Postage Stamp to Recognize Nisei Soldiers of WWII
The U.S. Postal Service on Nov. 17 revealed several new stamps to be issued in 2021, including the Go for Broke: Japanese American Soldiers of WWII stamp.
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Asian American swing state early and absentee voting increased 300%, more than any other group
Community advocates credit heavy investment in intergenerational organizing, local census operations and efforts to combat misinformation.
Asian Americans voted in record turnout in 2020 US election
Civic engagement group Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote presented data that showed a significant increase from four years ago.
Edinboro University’s president leaving for Illinois post
Guiyou Huang becomes Western Illinois’s president in January
70% of Asian Americans support affirmative action. Here’s why misconceptions persist.
With the Harvard affirmative action case a step closer to the Supreme Court, Asian American activists say much of their work involves dispelling myths about affirmative action’s impacts.
Making history: Three Korean American women, two representing California, win seats in Congress
By text, by phone and by social media, they trumpeted the news from California to Asia: Late Friday, Young Kim had joined her “sister” Michelle Steel in making history as two of the first three Korean American women ever elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.