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Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

We hope students of Asian or Pacific Islander heritage share their experiences and their cultural traditions with their peers, and teachers include the contributions of Asian and Pacific Americans to our collective history in lessons this month. Mostly forgotten by history, thousands of Chinese immigrants, who came to the U.S.

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Latin American Solidarity in Changing Times  

Anthropology News

There is a long history of US imperial politics in Latin America and the Caribbean. The abandonment of Buenaventura’s primarily Afro-Colombian residents in lieu of big businesses and the port has intensified since the 2012 implementation of a free-trade agreement between Colombia and the United States.