Last week, I wrote about the fact sheet that the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders put out on President Obama's American Jobs Act proposal, and how it might benefit AAPI communities (Blog Post).  I also criticized how the American Jobs Act website didn't have a section on the jobs' proposed impact on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, even though we've been hit disproportionally in certain ways by the recession.

Located on the National Mall, the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial is now open to the public. But even as Washington prepares to honor Reverend King, our communities' voting rights are being aggressively stripped away by GOP politicians across the country. Before the Civil Rights Movement, most Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders could not vote, intermarry, buy a home, or seek recourse against political or economic discrimination.

Today President Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for his extraordinary efforts to create diplomacy throughout the world. While many individuals question the award, only three groups outright objected to it: the Taliban, claiming he has done nothing to pursue peace in Afghanistan; Hamas, because the American government still does not recognize the nation of Palestine; and American Conservatives, because he is President Obama.