Financial scamming of elders of color is on the rise. What can be done by individuals and advocates to help prevent this insidious form of elder abuse?

Growing exercise options for Muslim American women challenge stereotypes while recognizing the importance of faith.

Yoichi Shimatsu explains the astounding reach of the Fukushima nuclear disaster fallout.

Sandip Roy explains why the dialing back of American exceptionalism in President Obama's 2012 State of Union address is a good thing.

Chinese American union workers join the San Francisco leg of the Occupy Wall Street protests.

Over the years, there has been debate over how to address those immigrants who have moved to America without the right paperwork. Each culture has its own unique way of and reason for describing them, from ‘living in hiding’ in Punjabi to ‘illegal overstayer’ in Korean.

Asian Pacific Americans of Conscience is urging the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles to reconsider their rejection of Troy Davis's clemency petition. Davis faces execution tonight, September 21, at 7:00 pm.

Workers with the nail salon chain Natalie Salon filed a class action lawsuit in San Mateo Superior Court Tuesday, accusing their employers of not providing overtime pay and other labor violations.

An estimated 600 undocumented Korean students at Berkeley struggle more and more to pay for college or even find a job. Thankfully, the community, as well as new legislation, give them hope to continue to study.

In light of the failed passage of the Dream Act in Congress, Illinois passed a state version of the act on Aug 1, allowing low-income immigrant students to receive financial aid for college. Called the Dream Fund, the state is relying on private donors to set up scholarships to aid the undocumented students. 

Motivated by a white Norwegian's anti-Muslim sentiment, the Oslo massacre caused immediate speculation of a Muslim terrorist attack before Anders Breivik's capture. Sandip Roy discusses the complexity of the recent tragedy and anti-immigrant politics.

In state after state, 2010 midterm election candidates who traded on illusory Muslim “threats,” tied ordinary American Muslims to terrorists and radicals, or characterized mosques as symbols of Islamic triumphalism, went down to defeat.

Lured by the promise of a well-paid job, an Indian guest worker soon found himself in a labor camp in Texas. This is part three in a six-part series profiling winners of the Freedom From Fear Awards.

Some 21.5 percent of the 1.3 million Japanese American (JA) population is 65 or older, making it this country’s oldest ethnic group. The overall number of 65-plus residents in the United States, now 12 percent, will reach 20 percent about 2050. So the challenges of housing and caregiving for JA seniors foreshadow what the future will bring for the rest of the country.

Superintendent John Huppenthal deemed ethnic studies courses in the Tucson Unified School District to be in violation of the HB 2281 law, but an independent audit has concluded that the program is legal.

The debate over the 14th Amendment and birthright citizenship has already led to a climate of fear among immigrant communities and -- in particular -- women and children.

At a time when the media spotlight is often on the foreign journalist who is arrested and thrown into a prison in Iran or North Korea, Chauncey Bailey and Jyotirmoy Kumar Dey’s murders underline a simple and harsh truth. The most dangerous place for a journalist is often at home.

According to a civil rights group in Prince William County, Virginia, a redistricting map in their area unfairly undercuts the voting power of the county’ s growing Hispanic, Asian and black populations.

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced Tuesday that the city will not turn undocumented youth over to federal immigration authorities when arrested on a felony charge

On San Francisco’s San Bruno Avenue, Joe Johnson and Nelson Liang share a view of a rapidly changing neighborhood and a prescription for improving relations between African American and Asian American communities.

Despite having a lifestyle punctuated by an eco-friendly conscience (or so they believed), one desi couple became aware of the fact that their carbon footprint was among the highest in a US population approaching 300 million people.

A Korean woman in Arizona, who was adopted and brought to the U.S. when she was eight months old, is facing deportation after a second conviction for theft, reports the Korea Times. The 31-year-old mother of three is currently being held in a federal detention center in Arizona.

We’ve learned to live permanently with Code Yellow and Orange. It is perhaps why while some are complaining, a vast many more are complacent with the new full-body scanners at airports.

For Bay Area Pinoys, the unexpected and dramatic triumph of the San Francisco Giants became even sweeter because one of the stars of the show was Filipino American.