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API Rise co-director Billy Taing poses for a photo in the organization’s office in Los Angeles. (Photo by Malcolm Caminero)

criminal justice 2025

Formerly incarcerated Asian Angelenos face new fears with ICE

After serving lengthy prison sentences and reentering society as adults, members of API Rise recount their experiences in ICE detention and how they were punished a second time for their former crimes.

‘What is God up to in our neighborhood?’: Houses of worship navigate a refugee landscape growing increasingly political

From X to WeChat: How misinformation spreads across social media and into Chinese-language spaces

From temple towns to Brooklyn studios: How kalamkari travels between worlds

NIH probe and lab closure preceded Northwestern University professor’s death, lawsuit says

Formerly incarcerated Asian Angelenos face new fears with ICE

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