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· Khier Casino
A 69-year-old Asian man was sent to the hospital after being stabbed while riding a BART train at the Warm Springs station in Fremont, California. The suspect, identified by BART Police as 44-year-old Terrell Coffer of Oakland, California, has been taken into custody on a charge…
· Bryan Ke
A man of Chinese descent has been targeted in a potential hate speech attack after racists sprawled “China Virus” in his front lawn using what he believes to be some type of fertilizer. David Chao described to ABC 6 News what happened at his home in Austin, Minnesota as…
· Ryan General
Social media is abuzz over the eerie timing of the deaths of Ashina Sei, Oh In-hye and Alien Huang, who all died at age 36, within three consecutive days. Three Asian celebrities were all found dead, two of them from apparent suicide attempts, within a day of each other from…
· Carl Samson
New York City’s Asian Hate Crime Task Force is now permanent, officials announced this week. The group, which was formed last month, will continue to document and address incidents of hate toward Asian Americans, which persist as COVID-19 remains in the country.
· Editorial Staff
A pastor in Macomb Township, Michigan is in hot water after sending a scathing email to Sarah Jeong, a journalist who made headlines in 2018 for being “racist” toward White people. In the email sent through his church’s domain, Rev. David Muns toyed with the idea of rounding up…
· Carl Samson
Asian American voters prefer Joe Biden over Donald Trump for November’s presidential election, a new survey shows. Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, received a 54% favorability, while Trump came behind at 30% (15% responded “don’t know,” while 1% would vote for “some…
· Carl Samson
A family-owned printing shop in San Francisco is in danger of closing after an alleged burglary and arson last week. Dragon Printing, located at 450 Taraval St., Sunset District found itself on fire just after midnight on Sept. 9, losing most of its inventory, machines and…
· Carl Samson
Lifetime announced the cast of its first holiday film centered on an Asian American family on Monday. “A Sugar & Spice Holiday,” set to premiere in December, stars Jacky Lai (“V-Wars”), Tony Giroux (“Motherland: Fort Salem”) and Tzi Ma (“Mulan,” “Wu Assassins”).
· Bryan Ke
A muscular Japanese man recently launched a stock photo website containing pictures of himself and other hunky men doing random, everyday tasks all while shirtless. Akihito launched the stock photo website Muscle Plus after he encountered some problems while looking for specific…
· Editorial Staff
Nearly a week after its release, Disney’s live-action “Mulan” has steadily received mixed reviews from audiences, while calls for a boycott over political reasons continue to rise on social media. So far, two Asian actors in Hollywood appear to have thrown shade at the film,…
· Bryan Ke
An owner of a pet hamster and an elderly man got into a fight after the owner gave her hamster priority seat on a train in Taiwan over the weekend. The incident occurred in a Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) train bound for Xike Station in New Taipei City at around 5:25 p.m.…
· Bryan Ke
“Mulan” live-action star Tzi Ma shined a spotlight on Asian actors are overlooked during award shows as well as the lack of recognition for their work. Lack of recognition: In a virtual interview with Variety, the 58-year-old Hong Kong American actor expressed his confusion…
· Bryan Ke
An elderly woman was caught on video harassing a Chinese American man in his own garage, telling him he had “slanted eyes” after she and her husband caught his children drawing chalk art on the sidewalk. What happened: The man, identified as Xiao Huang, shared his encounter with…
· Carl Samson
The COVID-19 pandemic has left Asian Americans more unemployed than Whites, according to a recent report from the Labor Department. As more people returned to work, America’s overall unemployment rate improved from 10.2% in July to 8.4% in August — but many Asian Americans may…
· Carl Samson
A pair of nonprofits in California launched a campaign designed to protect Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) youth from discrimination amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The program, known as Stand Up for AAPI Youth During COVID — or simply Stand Up for AAPI Youth —…
· Carl Samson
A man reportedly spat and threw his bike at a pair of Asians while ranting against China in New York City last week. The incident took place on Broadway near East 19th Street in the Flatiron District around 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 2, according to PIX 11.
· Editorial Staff
Jennifer Carnahan, chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota, has faced criticism for defending President Donald Trump’s use of the term “China virus,” rhetoric believed by some as a factor influencing the surge in hate crimes against Asian Americans. Carnahan, who is Asian…
· Carl Samson
More than 2,500 attacks against Asian Americans have been reported from mid-March to early August, an indication that hate toward the community persists despite some measures implemented to prevent it. The latest figure comes from Stop AAPI Hate, a national coalition that has…
· Carl Samson
An Asian American couple exposed a man who went on a racist rant and questioned their presence in the U.S. for no apparent reason. The incident, which was caught on video, occurred at the parking lot of a Safeway grocery store in Milpitas, California last week.
· Carl Samson
An ad calling out President Trump for his anti-Chinese rhetoric that is believed to have affected all Asian Americans amid the COVID-19 crisis will air in battleground states weeks into the November election. The ad, produced by the Immigrants’ List Civic Action, runs for 60…
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