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Nirav Shah withdrawals from Maine campaign for U.S. Senate
The former director of Maine’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention has pulled out of the race for U.S. Senate. His decision came after Troy Jackson locked up a majority […] The post Nirav Shah withdrawals from Maine campaign for U.S. Senate appeared first on AsAmNews.
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ICE Killings Reveal an Agency Without Accountability
The two most recent ICE killings — one in Biddeford, Maine, the other in Houston, Texas — are not just tragedies. They are flashing red sirens warning that a federal agency armed with guns and legal authority is operating without even the most basic safeguards of accountability. In Maine, ICE agents shot and killed 26‑year‑old…
White House defends Chinese Exclusion Act, sparking controversy
By Randall Yip, Executive Editor The Trump administration is defending the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act which made Chinese the first group in the nation’s history excluded from the country based […] The post White House defends Chinese Exclusion Act, sparking controversy appeared first on AsAmNews.
The Head of Household Illusion: The Tax Break That Skips the Mothers It Was Built For
By Beverly Moran and LaToya B. Parker The head of household filing status is popularly understood as a tax break for single mothers, a modest acknowledgment that raising children alone costs more than doing it with a partner. That image is not wrong exactly. Roughly 79 percent of head of household filers are women, and the status was created in…
Dr. Nirav Shah Launches United States Senate Bid In Maine
In a statement released on July 9, Dr. Nirav Shah, former Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, announced his campaign ‘Defeat Susan Collins Town Hall Tour’ — a series of town halls across the state. “Today I am excited to announce my candidacy for the United States Senate to defeat…
Minneapolis police drone debate draws packed crowds concerned about privacy
Dozens of community members flooded Minneapolis City Hall Wednesday to express concerns about a proposed drone program for Minneapolis police. Nearly 50 people signed up to speak at the City Council’s public health, safety and equity committee meeting. Residents filled all of the seats in the council chambers reserved for the public, and an overflow…
Black Organizers Are Preparing for a New Era of Voting Rights Battles
The mobilization effort was swift once it became clear that Black Georgians stood to lose political representation. LaTosha Brown and other voting rights advocates sprang into action after Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp on May 13 called a special session to redraw the state’s congressional and legislative maps in ways that could erode Black voters’…
How Indian Americans Are Engineering America’s Future
In 1893, when Swami Vivekananda addressed the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago, opening with ‘Sisters and Brothers of America,’ he introduced a framework of mutual respect and pluralism that resonated deeply with the American spirit. Decades later, that philosophical connection directly shaped America’s own democratic evolution. In 1959, Dr. Martin Luther King…
How to build a DIY model of democracy
As a kid, Sumana Harihareswara had a vision of democracy: people in a room, different perspectives, respectful disagreement and a shared attempt to figure out the best solution. Now, as a resident of central Queens, she is enacting that idea in a very practical way — by meeting people in person, sharing information and helping…
The semiquincentennial of second sight: Black America’s X-ray vision for democracy
If the United States survives to celebrate its quincentennial in 2276, I hope my descendants will forgive yours. Not because America was imperfect. Every nation is. But because generation after generation chose not to see what was directly before them: the full humanity of Black people. As the nation celebrates 250 years of independence, Americans…
Are our votes safe in the 2026 election?
The 2026 midterms may be the most consequential in years — but before a single ballot is cast, the rules for casting one are already changing. New voter ID bills, proposals requiring documentary proof of citizenship, a recent Supreme Court ruling on redistricting, and local fights over how votes get counted are reshaping access in…
Jennifer Keyes-Maloney defeats James Gee to become the next Mercer County Democratic Chair
The Mercer County Democratic Committee recruits and supports Democratic candidates in primary and general elections. Yesterday, the committee voted on its next chair. Jennifer Keyes-Maloney, an Ewing Councilwoman and executive director of the New Jersey Association of State Colleges and Universities, won in a landslide with 242 votes. James Gee, a Democratic strategist and former…
Supreme Court rules: American soil, not blood, determines birthright citizenship
By Aneela Mirchandani President Donald Trump’s second term has already been consequential, but if his attempt to revoke birthright citizenship for children of temporary visitors and undocumented aliens had succeeded, […] The post Supreme Court rules: American soil, not blood, determines birthright citizenship appeared first on AsAmNews.
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