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· Rebecca Moon
DC Comics announced the release of seven AAPI-themed variant covers in celebration of AAPI Heritage Month in May. The themed variant covers, designed by AAPI creators, will feature various characters of AAPI heritage. DC’s first Earth-M line story featuring two lead Asian…
· Bryan Ke
The Albuquerque Police Department found a woman dead inside Canna Spa near Coors and Los Volcanes NW in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after responding to a robbery call Tuesday night. Authorities released still images of a potential suspect wearing a black cap and black shirt. He was…
· Editorial Staff
Jessica Corey, head of the New York Police Department’s Hate Crimes Task Force, was reassigned on Wednesday. The move came a day after an alleged incident involving mistreatment of an Asian American attack victim was brought to the attention of Mayor Eric Adams. In response,…
· Ryan General
“The Bachelor” contestant Marlena Wesh apologized for using racist stereotypes to describe fellow cast member Sarah Hamrick in a now-deleted TikTok post. Wesh took to the social media platform to post roasts of her co-star that did not make it into the final airing of the dating…
· Ryan General
Harvard College Undergraduate Council President Michael Y. Cheng has been on the receiving end of racially charged attacks weeks after his inauguration. His dorm room door at Quincy House was vandalized on Thursday and had racist flyers posted to it on Monday. Cheng said the…
· Ryan General
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki blamed “hateful rhetoric” about COVID-19’s origins for the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes. A reporter asked a question about President Joe Biden’s plans to address the three-fold hate crime increase under the current administration. Psaki…
· Michelle De Pacina
An unidentified protester interrupted Monday’s Boston Common press conference by heckling executive director of the Massachusetts Voter Table, Beth Huang, who he mistook for Boston Mayor Michelle Wu. “You’re a political puppet… Why don’t you look into it, Mayor Wu?” the…
· Carl Samson
Authorities are investigating a string of home burglaries in the Cincinnati Tri-State area in which Asian restaurant owners have been targeted since early 2021. The affected homes are reportedly located in Montgomery, Blue Ash, West Chester, Milford and Indian Hill in Greater…
· Carl Samson
Three members of the San Francisco School Board were removed from office after a recall election on Tuesday. Demands for a recall sprang in early 2021 after the board pushed to rename 44 schools instead of working to get children back into classrooms. The ousted members also…
· Bryan Ke
Kenneth Takanami, a former co-worker of Christina Yuna Lee, revealed in an emotional tweet on Monday that Lee was an advocate fighting against anti-Asian hate. “Christina started at Splice around the same time as the Asian hate crime shootings in Atlanta. It was an emotional and…
· Ryan General
An Asian participant on “Married At First Sight Australia” was devastated after learning that her new husband matched with her by the reality show was not attracted to her. Contestants on the show couple up blindly and engage in an unofficial commitment ceremony upon meeting in…
· Editorial Staff
Amid a fiery backlash that included accusations of anti-Asian bias, New York Times sports reporter Andrew Keh has defended his use of the word “overrepresented” in describing the presence of Asian Americans in figure skating. Keh, who is Asian American, found himself in hot…
· Ryan General
South Asian students at Boston College were targeted with hateful posts on Herrd, an app available exclusively for Boston College students. Directed at specific students and South Asians in general, the posts insulted South Asians’ physical features and compared the group to…
· Carl Samson
New York City community activist Grace Lee called out ABC’s “World News Tonight with David Muir” on Twitter after the primetime program misidentified her as the late Michelle Go. Grace appeared in coverage of a vigil for Christina Yuna Lee, a woman stabbed to death in her…
· Michelle De Pacina
Georgetown University Law professor Franz Werro referred to one of his Asian students as “Mr. Chinaman” during a class last Thursday. “What about you, Mr. Chinaman?” he purportedly asked the student, as he looked around the room in an effort to stimulate class discussion. A clip…
· Bryan Ke
The San Diego City Council officially unveiled Honorary Tom Hom Avenue, named after the city’s first person of color elected to the City Council in 1963. Hom, who will turn 95 on Tuesday, was born to immigrant parents and was the only Asian City Councilmember before Mayor Todd…
· Michelle De Pacina
GuiYing Ma, the 61-year-old grandmother who was bashed in the head with a rock in Queens, New York, has woken from her two-month coma, Ma was reportedly able to open her eyes and move her right arm and leg on Monday, reported ABC7.
· Carl Samson
An Occidental College student reportedly sent her friend an anti-Asian text message in late 2020. The recipient said she initially declined to report the text to give the sender a chance to do better, but the student allegedly continued to make discriminatory remarks. Following…
· Ryan General
In Canada, 12 South Asian students were reportedly kicked out of a Cactus Club restaurant after they were mistakenly connected with a separate incident that had occurred at another of the upscale restaurant chain’s locations. According to the police, the restaurant called to…
· Carl Samson
Rhode Island State Rep. Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung (R-15) introduced a bill that would require Asian American history be taught in public elementary and high schools. The curriculum would cover Asian American contributions in various fields, including the advancement of civil…
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