Texas Demographic Shifts: https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/12/texas-2020-census/ Averie Bishop wins Miss Texas AmericaL https://www.insider.com/miss-texas-first-asian-american-winner-pageant-averie-bishop-2022-7 Mayra Flores Goes to Washington: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/06/us/politics/mayra-flores-latina-republicans.html   ..read more

NYC introduces an Asian American Studies pilot program for K-12 schools: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/nyc-teach-asian-american-pacific-islander-history-1800-schools-rcna31247 ..read more

P-mo and his co-host from the Erased podcast, Dana Miller, have a conversation with Henry, an Afghan interpreter who was given U.S. Citizenship status for his services rendered to the American military during stretches of the 20-year Afghan War. Henry (a pseudonym) was able to leave the country for the United States, but his wife and children were left behind. The wife and children were able to get to the main airport in Kabul before the completion of the U.S. withdrawal and endured 6 days without food as they awaited escape. But they were turned away. Staying in Afghanistan under Taliban rule ..read more

The Anti-Asian American Hate Bill finally became law when Pres. Joe Biden signed the bipartisan legislation on May 18. Also, Alabama reverses a nearly 30-year ban on teaching yoga in public schools, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame has its first fan inductee, and an Indoor Football League franchise hires an Asian American woman to run the organization ..read more

Here are some resources to report hate crimes or to educate communities on the Asian American story: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/cchr/community/stop-asian-hate.page https://stopaapihate.org ..read more

P-Mo is now the solo host of Storytellers in Action We'll have 10 episodes, focused on topics, such as the NBA in India, the Punjab Farmer Protests, hate crimes against Asian Americans and the NRI Economy All episodes will be produced in Austin, Texas ..read more

Colin is from Toronto, Canada but also spends time in Los Angeles He has also lived in Kuwait Colin's website is www.colinaguiar.com Some of Colin's projects include: Flyerman A Christmas Tail Dipsticks 2 Men & a Pig ..read more

Jinee Lokaneeta just released her latest book, The Truth Machines. The book discusses policing, violence and scientific interrogations in India Sangay Mishra is the author of Desis Divided: The Political Lives of South Asian Americans ..read more

This is the final episode of Season 5 Two more bonus episodes are on tap; one on 11/14 and another on 11/21 Kamala Harris is the first-ever woman Vice President of the United States She is also the first woman of color to serve in the same role California Gov. Gavin Newsom is now tasked with appointing Harris's successor to the U.S. Senate for California This was Joe Biden's third-ever run for President Biden first ran for POTUS in 1988 He ran again in 2008 but dropped out early Biden was later selected as Barack Obama's running mate ..read more

Tanny Jiraprapasuke and Jerry Raburn are the co-chairs of Thai Americans for Biden This election is the first time a major presidential candidate recognized and included Thai Americans as a part of the campaign Los Angeles has the largest Thai American population in the country Here is the link to the Thai Americans for Biden Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1678097495699890 ..read more