Buoyed by support from the Black Lives Matter movement and a growing political impact, Asian American and Pacific Islander residents in New Jersey are organizing and standing up, challenging the trend that has seen them scapegoated for things like the global pandemic.
AAPI community finds allies and energy despite rise in bias incidents
Senior Political Correspondent/Anchor
Senior Correspondent David Cruz is the moderator of Chat Box and Reporters Roundtable. He's been a member of the NJ Spotlight News team since 2011 and has been covering New Jersey's biggest stories for almost 30 years. He's been a reporter and moderator of public affairs programs on television, radio and digital platforms for WBGO and WNYC radio and is the former editor in chief of the Hudson Reporter Newspaper group.