Monterey Park: California’s resilient ‘Chinese Beverly Hills’

Monterey Park, California, the site of Saturday’s mass shooting that left 11 dead, has historically served as a beacon for California’s Chin...

Delano Manongs: California park named after Filipino American labor leaders

A park in San Jose, California, was named “Delano Manongs” to honor Filipino labor leaders of the 1965 Delano Grape Strike and Boycott, whi...

Restored print of ‘Who Killed Vincent Chin?’ to screen at Academy Museum

A restored print of the 1987 crime documentary “Who Killed Vincent Chin?” will be screened at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles on Dec. 4. ...

Filipino American History Month recognized in Arkansas in historic first

Arkansas has recognized October as Filipino American History Month for the first time in its history. The recognition reportedly came in t...

Ngo Vinh Long, anti-Vietnam War activist and scholar, dies at 78

Ngo Vinh Long, a Vietnamese scholar and writer famous for anti-war demonstrations that angered the South Vietnamese government in the 1960s...

Complete list of WWII Japanese internees unveiled in LA weighs 25 pounds

This year marks the 80th anniversary of former U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s authorization of Executive Order 9066 in February 194...

108-year-old Japanese American silent film found in NY museum to be preserved

Denise Khor, associate professor of Asian American and visual studies at Northeastern University, has been tasked to preserve a 108-year-ol...

Update: Alleged Nanjing Massacre photos discovered in Minnesota pawn shop debunked

Photos in an album discovered by a Minnesota pawn shop owner previously believed to have been taken during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre have b...

San Diego officially apologizes for supporting Japanese American incarceration during WWII

The San Diego City Council officially apologized to the Japanese American community and passed a resolution that rescinded Resolution 76068...

National Lao-Hmong Memorial Foundation restores warplane to honor Hmong Vietnam War veterans

The National Lao-Hmong Memorial Foundation held an air show showcasing a restored T-28 airplane at Fleming Field in South Saint Paul, Minne...

School district in Wisconsin to make Hmong, AAPI history part of curriculum

The Verona Area School District Board of Education in Wisconsin unanimously approved a resolution on Monday expressing support for the Hmon...

‘Why is the story still unknown?’: ‘Free Chol Soo Lee’ co-directors refuse to let America forget Korean American wrongfully convicted of murder in 1973

Julie Ha and Eugene Yi’s six-year journey to illuminate the life and legacy of Chol Soo Lee, a Korean American man falsely convicted of murd...

Meet 98-year-old George Woo, a last living member of the Flying Tigers’ Chinese American Composite Wing

Editor’s note: Edward Woo, one of George Woo’s children, spoke on behalf of his father for this exclusive interview with NextShark. On the F...

Hundreds gather to honor late advocate for Asian American seniors Im Ja Choi

Hundreds of people gathered at the memorial service for Im Ja Choi, a celebrated advocate for Asian American seniors, at the Evergreen Cent...

Biden awards Medal of Honor to previously overlooked Vietnam War vets, including two Asian Americans

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden awarded the prestigious Medal of Honor to a group of Vietnam War veterans, including two Asian Americans, w...

Families of 11 Filipino WWII vets receive Congressional Gold Medal after 76-year wait for recognition

The names of 11 Filipino World War II veterans were read and recognized at a ceremony held at the Filipino Community Center in Honolulu on ...

Biden signs national Asian Pacific American museum commission bill

President Joe Biden officially signed the “Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American Histor...

How Costco became a mecca for Asian American shoppers

Costco, headquartered in Issaquah, Washington, has become a go-to shopping spot among Asian Americans in recent years. Earlier this year, ...

Vancouver Chinatown community ‘disheartened’ after mural is vandalized weeks after being created

“Fu Lu Shou Xi,” a mural in Vancouver’s Chinatown, was vandalized with bubble graffiti on Sunday morning. The artwork, located on the Ten ...

Ma, Ba, may we talk?: The East Asian dinner table conversation, and what it says about mental health

At 14, you were braiding your younger sister’s hair into a Chinese ladder when Mom called both of you downstairs. It is dinnertime, and your...

40 Japanese Americans interned while students during WWII receive high school diplomas 80 years later

Forty Japanese American students who were denied their chance to graduate during World War II finally received their diplomas from Mt. Diab...

Stacey Park Milbern, Korean American activist who fought for the disabled, honored in Google Doodle

Google celebrated queer Korean American disability justice activist Stacey Park Milbern with a special Google Doodle on Thursday. Born with ...

Senate passes bill to study new Asian Pacific American history national museum

The AAPI museum study bill was passed in the Senate on Thursday by unanimous vote, necessitating the creation of a committee that will plan...

Detroiters to honor Vincent Chin 40 years after his death with 4-day event

Politicians and Asian American community leaders gathered at the intersection of Peterboro and Cass in Detroit’s Chinatown on Monday to rec...

Meet the 12 AAPI heroes featured in Chinatown San Francisco’s new mural

The “AAPI Community Heroes Mural” created by the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco has been unveiled in the city’s Chinatown. The mu...

‘I will continue to be brave’: Surviving WWII Filipino ‘comfort women’ fight for recognition, apology

The remaining Filipino women who were forced into sexual slavery by Imperial Japan during World War II are planning to submit a petition to...

Chinatown in Pittsburgh officially recognized as historic landmark after four attempts over 12 years

Pittsburgh’s historic Chinatown was marked as an official Pennsylvania landmark on Saturday after four appeals were sent to the state over ...

Community members show up to restore defaced ‘8 Immortals’ mural in Vancouver’s Chinatown

Members of Vancouver’s Chinatown community reportedly lined up on East Georgia Street on April 16 to help restore the “Eight Immortals Cros...

San Dieguito superintendent apologizes for saying Asian students succeed because they’re wealthy Chinese

Cheryl James-Ward, superintendent of the San Dieguito Union High School District, faced criticism after suggesting that Asian students are ...

Glendale unveils monument honoring its Filipino American community

The Filipino American Business Association of Glendale (FABAG) in California unveiled the Filipino-American Friendship Monument outside of ...

Denver to formally apologize for anti-Chinese riot of 1880

Denver is set to formally apologize to early Chinese immigrants and their descendants on April 16 for the historic injustices they suffered...

Hawaiian hula teacher Edith Kanakaʻole to be featured on US quarters

Edith Kanaka’ole, the late native Hawaiian teacher, has become one of five women to be honored in the 2023 U.S. Mint American Women Quarter...

USC awards honorary degrees, dedicates rock garden to incarcerated Japanese American students of WWII

On April 1, the University of Southern California opened a traditional Japanese rock garden to honor 120 Japanese American students who wer...

‘Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea’ mural in Vancouver’s Chinatown defaced

A mural known as “Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea,” which was meticulously painted onto the side of a two-story building on East Georgia S...

Bainbridge Island marks the 80th anniversary of Japanese American incarceration during WWII

March 30 marks 80 years since the unjust incarceration of around 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, following the attack on Pe...

Nicole Lee becomes the 1st Asian American woman to serve on Chicago City Council

Nicole Lee was sworn as 11th Ward alderwoman after a unanimous vote on Monday, making her the first Asian American woman and first Chinese ...