[OPINION] The lemmings
In the heat of the contest for the official Republican candidate for the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump boasted that he could shoot somebody in the middle of Manhattan and…
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[OPINION] Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life-long fight for gender equality reminds us to vote for candidates who uphold not only what is legal, but moral and ethical
“Our nation has lost a justice of historic stature,” Chief Justice John Roberts said. “We at the Supreme Court have lost a cherished colleague. Today we mourn but with confidence…
[OPINION] This Census is different, but very important
By Ditas Katague, Director, California Complete Count – Census 2020 Office 2020 has certainly been extraordinary, and what many are calling an unprecedented time. We’ve been hit with a worldwide…
[OPINION] For Filipinos, our small businesses are on the ballot
Community Perspective by Nora Formento For our family, our restaurant, Manila BBQ, is everything. It is a place where we work, gather, celebrate each other, and where we go to…
[OPINION] Why Asian Americans should care about the early census deadline
By Kathay Feng I live in San Gabriel, CA, where more than half the people were born outside of the US. My neighbors include families who immigrated from Taiwan, Vietnam,…
[OPINION] RBG’s lasting impact on communities like ours
A palpable sense of loss overcame me upon hearing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s (RBG) passing last Friday, September 18. Like many others, I turned to the internet to get…
[OPINION] ‘Vote out Trump’ is not just a partisan fight as more Republicans rebuke Trump, endorse Biden to save the democracy and soul of America
“For the first time since I became a citizen in 1983, I will not vote for the Republican candidate for President. But as proud as I am to label myself as…
[OPINION] For the first time in 175 years, Scientific American endorses a presidential candidate, Joe Biden, amid wildfires and coronavirus
LAST Wednesday, September 9, those of us in the West Coast all shared a very eerie experience as we woke up to inferno-like orange skies, and it seemed the sun…
[OPINION] Nevada’s AAPI community can’t afford to sit this election out
Commentary by Assemblywoman Rochelle Nguyen This election means more than any other in our lifetimes. We’ve seen what four years of madness from the White House has inflicted: An increase…
[OPINION] Ten minutes will change our world for Asian Americans
Commentary by John C. Yang IF you could do something in ten minutes or less that would make sure we have translated materials for limited English proficient members in our…
[OPINION] As gatekeepers of news, let us be conscientious about this role in sharing information in the age of social media
VIRAL. Breaking News. Facebook Live. Before the advent of social media, we received our news and information from newspapers, radio and television news programs — each with editorial boards that…
[OPINION] Census 2020: Get Counted by September 30
By: Governor Gavin Newsom Better schools. Safer roads. Healthier neighborhoods. All Californians can help their communities secure these resources and more by participating in the 2020 Census before September 30….
[OPINION] Betrayal of public trust: Trump’s deliberate cover-up, misinformation of the COVID-19 threat has killed 192,000+ Americans
As we remember the sad day in our nation’s history, when at least 3,000 people were killed and thousands more were injured in a series of coordinated attacks on American…
[OPINION] AAPI working families deserve better than Trump’s dangerous rhetoric, failing economy
By Grace Vergara-Mactal, SEIU and Gloria Caoile, APALA Kung flu. Chinese virus. These aren’t hurtful taunts from schoolchildren overheard on the playground. They’re the words of the sitting President of…
[OPINION] Decisions 2020: How Joe Biden has made our lives better, more just and equitable in his 47 years of service to the American people
WITH 47 years in government, what has Joe Biden, former vice president and senator and now presidential candidate, accomplished? This is a timely moment to talk facts about what the candidates…
[OPINION] America’s ideological divide: This Pew Research study examines why certain viewers trust Fox News
EXASPERATED — this is how many Americans, like myself, feel as a divide deepens among the country’s residents, especially since President Donald Trump first ran for office and is now…
[OPINION] Celebrating Labor Day and a call to action
By Gloria T. Caoile, Director of Civic Engagement / Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance NV THIS Labor Day is unlike what we have experienced in our lifetimes. While the COVID-19…
[OPINION] This Labor Day, honor workers not just with words, but with action
By Rep. Dina Titus LABOR Day is a time to celebrate the industriousness, talent, and perseverance of the American workforce. This year, we have seen these qualities on display more…
[OPINION] Law and order president? The chaos and violence Trump wants you to be fearful and hateful of is happening now under his watch
DOOMSDAY in America is what President Donald Trump has been scaring people about in his campaign. He warns that if his opponent, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, wins in November,…
[OPINION] Amid racial injustice in the era of Trump, our generation can still fulfill the promise of America
“We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal” “I HAVE A DREAM that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true…
[OPINION] The 2020 Republican National Convention reveals how the party of Abraham Lincoln and true conservative values have been hijacked by Donald Trump
THE Republican Party was once known as the party of Abraham Lincoln; the party of true statesmen fighting for true conservative values and in the service of the American people;…
[OPINION] Part I: California’s ethnic studies requirement provides an antidote against racist stereotyping
“What we do echoes through the generations…” —Former President Barack Obama in his 2020 Democratic National Convention Address On August 17, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill, AB 1460,…
[OPINION] An open letter to Filipinos in America: Let us all be absolutely ‘biased’ ahead of the 2020 presidential election in November
KAPAMILYA, kapuso, kapatid, mga kababayan ko, I hope this letter finds you well, amid the threat of the coronavirus pandemic that has been threatening the lives of people around the…
[OPINION] Filipinos and the model minority myth
Commenting on my previous essay entitled “Utang na Loob,” (published in the Los Angeles Asian Journal issue on July 29, 2020), a family friend wrote: “Why did Asians rise a bit…
[OPINION] As Trump tries to sabotage USPS and mail-in voting, this is what we should do to cast our votes and make sure they count to protect the sanctity of our elections
ELECTION FEVER is heating up this August as the two major political parties hold their respective national conventions for the next two weeks to formally nominate the next presidential and…
[OPINION] Trump’s attack on the USPS suppresses your right to vote amid the COVID-19 pandemic
SUFFRAGE is defined as “the right to vote in electing public officials and adopting or rejecting proposed legislation,” according to Britannica. The exercise of the right to vote by every…
[OPINION] Wannabe dictators?
HAS President Donald Trump been fantasizing about becoming a dictator like his idol Russia’s Vladimir Putin and his favorite presidents-for-life China’s Xi Jingping and North Korea’s Kim Jung Un? In History…
[OPINION] The Joe Biden-Kamala Harris tandem represents the diversity and the soul of the new generation of America
YES, BIDEN-HARRIS 2020! “I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked @KamalaHarris — a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants…
[OPINION] Coronavirus facts vs fiction: Think critically leading up to the November election to save our lives, our families’ futures
THREE MONTHS until the 2020 presidential election and amid the rising death toll and infected COVID-19 cases in the United States, we are bombarded with even more mixed messages on…
[OPINION] Untangling Duterte’s SONA
I ACTUALLY survived reading the online transcription of the recent SONA delivered by President Rodrigo Duterte before a joint session of Congress last July 27. I noted that it was…