By Tam Ma and Oiyan Poon

I'm sure a lot of people have heard about the Iron Chef America Super Chef Battle.  White House executive chef and Filipina American Cristeta Comerford teamed up with Bobby Flay to battle Emeril Lagasse and Mario Batali.  The secret ingredient: anything from the White House garden.  Can I just say... WOW! Access to fresh produce for so many communities is so limited. It's great that the First Lady Michelle Obama has committed to campaigning for healthier eating in the nation, as Chef Comerford discusses in her blog post, reposted here. [Warning: Spoilers in the post]

Happy New Year! It's 2010, and no matter how you say it -- "two thousand and ten" or "twenty-ten" -- the new year brings one very important matter -- THE 2010 CENSUS!!!

Over the holidays, I noticed a good number of press releases and news items about efforts by AAPI community organizations to encourage, but I'm thinking that most of us were in the holiday mood, and could use a reminder of what's happening!

(picture above from Chinese Progressive Association)

Nearly one week after the UC Regents increased student fees (the UC term for "tuition") by 32%, students, workers and faculty continue to fight back.  I'm proud to highlight 2 efforts by Asian American students.  First, I saw the University of California: Priceless video on the Student Activism blog this morning, and it damn near made me misty-eyed.  The one thing I would change is to focus on the total cost of education at UCSD and other UC campuses since the

November 18 and 19, 2009

Ever since President Obama signed the Executive Order to reinstate the White House Initiative on AAPIs (WHIAAPI) back in October, I've been waiting on pins and needles to see whom the administration would appoint as the new executive director.  I wondered whether President Obama would appoint someone whose been around in the "mainstream" of AAPI leadership or whether he would appoint someone whose leadership has been about the em

The Healthcare Reform bill has passed the House of Representatives in Congress with a 5 vote margin: 220-215! One GOP Representative voted in favor of the reform... Joseph Cao (R) of Louisana.

A new report* to be published by the Asian American Justice Center will summarize an analysis of Asian American business participation in public contracting activities by the cities of Atlanta, Chicago, and San Francisco.  Bottom line: Asian American owned businesses in the industries of construction, IT/technology, and architecture/engineeing (the above video features one Asian American design firm - DScheme in San Francisco) are not getting thei

Last week, Jon Stewart and the Daily Show exposed the 30 Republican Senators who voted against an Anti-Rape amendment (yes... they said NO to an Anti-Rape amendment).

Today, my Facebook and Twitter friends are abuzz with news that Senator Daniel Inouye (Hawaii-D) is considering killing an Anti-Rape amendment (by Senator Al Franken) in the Defense Appropriations Bill.  Yes... Senator Inouye is considering saying "No" to a measure that would: