In April 2024, Wisconsin passed a bill by Governor Tony Evers that will have K-12 public schools teach Asian American and Hmong history as a part of their required curriculum. Since Illinois set this precedent in 2021, 20 other states have mandated the teaching of AAPI history, according to The Asian American Foundation, with Wisconsin being the 21st. This is huge for the APIDA community as it allows for more representation and compassion within the United States.

The Supreme Court has dismantled affirmative action for the foreseeable future. What exactly is affirmative action? What can we learn from its history and its impact on education? Affirmative action is the imperfect solution for education’s issues with diversity and inclusion, revealing the cracks in our nation’s academic institutions.

I slept on every ride to Chinese school, and every ride back. It was part of a weekly routine, a well-remembered Saturday morning sequence. Tumbling into the car and watching the rolling hills pass the window, the burnt-black trees on the roadside after the wildfires. Drifting in and…

On most mornings, while walking to campus, I come across a million smartphones carrying a million people. Bent heads and screensavers, a connectedly disconnected universe. A place where you would rather put on earphones than talk to the stranger nearby or fiddle with your phone gallery than create…