In a letter published by Advocate titled “Welcome to the Resistance,” George Takei took aim at president-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks. Takei, a prominent LGBT activist who grew up […]
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Trump Appoints Nikki Haley As UN Ambassador
Republican President-elect Donald Trump appointed South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, a South Asian American, to his cabinet as the ambassador to the United Nations. Haley – who initially was […]
Tila Tequila Does Nazi Salute, Suspended From Twitter
Tila Tequila, the Vietnamese American reality TV star, made a bizarre announcement this week: She’s a self-declared Nazi. Now she’s suspended from Twitter. The 35-year-old who rose to fame years […]
Asian American Org Condemns Trump Appointments
A prominent Asian Pacific American advocacy group is condemning President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to appoint Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions as Attorney General and Breitbart News executive Steve Bannon as […]
Trump’s Chief Strategist Is Concerned There Are Too Many Asians in Silicon Valley
Republican President-elect Trump’s newly appointed chief strategist, a man who has been known to make xenophobic, white nationalist statements, expressed concern over the number of tech executives in Silicon […]
75 Percent Of Asian Americans Voted Clinton: Poll
An overwhelming majority of Asian American voters chose Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump in the election, according to a national poll conducted by five collaborating AAPI groups that contradict […]
Meet Trump’s Chinese American Supporters
Despite recent reports by the National Asian American Survey of the Asian Pacific American community’s abandonment of the Republican party, one group of Chinese Americans are excited for the possibility of […]
Trump has 7 percent of the Indian American vote
Despite recently announcing to the Indian American community that “they will be best friends,” a new survey found that only 7 percent of Indian American voters will support Donald […]
Trump is 41 points behind Clinton among Asian American voters
Hillary Clinton holds a 41-point lead over Donald Trump amongst registered Asian Pacific American voters heading into November’s presidential election, according to a recent survey. The Fall 2016 National […]
Trump announces Asian Pacific American advisory committee
Donald Trump announced his Asian Pacific American Advisory Committee Sunday, a day before he is scheduled to debate Hillary Clinton. Guam Gov. Eddie Calvo and Northern Mariana Islands Gov. Ralph Torres will […]
Donald Trump faces scorn for Philippines ‘terrorist’ comment
Donald Trump is in hot water with the Asian community, both in the U.S. and in the Philippines, following his call for a ban on immigrants from “terrorist nations” that […]
AAPI Congressional leaders throw support behind Hillary Clinton at DNC
Speaking together on stage for the first time at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night, members of Congress’s AAPI Caucus came together in support of Hillary Clinton and to address the changes facing […]
You’re Hired?
By Jiae Park Photos courtesy of NBC Recently, Korean American men have stirred it up in the reality-show spotlight. The Cho brothers, Erwin and Godwin, battled it out on […]
