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Category Archives: Politics
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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My 2012 Democratic National Convention Experience – Day 2
Editor’s Note: This is a three part series chronicling John’s visit to the Democratic National Convention. Check back throughout the week for the rest of his adventures! My first day at the Democratic national Convention was quite a whirlwind, and … Continue reading
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My 2012 Democratic National Convention Experience – Day 1
Editor’s Note: This is a three part series chronicling John’s visit to the Democratic National Convention. Check back throughout the week for the rest of his adventures! As I had blogged earlier and on different events, I had the great … Continue reading
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CNN & NPR Report On Historic Number Of APA Candidates For Congress In 2012
I just caught this CNN story by Kyung Lah that was aired in earlier in October about the high number of Asian American candidates. Yes, there are a record 23 Asian Americans running for Congress (20 of them running as … Continue reading
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8Asians Talks To Otto Lee & His Run For Congress
Although I bumped into Otto Lee, former Mayor and city council member of Sunnyvale, California, at the Democratic National Convention,I never did get a chance to interview him like I did with Jay Chen. Lee is running for Congress, for … Continue reading
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“Vote For The American” Racist Yard Sign Attacks Jay Chen’s Run For Congress
I have been a supporter of Jay Chen, who is running for Congress and even had a chance to briefly interview him at the Democratic National Convention this past October. I recently received this email from the Jay Chen for … Continue reading
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George Takei On Why We Should Be Actively Involved In The Electoral Process
Last Friday night, I was pleasantly surprised to get an email addressed from actor George Takei with the subject heading: “I’m asking you: Please register to vote.” More because I didn’t know that Takei was actively involved in the Obama … Continue reading
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MSNBC Richard Lui’s Op-Ed On Asian Americans As The Ultimate Swing Vote
Much has been reported on regarding the 2012 presidential election regarding the Asian American vote, including MSNBC’s Richard Lui. I had the chance to briefly meet and chat with him after a panel at the National Association of Asian American … Continue reading
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National Asian American Survey (NAAS)’s Results On Californian Asian Americans
A week or so ago, the National Asian American Survey(NAAS) released a national report on the political views of Asian Americans as well as their thoughts on issues. Here in California, Asian Americans are specials – since NAAS a few … Continue reading