Indian-origin people are reckoned to be one of the robustly growing immigrant groups in the United States of America — it grew by 38% between 2010 and 2017 — so much that they are touted to make a significant contribution in the 2020 US election on November 3. Although the US Census Bureau does not...
With less than two weeks until Election Day, the Democratic National Committee is seeking to secure the Filipino American vote in Nevada and across the country through a new digital advertising campaign in the Asian Journal. The Asian Journal — one of the largest Filipino American publishing firms in the United States that releases six...
As The Los Angeles Times reported recently, if Proposition 16 passes, it would foster state and local programs that could help Black-, Latino-, Asian- and women-owned businesses regain a foothold in the state’s multibillion-dollar procurement system. The measure’s “Yes” campaign has endorsements from the governor and top public university officials, and has raised more than...
In the seven months of the Covid-19 pandemic, good data have yet to emerge showing how many Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have contracted or died from the disease and how the group's death rate compares to those of other racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. Ideally, each county in the country would collect...
How to use division in pursuit of a better America is the focus of Colbern and Ramakrishnan’s book, Citizenship Reimagined. These two scholars argue that, to counter toxic federal regimes and expand the rights and powers of regular people, states should exercise powers that we typically think of as federal. They call this approach “progressive...
Four years later, the 2020 Asian American Voter Survey/AAPI Data poll showed that Biden is ahead of Trump Trump 55%-30%. Vietnamese communities are voting at a margin of 48% Trump-36% Biden, making them the biggest pro-Trump Asian group. Trump has, however, lost a few percentage points in Chinese American votes with 20% showing him support...
The 2020 Census count ended prematurely last week. To put it more precisely, the U.S. Census Bureau stopped counting Americans after 2:59 a.m. Pacific Time on Oct. 16, even though it had previously declared that it would need until Oct. 31 to ensure an accurate and complete count. This news came as a shock to...
Indian Americans have not historically trended Republican, Huang points out, but neither have they been courted by Republicans — until now. Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi share similar political proclivities, Huang notes. Since coming to power in 2014, Modi has transformed India from "a secularist-dominated, left-leaning political landscape to implement a Hindutva-inspired, right-wing...
The 2020 Census count ended prematurely this week. To put it more precisely, the U.S. Census Bureau stopped counting Americans after 2:59 a.m. Pacific Time on Oct. 16, even though it had previously declared that it would need until Oct. 31 to ensure an accurate and complete count. This news came as a shock to...
According to state data, as of September 4, San Bernardino County had the second highest percent increase in voter registrations in the state. Riverside County had the fifth largest. U.C. Riverside political science professor, Francisco Pedraza says this regional rise may be due to decades of work done by community organizations. “Those organizations that formed...
Less than a month is left for America to vote for its next president, and for a while now, both Donald Trump and Joe Biden camps have been making attempts to woo the significant Indian-American vote bank in the US. And according to a representative online survey by Indian-American Attitudes Survey (IAAS) and analytics firm...
The 2020 US presidential election is poised to be the watershed moment in Indian-American (IA) politics. The significance of this election lies in the stratification of IA votes. Once a solid Democratic voting block, IA voters have been progressively turning away from the Democratic Party. A recent Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) survey suggests that...
Do you trust your state officials more than feds, dream of California independence, or support breaking the U.S. into regional republics? Then you’re a traditional American patriot. Or do you cling to hopes of national unity, or believe in compromise to preserve our union of 330 million? Then you’re part of the problem. The frightening...
"66 percent of Indian Americans currently favour Vice President Biden, 28 percent favour President Donald Trump, and 6 percent were undecided. In the 2016 presidential election, 77percent voted for Secretary Hillary Clinton, and 16 percent voted for President Trump. If the remaining undecided voters broke in the same pattern as those who have made up...
The narrative (as the report notes) of this shift from the Democratic Party to the GOP, is based on the bonhomie between Mr. Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as criticisms of the Modi government by Democrat lawmakers (including Mr. Biden’s running mate Kamala Harris). In fact, a recent survey report by AAPI...
A report from the UC Riverside Center for Social Innovation finds disproportionately high discipline for Black and Native American students in Inland Empire schools. "These racial disparities persist, even though there have been some notable reductions in overall suspension rates due to changes in state policy and local practices," reads the report, "State of Education...
For Amazon and its CEO Jeff Bezos, the COVID-19 pandemic has been great for business, leading to record profits and an increased market share. Perhaps more significantly, the pandemic has accelerated the reshuffling of transnational corporate power with enormous consequences for the future of work, labor, and the global economy. Amazon’s immense power and influence...
Ending the count abruptly means there will be less complete data, especially “when it comes to having a detailed understanding of the resident population of California,” said Karthick Ramakrishnan, director of the UC Riverside’s Center for Social Innovation and director of the Inland Empire Census Complete Count Committee. “When you have more time, you are...
Indian-Americans as a population have always leaned towards the Democratic party in US presidential elections. The choice of Kamala Harris – the first-ever person of Indian origin to be featured on major party ticket – as the vice presidential candidate for the Democrats would have you thinking that the Indian-American vote might be even more...
A report from the UC Riverside Center for Social Innovation finds disproportionately high discipline for Black and Native American students in Inland Empire schools. “These racial disparities persist, even though there have been some notable reductions in overall suspension rates due to changes in state policy and local practices,” reads the report, “ State of...
