News Items
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APIs to Gather at Detroit - U.S. Social Forum
API individuals and organizations across the U.S. are planning to join thousands of other activists in Detroit this June at the second gathering of the U.S. Social Forum.
Presently, API groups are planning for a variety workshops; the call for workshops is open right now. For APIs overall, API Movement Building will be coordinating a social gathering and an exchange about ongoing work if there is sufficient interest.
Date of first Azine posting:02/17/2010 -
Date Preferences Not Post-Racial Yet
Recent studies of on-line dating sites show that racial bias is still strong. Two studies, one by researchers at UC Irvine of the Yahoo! Personals daring service and another by the OKCupid site illustrated strong preferences for particular races.
Date of first Azine posting:02/17/2010 -
Report on Asian Americans (and others) and Recession
The Center for American Progress has issued a report on the effects of the recession on the different racial groups in the U.S.
There's both relative good news and bad news. Asian Americans continue to have lower unemployment rates and higher median household incomes than other racial groups. On the negative side, their unemployment rates
Date of first Azine posting:02/04/2010 -
34 Peace Groups Tell Obama No to Afghanistan War Escalation
On November 30th, representatives of 34 antiwar groups delivered an open letter to President Obama strongly opposing his anticipated decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan with the commitment of tens of thousands of additional U.S. troops. We agree.
President Barack Obama
The White House
Washington, D.C.November 30, 2009
Dear President Obama,
Date of first Azine posting:12/01/2009 -
NAKASEC Organizes Immigrant Communities Action to Urge Speaker Pelosi to Stand Strong for Inclusive Health Reform
from NAKASEC press release on Nov. 24th
(Washington, D.C.) Today, immigrant communities staged two events in San Francisco, CA and Washington, D.C. to draw attention to how millions of Americans are being shut out of health reform, despite their undisputed contributions to supporting this country’s economy and public health care systems.
Date of first Azine posting:11/30/2009 -
Remembrances of Gina Hotta
by Don Misumi
Gina Hotta, Bay Area activist and artist best known as founder and executive producer of APEX Express on station KPFA, died of a heart attack on September 29, 2009. However, in addition to her cultural contributions, she was also an organizer, as Don Misumi, a good friend, describes.
Date of first Azine posting:11/13/2009 -
Korean American Peace Advocates Make Progress
A recent Bay Area article describes how members of the Korean Policy Institute are finally getting a hearing on ending the Korean war – yeah, technically we’re still at war with North Korea after more than five f**king decades - and steps in normalizing relations between the two Koreas and between North Korea and the United States.
Date of first Azine posting:11/07/2009 -
Iraq War Resister Lt. Ehren Watada Allowed to Resign from the Military
Ehren Watada, the first commissioned U.S. military officer to refuse deployment to Iraq, has won permission to resign. The U.S. Army has ceased their three-year attempt to court-martial Watada. Rather than seek a second court-martial, the Army will grant Watada a discharge under "other than honorable conditions."
Date of first Azine posting:09/28/2009 -
Asian Homeownership and Immigration Falls.
The recession has had significant effects on Asian Americans. We previously noted the increase in unemployment rates.
According to the Census' American Community Survey, the Asian American fall in homeownership exceeding those of any other group. While Asian Americans own their homes at rates higher than that of other communities of color, their homeownership rate dropped below 60%, a fall of 1.3%. For Blacks, Latinos, and Whites, the rates fell 0.9%, 0.8%, and 0.4%, respectively. The reasons for this decrease are not clear.
Date of first Azine posting:09/25/2009 -
Asian American Population Growth Slowing
In another sign of the recession, the Asian population grew by 2.7 percent annually, a slight decrease from the year before. These figures were down sharply from the beginning of the decade, when Asian population grew by 3.7 percent, according to an analysis by the Population Reference Bureau.
Date of first Azine posting:08/03/2009
