By Tiffany Ran Northwest Asian Weekly Longtime activist Grace Lee Boggs was asked to make the closing statement at
Virgina senator calls for ending diversity programs
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Sen. Jim Webb called for ending government-run diversity programs in a newspaper column on July 23
Editorial: California says sorry to Chinese Americans, country to follow suit?
On July 17, California formally apologized to Chinese Americans for racist laws that were enacted starting with the Gold Rush period in the mid-19th century. According to a recent TIME magazine story, the racist laws, some of which were not repealed until the 1940s, prevented Chinese Americans from owning property, marrying whites, working in the public sector, or testifying against whites in courts.