Rights Act seriously damage AAPIs’ ability and right to vote
Disenfranchisement through gutting the Voting Rights Act will have serious consequences for AAPI voters, especially those who live in states with large AAPI communities like Washington.
Education Department Scraps Longstanding Discrimination Rules
The rules rescind ‘disparate impact’ as an avenue for civil rights enforcement
Historic documents in limbo with proposed National Archives closure
The National Archives at San Francisco and Chicago faces closure, according to an e-mail sent to staff on June 23. With the closure and the process to move files out of the archives and the adjoining Federal Records Centers beginning as early as September, advocates have shared deep concerns over the decision to close, with … Read more
LaGuardia Students Hired by Wells Fargo as Software Engineers Following Apprenticeships
Maryam Ali, 30, a Pakistani immigrant and mother of a five-year-old, is among a cohort of LaGuardia Class of 2026 graduates launching software engineering careers.
This Artist offers Viewers ‘Infinite Possibilities of Linguistic Expression’ in Visual Archeology
An Antarctic landscape, a high-spirited Steed, a slinky tiger, and a cotton flower are just a few of the delicate ink and wash paintings on rice paper by Wei Qingji, a leading figure of China’s contemporary ink painting, whose exhibit Visual Archeology will open on July 2 and run through September 25 at Queensborough’s QCC … Read more