🔎 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:
A decade after Oak Creek massacre, grief remains fresh for many Sikh Americans
10 years since a white supremacist killed worshippers in 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.
📰 CATCH UP
Q&A with USTR Katherine Tai:
Cutting through the noise on China
The Chinese American Cabinet-level official leads trade policy in a time of growing animosity between China and the U.S.
Policy:
Biden signs bill to study creation of AAPI museum in historic first
The measure, a result of years of advocacy, sets up a commission to examine steps for establishing a national museum on AAPI history and culture.
Profile:
Kylie Taitano envisions a home for inafa'måolek on Capitol Hill
The Filipina and CHamoru congressional candidate may not have advanced to the general election in California, but she remains one to watch as a growing contingency of AAPIs campaign on progressive platforms.
📡 FOR YOUR RADAR
The Yappie could win up to $100,000 as a finalist in the Gold Futures Challenge, a national grant competition for AAPI organizations! From now through Sept. 27, the public can visit goldfutureschallenge.org to vote for their preferred winner, which will determine final prize amounts.
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