In light of this difficult time, we asked our staff to answer a few questions and share their thoughts on this global pandemic, quarantine, local efforts and transnational combatting approaches. We hope to provide a platform for community support and urge folks to submit their work/thoughts to our…
illustration by Azure Gao Near the end of 2019, a coronavirus hit Wuhan, one of the metropolises of China. In the beginning, it was only a handful of cases. However, due to the travel rush of the Lunar New Year, the coronavirus was carried to most provinces and…
You come. You work. You leave. A Story of Modern Exploitation. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services created the American visa system to provide migrants with an opportunity to settle in America. But for many visa holders, this dream has become a false promise. Around 2 million…
California is expected to formally apologize for Japanese Internment Camp during WWII with the HR-77 bill. The infamous Executive Order 9066 forcefully expelled 120,000 Japanese Immigrants to the Manzanar Internment Camp in California, among others in remote places. The would-be human rights crisis in today’s standards was fueled…
Andrew Yang speaking at a rally. Picture by Sarah Rice for The New York Times “The opposite of Donald Trump is an Asian man who likes math.” “I’m Asian, so I know a lot of doctors.” “Many of you think this is impossible, that the Asian man is…
(AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) Peaceful protests conducted at three Indian universities regarding the country’s new Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has resulted in violent government and police action across these campuses. On December 11, 2019, the Indian government, run by current Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),…