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· Maina Chen
A 29-year-old Asian man was struck in the head with a hammer allegedly after bumping into his unnamed attacker at a Chelsea subway platform. The incident occurred at the 7th Avenue and West 14th Street station on the 1/2/3 line at around 9:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The New York Police…
· Carl Samson
Yongja Lee, 65, was stabbed in the neck while working at her liquor store in Long Beach, California, on Jan. 30. The business owner is expected to require long-term care since the attack left her paralyzed from the neck down and unable to speak. Police described her assailant as…
· Iris Jung
In an attempt to diversify Gotham’s caped crusader, DC Comics writer and artist Sean Murphy has confirmed on Instagram that the newest Dark Knight, Terry McGinnis, is "half Asian." Terry will be featured in Murphy’s eight-issue limited series “Batman: Beyond the White Knight,”…
· Michelle De Pacina
A white TikToker’s viral videos about what it is like to live with her Chinese boyfriend has sparked online criticism. TikTok user @frannyme created her own version of the TikTok trend, “Things that just make sense,” featuring items from her “Asian household” while living with…
· Ryan General
A scene in the recently released “The Batman” film shows the titular character beating up a group of men who are about to attack an Asian man. Twitter users questioned the sensitivity and necessity of the scene, which occurs within the film’s first 10 minutes, amidst the context…
· Michelle De Pacina
Two security guards at the New York Public Library’s Stavros Niarchos Foundation branch helped authorities arrest 28-year-old Steven Zajonc on Wednesday. Zajonc is accused of assaulting seven Asian women in Manhattan in a span of just two hours on Sunday. Roshanta Williams saw…
· Ryan General
A 41-year-old Asian man was reportedly riding a northbound J train in Manhattan when a stranger slashed his face with a razor blade. The alleged attack, which occurred at around 8:30 a.m. on Sunday near the Delancey Street/Essex Street station, was described by authorities as…
· Ryan General
Human Rights Watch recently reported that some South Asians and other non-white residents of Ukraine were prevented from riding buses and trains leaving the country. Ukrainian authorities were accused of prioritizing the evacuation of Ukrainian women and children over non-white…
· Bryan Ke
A Philadelphia man recently turned himself in for allegedly stabbing a woman and two boys on Sunday afternoon. The woman was reportedly stabbed several times throughout her body, while the 15-year-old victim was stabbed twice in the head and the 10-year-old victim was stabbed in…
· Bryan Ke
Marlon Carr, 47, was arrested on Friday morning for reportedly terrorizing his neighbors with physical violence and anti-Asian remarks at The Smile, an apartment building located at 158 East 126th St. in East Harlem, for more than a year. Moments before his arrest, Carr…
· Carl Samson
Two security guards at the New York Public Library’s Stavros Niarchos Foundation branch helped authorities arrest 28-year-old Steven Zajonc on Wednesday. Zajonc is accused of assaulting seven Asian women in Manhattan in a span of just two hours on Sunday. Roshanta Williams saw…
· Michelle De Pacina
Adrien, a 26-year-old woman from Minneapolis, recently went viral for sharing her love and excitement for rice in a video she uploaded to Snapchat. “My entire life, my favorite food has just been like white rice,” she said. “I love it. I can’t get enough of it. It’s my favorite…
· Ryan General
The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) released a new survey that found 75% of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women had experienced racism in 2021. Released on Thursday, the “State of Safety for Asian American and Pacific Islander Women in the…
· Carl Samson
A man charged with hate crimes after allegedly assaulting seven Asian women in Manhattan on Sunday has struggled with mental health issues for years, according to his mother. Steven Zajonc, 28, was arrested on Wednesday evening in connection with the unprovoked assaults, which…
· Ryan General
The New York Asian American community recently held a rally in the city’s Chinatown in protest of the latest incident of violent crimes targeting Asian Americans. On Tuesday, the demonstrators took to the streets following the widely publicized death of 62-year-old GuiYing Ma,…
· Ryan General
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted in favor of reprimanding Russia for its recent display of “aggression against Ukraine.” The text of the resolution “deplores in the strongest terms the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine in violation of Article 2,…
· Jane Nam
On Monday, during the New York Republican Party convention, Committee Chair Nicholas Langworthy announced the creation of the party’s Asian Caucus. Joined onstage by around 60 of the state’s notable Asian American Republicans, Langworthy asserted, “We will stand with our Asian…
· Ryan General
Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak and First Lady Kathy Sisolak were harassed at a restaurant in Las Vegas. A video of the incident showed the pair being berated by a man with what the governor described as “racist threats.” As Sisolak and his wife made their way out of the…
· Carl Samson
A man allegedly went on an anti-Asian assault spree in Manhattan on Sunday, targeting seven Asian women in just two hours. The unprovoked attacks occurred across Midtown, Gramercy Park, NoLita and the East Village, according to New York police. Two of the victims received…
· Editorial Staff
There’s no celebration in the world like Lunar New Year — red envelopes, firecrackers, lion dances and people saying “Gong hei fat choy” in Cantonese or “Gong xi fa cai” in Mandarin to each other. The only thing is, those phrases don’t mean Happy New Year. It’s wishing you good…
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