Federal judge rules Harvard does not discriminate against Asian Americans in admissions
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Harvard University does not discriminate against Asian Americans in undergraduate admissions, handing the school a victory in a lawsuit that marks one of the latest chapters in the affirmative action debate. U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs rejected a plaintiff’s claims that Harvard violates the law as it considers […]
California Man Charged With Smuggling Fabricated U.S. Secrets to China
The United States ran a double-agent operation against China’s Ministry of State Security, an indictment unsealed in California revealed on Monday, as it announced that it had arrested an American citizen and charged him with smuggling what he thought were classified American secrets to China’s leading intelligence agency. The charges against Xuehua Peng, 56, of Hayward, […]
Yes, Robots Are Hurting Your Pay, Fed Study Finds
Automation has “contributed substantially” to reducing the portion of national income that goes to U.S. workers over the past two decades, according to a new study by economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Despite the lowest unemployment rate in around 50 years, the so-called labor share has fallen to about 56% from 63% in […]
Forever 21 files for bankruptcy-Korean American immigrant success story takes turn
Clothing retailer Forever 21 is fighting for its survival. The chain founded in the 1980s by Do Won and Jin Sook Chang after immigrating to California from South Korea filed for bankruptcy protection Sunday, reported the New York Times. The chain is expected to close as many as 178 stores in the United States and shut […]
China’s Largest Ever Military Parade
“No Force Can Shake Us”: Xi Says As Hypersonic Nuclear Missiles Unveiled At China’s Largest Ever Military ParadeTue, 10/01/2019 “Patriotic passion” and “tears of joy” filled Beijing streets, writes Reuters, as China’s National Day military parade extravaganza wound up on Tuesday. Though state media pundits have sought to assure the West it’s not at all […]
China is harvesting thousands of human organs from its Uighur Muslim minority, UN human-rights body hears
China was accused on Tuesday of harvesting human organs from persecuted groups in the country. The China Tribunal, a group that’s investigating the organ harvesting, said at a tense meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council that the Chinese government was taking hearts, kidneys, lungs, and skin from groups including Uighur Muslims and members […]