Editorial News
Staff-published reporting and analysis.

By Carl Samson
A review of social media posts and public statements has revived scrutiny of Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong’s past calls to abolish police departments, a position most Democrats have abandoned.

By Carl Samson
Orange County authorities lifted all evacuation orders Tuesday night after declaring that a damaged chemical tank at the GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove no longer posed a risk of explosion, fire or toxic release.

By Carl Samson
U.S. Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) was pepper-sprayed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents Monday as he tried to defuse a confrontation between federal officers and demonstrators outside a Newark immigrant detention center.

By Carl Samson
Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and translator Lin King’s queer colonial romance has become the first Mandarin Chinese work to win one of fiction’s most prestigious international honors last week.

By Carl Samson
The number of immigrants dying by suicide in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention has climbed to its worst point in at least 20 years, with five confirmed deaths in 2026 alone and the year’s midpoint still weeks away.

By Carl Samson
U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) is pushing back against a Republican colleague’s constitutional amendment targeting naturalized Americans, dismissing it as racist and xenophobic.

By Carl Samson
The city of Santa Ana, California, dedicated a memorial monument Saturday to its historic Chinatown, a Chinese immigrant community that the city ordered burned down nearly 120 years earlier.

By Ryan General
Americans may be less likely to identify racism against Asian employees because Asian Americans do not fit common mental “prototypes” of discrimination victims, according to new research that appeared in the March-April 2026 issue of Organization Science.

By Ryan General
Jericho High School in Nassau County has long been known on Long Island for its academic intensity, but this year’s graduating class brought unusual attention. The school named 21 valedictorians, all of whom finished with A-plus averages in one of New York’s most competitive public school environments. A photo of the students circulated widely online after viewers pointed out that the group appeared overwhelmingly Asian American.

By Ryan General
An X post about an Indian Meta engineer allegedly receiving a layoff email while in Bengaluru triggered a wave of reactions about H-1B workers and immigration in the U.S. tech industry.
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