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Meet A Community Organizer: Cat Bao Le in Charlotte NC

Meet Cat Bao Le! She's helping to naturalize legal permanent residents in the Vietnamese and Montagnard community in Charlotte, North Carolina. After the jump learn a little bit more about the unique challenges that come with organizing the AAPI community in the South.


His Swag is Phenomenal

Even if you don’t follow sports, the phenomenon known as Linsanity has been unavoidable across both mainstream and social media. Linception, #Linning, Super Lintendo, it’s been everywhere. The man this all centers around is Jeremy Lin,a second-year, 6'3" point guard for the New York Knicks, who has just started his 6th NBA game and taken the league by. He's gone on a scoring rampage, breaking a record previously held by Shaquille O'Neal for most points scored in a players' first six starts.


Administrative Relief for Immigrants is Good... but We Need to do Better

Finally, it appears that President Obama has taken a concrete step towards making our nation’s immigration system more humane.