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Rep Lieu statement on PEW report that immigrates are 10 percent of U.S. 2020 Electorate

By May 1

Press Release, 2/26/20
"Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after Pew Research Center released their new report demonstrating that a record 10 percent of

Categorized in: PEW

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Co-Chair Nanci Nishimura and her partner help property owners by waiving rent for 65 retail tenants in Half Moon Bay

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The Daily Journal, 3/31/20
Joe Cotchett and Nanci Nishimura of Cotchett, Pitre, & McCarthy, LLP prominent lawyers and Half Moon Bay property owners are waiving two months rent for their

Categorized in: COVID-19

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Two-Thirds of Americans Expect Presidential Election Will Be Disrupted by COVID-19

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Pew Research Center, 4/28/20
"Over the past two months, the outbreak of the novel coronavirus has had a devastating impact on nearly all aspects of life in the United States.

Categorized in: COVID-19, PEW

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Most of the 23 million immigrants eligible to vote in 2020 election live in just five states

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Pew Research Center 3/3/20
"About one-in-ten people eligible to vote in this year’s U.S. presidential election are immigrants. And most (61%) of these 23 million naturalized citizens live in just

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Naturalized Citizens Make Up Record One-in-Ten U.S. Eligible Voters in 2020

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Pew Research Center 2/26/20
"Since 2000, size of immigrant electorate nearly doubled to 23.2 million." Read more

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How San Francisco’s Chinatown Got Ahead of the Coronavirus

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The New York Times, 4/17/20
"Despite being a densely populated neighborhood full of vulnerable people, Chinatown was well prepared." Read more

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Leader Forum New York featured an intimate discussion with Media Matters’ president Angelo Carusone. Here he explains how Facebook inadvertently became the “engine” of the fake news ecosystem

By February 25

Media Matter, 1/3/18
"One was that 25 percent of Americans consumed Facebook in the last -- fake news in the last six week of the election. So one out of

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A New Study Shows Asian-American Law School Enrollment Has Dropped More Than 40 Percent

By August 16

Yahoo News, 7/26/17
“It does mean that the growth of Asian-Americans going into the profession is going to be slower ... so this is worrisome.” -Justice Goodwin Liu Read more

Categorized in: Education

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Preaching the Gospel of Diversity, but Not Following It

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The New York Times, 12/17/16
Out of the 20-plus reporters who covered the presidential campaign for The New York Times, there were no Latinos or Asians and merely 2 were black.

Categorized in: Race and Civil Rights

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Airbnb host hit with a $5,000 fine for canceling on this Asian guest over her race

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Business Insider, 7/14/2017
In February, Airbnb host Tim Barker canceled on Dyne Suh, who drove through a snowstorm to get to his cabin in Big Bear, California. Baker said, "I wouldn't

Categorized in: Race and Civil Rights

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