Jonny Kim has spent his adult life in some of the world’s most demanding professions, serving as a Navy SEAL, earning a medical degree from Harvard and spending eight months aboard the International Space Station. Yet before more than 9,000 alumni gathered for Harvard Alumni Day, Kim used his keynote address to challenge one of the ideals that drew him into military service. “The solo hero myth is dangerous,” he said.

Georgia’s Republican-led legislature is set to redraw the state’s political maps in a June 17 special session, a move believed to roll back gains for communities of color including Asian Americans.

Several Asian American civil rights and advocacy organizations have spoken out following the acquittal of Rick Chow in the fatal shooting of 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton, calling on Asian American communities to reckon with anti-Black racism and practice cross-racial solidarity.

Dr. Nirav Shah, a former public health official who guided Maine through the COVID-19 pandemic, has taken the lead in the state’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, putting him within reach of becoming the state’s first Asian American governor and the first Indian American Democrat elected governor anywhere in the country.

Multiple anti-Asian slurs are among the racist text messages at the center of Karen Read’s new lawsuit against two Massachusetts police departments, raising new questions about bias in law enforcement.

Advisers to the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum have recommended replacing “Nanjing Massacre” with “Nanjing Incident” in a draft exhibit revision, drawing criticism over how one of Japan’s most prominent peace museums describes wartime atrocities committed by Japanese troops in China. The proposal surfaced during a broader review of museum displays and historical terminology.

Florida business owner Lieng Le spent years welcoming customers to her Vietnamese restaurant, often extending kindness even as she faced mounting challenges herself. The 86-year-old restaurateur captured attention on social media after declining payment for a meal from a content creator who later shared the encounter online. The interaction generated more than $200,000 in donations and culminated in a surprise home that supporters say will provide her with lasting security.

Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman has clinched a spot in the November mayoral election, eliminating Republican Spencer Pratt to set up a same-party general election against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass.

Asian Americans as a whole have some of the highest college attainment rates in California, but a new statewide report found that many Southeast Asian and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) communities remain excluded from those gains. Fewer than 30% of Cambodian, Hmong and Laotian adults hold bachelor’s degrees, while NHPI adults have a college attainment rate of just 22%, according to findings released by Campaign for College Opportunity and the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs.

The acquittal of Rick Chow in the shooting death of 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton has prompted calls on social media to boycott Asian-owned businesses, though a broader chorus of Asian and Black voices alike rejects the idea of holding an entire community responsible for one man’s actions.