Covering the week’s most noteworthy news stories impacting the lives of the Filipino-American community in the United States of America.
Starbucks is spearheading a coalition of 17 US-based companies in an initiative launched Monday, July 13, to hire 100,000 young Americans facing systemic barriers to jobs and education. The 100,000…
Bank of America reported Wednesday, July 15, that its profits more than doubled in the second quarter, as consumer deposits and mortgage originations rose and expenses dipped to their lowest…
Following his win against Manny Pacquiao on May 2, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is taking his time choosing his next opponent. With undefeated boxer set to protect his 48-0 record in…
RESEARCH shows that multiracial Asian Americans have moved to the top of the racial hierarchy of online dating preference patterns in the US. In a new study to be published…
PRESIDENT Barack Obama has called for a major overhaul of the nation’s criminal justice system, urging Congress to pass legislation to improve sentencing laws, particularly those affecting minorities, for non-violent…
SOCIAL media was ablaze on Wednesday, July 15 when the hashtag #GrowingUpFilipino became a trending topic. From Instagram posts to telling tweets, nostalgic people everywhere took to social media to…
THE US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is retracting some work permits for DACA recipients. In June, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program reached its third anniversary, allowing…
FRUSTRATED by the lack of governmental action on immigration reform, California lawmakers are considering a measure to allow work permits for undocumented farmworkers. A similar effort died three years ago,…
THE US Justice Department on Tuesday, July 14, moved to seize $12.5 million (about P565 million) in assets belonging to Filipina businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles, who has allegedly embezzled millions…
FRUSTRATED by the lack of governmental action on immigration reform, California lawmakers are considering a measure to allow work permits for undocumented farmworkers. A similar effort died three years ago,…
ACROSS the nation, gas prices are on a downward drift. However in California, prices are rapidly shooting up – and drivers are angry. Analysts predicted that prices will peak at…
APPLE is planning on producing a record 85 million to 95 million units of its next generation iPhone models by Dec. 31, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, July…
NEW research published in the JAMA Internal Medicine journal suggests that mammograms reduce the risk of breast cancer-related deaths by 10 percent, rather than the original 20 to 25 percent….
ALMOST two-thirds of Republicans oppose the Supreme Court’s nationwide ruling in support of same-sex marriage, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The numbers give hope for conservative presidential candidates who…
IN the United States, if the approximately 8.8 million immigrants eligible for citizenship are naturalized, the country could experience a $21 billion to $45 billion increase in gross domestic product…
Microsoft announced Wednesday, July 8, that it would cut up to 7,800 jobs – more than 6 percent of its workforce – in light of difficulties in growing its smartphone…
A NEW essay by the Pew Research Center examined the experience of adult multiracial Americans, nearly fifty years after the landmark 1967 Supreme Court case, Loving v. Virginia, which legalized…
DYLANN Roof, the suspect in the June 17 massacre shooting in Charleston, SC, has been indicted by a grand jury on nine counts of murder and three new counts of…
UNDEFEATED no more? Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been stripped of the welterweight world title he won after his anticipated match with Manny Pacquiao, for failing to comply with World Boxing…
THIS week President Barack Obama announced a new rule that could potentially give millions of hardworking Americans a raise. On Tuesday, June 30, the White House began releasing the details…
FOLLOWING the introduction of a bipartisan bill that would award more than 260,000 Filipino and Filipino-American soldiers who fought for the United States during World War II, Rep. Mike Honda…
This week, President Obama will propose giving millions of hardworking Americans a raise. On Tuesday, June 30, the White House began releasing the details of a long-awaited overtime rule aimed…
New research shows that nearly four of every 10 kids and teenagers in the US were exposed to violence or abuse over the previous year. Phone surveys conducted by the…
THE Supreme Court has refused to limit states’ use of a controversial execution method that opponents have likened to being burned alive. The high court’s conservative majority said Monday, June…
WITH the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, religious conservatives are focusing on preserving their right to object the 5-4 decision made on Friday, June 26. Their concerns are for…
The Senate gave final approval to legislation on Wednesday, June 24, granting President Barack Obama enhanced power to negotiate major trade agreements with Asia and Europe, and sending his biggest…
CALIFORNIA Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday, June 24, signed a $115.4 billion general fund budget package containing initiatives aimed at providing relief to the poor while holding back on funding…
TWO months after Nepal was hit with a devastating earthquake and an aftershock that killed over 8,500 people and destroyed thousands of homes and businesses in its wake, the US…
In a controversial landmark decision on Thursday, June 25, the Supreme Court upheld the nationwide tax subsidies underpinning President Barack Obama’s health care law, preserving coverage for millions of Americans….
THE federal government announced Wednesday, June 25 that it will release several undocumented migrant families on bond, a move designed to ease the strain on detention centers and address criticism…
