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  By Aurora de Peralta Photos Courtesy of APALA In the United States, the phenomenon of mass incarceration isn’t black and white. According to a 2006 Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP) study, the API prison population rose by 30 percent from 1990 to 2004, while the white prison population rose by only 2.5 percent. On May 20, the AFL-CIO, …

By Whitney Pipkin When the Chicago-based Asian Health Coalition began work on health initiatives in Chinatown neighborhoods, Alia Ryan said the team tried to avoid using the term “obesity” even as they tried to address it as a local problem. She said Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) in the region didn’t relate to the word, which they see as …

By Jennie L. Ilustre Mark Mitsui was recently appointed to a top post in the U.S. Department of Education. His title: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Colleges, Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE).         The Office administers and coordinates programs on adult education and literacy, career and technical education, and community colleges. Its programs and grants support a wide …