NextShark Asian American News

By Carl Samson
The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) has launched a $1.5 million initiative aimed at placing more Asian American and Pacific Islander executives in Fortune 500 boardrooms.

By Carl Samson
A Chicago man is scheduled for a court status hearing today on felony hate crime and arson charges after he admitted to setting a cross on fire in Grant Park and called it a political protest against the Trump administration.

By Carl Samson
The Senate confirmed former Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.) as the next U.S. ambassador to South Korea on June 17, putting a Korean American woman in the post for the first time.

By Carl Samson
Detroit marked the 44th anniversary of Vincent Chin’s murder over the weekend, with a ceremony honoring the civil rights movement his death helped ignite across Asian American communities nationwide.

By Ryan General
For more than a decade, former NBA superstar Jeremy Lin carried unanswered questions about the rise and fall of Linsanity without publicly blaming the teammate many fans believed stood in his way.

By Ryan General
Asian Americans are embracing artificial intelligence at higher rates than any other major racial group in the United States and remain the only group whose positive views of AI outweigh negative ones, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

By Carl Samson
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz appointed Judge Reynaldo “Reggie” Aligada Jr. to the Minnesota Supreme Court last month, making him the first Asian Pacific American justice in the court’s history.

By Carl Samson
Asian American lawmakers and advocacy groups condemned Congress’ approval of a $70 billion immigration enforcement bill, saying it gives ICE unchecked power to target their communities.

By Carl Samson
Voters in Frisco, Texas, have elected a unity candidate for mayor, rejecting a rival whose campaign centered on anti-Muslim rhetoric that had gripped the fast-growing Dallas suburb for months.

By Carl Samson
For the first time in more than three decades, Chinese immigrants have surpassed Dominicans as New York City’s largest foreign-born group, according to a new city report released last Thursday.
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