Category Archives: Current Events

Linsanity Moves to LA: Rockets Trade Jeremy Lin to Lakers

Posted on July 11, 2014 by jozjozjoz

It’s the news that’s lighting up the internet… Jeremy Lin was traded by the Houston Rockets to the Los Angeles Lakers. JLin himself hasn’t made a public comment yet, but keep I keep reloading his Twitter feed (@JLin7) to see … Continue reading →

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Betty Yee Comes in Second in California State Controller 2014 Primary Race

Posted on July 1, 2014 by John

http://youtu.be/tRA7aIs9zIA If you follow California politics, you may have been following the California State Controller’s race. John Chiang, the current state controller is terming out. California now has an open primary – where voters can vote, even if they are … Continue reading →

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American Girl “Archives” Asian American Ivy Ling Doll

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Tim

Back in 2010 I wrote about the few available Asian appearance dolls on the market for our Asian American daughters, and more specifically as a Christmas present for my own five year old daughter. Top of my list was the … Continue reading →

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Doodle 4 Google 2014 Winner: Audrey Zhang

Posted on June 10, 2014 by John

On Monday, June 9th, Google had a new doodle on their homepage. That doodle was part of an annual competition. Google held their 7th annual “Doogle 4 Google” competition where they asked kids in K-12 tell Google what they’d like … Continue reading →

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Indicted Leland Yee Gets 320,000 Votes Even After Dropping out of the CA Secretary Race

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Jeff

Leland Yee has been arrested on a number of corruption charges and dropped out of the California Secretary of State race, but 323,000 people managed to do what is pictured here as of the most recent count of California’s primary … Continue reading →

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Congress Remembers the Tiananmen Square Massacre – 25th Anniversary

Posted on June 4, 2014 by John

Video of event: C-SPAN. House Speaker John Boehner, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other members of Congress gathered last week to remember the 25th anniversary of the massacre in Tiananmen Square, passing a bi-partisan bill (House Resolution 599) : “Urging … Continue reading →

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Chinese Railroad Workers Inducted into the U.S. Labor Hall of Honor & Reclaiming Promontory Point

Posted on May 31, 2014 by John

On May 9th, history was made as the Chinese Railroad Workers were inducted into the U.S. Labor Hall of Honor. You can view the entire ceremony on the Department of Labor’s YouTube channel. If you don’t happen to know: “But … Continue reading →

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Eric Shinseki Resigns as Secretary of the Veterans Affairs

Posted on May 30, 2014 by John

General Eric Shinseki has just resigned as Secretary of Veterans Affairs. (For the full Obama press conference, click here for the C-SPAN video). If you haven’t been following the news lately, there has been a lot of controversy of veterans … Continue reading →

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Irwindale Drops Lawsuit Againt Sriracha

Posted on May 30, 2014 by tinabot

Mayor Mark Breceda of Irwindale is stating that the city has dropped the lawsuit against Sriracha after meeting with owner David Tran and two representatives from California’s Governor Jerry Brown and touring the plant. They will be revisiting the situation … Continue reading →

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Being Pushed Over the Glass Cliff

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Tim

Almost everyone’s heard of the glass ceiling, the inability of women and minorities to get promoted to higher levels of the executive ranks due to discrimination. What most probably haven’t heard about is the new “glass cliff”. NPR discussed it … Continue reading →

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Stephen Guillermo’s Family Continues to Fight for Justice

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Guest Writer

This piece was originally published at SFGate and is republished on 8Asians.com with permission. By Emil Guillermo Getting his university degree was the most important goal in my cousin Stephen Guillermo’s short life. But on May 3, he earned a … Continue reading →

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Anti-Asian Hate Was One of Killer Elliot Rodger’s Motivations

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Jeff

While I had read that misogyny and a sense of entitlement were motivations of Elliot Rodger, the man who killed six people and then himself near Santa Barbara, I didn’t realize that anti-Asian hate was another one until I saw … Continue reading →

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