Tuesday 22nd August 2017,
Photo courtesy of James O’Gara
Asian American organizations are criticizing Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao after President Trump’s response to the White supremacist rally in Virginia that turned deadly, reported The Hill.
In a petition, the organizations said she “stood by President Trump as he blamed both sides for the racist acts that took place … Read more
Sen. Kamala Harris denounced the violence carried out by White supremacists in Virginia and criticized President Donald Trump for refusing to explicitly address the issue, reports The Huffington Post. She was one of many Asian American leaders who spoke out against the violence from the White nationalists.
On Saturday, a violent confrontation broke out … Read more
Former U.S. attorney Preet Bharara this past weekend explained three phone calls that led up to his termination under the transitional period with Trump’s administration.
Bharara, an Indian American, was an attorney until March and was ousted after he refused to resign along with other attorneys from Obama’s era, CNN reports. He said on ABC’s … Read more
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12-year-old Indian American Ananya Vinay spelled the word “marocain” Thursday night to win the 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., reports NPR.
Vinay, a sixth grader from Fresno, Calif., has become the 13th Indian American in a row to win the Scripps … Read more
A sold out live presentation of the popular podcast Pod Save America took the stage on Saturday in San Francisco with special guest star Sen. Kamala Harris, reports CBS San Francisco.
“Pod Save America” is a political podcast hosted by four former Obama administration staffers who discuss the latest news in politics, and, since … Read more
A notable absence at the first White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner of Donald Trump’s presidency? – The president himself.
The Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj capitalized on this opportunity right as he took the stage, even though Jeff Mason, president of the White House correspondents group, said Minhaj wasn’t chosen to “roast the President in … Read more
This fence runs across a beach. On one side is Border Field State Park, San Diego, USA; on the other side is Tijuana, Mexico. By V.T. Polywoda
Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), the first Indian American to serve in the Senate, called President Trump’s plans for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border “a stupid use of money” … Read more
Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy
Dr. Vivek H. Murthy resigned from his position as U.S. Surgeon General late Friday, reports ABC News. Murthy had served under Obama since 2014 and continued into the new Trump administration.
He has been replaced by Deputy Surgeon General Sylvia Trent-Adams, a nurse, who is now serving as Surgeon … Read more
Japanese American Star Trek actor and social activist George Takei has been extra visible lately in criticizing President Trump . He went on a day-long twitter rant blasting the president and his policies this week, reports Blasting News.
Takei included a link to a Vox article saying that the president’s friend and ally … Read more
Chicago Pride Parade 2008. Photo by EMR
The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) will debut its pro-LGBTQ family campaign in the Midwest for the first time tomorrow, reports NBC News.
Family Is Still Family, is co-produced by the Asian Pride Project. The multilingual public service announcements in support of the … Read more
The White Supremacists who Refused to Be Treated by An Asian American Doctor 
Chao criticized after Trump’s Charlottesville remarks 
Leader of Group Attacked as Racist and Hateful Identifies as Japanese American 
Asian Man Seen in Video with White Supremacists 
Asian American Helped Neo-Nazi Site Get Back Online, but Not for Long 
Garrett Kam said:
RE: Asian Nab Seen in Video with White Supremacists:And you are missing the main point, in that anyone of any color should no ...
The other said:
RE: Asian American Helped Neo-Nazi Site Get Back Online, but Not for Long: I'm in two minds about this. Otoh, I support free ...
Ally said:
RE: #Asian American Helped Neo-Nazi Get Back On-line, but Not for Long: What a shame! Hope he enjoyed his 50 pieces of silver ...
Ally said:
RE: Star Football Player and 4.1 GPA Student Breaks Asian Stereotypes: Awesome for him! He is such a well rounded all America ...
Audrey said:
RE:Asian man seen seen in video with White Supremacists:This article and the 2 comments are just more internet bullying. Call ...
Ally said:
RE: Discussion on Being Hslf-Hapa in Japsn: Great article. Thanks ...
jennifer said:
RE: Discussion of Being Half-Black in Japan: That's fantastic you support her BUT she a product of black man and
Japanese w ...
Romeo Valerio said:
RE: The White Supremacists who Refused to be Treated by an Asian American Doctor: if he's happens to also be in the Philippin ...