New National Poll: AAPI Women Demand Elected Officials Recognize Unique Perspectives and Priorities
Landmark study also found that AAPI women report turning out to vote higher than national turnout rate
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‘Enough Is Enough’: Democrats Push For GOP Support On Asian American Hate Crimes Bill
Top congressional Democrats are calling on their Republican colleagues to support legislation introduced by Sen. Mazie Hirono and Rep. Grace Meng that addresses the rising number of hate crimes and violence against Asian Americans.
Why So Many Asian Americans Are Learning Remotely
Asian American students are far more likely to be learning remotely than members of any other racial or ethnic group in the United States. As of February 2021, almost 7 in 10 Asian American K-12 students were still learning online only, according to the U.S. Education Department’s latest school survey. That’s 12 points higher than … Read more
For Her Relentless Commitment to Expanding Rights for Immigrants and Dreamers; the Around-the-Clock Care She Provided as a Nurse During the Pandemic; and Her Work to Help Underserved Communities, Hina Naveed is a CUNY Hero
Even as she cared for COVID-19 patients as a volunteer with the NYC Medical Reserve Corps at the height of the pandemic, Hina Naveed spent her nights studying law at the CUNY School of Law. A registered nurse, Naveed earned her Juris Doctorate on Jan. 14, her third degree from CUNY.
‘Today, I Am A Witness To Change’: A Crowdsourced Poem Against Anti-Asian Hate
April is National Poetry Month, a celebration of poets and poetry that’s been in place for 25 years. NPR’s resident poet Kwame Alexander took lines from the submissions to create a community poem, “Today, I Am A Witness To Change.” Contributors are credited at the bottom.
The NYPD’s Method Of Counting Anti-Asian Attacks Underestimates Severity Of Crisis, Critics Say
The NYPD struggles to accurately identify, track and communicate data about anti-Asian hate crimes — sowing confusion among victims and potentially hindering the department’s response to the crisis, a Gothamist/WNYC investigation has found.