We spotlight how the tragic suicide of a young Dalit student and activist, Rohith Vemula, has catalyzed mass mobilizing across university campuses in India against heinous caste-based discrimination that continues to be a disturbing feature of Indian society. We also look at a recent court ruling in India that brings the country one step closer … Continued


On tonight’s APEX Express, University of San Francisco’s Professor of Law Bill Ong Hing discusses how the DREAM Act and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) has impacted Asian immigrants. Two young API DREAMers who are part of ASPIRE, the first Pan-Asian undocumented immigrant led group in the country, talk about their experience and why the … Continued


We hear from Paromita Shah from the National Lawyers Guild and Sasha W., from the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance about the ongoing hunger strikes spreading across the immigration detention system. Though a lot of people are striking, today we’re focusing on the Bangladeshi strikers. We also have a rebroadcast of an interview Marie and Salima … Continued


APEX Express has created a tradition for Thankstaking Day where we take you back to Center for Political Education‘s annual My Heroes Have Always Killed Colonizers event from Indigenous People’s Day, and this year, we keep it up. We celebrate these resisters to colonization with words and music from J. Theo (Decolonized Pinoy Poetry), Needa Bee (Spoken Word), Maya Chinchilla (Spoken … Continued