A public art project more than two decades in the making cleared its final financial hurdle last week, paving the way for the fabrication of a bronze sculpture at the site where Seattle’s Chinese community was violently driven from the city in 1886.

Vivek Ramaswamy captured the Republican nomination for Ohio governor on Tuesday, defeating political newcomer Casey Putsch and setting up a competitive November race against Democrat Amy Acton.

One in four Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults experienced a hate crime or hate incident in the past year, with concerns about future discrimination persisting even as overall rates have declined since the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new poll from AAPI Data and the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests, detentions and deportations of Asian and Pacific Islander people have risen five to seven times compared to the previous administration, with nearly seven in 10 detentions involving people with no criminal history, according to a new analysis.

The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision narrowing the Voting Rights Act lands as Asian Americans, the nation’s fastest-growing racial group, are only beginning to build the geographic concentration needed to elect representatives of their choice.

Asian Americans are the country’s only racial or ethnic group whose worry outpaces hope, amid mounting pressures from federal immigration enforcement, trade policy and deepening questions about identity and place in American society, according to a new national survey.

The casting of Sydney Sweeney and Noah Centineo as rival mech pilots in a war between Earth and its space colonies places two white American actors at the center of the live-action Mobile Suit Gundam, a Japanese franchise defined by war, colonialism and identity. The announcement follows Sweeney’s appearance in her controversial 2025 American Eagle campaign criticized for its use of genetics language. In “Gundam,” human evolution is not abstract but central to the conflict, with evolved individuals identified and deployed in war.

Hallmark Channel is facing criticism over its upcoming film “All’s Fair in Love and Mahjong,” which features a predominantly white cast despite centering on a Chinese cultural tradition. The movie, set to premiere May 9 during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, has drawn objections from Asian American creators and viewers online. Critics point to casting choices that they say sideline Asian representation in a story built around Chinese culture.

Shipping delays and surging logistics costs tied to the Iran war are disrupting rice exports from Thailand and Vietnam, two of the world’s largest suppliers. Vietnam primarily ships rice to regional markets such as the Philippines and China, while Thailand supplies key Middle East buyers including Iraq. Exporters report longer delivery times, contract renegotiations and weaker prices as shipments are delayed.

Bang Cho, an 84-year-old Korean man living with dementia, died after authorities say he was beaten and set on fire in downtown Los Angeles. Prosecutors allege Lavonta Martel Wilder carried out the attack shortly before midnight on April 19. Wilder, 40, now faces a murder charge that could result in a life sentence.