US sets new record for coronavirus cases ahead of Fourth of July weekend
Beaches, bars, indoor dining close in LA County FOR the sixth time in less than two weeks, daily coronavirus cases have reached a new single-day high as the Fourth of…
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Kellyanne Conway’s part Fil-Am daughter emerges as an anti-Trump activist on TikTok
The 15-year-old says she hopes to educate others on social justice issues This week, it was revealed that the 15-year-old daughter of top White House counselor Kellyanne Conway is an…
Former VP Biden, Trump surrogate attend virtual town hall addressing AAPI concerns
FORMER Vice President Joe Biden and former Guam Governor Eddie Baza Calvo, a surrogate for President Donald Trump, participated in a virtual presidential town hall on Saturday, June 27 to…
VP Mike Pence honors Filipino who became US citizen during naturalization ceremony ahead of July 4
A Filipino father with sons in the U.S. Army was among the individuals who became a new citizen during a naturalization ceremony on Thursday, July 2 attended by Vice President…
6 Pinoys join Trump re-election campaign’s AAPI advisory board
WITH four months until Election Day, six Filipino Americans are among those helping President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign court the fast-growing Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) electorate. The recently…
Medical and legal experts weigh in on public charge in the COVID-19 pandemic
The pandemic’s impact on the immigrant community presents more public health and financial risks for undocumented individuals and their families Since the beginning of President Donald Trump’s presidency, his administration…
Mga Update hinggil sa mga Operasyon para sa 2020 Senso
Patuloy ang Kawanihan ng Senso ng U.S. sa pagsubaybay sa mga epekto ng COVID-19 sa mga operasyon para sa 2020 Senso at pagsunod sa gabay ng pederal, pang-estado (state) at lokal na mga awtoridad sa kalusugan…
Majority of young people in the US are non-white for the first time ever
Asian population sees biggest population rate growth THE United States has grown more racially and ethnically diverse over the last decade and is expected to grow even more so as…
US hits record high in daily cases five months since its first confirmed case
IT’S been five months since the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the first known case of COVID-19 in the United States — a Washington State man in…
Maria Ressa to be honored with press freedom award by National Press Club
RAPPLER co-founder and veteran journalist Maria Ressa will be honored with an international Press Freedom Award by the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The journalism organization announced its selection…
Trump, Biden campaigns to address AAPI community during virtual presidential town hall
WITH the United States presidential election less than five months away, the campaigns of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will court Asian American and Pacific Islander…
Trump signs order temporarily freezing worker visas, prefers ‘merit-based system’
CERTAIN foreign workers will be barred from seeking employment in the United States as President Donald Trump on Monday, June 22 signed an executive order that places a temporary freeze…
Fil-Am DACA recipients breathe a sigh of relief as US Supreme Court halts ending of program
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Thursday, June 18 stopped President Donald Trump’s administration from rescinding a program that protected more than 800,000 young undocumented immigrants, or “Dreamers,” who came…
Paano tumutulong ang 2020 Senso sa mga komunidad
Bakit mahalaga ang pagsagot sa 2020 Senso? Ang mga istatistika ng senso ang magsasabi kung paano ilalaan ang bilyun-bilyong dolyar na pederal na pondo sa mga komunidad sa buong bansa…
US Supreme Court ruling halts Trump administration’s bid to end DACA program
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Thursday, June 18 stopped President Donald Trump’s administration from rescinding a program that protected more than 800,000 young unauthorized immigrants, or “Dreamers,” who came…
US voices concern over Ressa’s guilty verdict
THE United States on Tuesday, June 16, expressed concern over Rappler executive editor and chief executive officer Maria Ressa and writer Reynaldo Santos Jr. being convicted of cyber libel by…
FilAm Arts town hall illuminates patterns of racism, colorism within Filipino community
“WE need to start a conversation.” For the past few weeks, this has been the party line among Filipino Americans who recognize the deeply rooted racism embedded into the community….
Experts: If you have relatives in a nursing home during pandemic, get them out
By Sunita Sohrabji/Ethnic Media Services SAN FRANCISCO — The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the plight of U.S. seniors, who have been disproportionately infected and killed by the disease. Eight…
Supreme Court rules federal anti-discrimination law protects LGBT workers
IN the middle of Pride Month, the United States Supreme Court on Monday, June 15 ruled that a landmark federal civil rights law that protects workers from discrimination applies to…
Beyond protests: Pinays on how the Fil-Am community can help maintain the BLM momentum
For a lot of people, the moment that shifted the current incarnation of the fight against police brutality was when people across the world en masse gathered in the name…
DACA recipients brace for Supreme Court ruling amidst pandemic and nationwide protests
Amidst a pandemic and nationwide protests, recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program take on added uncertainty as they anxiously await a decision that may determine whether…
How Fil-Am moms approach current events, ‘the talk’ with their half-black kids
As protests continue across the United States for a second straight week, families are finding themselves having uncomfortable, yet crucial conversations about race, injustice and police brutality. For many multicultural…
Weathering two storms at once: Managing a revolution in a pandemic
There’s no getting around it: times are tough on all fronts. The current appraisal of law enforcement as we know it that is forcing the United States to redefine law,…
Ang mga Komunidad ay Hindi Lamang mga Pangheograpiyang Lokasyon
Ang kuwentong ito ay bahagi ng isang pana-panahong serye sa mahahalagang kapakinabangan sa komunidad na nagmumula sa pagtugon sa 2020 Senso. Nakatira ka man sa isang malaking lungsod o sa…
Philippine Independence Day festivities go virtual this year
FRIDAY, June 12 marks the 122nd Anniversary of the Declaration of Philippine Independence. Instead of the annual in-person commemorations, from parades to galas in Filipino American communities across the United…
Fil-Ams sound off on tough conversations, being black allies and solidarity through art
Since footage emerged of a white police officer killing George Floyd, a 46-year-old unarmed black man from Minneapolis, protests have grown not only throughout the U.S., but throughout the world,…
Fashion retailer Revolve apologizes for lack of diversity, donates $1 million to social justice causes
Among the many brands who showed up for the #BlackOutTuesday trend meant to highlight the gravity of police brutality and anti-blackness in the United States, the popular fashion brand Revolve…
Why they protest: Filipinos express support for Black Lives Matter, call for structural police reform
The protest started out peacefully. Gathered on a breezy Saturday morning on May 30, tens of thousands of individuals far and wide gathered at Pan Pacific Park on the westside…
Refunds available for annual summer tour to the Philippines
U.S.-based travelers who were slated to join this year’s Very Important Pinoy Tour to various Philippine destinations may receive a refund, the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles announced on Monday,…
‘They’re not even naming our dead’: Digital memorial tracks deaths of transnational Filipino health care workers
SINCE March, 74 health care workers of Filipino ancestry have died of COVID-19 in the United States. The number is nearly double the fatalities of individuals working in the same…