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· Bryan Ke
The New York Police Department has asked the public to help identify a man involved in another unprovoked attack in New York City. The assault occurred along East 8th Street at around 12:30 p.m. on March 1. The 18-year-old female victim was reportedly walking when a man…
· Grace Kim
For the first time in history, the list of this year’s Oscar Nominees for Best Actor includes two men of Asian descent, Steven Yeun and Riz Ahmed, marking two historic firsts for the actors and the film industry. Steven Yeun became the first Asian American actor to be nominated…
· Alyssa Huang
Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this piece are solely those of the author. “GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY! CHINESE TRASH!”
· Grace Kim
YouTube channel Asian Boss recently updated fans on the #SaveAsianBoss GoFundMe campaign with founder Stephen Park revealing further issues that the media company is facing. Despite the campaign’s massive success in raising over $750,000, Park revealed in a recent video that…
· Bryan Ke
An Asian gas station owner was pepper-sprayed by an unidentified man in Oakland, California last week. The incident occurred at a gas station along Broadway at around 11 a.m. on March 11. The man became frustrated after trying to pay for gas using quarters, according to ABC7’s…
· Carl Samson
An elderly Asian man has died after suffering from an assault and robbery in Oakland, California last week. The incident, which left the man critically injured, occurred at the intersection of Jayne Avenue and Perkins Street near Lake Merritt before 7 a.m. on March 9.
· Carl Samson
A woman has been arrested for coughing on and pepper-spraying an Uber driver in San Francisco last weekend. Malaysia King was one of the riders accused in the incident, which was caught on the vehicle’s dashboard camera.
· Carl Samson
An Asian American woman was spit on three times and called “Chinese virus” while out with her baby in Queens, New York on Tuesday. The incident, now under investigation as a possible hate crime, occurred in the vicinity of 186th Street and Peck Avenue in Fresh Meadows at around…
· Ryan General
President Joe Biden has condemned the rising number of attacks on Asian Americans during his Thursday night’s address to the nation on the COVID-19 pandemic. Biden calls out the rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans during the pandemic, saying they’re “attacked, harassed,…
· Carl Samson
A digital bank aimed at serving the Asian American community recently launched on Wednesday. Cheese provides its own debit Mastercard (issued by the Coastal Community Bank) and is available to anyone, even those without a credit history.
· Carl Samson
A man in San Jose, California ended up with a chipped tooth after getting beaten by a stranger who appeared to ask for his help. The incident, which was caught on surveillance video, occurred while the victim was pulling into his driveway around 6:15 p.m. on Monday.
· Bryan Ke
A 75-year-old Asian man was left injured in a strong-armed robbery in Oakland on Tuesday. The incident occurred at Jayne Avenue and Perkins Street at around 6:55 a.m. when the victim was walking down the street, the Oakland Police Department told NextShark.
· Ryan General
Santa Clara County officials revealed that a woman who allegedly spat on an Asian American man and told him to “go back to where you came from” has been charged with misdemeanor hate crime and battery. Karen Inman, 39, is accused of attacking the man as he was eating lunch…
· Bryan Ke
Dave Roberts, manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, has addressed the rising anti-Asian violence in an internal email sent to the organization. In the email obtained by The Athletic, Roberts, a son of a Black man and a Japanese woman, described the rising attacks against elderly…
· Carl Samson
An Asian Uber driver in San Francisco has filed a police report after being threatened and harassed by racist passengers on Sunday afternoon. The Nepalese driver, who goes by Subhakar, picked up three riders in the Bayview neighborhood at around 12:45 p.m. and noticed that one…
· Leanna Chan
Vivian Chan is the co-founder of East Meets Dress, a contemporary fashion startup that serves thousands of brides each year and allows Asian Americans to celebrate their heritage without compromising style. Despite revolutionizing the wedding world and having the revenue to show…
· Editorial Staff
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with an apology from Alexi McCammond addressed to the Teen Vogue staff. Social media users are calling for the removal of Teen Vogue’s new editor-in-chief after her anti-Asian tweets from as early as 2011 resurfaced.
· Carl Samson
New York City is stepping up its fight against anti-Asian hate crimes with 200 additional surveillance cameras. The cameras were installed last Thursday as part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s hate crimes action plan, with more to come in the future.
· Ryan General
After creating a website that helps New Yorkers find COVID-19 vaccines, a software developer is using his new platform to take a stand against anti-Asian hate. What is TurboVax: Last month, Huge Ma launched TurboVax, a website that “finds appointments from 53 city and state-run…
· Bryan Ke
The Mountain View Police Department (MVPD) arrested a 39-year-old woman connected to a string of anti-Asian hate crimes last month, where she made racially-charged comments and spat on one of the Asian victims. Karen Inman was arrested around 11 a.m. on March 5 for attempting to…
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