There's been a lot of news on our community and elected officials this past week.  Here's a roundup of some of the articles.

"Remembering Multiculturalism" by John Delloro, reposted from BeyondChron: San Francisco's Alternative Online Daily News.

  Starting top left (clock-wise): Al Robles, Richard Aoki, Him mark Lai, and Ron Takaki.

Don't you hate seeing an exciting headline, going to the article and then realizing that you're not included in the discussion?  This happened again today and it pisses me off.

Hello all, this information was passed to me by a volunteer in John Choe's campaign.  John Choe is one of the more progressive candidates in a crowded race for the City Council seat for Flushing, New York.

With the recent passing of Judge Sandra Otaka in Illinois, the local Asian American community has lost a valuable friend and member.

(picture credit: Michael Tran, FilmMagic)

As a long time feminist, I was totally feelin' Linda Holmes' plea to Pixar for a female heroine that wasn't a princess, entitled Dear Pixar, From all the Girls with Band-Aids on their Knees.  True that it would be really great for girls to be able to go to a Pixar or Disney flick and relate to the main character as a girl.

An unidentified flying spokesperson for the Palin family has told the Socialist Papers for Democracy that the family will go on a world wide "Apology" Tour. The tour which will include stops ranging from Chicago to Russia will be a comedy tour starring Sarah, Todd, and Bristol Palin (the others will be in Alaska so not far away from Russia). They plan on setting the "record" straight on what conservatives and humor in general is all about.

Congratulations to Mark Keam, who won the Democratic primary for the VA House of Delegates (35th District) in a landslide, beating out a field of four by 55.04%!

Thanks for your patience.  We finally have the audio up from last month's National AAPI House Party. We fixed up the audio just a little bit for your listening pleasure.

We have both streaming versions and the mp3 downloads below! (Click the name for mp3 download to begin)

In November, Democrats in the State Senate finally wrestled control from the Republicans after four decades. New Yorkers like me expressed hope that in the wake of the Prop 8 disaster, marriage equality would at least be established in our state and that we could be a model for other states around the country. Fast forward half a year later and gay marriage is legal in most of New England, while marriage equality in New York and California could not be further away.