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February 27, 2023
Seattle’s Working People Won the Nation’s First Ban on Caste Discrimination
Many South Asians who have immigrated to the United States have been unable to leave caste-based discrimination behind. A new local law aims to change that reality.
Kshama Sawant
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February 2, 2023
What We Can Do Right Now to Stop Anti-Asian Violence
Recent massacres have made anti-Asian violence seem more entrenched than ever. But there are concrete steps we can take right now to make our communities safer.
Promise Li
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November 11, 2022
Affirmative Action Benefits All Students—Even Asian Americans
In October, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for two cases against Harvard and the University of North Carolina in an effort to overturn race-conscious admissions.
Rachel Shin
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November 11, 2022
Conservatives Don’t Actually Have an Argument for Killing Affirmative Action
The Supreme Court hearings on affirmative action revealed just how weak the right-wing position is—but the GOP justices will overturn the policy anyway.
Elie Mystal for The Nation
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November 1, 2022
Make No Mistake, the Supreme Court Will Kill Affirmative Action
This week’s oral arguments made clear that the conservative justices will gut race-conscious admissions—and that the move won’t help Asian American students.
Elie Mystal
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September 21, 2022
Remembering Ying Lee
Looking back at the life of a trailblazing activist and Berkeley’s first Asian American city council member.
David Bacon
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September 8, 2022
We Were Supposed to Help Asian Migrant Women—Instead We Got Police
After the Atlanta spa shootings, people wanted to support vulnerable Asian communities. But a new breed of activists steered energy toward carceral solutions.
Seth Berkman
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June 28, 2022
How to Fight Decades of Environmental Racism
The NRDC’s new head of justice and equity talks about what environmental justice means, and how community power-building is essential to that work.
Danielle Renwick
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May 16, 2022
Frozen Between Two Languages
For Asian Americans, the fear of violence is real. Because of an incident six years ago, I’m still worried whenever my grandpa goes out alone.
Seohee Jung
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April 18, 2022
Sex, Death, and Empire: The Roots of Violence Against Asian Women
The line from America’s earliest empire in the Philippines to Japan, Korea, Vietnam—and anti-Asian violence at home—is straight, clear, and written in blood.
Panthea Lee