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Congress Considers $800 Billion Medicaid Cut, Putting Healthcare In Jeopardy for Millions of Working Families

Sunita Sohrabji - Mar 13, 2025

"These are the worst cuts to Medicaid in the history of the program." - Stan Dorn, director of the Health Policy Project at UnidosUS.

Spotlight on Ethnic Media

For Orange County Shooter, ‘China Dream’ Fed Into Personal Rage

Peter Schurmann - May 18, 2022

Editor’s Note: On Sunday a 68-year-old man opened fire in a church in Orange County, California, killing one and wounding several others. Both the...

News Exchange

Supreme Court Ban on Abortions Will Disproportionately Harm Communities of Color

Sunita Sohrabji - May 18, 2022

Almost 2/3 of women seeking abortions come from communities of color, a data point often overlooked in conversations around a woman’s right to choose.

Spotlight on Ethnic Media

For Filipinos, a ‘Newly Awakened Civic Consciousness’ in Wake of Marcos Win

Peter Schurmann - May 12, 2022

The election victory of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines has raised alarm bells over the potential slide of the Southeast Asian nation into autocracy.

Redistricting

Gerrymandered by Redistricting — AAPI Advocates in Texas’ Harris County Vow to Make...

Anthony Advincula - May 4, 2022

While the AAPI population in Texas' Harris County has quadrupled in recent decades, new congressional maps diminish their voting power.

News Exchange

Confronting Disinformation in Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities

Ethnic Media Services - Apr 25, 2022

OpEd/By Christine Chen, Executive Director of APIAVote Misinformation and disinformation are one of the great challenges facing Asian American and Pacific Islander communities today. They...

News Exchange

As Disinformation Spreads, California Ethnic Media Overcome Pandemic Losses to Inform Communities

Ethnic Media Services - Mar 24, 2022

A new EMS survey shows ethnic media in CA remain resilient despite serious financial challenges from the pandemic.

Politics

Housing, Hate, and Health Top Concerns for AAPI in LA

Mark Hedin - Mar 17, 2022

The agency will be translating all written materials into the 15 most-used languages in the state and adding more interpreters to its phone lines.

Race & Ethnicity

Asian American Women Reflect on How to Move Beyond Hate Attacks

Jenny Manrique - Feb 25, 2022

According to the web portal Stop AAPI Hate, since March 2020, there have been over 10,000 attacks, 16% of which have been physically violent.

Race & Ethnicity

California State Lawmakers Introduce Two Bills to Combat Anti-Asian Hate Crimes

Sunita Sohrabji - Feb 18, 2022

California lawmakers introduced two bills in the state Legislature Feb. 17 aimed at combating the surge of hate crimes targeting Asian Americans and Pacific...