Hate crimes against Asians rose 76% in 2020 amid pandemic, FBI says
The FBI republished hate crime data on Monday after an error in Ohio.
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Kevin Nadal, Named a Distinguished Professor, Hopes to Inspire Fellow Faculty of Color at CUNY
As a first-generation Filipino American growing up in Fremont, California, Kevin Nadal didn’t imagine going to graduate school, let alone becoming a professor. This month, at age 43, he has become one of the youngest distinguished professors at CUNY and the first Asian American and second person of color at John Jay College to hold … Read more
Leading An Iconic Institution with Frank H. Wu, President, Queens College, CUNY
Frank Wu talks to Josh Schneps, CEO, Schneps Media about why Queens College has been cited for 28 consecutive years in the Princeton Review as a “Best Value” college, his strategic plan and vision for Queens College, and the new Queens College School of Arts and School of Business.
Delano caps celebration of underappreciated labor leader Larry Itliong with Sunday statewide observance and Monday mural unveiling
The history of the U.S. farm labor movement begins and ends in California’s Central Valley and especially in Kern County, where the 1965 Grape Boycott thrust agricultural working conditions into the national consciousness.
Number of poor Asian Americans in N.Y.C. area up 15 percent in 10 years, study says
The growth has spurred migration to the suburbs, which experts fear do not have enough resources to support the vulnerable population.
USC to apologize for sabotaging its Japanese American students’ educations in WWII
“I think we’re starting to understand … there’s things that have happened in the past that are not things that we’re proud of,” University of Southern California President Carol Folt said.