PBS Premieres Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2021
New films and shows featuring AAPI stories will premiere this month on PBS.
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Eight CUNY Students Receive Prestigious Jonas E. Salk Award
Selected for Their Research Work, Awardees are all Headed to Medical School or Graduate Studies in Biomedical Sciences
The Asian American Women Who Fought to Make Their Mark in WWII
Asian American women played a critical part in America’s war effort during World War II. Coming from diverse backgrounds—including Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Filipino—they served in important roles ranging from pilots and translators to factory workers and guerrilla fighters.
The Overlooked History of Angel Island, Where the U.S. Enforced Rules Designed to Keep Asian Immigrants Out
Though it’s less frequently discussed in history classes than its New York counterpart, Angel Island in San Francisco Bay was often described as the “Ellis Island of the West”—and it was there that thousands of would-be immigrants of Asian and Mexican descent were turned away, and where life in the U.S. began for the few … Read more
Professor reveals Filipino caregivers in U.S. vulnerable to exploitation during pandemic
San Francisco State University Associate Professor of Sociology Valerie Francisco-Menchavez recently authored a research paper with a personal story attached to it. “I attribute my grandmother’s early death to the stress she had as a caregiver,” she said.
How Asians Became the Most Vaccinated Group in New York City
Sixty-eight percent of the city’s adult Asian population has received at least one dose, despite many New Yorkers of Asian descent facing language barriers and a fear of violence.