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· Jane Nam
Rhode Island will now require Asian American history to be taught in public schools based on legislation passed in Congress on Tuesday. Rep. Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung (R-Dist. 15, Cranston) originally introduced the bill in February, which would require all public schools in the…
· Jane Nam
San Francisco voters successfully ousted District Attorney Chesa Boudin from office last night in a recall election with 60 percent of the vote in favor. Boudin implemented some of the most progressive measures nationwide regarding criminal justice, including the elimination of…
· Michelle De Pacina
Catherine Xu was allegedly punched in the face by a stranger while waiting to cross the street in Washington, D.C.’s Chinatown. A bystander immediately jumped in and chased after the attacker to help her, according to Xu. Xu reportedly visited urgent care after the incident.…
· Carl Samson
Clifford Stewart, 61, has been charged with assault, vandalism and hate crimes after allegedly physically assaulting a Hispanic T-Mobile employee while yelling racial slurs at her and her Asian co-worker in Cupertino, California. The incident started when Stewart removed a store…
· Jane Nam
Miami-based news station WPLG defended its restaurant sanitation investigative segment against accusations of racism. One of the news anchors called the claims of “Dirty Dining” targeting Asian restaurants “outrageous,” noting that the show was based on the state’s inspection…
· Michelle De Pacina
Nicholas Martin, the 24-year-old suspect accused of hurling anti-Asian remarks and slashing an Asian man on a subway train in Brooklyn, New York, surrendered to the police on Thursday. He faces two counts of assault, one of which is being charged as a hate crime. Martin got into…
· Rebecca Moon
Japanese video game developer and publisher Capcom revealed a new trailer for the upcoming game “Street Fighter 6” at the PlayStation State of Play event on Thursday. The gameplay trailer revealed a new voice actor behind Chun-Li, who has been replaced by Filipino American voice…
· Carl Samson
Costco, headquartered in Issaquah, Washington, has become a go-to shopping spot among Asian Americans in recent years. Earlier this year, analytics firm Numerator reported that the average Costco shopper is a married, 39-year-old Asian American woman who lives in the Pacific…
· Michelle De Pacina
Kerry Jer Thao, a 33-year-old graduate and custodian at California State University, Chico, was arrested for allegedly encouraging Asians to “shoot white and black people.” The university was informed by the FBI of Thao’s violent threats that were left under videos relating to…
· Rebecca Moon
A TikTok user is under fire after posting a now- deleted video of an Asian grocery store where he is seen gagging and stating that there is a “pet store” inside. While smelling different food products, the user pretended to gag and referred to the live crab tank as a place…
· Rebecca Moon
Simu Liu described growing up as an Asian male teenager as “very hard,” as he was “constantly aware of how I was being perceived.” Liu said it was challenging as a teenager because the media portrayed Asian males as being “awkward, nerdy and completely undateable.” When he…
· Bryan Ke
A study conducted by the nonprofit Campaign for College Opportunity, titled “The State of Higher Education for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Californians,” found gaps in college access and success among Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander…
· Carl Samson
New York police have released an image of the suspect from Tuesday’s subway attack near York Street station in Brooklyn. The recent incident, which reportedly saw the suspect make an anti-Asian remark and slash the victim in the chest and neck with a knife, is now considered by…
· Michelle De Pacina
The 42-year-old Asian man from Queens who was accused of sexual assault and recorded being beaten by three men in the Fulton Street station on Friday, said he “never forcibly touched any individual” in a new interview. The 35-year-old who filmed the incident allegedly claimed…
· Michelle De Pacina
Three men who targeted the home of Berinder Dhaliwal for a robbery in September 2020 in Wrexham, United Kingdom, have been sentenced in court. One of the robbers brandished a screwdriver and threatened to kill her newborn baby if Dhaliwal did not tell them where her gold was…
· Ryan General
The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) released a report highlighting that only seven out of the 233 reported anti-Asian attacks in New York City during the first three quarters of 2021 resulted in hate crime convictions. According to Elaine Chiu, Professor of…
· Bryan Ke
An Asian man was reportedly stabbed following an argument with another man aboard a train near the New York City subway station earlier this week. The incident occurred near York Street station in Brooklyn at around 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The victim was described as a man in his…
· Michelle De Pacina
A 65-year-old man was on a subway in Brooklyn when a woman hurled anti-Asian remarks at him before biting his back and scratching his arms at around 5:20 p.m. on Sunday. The man was transported to the Interfaith Medical Center and is in stable condition. The New York City Police…
· Brian Zhang
At 14, you were braiding your younger sister’s hair into a Chinese ladder when Mom called both of you downstairs. It is dinnertime, and your grandparents, parents and older brother are already seated around the table, the thick aroma of pork potstickers and fresh jasmine rice…
· Jane Nam
While Asian Americans face a lower unemployment rate than those of white and Black Americans, this sole statistic masks the other ways in which they negatively experience the job market. Asian American workers had an unemployment rate of 3.1%, in contrast to the overall U.S.…
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