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Category Archives: Politics
Are “LatinAsians” A New Political Voting Bloc?
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy This past Sunday afternoon, MSNBC’s Richard Liu spoke with Christine Chen from Asian American and Pacific Islander American Vote (AAPIA) Vote, Karthick Ramakrishnan from the University of California-Riverside … Continue reading
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A View From Within: Obama In Southeast Asia And Xi Jinping’s China
Obama’s re-election is already old news and the calls of secession are becoming yesterday’s cocktail stories, but the big issue is that his first order of duty is his international tour to Southeast Asia to meet with ASEAN leaders on … Continue reading
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Tagged burma, cambodia, China, myanmar, Obama, Politics, south china sea, thailand, xi jinping
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Southern California’s ‘Little Saigon’ Elects First Vietnamese American mayor
Over the weekend, the Los Angeles Times did a nice profile on Tri Ta, the newly elected mayor of Westminster, California – which happens to be the epicenter of the Vietnamese American community, also known as ‘Little Saigon’: “Since his … Continue reading
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Asian American Voters Side With Democrats Over Republicans
One interesting (and not very surprising) statistic to come out of Election Day is the racial and gender disparities between political parties. Francis Wilkinson from Bloomberg View writes about how Asian American voters are sending a message to the Republican … Continue reading
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Asian American 2012 Congressional Election Results Wrapup
http://youtu.be/uHVOMQpkeno Well, Tuesday, November 6th, 2012 came and went and President Barack Obama was re-elected. However, other electoral news happened. This was a record year for Asian Americans running for the U.S. Senate and House. Five new Asian American and … Continue reading
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VOTE! If Frank Tanabe Could Do It, So Can You
Vote! If Frank Tanabe could get his absentee ballot filled out while bedridden, you too can vote. Dying of liver cancer, this WWII veteran made his choices after having his daughter read him the options. Tanabe was forced to drop … Continue reading
Asian American Commercial Watch: Election 2012 – Congressional Campaign Ads
http://youtu.be/m_cS0408Ijo Back in 2010, I highlighted Asian Americans running for public office and their television commercials. Now, with a record number of Asian Americans running for Congress, it’s even more important to highlight leadership role models such as these individuals. … Continue reading
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Maya Soetoro-Ng On Her Brother As the President of the United States
Back in September when I was at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, I had a chance to see President Obama’s sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, speak at the Asian American & Pacific Islander caucus. In this Obama re-election web video released last … Continue reading
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Jay Chen Faces More Racism In Run For CA 39th Congressional District
If you’re born in Michigan, was raised in Los Angeles County and educated at Harvard, the oldest institution of higher education in the United States, you still can be considered not American enough to run for Congress if you also … Continue reading
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Congressman Mike Honda: How Nevada’s Asian American vote can swing election
Neveda is a battleground state in this year’s presidential election. On the political news site The Hill, Congressman Mike Honda (D-California) blogs on the difference Asian Americans in Nevada can make a difference: “Even as AAPIs grew the fastest out … Continue reading
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My 2012 Democratic National Convention Experience – Day 3
Editor’s Note: This is a three part series chronicling John’s visit to the Democratic National Convention. Read Day 1 and Day 2 here. After two full days of making the most of each day, I had planned on the same … Continue reading
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