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Category Archives: Politics
San Francisco Assured of First Asian American Mayor
In breaking news reported by SFGate, San Francisco’s current board of supervisors just voted Ed Lee to be its first Asian American mayor. Although there will be a new board of supervisors once current mayor Gavin Newsom takes on his … Continue reading
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Supervisor Eric Mar Discusses San Francisco’s Happy Meal Ban on The Daily Show
Earlier this week on The Daily Show, Aasif Mandvi interviewed San Francisco City Supervisor (District 1 / Richmond) Eric Mar, who helped author a city-wide ban on McDonald’s Happy Meal type kids meals unless those meals, and others like it … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Local, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area
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Will Comptroller John Liu Be New York’s Future Mayor?
This past week, the Wall Street Journal had a high profile article on New York City’s Comptroller, John Liu. Last year, Liu became New York City’s first citywide elected Asian American. His past first year has had its up’s and … Continue reading
Posted in Local, New York, Politics
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Ed Lee Likely to be Interim Mayor of San Francisco
With current San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom about to be sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of California, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors have to elect an interim mayor. Seven members have already pledged to support City Administrator Ed Lee. … Continue reading
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Jean Quan Sworn in as Mayor of Oakland, California
This past Monday was a historic day for Oakland and possibly for America, with the swearing in of Jean Quan as mayor, Oakland’s first woman and Asian American to elected to that role. In fact, she may be the first … Continue reading
Tackey Chan Newest Member of Massachusetts State House
Having been born and raised in Western Massachusetts, I like to follow what goes on in my home state. I also still do have an aunt, uncle and two cousins that live in the Greater Boston region, so I was … Continue reading
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SF Board of Supervisors President David Chiu & His Odd Prospects
As the New Year approaches, not only has the San Francisco local media covered the political guessing game as to who will be the next mayor, but so has the national media. The other day, the Wall Street Journal profiled … Continue reading
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Michigan Remembers Vincent Chin
This week, the Michigan Bar Association association is remembering Vincent Chin by dedicating a plaque as part of their statewide Legal Milestones series, citing his case for spurring key legal changes in the state of Michigan law which include victim … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Politics
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China Snubs Nobel Prize, Launches Confucius Peace Prize Instead
So, let’s say you’re China, and you’re receiving worldwide criticism because this year’s peace prize recipient is Liu Xiaobo, one of your jailed dissidents. What to do? Besides calling them “clowns,” you create your own Peace Prize called the Confucious … Continue reading
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No Evil Professor Here: SNL’s Take on U.S. Debt Owned by China
As you have heard in the news, President Obama recently returned from a 10-day trip to Asia, including stops in India, Indonesia, South Korea and Japan. Obama attended the G20 economic summit while he was in South Korea, and Saturday … Continue reading
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State Senator Leland Yee Running for Mayor of San Francisco
Last week, there was a lot of election news that I tried to wrap-up, including Jean Quan winning the Oakland mayoral race, California race. One race which I didn’t get a chance to follow-up on was that of California State … Continue reading
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Kal Penn, Back in the White House
Earlier this summer, Kal Penn (known by his full real name, Kalpen Modi) left The White House to film another sequel to Harold & Kumar. Well, Penn is back, returning to the Office of Public Engagement as an Associate Director and as … Continue reading
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