Champaign, Illinois An alleged cop killer was recently hailed as an angel by CBS affiliate WCIA. On Friday, the Illinois station aired an image of an angelic Darion Lafayette who died after allegedly killing police officer Chris Oberheim and wounding another officer in a shootout. The news sto
May 25, 2021 - 2:57 pm
The experience of being Asian-American and/or of Pacific Islander descent cannot be contained in a word, phrase or corporate slogan. Each universe contains innumerable micro-universes; under a microscope, even more realms of identity and feeling emerge.
That said, it is incumbent on each of us to recognize and appreciate the contributions of AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) artists, even though the dialogue and introspection the term entails is astronomically larger than four letters can hold.
GRAMMY.com is proud to curate a playlist for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2021. Uncontained by genre or racial identity within the Asian and Pacific Islander diasporas, the result is a sonic tour through wildly divergent genres: pop, jazz, classical and beyond. We ve also compiled quotes from artists as well as Recording Academy staffers who self-identify as AAPI.
After taking back the House in 2018, Nancy Pelosi called herself "a bridge to the next generation of leaders" and agreed to a deal: she'd serve again as speaker for no more than four years.