UCLA Professor of Urban Planning, Social Welfare, and Asian American Studies Dr. Paul Ong, with the Asian American Justice Center, has shown that on average, Asian Americans fare poorly in receiving government-based contracts on any government level. The study covered Asian Americans in major cities: San Francisco, Chicago, and Atlanta. From this study, it was…
This holiday season, the UCLA Food Drive is collecting food and money donations for the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank and the UCLA Food Closet. The Los Angeles Foodbank, a non-profit organization, was established in 1973. With a network of 900 agency sites throughout the United States, the Los Angeles Foodbank is one of the largest…
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest on November 13th. Suu Kyi was held for protesting against the military junta that currently has power in Burma. She has been under arrest for fifteen of the last twenty-one years. Suu Kyi is one of the leaders of the National League…
Filep Karma, an advocate for Indonesia’s indigenous Papua group, is currently serving a fifteen-year prison sentence. His crime? Raising the Papuan Morning Star flag. A few years ago, he and two hundred others raised the flag. Police then stormed the crowd, arresting Filep Karma. They reportedly beat and stomped on him while transporting him to…
Following several days of tallying votes, results have concluded that Jean Quan won with 50.98% of the votes, compared to her opponent Don Perata’s 49.02%. When inaugurated to office in January, Quan will be the first Asian American woman mayor of a major US city and the first female mayor for Oakland. With the new…
Although a high percentage of Asian-Americans are college educated, a large proportion of the Asian-American population remains unemployed for the long term compared to any other minority groups. The unemployment rate in the Asian-American population is lower than average so it is assumed that unemployment would not last long. The misunderstanding though is that the…