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· Daniel Anderson
Rallies on first anniversary of Atlanta spa shootings unite the country
On the one-year anniversary of the shootings at three Georgia massage businesses, rallies across the country were held to commemorate its eight victims, six of whom were Asian women, and to call for change against the alarming rise of anti-Asian violence within recent years.…
· Ryan General
President Biden, AAPI legislators commemorate 1-year anniversary of deadly Atlanta spa shootings
President Joe Biden commemorated the first anniversary of the Georgia mass shooting on Wednesday, saying that the victims’ murders “underscored how far we have to go in this country to fight racism, misogyny, and all forms of hate — and the epidemic of gun violence that enables…
· Maina Chen
‘Loving, Kind, Generous, Unselfish’: Community Remembers Spa Owner Murdered in Atlanta Shootings
A candlelit vigil was held outside of Youngs Asian Massage for the deceased in the Atlanta-area on Thursday night. At the vigil: Xiaojie “Emily” Tan, 49, the owner of Youngs Asian Massage and her employee Daoyou Feng, 44, were honored outside the establishment, according to USA…
· Ryan General
Why the Philippines, With No History of School Shootings, Wants to Put Police on Campuses
As the U.S. continues to figure out how to deal with mass school shootings, the idea of placing police and armed guards on campuses is a regular topic in the media and online discussions. Now, halfway across the world, a nation is trying to adopt this very solution to a problem…
· Bryan Ke
Congressman Ted Lieu Slams Walmart for ‘Making Up Stupid Sh*t’ by Blaming Video Games for Mass Shootings
Democratic Representative Ted Lieu slammed Walmart for taking down video games that depict violence days after a mass shooting occurred at one of their branches. The 50-year-old politician took to his Twitter page on August 9 to call out the chain for their decision.
· Leanna Chan
Bay Area Faces Nearly 200 Freeway Shootings in the Last 4 Years
Bay Area drivers are facing a sharp increase in freeway shootings, with the latest one occurring just last week on northbound I-880 in Oakland. Seemingly random incidents have occurred across the Bay Area this summer. The latest incident which happened during rush hour around…
· Bryan Ke
Donald Trump Tells Japan Mass Shootings Can Happen Anywhere — In Country with ZERO Mass Shootings
President Donald Trump reportedly told Japanese Emperor Akihito that mass shootings can happen “anywhere” in the world including Japan, which only has single-digit rates of firearm-related deaths annually. Trump met Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Monday on the first stop…
· Quentin Lee
Wayne Lo: An Ex-Campus Shooter Gives Thoughts on Orlando and UCLA Shootings
Editor’s Note: Quentin Lee is a Canadian film writer and director. He’s most known for films including “White Frog”, “The People I’ve Slept With”, and “Ethan Mao”. In the wake of the largest mass shooting in America that already overshadowed the UCLA campus shooting less than…
· Editorial Staff
A 22-Year-Old Reveals How She Survived the Paris Shootings in Heartbreaking Facebook Post
Isobel Bowdery, a 22-year-old South African student studying in Paris, was in the Bataclan theatre when gunmen opened fire on the crowd, murdering a total of 129 people and wounding 352 others. In a chilling Facebook post, Bowdery describes chaos and tragedy of the scene,…
· Michelle De Pacina
Man with gun ‘arsenal’ is arrested for ‘random’ fatal shooting of Indian student outside Toronto subway
Toronto Police arrested Richard Jonathan Edwin, 39, in connection to separate murders of an Indian student and a Toronto resident last week. The police found and seized Edwin’s "arsenal" of legally owned firearms, including rifles, handguns and loaded magazines. He was charged…
· Khier Casino
Suspect in Brooklyn subway shooting in custody after NYPD offers $50,000 reward
Frank James, the primary suspect of the subway shooting in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park on Tuesday that left at least 29 injured has been taken into custody. James, 62, was born in the Bronx but moved to different locations for short periods of time, according to his sister, Catherine…
· Carl Samson
‘Imagine a treasury of millions of dollars’: Andrew Yang pioneers DAO for AAPI causes
Andrew Yang last week launched GoldenDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) focused on advancing “AAPI solidarity and empowerment.” DAOs are online organizations that aim to accomplish goals with the aid of blockchain technology. “Imagine a treasury of millions of…
· Grace Kim
Chef My Nguyen shares emotional story of childhood abuse: ‘Our voices and stories need to be heard’
Over the weekend, Chef My Nguyen shared in a now viral TikTok an incident she looks back on as her “first experience with Asian hate.” “It was teachers — that I trusted. They used to abuse me,” she says in the video. Nguyen recalls the moments when she was 4 or 5 years old that…
· Daniel Anderson
Why calling out racism starts and ends with you
Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this piece are those of the author’s and do not necessarily represent the views of NextShark. An internet friend jokingly called me “ching chong” on the social audio app Clubhouse last night.
· Carl Samson
Nearly 3 Million AAPIs experienced a hate incident since 2021, national survey data suggests
Nearly 3 million AAPI adults have experienced a hate incident since the beginning of 2021, a new survey suggests. The estimate dwarfs figures of self-reported cases from community monitoring websites, indicating that anti-Asian hate is more widespread than some may realize. The…
· Bryan Ke
Rally against anti-Asian hate crimes honors Atlanta spa shooting victims ahead of 1-year anniversary
Around 200 activists and community members gathered near the Young Girls Peace Monument in Brookhaven, Georgia, on Saturday ahead of the Georgia mass shooting anniversary on Wednesday. During last year’s incident, Robert Aaron Long reportedly shot and killed eight people,…
· Bryan Ke
UCLA community put on alert over white supremacist rally flyer that praised Atlanta spa shooter
A flyer stating a white supremacist rally would be held on the University of California, Los Angeles campus on Feb. 14 caused concern among community members. The flyer, sent to the Asian American Studies Center via mail on Feb. 9, reportedly contained xenophobic remarks and…
· Bryan Ke
‘Irreplaceable’ Christina Yuna Lee active in fight against Asian hate, coworker says in emotional message
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…
· Michelle De Pacina
Bay Area gym posts ad saying they speak English, aren’t rude like ‘shady’ Asian massage parlors
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
National rallies held on anniversary of Vicha Ratanapakdee death seek justice for anti-Asian hate victims
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…