OUR DEEP DIVES
A statistical storm:
Data disaggregation and the debate over AAPI identity
For years, efforts to disaggregate AAPI data have been slowed by community infighting, government bureaucracy, and bitter debates over identity. But as demand for quality data surges, supporters have reason to hope for movement on the decades-old issue.
Activism:
The growing AAPI movement to end police brutality
Years after the killing of Filipino American Navy veteran Angelo Quinto, his family continues to seek justice alongside a coalition confronting the AAPI community’s history as a target of state-sanctioned violence.
Policy:
Lacking accessible mental health care, Southeast Asian Americans forge their own path
Immigrants and refugees who resettled in the U.S. are finding their own ways to care for wounds inflicted by war and displacement in Southeast Asia.
Activism:
A decade after Oak Creek massacre, grief remains fresh for many Sikh Americans
10 years since a white supremacist killed worshippers in one of the deadliest attack on Sikhs in U.S. history, community leaders say policy change is still needed to prevent similar hate crimes.
Policy:
Indigenous boarding school probe spurs reckoning over forced Native Hawaiian assimilation
Seven U.S.-funded institutions in Hawai‘i took part in the federal policy that forcibly removed Indigenous children from their homes.
Policy:
How the outdated ‘Insular Cases’ limits rights for U.S. territories
A series of century-old Supreme Court rulings continues to impact over 100,000 AAPIs living in the territories.
Culture:
LGBTQ identity and the politics of belonging
Forced to bifurcate, LGBTQ Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders often have to choose between their race and their sexuality and/or gender identity.
Analysis:
The Asian woman’s body and its connection to the Atlanta shootings
The killing of six Asian women—and the white suspect’s alleged obsession with eliminating the “temptation” fueling his sex addiction—reflects the historical fetishization of Asian women as objects of white men’s fantasies.
Campaigns:
How Georgia Democrats countered misinformation on AAPI messaging apps
A first-of-its-kind direct messaging campaign targeted over 34,000 voters on AAPI-dominated platforms—including WhatsApp and WeChat—in the days leading up to the 2021 Senate runoffs.
Politics:
Kamala's moment arrives
Kamala Harris makes history after Joe Biden is elected president, kicking off the rise of the nation’s first Asian American vice president.
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Politics:
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Advocacy:
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Culture:
How two Capitol Hill staffers convinced Congress to establish AAPI Heritage Month
The origin of the celebration dates back to the late 1970s, when Jeanie Jew and Ruby Moy advocated to make the first 10 days of May Asian Pacific American Heritage Week.
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