Wisconsin governor signs bill requiring Hmong, Asian American history in schools

Wisconsin students and teacher celebrated as Gov. Tony Evers signs Senate Bill 240 into law, mandating the teaching of Hmong and Asian Ameri...

Wisconsin advances bill including Hmong, Asian American history in schools

Wisconsin may become the next state to mandate the teaching of Asian American history as a bill requiring such has moved closer to approval....

Asian trailblazers featured in new card game developed by Columbia University students

A creative group of Columbia University students has developed an innovative card game aimed at promoting awareness and appreciation of Asia...

Rhode Island becomes fourth state to require schools to teach AAPI history

Effective at the start of the 2023-2024 school year, all public elementary and secondary schools in Rhode Island will be required to teach ...

‘Why is the story still unknown?’: ‘Free Chol Soo Lee’ co-directors refuse to let America forget Korean American wrongfully convicted of murder in 1973

Julie Ha and Eugene Yi’s six-year journey to illuminate the life and legacy of Chol Soo Lee, a Korean American man falsely convicted of murd...

Rhode Island to become fourth state requiring schools to teach Asian American history

Rhode Island will now require Asian American history to be taught in public schools based on legislation passed in Congress on Tuesday. Re...

Denver to formally apologize for anti-Chinese riot of 1880

Denver is set to formally apologize to early Chinese immigrants and their descendants on April 16 for the historic injustices they suffered...

Bainbridge Island marks the 80th anniversary of Japanese American incarceration during WWII

March 30 marks 80 years since the unjust incarceration of around 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, following the attack on Pe...

Teen gets children’s books about Japanese American incarceration into Seattle-area elementary schools

Kai Vanderlip, a 17-year-old high school student from Redmond, Washington, organized a project to teach children about the incarceration of...

President Biden signs bill designating former Japanese incarceration camp in Colorado as historic site

President Biden signed a bill on Friday designating a former World War II Japanese incarceration camp as a national historic site in Colora...

Wisconsin bills could make it the third state to require AAPI history be taught in public schools

Two Wisconsin bills would amend state law to include the history of Hmong and Asian Pacific Island Desi Americans to the public school curr...

In unsparing pursuit of Asian American identity: A review of Jay Caspian Kang’s ‘The Loneliest Americans’

In the “Loneliest Americans,” Jay Caspian Kang unpacks the history and impossibility of the “Asian American” identifier, arguing in favor of...

The first Asian American settlement in the US is being washed away by climate change

The Filipino American community are striving to preserve their history as the first permanent Filipino settlement in the U.S. is being washe...

Archaeologists unearth first-ever house for Chinese transcontinental railroad workers in the US

Archaeologists from the Utah State Historic Preservation Office have uncovered the first Chinese house for transcontinental railroad workers...

‘Thank you for all you do’: Biden honors Fil-Am frontline workers to start Filipino American History Month

As October marks Filipino American History month, President Joe Biden expressed his gratitude to Filipino Americans for enriching and streng...

Meet the civil rights leader who became the first female Filipino American legislator in the US

Thelma Buchholdt was the first Philippine-born female legislator in the U.S. and was elected to serve in the Alaska House of Representatives...

Dominic Choi makes history as LAPD’s first Asian American assistant chief

Korean American officer Dominic Choi made history as the first Asian American assistant chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). ...

Illinois signs law that would make it first state to require Asian American history lessons

Illinois will make history as the first state to officially require Asian American history lessons in the public school curriculum. Setting ...

Meet the Filipino American Civil Rights Icon Who Was Forgotten By History

Larry Itliong dreamed of becoming a lawyer when he immigrated to the United States as a teen in 1929. However, the circumstances of being a ...

Illinois House Passes Bill to Make Asian American History Lessons Mandatory in Local Schools

Lawmakers in Illinois have passed a bill that would make it mandatory for local schools to teach Asian American history lessons. The details...

Congresswoman Proposes First National Museum for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

A national museum preserving the history, culture and accomplishments of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) may be erected in Wash...