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2 weeks ago | 
asamnews.com | Stephanie Hoo
Apple TV+ has released a teaser for its upcoming miniseries Chief of War starring Jason Momoa and billed as the story of the unification of Hawai‘i from an indigenous perspective. It’s set to premiere Aug. 1. Check it out:AsAmNews is published by the non-profit, Asian American Media Inc.
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2 weeks ago | 
asamnews.com | Stephanie Hoo
Fighting to Belong Vol. II, the second installment of a graphic novel series focusing on Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) history was released Thursday. Published by The Asian American Foundation and Third State Books, Fighting to Belong Vol.
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2 weeks ago | 
asamnews.com | Stephanie Hoo
Two new polls this week suggest Asian Americans are souring on the current political and economic climate. A national survey commissioned by the Asian American Institute for Public Policy found that 58.8 percent of AAPI voters “disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president” while just 31.7 percent approve. “President Trump received 39 percent of the AAPI votes last November.
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2 weeks ago | 
asamnews.com | Stephanie Hoo
The Department of Justice will investigate allegations that a DC-area magnet school discriminates against Asian Americans — in a case that has already been turned down by the Supreme Court, CNN and other news agencies reported. At issue is an admissions policy adopted in 2020 by Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in northern Virginia to increase diversity. The new DOJ probe dovetails with Trump Administration efforts to uproot diversity initiatives.
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Feb 20, 2025 | 
asamnews.com | Stephanie Hoo
New show alert: The Hulu comedy Deli Boys, created by Abdullah Saeed and featuring two Pakistani American brothers who must reckon with their father’s secret life of crime after his passing, premieres March 6. The main cast includes Asif Ali, Saagar Shaikh and Poorna Jagannathan. Check out the trailer:AsAmNews is published by the non-profit, Asian American Media Inc. Thank you for all those who contributed to our Lunar New Year fundraiser.
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Feb 20, 2025 | 
asamnews.com | Stephanie Hoo
The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to confirm Trump loyalist Kash Patel as FBI director in a narrow 51-49 vote, news agencies reported. Republicans Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine joined all Senate Democrats in opposing Patel, the reports said.
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Feb 20, 2025 | 
asamnews.com | Stephanie Hoo
New research by Stop AAPI Hate shows a surge in online hate against Asian Americans since President Trump won the 2024 election, the advocacy group said Thursday. “Our research suggests this is no coincidence,” Stop AAPI Hate said. January 2025 saw the highest number of anti-Asian slurs by month since Stop AAPI Hate’s monitoring began in August 2022, with a majority directed toward South Asian communities, the group said.
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Feb 20, 2025 | 
asamnews.com | Stephanie Hoo
The U.S. has begun sending hundreds of migrants — including from China, India, Pakistan, and Vietnam — to remote sites in Central America, in a chaotic and confusing deportation drive, multiple news agencies report. One group of about 300 migrants arrived in Panama City from the U.S. earlier this week and were being held at a hotel under police guard ahead, BBC reported.
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Dec 21, 2024 | 
asamnews.com | Stephanie Hoo
By Sung Yeon Choimorrow, Executive DirectorNational Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF)Nearly two years after her appointment as Acting Secretary of Labor, Julie Su has proven — beyond a shadow of doubt — that she is more than qualified to lead the U.S. Department of Labor. No asterisks, no qualifiers — just the full recognition she has rightfully earned. Julie Su has consistently prioritized the nuanced needs of working families over corporate interests and political gamesmanship.
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Dec 21, 2024 | 
asamnews.com | Stephanie Hoo
Adeel Mangi’s nomination to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals has most likely come to an end, amid what his supporters decry as overt and unrelenting anti-Muslim attacks against him. “This great body failed your father,” U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey said in a speech on the Senate floor addressed to Mangi’s two teenaged sons, earlier this week. “It failed the American people. It is one of the most painful chapters I’ve had in public life,” Booker said in remarks reported by New Jersey Globe.
