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A sweeping report by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund explores three “swiftly changing” Chinatowns in the Northeast: in Boston, Manhattan, and Philadelphia.

We believe bigoted and hateful attacks on Somali immigrants, refugees and citizens are harmful to all of society, but especially the most vulnerable, families and children. And we should all stand up against this hate.

Trish Fontanilla tells the Sampan about BOSFilipinos and Filipino identity.

Sept.18 was an exceptionally joyful day for a quiet stretch of Hudson Street in the heart of residential Chinatown. Joined by mayor Michelle Wu and the Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC), city officials and community partners put their shovels down at the parking lot on Parcel R1, which will soon become home to 110 affordable housing units, and more importantly, Boston Public Library’s permanent Chinatown branch.

For a decade the Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has been advocating for the civil rights of Muslims in the state. But on the 10-year anniversary banquet for CAIR- Massachusetts on Nov. 22, it was all about the preciousness of time – and, more precisely, how the time to defend civil rights is now.

Mass. chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations looks back on 10 years of advocating for Muslim rights S ome of the kids were hit and some had their hijabs pulled off. One boy was put in a headlock, punched and sent to the hospital with a broken nose and concussion. Most were harassed and called anti-Muslim and anti-Arab slurs. In total, nearly half of the students who identified as Muslim and were surveyed in a report by the Massachusetts chapter of the Council on

The immigration agents wouldn’t leave Jorge Hernandez Viramontes and his coworkers alone. They had already visited his workplace in...

For years, Paul Watanabe, director of the Institute for Asian American Studies at UMass-Boston, would get a version of the same question...

On a recent afternoon at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, a circle of women in vibrant, flowing dresses captivated a crowd with the sways...

Several Asian American groups and leaders are blasting a newly revealed State Department policy to prevent many Chinese international...

First there were the threats of crackdowns on immigration. Then there were the detentions of international students who had done nothing...

Anxiety is gripping some Chinatown Residents and community leaders after hearing of unconfirmed reports of immigration agents in the...

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