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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the Biden administration will push China to change an industrial policy that poses a threat to U.S. jobs ...

The Pew study extracted Asian American populations from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, and calculated poverty rates using the Department of Health and Human Services guidelines.

A Pew Research study found that more than half of Asian Americans living under the poverty line are immigrants.

U.S. Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen once again stressed the issue of overcapacity after concluding her meetings with Chinese officials on Monday.

The Humanities Institute at the University of Connecticut held its annual Connecticut Ethnic Studies Symposium on Friday, April 5. For the first session, one of the panels was titled “Asian American ...

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers signed into law a bipartisan bill requiring schools in the state to teach Asian American and Hmong American histories ...

The Netflix series showcases one of the country’s most successful works of culture, a rare cultural export. Instead, social media is condemning it.

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is observed from May 1-31. This month is dedicated to honoring and celebrating the many contributions and accomplishments of Asian Americans and ...

Several ASUC senatorial candidates are running for a subcommunity within the larger Asian community on campus, but these two candidates are explicitly running to support Asian American student organiz ...

Environmental and animal welfare groups call on lender to phase out support for ‘industrial’ livestock operations
The private sector arm of the is facing claims that it contributes to global heating and the undermining of animal welfare by providing financial support for factory farming, including the building of pig farming tower blocks in China.
A coalition of environmental and animal welfare groups is calling on the World Bank to phase out financial support for large-scale “industrial” livestock operations. More than $1.6bn was provided for industrial farming projects between 2017 and 2023, according to an analysis by campaigners.

As the organisation’s anniversary nears, borders around the world are closing again
When trade ministers gathered in the Moroccan city of Marrakech 30 years ago this month to sign the agreement creating the World Trade Organization (WTO), the mood was celebratory. The Berlin Wall had come down only recently, communism had collapsed, and there was optimistic talk of how the body would prise open new markets and act as the arbiter when disputes broke out between countries.
The atmosphere today is much darker than it was in April 1994. Any enthusiasm for groundbreaking trade liberalisation deals disappeared decades ago and has been replaced by covert – and often overt – protectionism.