With most of the community casting their midterm votes for Democratic candidates—who gained an overwhelming majority at the federal level, and made substantial state-level gains—Asian Americans, Native Hawai’ians, and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs), said John C. Yang, sent “a clear message” to politicians: “Protect our vote, respect our families, and stand against hate.”
Ahead of midterm elections, fear and uncertainty swirl amongst Asian American voters
In the latest voting rollercoaster, the U.S. Supreme Court last week reaffirmed states’ rights to administer mail-in voting, but this week allowed the federal government to implement a voter eligibility database that states could opt into.
Anti-Asian hate crimes remain high, advocates warn five years after federal law
Five years after President Joe Biden signed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act into law, anti-Asian hate crimes remain at nearly three times their pre-pandemic rate, and advocacy leaders warned that federal rollbacks under the Trump administration are making the crisis worse.