COVID-related stigma cost Asian restaurants in US $7.4 billion in lost revenue: study

A new study reveals that COVID-related stigma cost Asian American restaurants over $7.4 billion in lost revenue in 2020. As anti-Chinese sen...

Homeless veteran charged with hate crime for New Year’s Eve anti-Asian attack in NYC

Before you read: Man wanted for shoving Asian woman in unprovoked attack near NYC’s Herald Square ...

Advocates fear new COVID testing requirements for Chinese travelers will stoke anti-Asian hate

Before you read: China’s lack of transparency on COVID outbreak sparks international concern US announces negative COVID test requirement fo...

Ex-CEO fired for alleged LSD use files discrimination suit, says startup sacked him for being Asian

Justin Zhu, co-founder and former CEO of Iterable, has filed a federal lawsuit against the company, citing anti-Asian discrimination. Zhu ...

New Zealand study finds anti-Asian hate victims more likely to experience anxiety, depression

Researchers from the University of Auckland have found a correlation between experiencing anti-Asian hate and increased anxiety, depressive...

Manila journalists visiting US to interview hate crime victims become targets of anti-Asian hate

Visiting journalists from Manila purportedly became the target of anti-Asian hate just days after they interviewed Filipino victims of simi...

Cincinnati man charged with hate crime for anti-Asian attack on student

Darrin Johnson, 26, was charged with federal hate crime on Wednesday in connection with an anti-Asian attack against a University of Cincin...

California soft-launches hate crimes resource line

California soft-launched a resource line on Tuesday that facilitates the reporting of hate incidents. The program, known as CA vs. Hate, a...

‘Asian Lives Matter’ Republican ad blames Biden for anti-Asian hate

On Saturday, nonprofit Citizens for Sanity released an advertisement on Twitter titled, “Why Don’t Asian Lives Matter to Joe Biden and his ...

Seattle’s first Asian mayor cuts anti-Asian hate crime fund by 50 percent

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has reportedly slashed nearly 50% of the city’s anti-Asian hate crime fund as a consequence of a $140 million d...

Texas A&M reaffirms support of diversity program accused of anti-Asian, anti-white discrimination in class-action suit

Texas A&M University (TAMU) passed a resolution on Monday endorsing its Accountability, Climate, Equity and Scholarship Faculty Fellows...

NASCAR suspends Bubba Wallace for wrecking and shoving Kyle Larson in Las Vegas race

NASCAR has suspended Bubba Wallace after his heated altercation with reigning champion Kyle Larson at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunda...

NASCAR’s Bubba Wallace hit with unfounded claims of ‘anti-Asian hate’ after post-crash shoving of Kyle Larson

NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace, who has no reported history of anti-Asian behavior, has been accused of anti-Asian hate for attacking Kyle Lar...

Vancouver couple pleads guilty to anti-Asian attack on coffee shop manager despite claiming incident was staged

Michel Jean-Jacque Berthiaume, 74, and Astrid Maria Secreve, 76, each pleaded guilty to a charge of mischief in connection with an anti-Asi...

Hate crime charge dropped for man accused of attacking Virginia sushi restaurant owner after skipping $70 bill

Jordon Bevan fled from Bonsai Grill in Crystal City, Virginia, without paying for $70 worth of sushi rolls on May 4, 2021. While being cha...

Vancouver police identify man accused of striking Asian student with a pole

Mohammed Majidpour, 35, is now wanted Canada-wide for allegedly attacking a 19-year-old Asian woman in downtown Vancouver on Sept. 27. The...

‘I am racist’: Man dismissed from job after going viral for hurling anti-Asian remarks in England

An investigation is underway after a man was captured in a viral video hurling racist remarks at an Asian couple in Bolton, England, during...

Student hit in the head with pole in apparent anti-Asian attack in Vancouver

A 19-year-old Asian student was hit on the back of her head with a pole by a man on Tuesday in what police are investigating as a racially ...

New PBS documentary narrated by Sandra Oh explores Atlanta spa shootings and rise of anti-Asian hate

“Rising Against Asian Hate,” narrated by Sandra Oh, honors the victims of the March 16, 2021, shooting and delves deep into the rise of ant...

SF DA Brooke Jenkins to review anti-Asian attacks reported under ousted predecessor Chesa Boudin

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins will reportedly review anti-Asian cases filed during the term of Chesa Boudin. Jenkins, who...

‘Go back to China’: Vancouver restaurant owner yelled at, spat on by woman who let her dog pee on his door

Edward Hur, who has been running Nobu Sushi in North Vancouver, Canada, for 19 years, said he was yelled at and spat on during a woman’s an...

Texas man sentenced for sending anti-Asian death threat to doctor who advocates for COVID vaccine

Texas resident Scott Eli Harris, 52, was sentenced on Tuesday to six months in federal prison and three years of supervised release for sen...

Man wanted for knife and brick attack in DC on group of Asians he told to ‘Go back to your country’

The Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D.C., is looking for a man accused of attacking three Asians with racial slurs, a knife an...

That’s so not fetch: Tina Fey’s allegedly ‘anti-Asian’ jokes go viral on TikTok

Tina Fey is facing backlash after a TikTok user uploaded videos showing instances where the actor-screenwriter made jokes targeting Asian p...

Orange County NAACP president resigns citing alleged anti-Asian racism

Dr. Vanessa Toolsie, president of the Orange County branch of the NAACP, announced her resignation on Sunday via Facebook post, alleging an...

Portland man behind series of anti-Asian attacks charged with third bias incident for assault and robbery

Dylan Kesterson, 34, is now facing a total of 23 charges after it was discovered that authorities had also linked him to a third bias incid...

California’s Siskiyou County accused of discrimination against Asian Americans in new class action lawsuit

A federal lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Asian Americans Advancing Justice in San Francisco accuses California...

Historic Chinese garden in Vancouver’s Chinatown greeted by anti-Asian slurs first thing in the morning

An Asian staffer at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in Vancouver’s Chinatown reportedly fell victim to an anti-Asian tirade before...

‘Got to get my nails done by the ch*nks’: Queens College official accused of using anti-Asian slur

Deborah Huggins, who was recently appointed Queens College’s interim public safety director in New York City, allegedly called College Pres...

Brooklyn couple receives Marriott Hotel invoice with typewritten anti-Asian slur

Jamie Chung, 37, and his girlfriend Tierney Oberhammer, 35, received an invoice from the Courtyard by Marriott in York City, Pennsylvania, ...

NYC man wanted for headbutting Asian man after yelling ‘You Chinese are scum’

New York police are searching for a man accused of headbutting another man and yelling anti-Asian remarks at him in Queens, New York City, ...

Portland man arrested for anti-Asian remarks, threatening victim with black hose in road rage incident

A Portland, Oregon, man was arrested on Friday after allegedly making anti-Asian remarks during a road rage incident. Police said 54-year-...

Man accused of fatally shoving Vicha Ratanapakdee enters preliminary hearing

Antoine Watson, the man accused of fatally pushing 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee in San Francisco last year, appeared in court for a preli...

Suspect accused of slashing Asian man during Brooklyn subway argument arrested

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...

‘It came out of nowhere’: ‘The Boys’ star Karen Fukuhara says she was victim of hate crime attack

Japanese American actress Karen Fukuhara, known for her roles in “Suicide Squad” and “The Boys,” posted on her Instagram yesterday, March 1...

Hundreds of Asian Americans line up for pepper spray in New York City after latest anti-Asian attack

In a line that wrapped past the block, hundreds of New Yorkers waited anxiously to get their hands on canisters of pepper spray last weekend...