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· Bryan Ke
Burmese American journalist Alex Wagner to succeed Rachel Maddow on MSNBC prime time slot
MSNBC President Rashida Jones announced during several interviews with various media outlets on Monday that Burmese American journalist Alex Wagner will succeed Rachel Maddow during MSNBC’s prime-time slot at 9 p.m. for four days a week beginning on Aug. 16. Wagner, 44, will…
· Carl Samson
MSNBC Deliberately Declined Interview With Andrew Yang, Ex Producer Confirms
A former producer with MSNBC has revealed that the network deliberately chose to decline an interview with Andrew Yang ahead of the Democratic presidential debates. The first debates, which took place from June 26 – 27, 2019 in Miami, triggered the earliest speculations of a…
· Editorial Staff
Andrew Yang Puts MSNBC on Blast for Constantly Ignoring Him
Andrew Yang has called out MSNBC for its questionable treatment of his bid for the White House. The network hosted the most recent Democratic presidential debate in Atlanta on Nov. 20, in which the Asian American candidate logged a total speaking time of just 6 minutes and 43…
· Carl Samson
Andrew Yang’s Finance Director Blasts MSNBC For ‘Systemic Racism’
A fundraising director for Andrew Yang criticized MSNBC for “silencing” the candidate in the latest Democratic presidential primary debate, describing the move as a case of “systemic racism.” The debate, which took place in Atlanta on Wednesday, saw the 44-year-old tech…
· Kimberly Nguyen
Andrew Yang Totally Ignored on MSNBC’s List of 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates
Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang was left out of a graphic created by MSNBC, displaying the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. Once again @msnbc shows a graphic today of contenders without Andrew Yang. Their coverage of the 2020 Dem primaries are disgraceful!…
· Michelle De Pacina
Asian American advocacy groups oppose nomination of US attorney candidate in Tennessee
Casey Arrowood, an assistant U.S. Attorney, is one of Biden’s nominees to serve as the U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Tennessee. Asian American advocacy groups are calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Biden administration to reject the nomination of…
· Michelle De Pacina
Armed man accused of threatening to kill Rep. Pramila Jayapal outside her Seattle home charged
Brett Forsell, the 49-year-old man who allegedly threatened to kill U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D, WA-07) outside her Seattle home, was charged with felony stalking on Wednesday. Forsell was previously arrested on suspicion of a hate crime on July 9, but he was released when…
· Iris Jung
Amerie Jo Garza: BTS fans unite to honor the life of 10-year-old Uvalde hero and fellow Army
On Tuesday, May 24, Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, suffered a mass shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead. One of the victims was Amerie Jo Garza, a 10-year-old fourth grader seen in one picture wearing a BTS shirt. “I just want people to know she died…
· Carl Samson
Las Vegas man, 68, identified as suspect in deadly mass shooting at California Taiwanese church
David Wenwei Chou, 68, has been arrested for shooting multiple people at the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, California, on Sunday. The incident, witnessed by 30 to 40 people, occurred during a lunch banquet held to commemorate a former pastor visiting from…
· Carl Samson
16 Republicans oppose House bill on educating the public on Japanese American incarceration during WWII
Sixteen House Republicans voted against a bill that seeks to educate the public on the history of Japanese Americans in World War II, including their incarceration experience. The legislation, which passed with 406 yeas, will direct the Secretary of the Interior to create a…
· Ryan General
NBA fans shown Chinese ambassador’s message amid criticism of players allegedly benefiting from Xinjiang forced labor
The Washington Wizards hosted their annual “Chinese New Year” celebration during a match with the Los Angeles Clippers on Jan. 25. As part of the celebration, Qin Gang, the Chinese ambassador to the United States, recorded a video message for the event’s basketball players and…
· Maina Chen
Lisa Ling talks aftermath of receiving death threats, what its like being a journalist covering anti-Asian hate
Award-winning investigative journalist and CNN host Lisa Ling tackles a history of anti-Asian rhetoric in the U.S. while adding a personal lens on the hate she and her children have experienced during the pandemic in the first episode of the newest season of her docuseries,…
· Bryan Ke
Bay Area news anchor suspended after fight over tagline criticizing lack of news coverage toward women of color
Weeks after returning to KTVU, Bay Area veteran news anchor Frank Somerville was reportedly taken off the air again for allegedly disagreeing with a news director over the station’s coverage of Gabby Petito’s disappearance. Newsroom spat: Somerville, 63, was reportedly slapped…
· Maina Chen
How the search for Lauren Cho has gained attention because of Gabby Petito and ‘missing white woman syndrome’
A surge of social media users are leading a renewed charge to find Lauren “El” Cho, a New Jersey woman who went missing in late June after the case of a missing road tripping YouTuber made national headlines. Cho’s story: On June 28, Cho, 30, reportedly walked away in distress…
· Bryan Ke
Immigration officials approve first-ever ‘Dreamer’ Rhodes Scholar’s application to leave to study at Oxford
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has approved a “Dreamer’s” application to leave to England to study at the University of Oxford, his lawyers, Boston-based WilmerHale, announced. The details: In 2018, South Korean immigrant Jin Park became the first-ever…
· Kimberly Nguyen
Immortal Studios Virtual Summit to Uplift AAPI Representation in Entertainment and Media
The Amplifying AAPI Representation in Entertainment and Media (AAREM) summit series will be held on Wednesday with “prominent AAPI creators, artists, industry leaders, elected officials, tech innovators, journalists and more.” About the event: Immortal Studios partnered with…
· Bryan Ke
Teen Vogue Appoints NowThis Managing Editor Versha Sharma as New Editor-in-Chief
Versha Sharma, an outgoing managing editor for NowThis, is now the new editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue, the publication announced on Monday. The new editor-in-chief: Anna Wintour, the global editorial director of Vogue and the chief content officer of Condé Nast, described Sharma,…
· Isa Peralta
New Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue Steps Down After Racist, Homophobic Tweets Resurface
Teen Vogue’s newly appointed editor-in-chief has stepped down after racist and homophobic tweets from a decade ago resurfaced. Alexi McCammond, a 27-year-old journalist and former political reporter at Axios, has decided to “part ways” with Condé Nast, the mass media company…
· Bryan Ke
GoFundMe Launches Hub for AAPI Fundraising Campaigns to #StopAsianHate
GoFundMe has launched a hub containing all fundraising campaigns dedicated to helping the AAPI community as part of its #StopAsianHate initiative. About 100 personalities from the entertainment and fashion industries like Phillip Lim, Eva Chen, and Prabal Gurung showed their…
· Bryan Ke
Woman Dragged on the Street By Car During Violent Theft in Oakland
A street surveillance camera captured a woman being dragged by a car on the street during a day-time robbery in Oakland’s Chinatown. What happened: The woman was walking to a nearby grocery after going to the Oakland Beauty Supply on International Boulevard in Oakland’s…