• KTVZ

    7 Asian Americans whose discoveries changed the world

    Using information from research publications, Stacker compiled a list of seven Asian American scientists and technologists whose work changed the world.

  • 'The Most Secure Election In American History': John Eastman

    'The Most Secure Election In American History': John Eastman Authored by John Eastman via The Gatestone Institute, I would like to discuss some of the illegalities that occurred in the 2020 election and the proposed constitutional remedies that we thought we could advance. I would also like to discuss the lawfare that is sweeping across the country and destroying not just the people that were involved in those efforts, but the very notion of our adversarial system of justice. ...

  • The Black Tax: why have African Americans been cheated by the system for so long?

    In a new book, historian Andrew W Kahrl looks at the many systemic ways that prejudicial and harmful practices have affected financial stabilityProperty value assessment may not sound like the most thrilling of topics, but according to historian Andrew W Kahrl’s new book The Black Tax, it represents a hugely important piece of structural inequality in the US, one that implicates a wide range of topics, including the process of gentrification, the quality of public schools and other amenities,...

    • Afro

    Title insurance helps homeownership for Black Americans and others

    The Biden-Harris Administration is considering a pilot program to waive title insurance requirements for certain qualified homeowners, but this could have negative consequences for low-income and minority communities and could increase risk for little gain.

  • Asian American Student Academic Program opens office

    Program will provide academic support initiatives, collaboration and one-on-one academic advising

  • Can black Americans break ‘the Method’ of voting and victimhood?

    Today I want to talk about the method being deployed to keep black Americans obsessively loyal to the Democratic Party. It’s called “the Method,” an immersive and compelling form of acting that requires a performer to stay in character off camera. It’s considered the highest and most powerful form of acting. Black people are rewarded and celebrated based on our ability to stay in character at all times. Daniel Day-Lewis used it to portray Abraham Lincoln, won an Oscar for it, and earned...

    • MSNBC

    The irony of O.J. Simpson being a wedge between Black and white Americans

    The entire ordeal was seeped in paradox: A literal All-American, a so-called raceless football legend and the star of ubiquitous television commercials was at the center of a story of violence and villainy that unearthed deeply rooted and fragile racial fault lines between Black and white Americans. The erstwhile hero who, unlike more activist Black athletes of his era, had chosen to avoid tough questions about American racism in exchange for “safe Negro” status, fame and endorsements. That...

  • Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage events in Southern California

    Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with events in SoCal.

  • Poll: Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders likely to believe in climate change

    Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the United States are more likely than the overall adult population to believe in human-caused climate change, according to a new poll. It also suggests that partisanship may not have as much of an impact on this group’s environmental views, compared to Americans overall.

  • Menthol cigarettes are killing Black Americans. Advocates are suing the government to change that

    A deadline for the White House to review a proposal to ban the extra-addictive cigarettes expired last month with no actionA 1963 ad for Kool cigarettes features a Black man and woman, both holding lit cigarettes. The man, smiling, gazes down at the woman, who looks into the distance as she blows a stream of smoke from her mouth. The accompanying text reads: “Only Kool gives you rich, mellow tobaccos and extra coolness a refreshing coolness you draw so smoothly through Kool’s pure white...

    • KTVZ

    10 outdoor sites to learn more about Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander heritage

    Stacker used data from the National Park Service and other sources to compile this list of 10 historical sites to learn more about AA & NHPI heritage.

  • ‘I’m practicing photographic justice’: Corky Lee’s portraits of Asian American life

    A new documentary looks back on the life and career of a photographer who documented an overlooked communityCorky Lee spent decades photographing Asian American life, in New York and across the US, capturing the rise of the Asian American movement as well as everyday happenings in immigrant communities often overlooked by the powers that be.He saw his calling as more than just observing and documenting – he was righting a wrong by immortalizing Asian Americans in the civic makeup of the US....