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Too Much At Stake for Complacency - A Call to Action for Immigration Reform

Fri, 02/26/2010 - 19:19

Look at "those illegals,” my friend said jokingly while he was dropping me off to the Bart Station. He pointed at two Mexican immigrants standing against the fence. Although it was a joke, I was extremely angry. Yet, I was defenseless and vulnerable. I simply laughed with him and stayed casual as if nothing happened. Once he dropped me off, I wondered if he would treat me differently if he knew that I’m also “illegal.”


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Mother’s Kettle Corn & the American Marketplace

Mon, 11/30/2009 - 07:59

Mother’s Kettle Corn & the American Marketplace
By EunSook Lee

I travel out of town for work for many weeks out of a year, so whenever I am in Los Angeles, I feel like I am rushing to squeeze as much out of the limited days I have in the office. I do that so that I can spend special time with my children. And, when we can, we make sure to stop by the farmer’s market. We go for our favorite: standard American kettle corn.


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Making Room for Everyone at the Health Reform Table

Mon, 11/30/2009 - 07:54

The reality is that as we come closer to the passage of health reform, many immigrants are going to be left out.


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Calls Needed NOW to Protect Immigrants in Health Reform

Tue, 11/10/2009 - 17:18

(From National Immigration Law Center)

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly for Immigrants


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Asian American News

Sun, 10/04/2009 - 19:20

Local Indians, Pakistanis to participate in joint celebration in Milpitas

Survey Shows Recession's Impact on Minority Associates


The Asian American Divide between First and Second Generations in Politics and Community Organizing

Tue, 08/25/2009 - 23:38

Here's an article about generational conflict in political races between Asian Americans.  Pictured above is PJ Kim. He's running for City Council in NYC against Margaret Chin.  The article quotes Sandy Kim,


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The Real Threat to a Healthy America: Opponents of Health Reform Add Sickening Barriers to Affordable Health Care

Thu, 08/06/2009 - 18:11

The Real Threat to a Healthy America: Opponents of Health Reform Add Sickening Barriers to Affordable Health Care

By Reshma Shamasunder and Sonal Ambegaokar


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Five Years to Life - How Congress is failing to meet the needs of APIs in Health Reform

Tue, 07/28/2009 - 15:54

Each day we hear about the need to reform our health care system, and often the conversation focuses on those trying to derail the process. We often hear about the skyrocketing costs leading to bankruptcy for many families, the insurance company profit margins and the economic costs and benefits reform could potentially bring. What we don’t hear about are the large swaths of the American population that will be left out entirely. Among them: Immigrants.


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