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Asian Americans set a historic voting record in 2020 with four million votes, but those numbers may falter as new legislations threaten to restrict voting participation.
 

Two-thirds of Asian Americans cast early or absentee ballots in 2020, the largest of any racial or ethnic group. More than 13 million Asian Americans will be eligible to vote in the November midterm elections, but some states are making it difficult. Texas, for instance, passed a law requiring an identification number (driver’s license or last four digits of social security) on absentee ballots, which caused Asian Americans to have the highest rejection of ballots among any racial group during the state’s March primary. 
 

Lily Trieu, the interim executive director of the advocacy group Asian Texans for Justice, says in response, “We have an increasingly diverse Asian population that speak more than 100 different languages. When you add all these extremely restrictive laws you’re going to create unnecessary barriers that are confusing for people. It truly is voter suppression.”   

• A primary teacher in Chicago public schools for 30 years.
   
• Founded the Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago and co-founded the Filipino
  American National History Society Midwest Chapter. 
   
• Opened the FAHSC Museum of Filipino American History and Heritage in Chicago.
   
• Co-authored the book “Images of America: Filipinos in Chicago,” highlighting notable Filipino figures in the U.S.

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• China’s hidden global police force: A new report has found at least 54 illegal Chinese police stations operating in 21 countries including Canada and Spain. 

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• Britain’s secret history of bussing ethnic minority children: An exhibition at the University of Bradford by Shabina Aslam explores the 1960-70s policy which separated minority ethnic primary schoolchildren from their majority white suburban schools, a policy Aslam and her brother were impacted by when they were kids. 

• Asians round out cast for Rashida Jones’ dark comedy series “Sunny”: Joana Sotomura plays the titular robot “Sunny” and is joined by musician Annie the clumsy, Judy Ongg and Jun Kunimura.

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• Charles Yu’s “Interior Chinatown” Hulu series adds two: Ronny Chieng and Chloe Bennet will join the cast of the series starring Jimmy O. Yang, based on the 2020 novel of the same name.   

• Hawaii officials are warning of a possible impending eruption from the world’s largest volcano, Mauna Loa. 
   
• Recent floods and landslides in the Philippines have left at least 42 dead. 
   
• Stalking is now an illegal punishable crime in South Korea.   
   
• A new report has revealed Boba Guys in San Francisco may be recording audio of their employees and customers. 
   
• New Muji shops have opened in Japan, with some items costing less than $4.