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Crime
Atlanta spa shooter’s death penalty hearings delayed to May
As the nation commemorates the second anniversary of the deadly Atlanta-area spa mass shootings, gunman Robert Aaron Long still faces the de...
Carl Samson
Georgia US senators commemorate 2-year anniversary of Atlanta spa shootings
On Wednesday, Georgia U.S. Sens. Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff commemorated the second anniversary of the deadly Atlanta-area spa shoo...
3 Colombian nationals arrested for burglarizing South Asian residences in North Texas
Three people have been arrested for allegedly targeting South Asian residents in a series of burglaries in Plano, Texas. Colombian national...
Michelle De Pacina
Georgia man pleads guilty to hate crime after shooting convenience stores to kill Black, Arab people
Larry Edward Foxworth, 48, pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime and a firearms violation in connection with shootings at two convenience ...
Government
Georgia Senate runoff campaign releases ads in Korean, Mandarin and Vietnamese
In Georgia’s Dec. 6 Senate runoff, Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Republican Herschel Walker are targeting Asian American and P...
News
Georgia announces its first AAPI caucus ahead of historic 2023
Georgia lawmakers on Monday announced the formal creation of the state’s first-ever bipartisan Georgia Legislative Asian American Pacific I...
Bryan Ke
Issues & Racism
Photo taken at Asian restaurant in Georgia captures child being taught racist gesture
A photo of Rebekah Lee, a 19-year-old college student in Atlanta, has gone viral on social media due to a racist photobomb captured in the ...
Atlanta
Atlanta spa shooter’s death penalty trial delayed to 2023
Robert Aaron Long, who pleaded guilty to the Atlanta-area spa shootings of March 2021, will begin his death penalty trial in Fulton County ...
Georgia man found guilty of terrorizing Asian restaurant owners, employees in home break-ins
Emmanuel Rakestraw was convicted of breaking into and robbing the homes of several Asian restaurant owners and employees in Georgia’s Gwinn...
Vietnamese American Bee Nguyen wins Democratic nomination for Georgia secretary of state
Georgia state Rep. Bee Nguyen (D, GA-89) defeated former state Rep. Dee Dawkins-Haigler (D, GA-91) in the primary runoff on Tuesday to beco...
Ryan General
Culture
Filipino Georgia Tech students go viral with a modernized folk dance performance set to Lil Nas X song
The Filipino Student Association of the Georgia Institute of Technology went viral on social media for their “Gen Z” rendition of the tradi...
Georgia man uses his COVID-19 loan to purchase a $58,000 Pokémon card
A businessman from Dublin, Georgia, is in hot water after allegedly lying in his COVID-19 relief loan application and then using most of the...
12 charged for burglaries worth $2.1 million on Asian American victims in Georgia
Twelve suspects were indicted earlier this month for targeting Asian American homes in Georgia’s Gwinnett County since 2019, authorities ann...
GA Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene vows to kick out every Chinese ‘loyal to CCP’ if she was in charge
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) would deport every last Chinese whose loyalty lies with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), if she h...
Editorial Staff
GoFundMe created for gay Asian man in coma after being brutally assaulted in Atlanta
The Atlanta Police Department is investigating the case of a gay man who was found with a serious head injury on train tracks in the Lindber...
Asian Woman Fatally Shot a Week Before Her Birthday in Georgia
Loved ones are mourning a 25-year-old Asian woman who was shot to death while driving home in Doraville, Ga., last week. The details: Carmen...
Feature
Here Are All the Crowdfund Campaigns for the Atlanta Shooting Victims
On the evening of March 16, eight people were killed by Robert Aaron Long, 21, when he targeted three separate Asian-owned businesses in the...
Grace Kim
Hundreds of #StopAsianHate Supporters Hold Rally Over Mass Shooting in Atlanta
After the recent spa shootings in Georgia, which left eight people dead, six of whom were Asian women, hundreds of people attended an anti-r...
