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Join date: Jul 11, 2025
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Zhenjia Zhang is a business and economics reporter specializing in TV news. Originally from China, she covers how immigration and economic policies impact working-class communities, with a focus on immigrant labor and housing. The president of the Asian American Journalists Association chapter at the CUNY Newmark J-School, Zhenjia was awarded the 2025 Deadline Club Scholarship, recognizing her potential and excellence in journalism.
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Nov 13, 2025 ∙ 6 min
As EmPower+ Hangs In The Balance, A Reckoning Of New York’s Uneven Efforts To Lower Household Energy Use — And Power Bills
With the winter chills likely to intensify and spike energy bills, equitable access to clean energy upgrades is more urgent than ever, especially for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, who were deprioritized under the Trump administration and remain underserved.
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Sep 8, 2025 ∙ 6 min
Perspective: Breaking the Cage of the Self
In reality, I am not opposed to China’s discipline, since its purpose is to prevent deeper social chaos. However, after smoking weed — a violation of Chinese law — I felt an unprecedented sense of freedom. It’s not that cannabis itself has some magic; rather, it simply helps me break free from the cage of self‑consciousness. I am no longer a product of social discipline, but a person with free thoughts who can make her own choices.
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Jul 11, 2025 ∙ 6 min
“They Won’t Stop Sucking Workers’ Blood”: New York Home Care Workers Demand End to 24-Hour Shifts
Despite CPC’s mission to “promote the social and economic empowerment” of Asian American communities, they have played a role in enforcing 24-hour workdays for home care workers with only 13 hours of pay. Protestors complain that the “stolen” wages of 11 hours a day, now amounting to over $90 million in lost wages, have been used to build the 30-storey luxury tower in Manhattan that they now hold signs in front of.
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