details how agribusiness billionaires are set up to rake in profits while many citizens lack access to clean drinking water, and how the state’s environmental ideals have been compromised at the expense of its citizens, who are now facing not only the increasing effects of climate change but a rise in water contamination rivaling that of Flint, Michigan. Here are four boundary-breaking Asian-Americans either already elected to or running for office:Dr. Mai Khanh Tran city’s first Asian-American and Chinese-American mayor Before she knew it, she had crossed the room and snatched the keys from the wall, and was fumbling at the prisoner’s chains.