Isa Peralta
‘Loving, Kind, Generous, Unselfish’: Community Remembers Spa Owner Murdered in Atlanta Shootings
A candlelit vigil was held outside of Youngs Asian Massage for the deceased in the Atlanta-area on Thursday night. At the vigil: Xiaojie “Em...
Maina Chen
Women of Color Call Out Officer for Saying Atlanta Mass Shooter Was Having a ‘Really Bad Day’
Women of color are calling out a law enforcement official who stated that the suspect of the recent mass shootings in Atlanta was just havin...
Police Captain Who Said Atlanta Shooter ‘Had a Bad Day’ Posted Anti-Asian Shirts on Facebook
A police officer who received criticism for appearing to sympathize with the Atlanta mass shooting suspect was found to have made an anti-As...
6 Asian Women Confirmed Dead After Atlanta Mass Shooting, New Details Reveal
Six Asian women were confirmed dead among the eight killed and one wounded in a mass shooting in the Atlanta area on Tuesday night. Who they...
Couple Finds Anti-Asian Slur Spray-Painted on Car in Georgia Parking Lot
A couple in Suwanee, Georgia discovered their car spray-painted with the racial slur “ch*nk” last Friday, police said. Sonethida Siharath an...
Khier Casino
Georgia’s First Vietnamese American State Rep Wears Áo Dài to Swear-In
Bee Nguyen, Georgia’s first Vietnamese American state representative, donned an áo dài to her swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday. Regarde...
Sushi Restaurant Accused of Racism After Banning Black Couple Over Sneakers in Atlanta
A sushi restaurant in Atlanta has been accused of “pure racism” after denying service to a Black couple who did not adhere to it...
Politics
Asian Names Celebrated on Twitter After GOP Senator Mocks ‘Kamala Harris’ at Rally
Many Twitter users are giving support to Kamala Harris after Georgia Republican Senator David Perdue made fun of her first name during a ral...
Georgia Cops Fired for Using Excessive Force on the WRONG Person
Two police officers in Savannah, Georgia were fired for allegedly using excessive force while placing an innocent man in custody. Corporal D...
Cambodian Jeweler Defends His Store From Looters in Georgia
A Cambodian jeweler in Georgia defended his shop from looters with his gun after riots broke out in the area on Friday night. Since Friday,...
Asian Twitter Rallies to Support the Black Community for #JusticeForAhmaud
The Asian American community shows its solidarity and seeks justice for Ahmaud Arbery, alongside its fellow marginalized Black community on ...
Racist Plaques Are Being Put on Businesses Around East Atlanta
The Atlanta Police District is investigating the racist plaques that have popped up on a variety of building walls and fixtures around East ...
Asian Student Reported Her Ex-Friend Over a Racist Instagram Post, She Was Accused of LYING Instead
Editor’s Note: This post has been updated with additional comments from Madison’s mother, Christina Chacon. A Korean American hi...
Meet the First Asian American Woman in Georgia’s Supreme Court
For the first time in history, an Asian American woman has been appointed to Georgia’s Supreme Court. Gov. Brian Kemp named Carla Wong...
Asian American Voters Have the Highest Rejection Rates in Georgia
State and local election officials in Georgia are facing a lawsuit after it was revealed that there are high rejection rates of absentee bal...
Mysterious Thief Steals Nearly $100,000 Worth of Ramen Noodles From Trailer
A 53-foot tractor trailer containing about $98,000 worth of instant Ramen noodles has been reported missing in Fayette County, Georgia. Loca...
Georgia Supermarket Calls Police on Vietnamese Mom After Suspecting She Stole a $1 Bag of Garlic
A local woman’s trip to a local supermarket in Duluth, Georgia escalated into utter confusion after the manager called the cops on her over ...
Asian American Student’s Body Found ‘Badly Decomposing’ Inside Georgia Mall Food Court
The body of an Asian American university student was found two weeks after she died at Gwinnett Place Mall in Duluth, Georgia in December. F...