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· Ryan General
Alex Paterson, a senior researcher for progressive media watchdog group Media Matters took to Twitter to call out podcast host Joe Rogan for the “hateful things” he has said on “The Joe Rogan Experience” over the past year and a half. Paterson created a Twitter thread of clips…
· Bryan Ke
American figure skater Nathan Chen, 22, has finally fulfilled his dream of winning an Olympic gold medal. Chen placed first at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on Thursday, beating his rival, Japan’s “Ice Prince” and two-time defending gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu. The young…
· Bryan Ke
Over 40,000 people, including Senator Scott Wiener (D-Calif.), have signed a petition demanding the San Francisco Police Department and the Medical Examiner’s Office reopen the case of Jaxon Sales, the 20-year-old gay man who died from an alleged drug overdose. Sales went to a…
· Michelle De Pacina
The Steel Roses, China women's national football team, won their ninth AFC Women's Asian Cup Title in a victory over South Korea. The hashtag “pay raise for women soccer players” went viral on Weibo, with Chinese netizens discussing the team’s more successful track record over…
· Michelle De Pacina
Here are some of the upcoming competitions of Team USA’s Asian American athletes to look forward to in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics:
· Michelle De Pacina
Island Personal Training, a gym and massage parlor located in Alameda, California, received backlash for their racist advertisement against Asian massage parlors. The owner of the gym, Jason Wilson, refused to comment and shut his gym doors to ABC7 news reporter Dion Lim. “This…
· Carl Samson
New York saw the highest number of anti-Asian hate crimes in 2021, according to data from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism in California State University, San Bernardino. Los Angeles surpassed other major U. S. cities in terms of overall hate crimes last year. Data…
· Ryan General
China’s U.S.-born figure skater Zhu Yi cried after falling twice during the women’s free skate event of the 2022 Beijing Winter Games on Monday. “I was very emotional during the routine and wanted to cry. I couldn’t hold it back, and the tears came flowing,” Zhu said. Chinese…
· Ryan General
Los Angeles Angels’ two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani will grace the cover of video game “Major League Baseball: The Show 22.” It marks the first time an Asian athlete has ever been featured on the cover of an American sports video game. Ohtani’s “The Show” cover comes after a…
· Rebecca Moon
Fox’s new drama series “The Cleaning Lady” aims to tackle stereotypes about Asian service employees in the U.S. The show features Élodie Yung as Thony De La Rosa, a Cambodian doctor who moves to the U.S. seeking treatment for her son, who has a life-threatening medical…
· Carl Samson
In an op-ed for the Lunar New Year, California Reps. Michelle Steel (R-48) and Young Kim (R-39) addressed issues faced by the Asian American community under Democratic leadership. The pair of lawmakers cited the recent surge in reported hate crimes, purported discrimination in…
· Carl Samson
Anh Lê, 69, and Rong Xin Liao, 85, met for the first time on Monday in a mutual show of support as fellow victims of violence. The defendants in both their cases had spent time in custody before being released. The victims spoke out against the District Attorney’s Office for…
· Ryan General
On Feb. 1, DC Comics launched a solo miniseries for the Monkey Prince, an Asian American superhero created by award-winning writer Gene Luen Yang and artist Bernard Chang. The character, inspired by a classic work of Chinese literature from the 16th century, was first introduced…
· Editorial Staff
The Asian American Business Development Center (AABDC) and NextShark are partnering once again to present the free Lunar New Year virtual event to celebrate the Year of the Tiger on Feb. 8 at 6:00 p.m. EST. This year’s free event will be streamed exclusively on NextShark’s…
· Carl Samson
Derik Barreto, 37, is facing a total 33 charges — including 27 hate crime enhancements — after allegedly going on an anti-Asian burglary and vandalism spree between April and August of last year. Those enhancements accounted for a large portion of anti-Asian incidents reported…
· Bryan Ke
The city of Coronado announced that city official Roger Miller was put on administrative leave after he was caught making anti-Asian statements to an Asian couple in Newport Beach on Saturday. His wife, Sandie Miller, was fired from Linfield Christian School following the viral…
· Editorial Staff
The Asian Justice Rally was held in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco this past weekend to honor and seek justice for Asian victims of hate and violence. Attacks against Asian Americans have persisted two years into the COVID-19 pandemic,…
· Carl Samson
The synchronous demonstrations, known as the Asian Justice Rally, were held in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco this past weekend. The event took place on the anniversary of the death of Vicha Ratanapakdee, an 84-year-old Thai man who…
· Bryan Ke
Terrell Harper, 39, threatened the NYPD via Instagram Stories and said that he would "f*ck up" the “next cop funeral.” Harper posted the story on Saturday – one day after Officer Jason Rivera, 22, was laid to rest. Rivera and his partner, Wilbert Mora, 27, died after being shot…
· Ryan General
A viral TikTok shows a couple from Coronado, California, hurling racist slurs at an Asian couple at a local mall over the weekend. The Asian couple was allegedly told to “go back to China” and “stop spreading COVID.” An online sleuth identified the offending couple as Coronado’s…
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