On a recent afternoon in Flushing, Queens, Assembly Member Ron Kim filtered through Main Street’s crowded sidewalks with his 6-year-old daughter in tow,
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Rep. Gregory Meeks started off the year with a new role on the world stage. Just weeks before 2020 ended, he was elected to chair the House Foreign Affairs Committee – the first Black man ever to hold the position. Since then, Meeks has opposed a constitutional referendum in Haiti, passed a resolution condemning China’s actions in Hong Kong and proposed strengthening economic ties between Africa and the U.S., all while managing local politics back in the world’s borough in his continued role as chair of the Queens County Democratic Party.
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Why We Need To Stop Labeling Asian-Latinx Food As “Fusion” Refinery29 2 hrs ago Niki Nakazawa
As the daughter of a Japanese-American father and Uruguayan mother, growing up in the predominantly white suburbs of Boston, I was often put in the position of explaining myself. Among my teachers and peers, I was considered a “cultural curiosity.” I was subject to chauvinist assumptions about my background, the foods I ate at home, and my personal interests. In reality, I was raised eating a hodgepodge of cuisines, including my Japanese-American grandmother’s fruit salad with supremed grapefruit, canned mandarin oranges, and maraschino cherries, and my Uruguayan grandmother’s steak milanesas and tortilla de papas. How all of these foods ended up on my dinner table is not straightforward and provides a window into my family members’ particular tastes. At the same time, it speaks to our shared experiences of the diaspora, migration, and cultural history. I
The assemblyman, a St. John’s School of Law graduate who worked for years as a pro bono attorney, says he is invested in all aspects of public policy but criminal justice reform is the driving force behind much of his legislative work and his decision to run for DA.
Candidates competing in the Democratic primary are banking on support in New York’s traditional battleground areas. But the advent of a new ballot system has scrambled political conventions.