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· Carl Samson
The Trump administration is downplaying a new green card policy memo that immigration advocates warn could push hundreds of thousands of applicants, many of them Asian, to pursue permanent residency from abroad. Memo prompts walkback The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services…
· Ryan General
Many Chinese American teenagers struggling with anxiety and depression are being overlooked by schools and even their own families because they continue earning high grades and meeting expectations in class. Mental health researchers say traditional screening systems often focus…
· Ryan General
Black, Latina and Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women are losing confidence in government institutions even as they remain deeply engaged in the political process, according to a new Ipsos survey released ahead of the 2026 midterms. Nearly seven in 10…
· Ryan General
Americans may be less likely to identify racism against Asian employees because Asian Americans do not fit common mental “prototypes” of discrimination victims, according to new research that appeared in the March-April 2026 issue of Organization Science. The analysis, led by…
· Ryan General
Internet personality Trisha Paytas drew backlash this week after critics resurfaced a 2017 tweet containing anti-Asian slurs days after she released a Korean-language pop single styled after mainstream K-pop videos. The 38-year-old American creator of Hungarian descent released…
· Ryan General
Anti-Asian racism during the COVID-19 pandemic was fueled more by anger than fear of infection, according to new research from Murdoch University in Australia. The study found that people who viewed Asians as responsible for the spread of the virus were more likely to support…
· Carl Samson
Asian American freshman representation has risen at the nation’s most selective colleges in the first admissions cycle following the Supreme Court’s ban on race-conscious admissions, but the gains are far from uniform across individual elite institutions, according to a new…
· Carl Samson
The Justice Department has accused Yale’s medical school of illegally considering race in its admissions decisions, the second medical school finding the agency has issued in eight days. What the department is saying A year-long probe by the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division concluded…
· Ryan General
Three of the four teams currently battling it out in the NBA conference finals feature players of Asian American heritage, placing Filipino American guards Jordan Clarkson, Jared McCain and Dylan Harper alongside Vietnamese American forward Jaylin Williams on one of basketball’s…
· Ryan General
A social meetup for Wasians, promoted through community page Half Asian Spring, drew more than 3,000 people to Central Park’s Sheep Meadow on May 10, where attendees filmed street interviews, joined celebrity look-alike contests and celebrated shared experiences of growing up…
· Editorial Staff
NextShark, a leading platform covering Asian and Asian American culture and reaching over 100 million people monthly, has taken an equity stake in Journey Optics, an emerging eyewear brand focused on designing low bridge fit / Asian fit high-performance sunglasses for Asian…
· Carl Samson
The hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic unfolds against the backdrop of lingering COVID-era trauma in Asian American communities. The virus itself, however, carries no link to Asia. A South American virus, a Korean name The World Health Organization has…
· Carl Samson
The David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, violated federal law by favoring Black and Hispanic applicants over white and Asian American applicants in its admissions process, the Justice Department announced last Wednesday. Finding and…
· Carl Samson
Court rulings, executive orders and enforcement campaigns are making immigration status feel increasingly conditional for Asian immigrants and their families across the U.S., pushing tens of thousands to leave and others to prepare for a future outside the country they have long…
· Ryan General
“KPop Demon Hunters” star Arden Cho said growing up Asian American left her questioning her appearance, identity and place within the culture around her. During a May 3 conversation at Stanford University’s annual “Listen to the Silence” conference, Cho spoke about years of…
· Ryan General
The latest AANHPI audience report from data analytics company Nielsen found that Asian-led stories, athletes and franchises are drawing viewers across every major demographic group in the U.S. Released on May 7, “The Crossover Effect: AANHPI Audiences X Content” examined…
· Carl Samson
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests, detentions and deportations of Asian and Pacific Islander people have risen five to seven times compared to the previous administration, with nearly seven in 10 detentions involving people with no criminal history, according to…
· Carl Samson
The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision narrowing the Voting Rights Act lands as Asian Americans, the nation’s fastest-growing racial group, are only beginning to build the geographic concentration needed to elect representatives of their choice. A rising bloc The country’s Asian…
· Carl Samson
Asian Americans are the country’s only racial or ethnic group whose worry outpaces hope, amid mounting pressures from federal immigration enforcement, trade policy and deepening questions about identity and place in American society, according to a new national survey. Key…
· Ryan General
Asian Comedy Fest will return to New York City from May 5 to May 7 for its seventh year, bringing more than 70 Asian and Pacific Islander performers to Sugar Mouse in Manhattan. Proceeds from the six-show festival will support Immigration Social Services, a nonprofit that has…
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