Today the Senate will be holding the first hearing on President Biden’s initial nominations for federal court judges. There has been a lot of buzz since Biden announced his first batch of eleven judicial nominees to federal courts. …

Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women have faced daily assaults on our rights and our wellbeing over the past four years and for too long, our communities have been denied the investment and resources necessary to thrive. …

Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in California v. Texas, another legal case that threatens to end the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA requires most people to have minimum essential health insurance coverage or they have to pay a penalty; this is known as the individual mandate…

By Sung Yeon Choimorrow — This weekend, as I got up to put new clothes on and give pocket money to my excited young daughter, I could not help but think about what was missing. Lunar New Year has been a cherished tradition in my family for years, passed down through my parents. As an…

By Sung Yeon Choimorrow, Executive Director of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum I am not your model minority. As an Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) woman, I have been subject to the stereotypes of being docile, subservient, and compliant. More times than I can count, I’ve been…

We are Asian American women and social justice advocates. During the work week, we are organizing and mobilizing for the human rights of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women and girls; on nights and weekends, we are reading the work of AAPI authors whose stories illustrate the daily and…

Discriminatory legislation based on false stereotypes of AAPI women will take away our agency to make decisions about our lives, relegating AAPI women to poorer health outcomes By Valerie Izumi As an Asian American woman living in Kentucky, I was outraged to discover that anti-choice state legislators have introduced a…

The AAPI community greatly benefited from the activism of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his ensuing legacy in the civil rights movement. We carry his mantle as we continue fighting for the agency of AAPI women and girls over our lives, our families, and our communities. Lately, I have been…

Disaggregated data indicates that Southeast Asian women in the U.S. are making on average 61 cents to the white male dollar — and this pay disparity is hurting their ability to make choices about their bodies, their lives, and their families. Imagine having to work an extra nine months to…