Kundiman, a group founded in 2004 to support the creation, cultivation and promotion of Asian American poetry, recently established a new book publication prize for Asian American poets. JANINE OSHIRO, winner of the...
As the Copenhagen conference unfolds, China and India play ever greater roles in the politics of carbon emissions while Asian and Pacific island populations bear the brunt of catastrophic climate change. We hear from...
This weekend the Asian American Writers' Workshop brings the first annual Pageturner festival to Brooklyn, including the winners of the 12th Annual AAWW Literary Awards. We'll preview some highlights of the...
We take a look at the future of the island of Guam, where the United States military plans to spend $16 billion dollars to expand military facilities there. Some have called it the largest military buildup that the US...
Asian Pacific Americans for Progress teams with blogger Angry Asian Man to issue a fresh report on the top ten colleges and universities for API students-- by progressive activists' criteria. With Oiyan Poon of...
Back in 1993, then-president Bill Clinton issued an official apology for the United States role in the illegal overthrow of the Hawai'ian monarchy a century before. Citing that apology, the State Supreme Court of...
In the Philippines, extrajudicial killings of journalists and activists continue, a US military presence begins a new phase, and an estimated 300,000 residents who have fled violence in Mindanao remain displaced. Now,...
Shortly after the end of WWII, the residents of the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean agreed to move from their homes so the U.S. government could test atomic weapons in the area. In 1968, the residents moved back,...
The US House of Representatives recently passed a resolution honoring Asian American and Pacific Islander soldiers who fought in the U.S. Civil War. Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) led a five-year battle to have the soldiers...
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo visited New York last week after a 10-day U.S. tour. On her agenda, she discussed internal issues, such as the food crisis in the Philippines and the domestic economy that has...
