United States of America

Despite the U.S. being one of the world’s wealthiest countries, child poverty is a dire problem – and during COVID, it’s only getting worse. That’s why the Biden campaign recently took the bold step of proposing the most pro-child policy reform in recent American history. Even before COVID-19, child poverty was much higher in the […]

Contact tracing in the US is at a critical inflection point. In the early days when COVID-19 first arrived in the US, when federal resources should have been mobilized to bolster our defenses against the virus, the response to the emerging pandemic became a political fight, rather than a public health campaign. The Trump Administration’s […]

When it comes to securing US elections against foreign interference, training humans may be the best investment.

INTERVIEW WITH JOHN YANG This piece was published in the 30th print volume of the Asian American Policy Review. I’m proud of the fact that in some ways my own background is a microcosm of the complexity of the Asian American experience. AAPR: Can you briefly introduce yourself and your organization? YANG: My name is […]

INTERVIEW WITH MEGAN MING FRANCIS This piece was published in the 30th print volume of the Asian American Policy Review. The problems that impact Black people are the same structures that also oppress Asian Americans. This whole pact that certain Asian Americans believe will set them free, that this proximity and getting closer to Whiteness and by […]

This piece was published in the 30th print volume of the Asian American Policy Review. I learned that I no longer have to feel inadequate and try to emulate an undefinable, but distinct idea of what American is. As long as we share the same common values, we are all Americans and all of our […]

This piece was published in the 30th print volume of the Asian American Policy Review. But perhaps all of this – the frustration, the seemingly endless seeking of answers to the “missing link” in my communication with my mother, the continuous and unintentional use of counseling skills in conversation with my mother – could be […]

This piece was published in the 30th print volume of the Asian American Policy Review. As artists and activists whose families have been impacted by the California wildfires and Pacific Gas and Electric’s utility shut- offs, we are inspired by the recently launched “Reclaim Our Power!” utility justice campaign led by Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN), […]

This piece was published in the 30th print volume of the Asian American Policy Review. A transformative Green New Deal needs to answer important questions about who benefits from this new economy, who controls it, and who has been left out in the past. The Deal has to be about restoration, repair, and balance. And […]

This piece was published in the 30th print volume of the Asian American Policy Review. AAs and NHPIs are 23 million and rising and yet federal policy resources fail to reach our communities. Less than 0.17% of efforts funded by NIH include AA and NHPI participants. In 1985, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare […]

This piece was published in the 30th print volume of the Asian American Policy Review. Despite the “model minority” myth attached to AAPIs, an estimated 3.8 million AAPIs live in families that have at least one family member receiving public benefits. Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPI) have long been a part of the fabric of […]

This piece was published in the 30th print volume of the Asian American Policy Review. More and more botched individual cases have captured the public’s outcry and fueled growing concerns about whether Asian Americans are being unfairly targeted and accused of economic espionage, regardless of US citizenship status. The Rising Tide of Accusations and Fear […]