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Rep. Khanna grills GOP witness over his call to denaturalize Chinese Americans
3+ hour, 33+ min ago (122+ words) Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) confronted a congressional witness Thursday over past social media posts calling for the denaturalization of Chinese Americans, escalating tensions at a House hearing on Chinese Communist Party economic espionage. How it happened Khanna, ranking member of…...
San Francisco's Chinatown opens world's 1st Chinese queer museum
3+ hour, 28+ min ago (120+ words) A new museum in San Francisco's Chinatown is giving Chinese and Chinese American LGBTQ+ stories a public home for the first time. A new space The OUT Museum, located at 949 Clay St. , opened with a rainbow-ribbon cutting ceremony on May…...
Supreme Court strikes down Trump's birthright citizenship order
3+ hour, 28+ min ago (119+ words) The Supreme Court affirmed Tuesday that children born in the U. S. are automatically citizens, rejecting President Donald Trump's order denying that right to kids of undocumented or temporary immigrants. Constitution prevails The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Trump's Jan. 20, 2025, executive order denying…...
Trump's crackdown on Chinese researchers is China Initiative 2. 0, lawyers say
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (129+ words) Immigration attorneys and civil rights advocates believe the Trump administration has quietly built what amounts to a revamped China Initiative, operating without the formal name that drew widespread criticism and was shut down under the Biden administration. What they're saying…...
Burglaries targeting Asian Americans in Oregon persist despite arrests, prosecutions
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (98+ words) Eugene police and community advocates are raising new alarms about organized burglaries targeting Asian American households in Oregon, with federal prosecutions of a ring indicted last fall still ongoing. New warnings The Eugene Police Department issued a warning June 8 about…...
Trump attacks Supreme Court ahead of birthright citizenship ruling
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (139+ words) President Donald Trump's attacks on the Supreme Court are colliding with a slate of pending rulings, including on birthright citizenship, that could carry outsized consequences for Asian American families. State of play Some of the court's biggest unresolved cases this…...
Please do it at home: Viral post challenges praise for Japanese World Cup fans
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (87+ words) Japanese World Cup fans once again drew international praise this week after supporters were seen cleaning up stadium stands following matches. Within hours, a viral social media post challenged the celebration, arguing that Japanese men spend the least time on…...
Nepal becomes 1st country in South Asia to legalize same-sex marriage
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (129+ words) Nepal's Supreme Court has issued a final ruling affirming marriage equality as a constitutional right, making the Himalayan nation the first in South Asia to legally recognize same-sex unions, and the third in Asia after Taiwan and Thailand. Latest developments…...
Why Chinese American generations see America differently
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (94+ words) Older and younger Chinese Americans are increasingly getting their political information from different places, according to a study released last week by the Chinese-American Planning Council and Strength in Numbers Consulting Group. The report found that older and younger generations…...
Minnesota Supreme Court gets its 1st Asian American justice
1+ week, 5+ day ago (95+ words) Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz appointed Judge Reynaldo "Reggie" Aligada Jr. to the Minnesota Supreme Court last month, making him the first Asian Pacific American justice in the court's history. Historic appointment Aligada's appointment is part of a broader transition at…...