The New South Asian Power Brokers in the United States
Zohran Mamdani’s win reveals how Bangladeshi, Pakistani and other working-class organizers are reshaping the region’s diaspora politics in America
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New report: ICE arrests of AAPIs are four times higher under Trump
Immigration arrests of people from Asian and Pacific Islander countries increased sharply in 2025, according to new analysis released Thursday by the advocacy group Stop AAPI Hate, which says rising enforcement and anti-immigrant rhetoric are having widespread effects on Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities.
Report: 84% of AAPI women support the right to choose
The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, a community-based non-profit, worked with Lake Research Partners and Sprout Insight to document and study different perspectives on abortion among AAPI women.
Rev. Jesse Jackson offered powerful support to Asian Americans
From seeking justice for Vincent Chin to condemning anti-Asian violence during the pandemic, the civil rights icon embraced Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in his Rainbow Coalition.
Face of CUNY: Zicklin Undergrad Jay Li Is the Dude with the Food
Zicklin School of Business undergraduate Jay Li (BBA, ’26) has seen himself coming and going. On the subway, staring out from a poster across from his seat. On the side of a crosstown bus hurtling down 23rd Street. “I saw your son!” his parents’ friends report. Still, nobody yet has come up to him on … Read more
GOING TO A BIG CONFERENCE? START WITH A PLAN.
CUNY Graduate Center Ph.D. candidate Yunhua Zhao and alumna Soo Go attended the world’s largest conference for women technologists and shared tips on how to make the most of such networking events.