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Rep. Shri Thanedar rebukes Dinesh D’Souza for mocking his Indian heritage and accent

U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) fired back at conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza, who publicly mocked the congressman’s accent and In...

Teen survivor of Vancouver festival attack donates $193K to other victims

Andy Le, the 16-year-old who lost his entire immediate family in the April 26 vehicle attack during a Filipino cultural festival in Vancouve...

New bio explores complex life of 1930s Hollywood star who hid her South Asian roots

Mayukh Sen was just a high schooler when he first encountered Merle Oberon in the 1939 film “Wuthering Heights.” “I felt an imme...

DOGE member Ethan Shaotran admits Harvard alma mater ‘hates me’

Ethan Shaotran, a 22-year-old former Harvard student, said he has been ostracized by classmates after dropping out to join a federal reform ...

Deputy national security adviser Alex Wong ousted amid MAGA pressure campaign

Alex Wong, the principal deputy national security adviser under Mike Waltz, was removed from his post on May 1 amid the fallout from the ...

Daniel Dae Kim is first Asian American to be nominated for Tony lead actor award

Daniel Dae Kim has made history as the first Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) actor to be nominated for best leading actor in a pl...

Korean American astronaut Jonny Kim shares gochujang burger recipe from space

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, the first Korean American to fly to space, recently shared a video of himself preparing and eating a burger made w...

Survey: 40% of Americans say Asian Americans more loyal to other countries than US

A new report released at the beginning of AANHPI Heritage Month points to the enduring gap between the recognition and inclusion of Asian Am...

Vietnamese Gen Zers embrace shifting Vietnam War perspectives

Thousands of Vietnamese youths gathered in Ho Chi Minh City on April 30, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the en...

Vietnamese Americans in Orange County commemorate 50 years since fall of Saigon

Hundreds of Vietnamese Americans gathered Wednesday morning at Sid Goldstein Freedom Park in Westminster for the city’s annual Black April c...

Jon M. Chu criticizes Silicon Valley over AI’s ‘original sin’

Director Jon M. Chu voiced strong concerns about the unchecked rise of generative artificial intelligence during a panel at the Los Angeles ...

Female suspect sought in anti-Asian hate crime on Queens subway

The NYPD is searching for a woman suspected of committing an anti-Asian hate crime aboard a northbound R train near Queens Plaza station in ...

Survey: Asian Americans are not optimistic about Trump

Only 10% of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) adults expect their community’s racial and economic fortunes to improve during Presid...

Vancouver’s Filipino community mourns 11 dead after SUV slams into crowd

Eleven people were killed and more than two dozen injured when an Audi SUV sped through a Filipino cultural street festival in the Sunset ne...

Study: US history textbooks marginalize and misrepresent Asians

A recent study from Stanford and UC Berkeley researchers reveals that U.S. history textbooks continue to render Asians and Asian Americans v...

‘Little Saigon Freeway’ on 405 honors OC Vietnamese American community

A stretch of the 405 Freeway in Westminster, California, was officially designated the “Little Saigon Freeway” on April 18 to honor the Viet...

Survey: Over half of Gen Z believes college is not worth it

Over half of Gen Z professionals say their college degrees were not worth the cost — and many believe artificial intelligence has already re...

‘Sinners’ unearths overlooked history of Chinese immigrants in Mississippi Delta

Ryan Coogler’s new supernatural thriller “Sinners,” released nationwide on April 18, is drawing attention not only for its eerie atmosphere ...

Actress Nancy Kwan reflects on breaking Hollywood barriers in the ‘60s

In her memoir “The World of Nancy Kwan” released Tuesday, actress Nancy Kwan delves into her experiences as a pioneering Asian presence in H...

An Asian pope? Filipino cardinal emerges as frontrunner for papacy

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, 67, of the Philippines, has emerged as among the leading candidates to succeed Pope Francis following the ponti...

Kaitlyn Chen becomes 1st Taiwanese American drafted to WNBA

Kaitlyn Chen attended the 2025 WNBA Draft on April 14 simply to cheer on her UConn teammate Paige Bueckers. Instead, the senior guard found ...

Asian food vendors banned from Fresno farmers market reinstated after backlash

River Park shopping center in Fresno, California announced Friday that Asian food vendors will be welcomed back to its popular farmers marke...

Simu Liu calls out ‘Dragon’s Den’ for behind-the-scenes pressure on Bobba episode

Simu Liu recently shed more light on the controversy involving Canadian bubble tea company Bobba during his appearance on the show “Dragon’s...

Jeremy Lin named coach for Team G League at All-Star Weekend

Basketball star Jeremy Lin is set to return to the NBA stage — not as a player, but as a coach. The NBA announced Monday that Lin, who curre...

Lisa Sanaye Dring’s ‘Sumo’ brings Japan’s national sport to the stage in NY premiere

Ma-Yi Theater Company and The Public Theater are set to bring the intense world of sumo wrestling to the stage with the New York premiere of...

Simu Liu speaks out on Trump’s new tax plan

Simu Liu has spoken out against President Donald Trump’s newly proposed U.S. tax plan, which seeks to extend the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ...

Positive parenting practices linked to well-being in Asian American children

A new study published in JAMA Network this month found that young Asian American children whose parents frequently read to them and told the...

Org launches free multilingual app aimed at empowering immigrants in need of help

The National Korean American Service and Education Consortium (NAKASEC) has launched a free mobile app, “Know Your Rights 4 Immigrants...

Asian American children more likely to develop allergies, study finds

A new Stanford University study has revealed that Asian American children, particularly those of Vietnamese and Filipino descent, are at a s...

Sen. Dave Min condemns calls for conditional California wildfire aid in 1st floor speech

In his first floor speech as a member of Congress, Representative Dave Min (D, CA-47) strongly criticized proposals to attach political cond...

Why do Greenlanders look Asian?

Have you ever wondered why the Inuit people of Greenland bear a striking resemblance to people of Asian descent? Research reveals that these...

Pacific Islander journalist in Colorado strangled by man invoking ‘Trump’s America’

On Dec. 18, 2024, Ja’Ronn Alex, a television news reporter of Pacific Islander descent, was attacked outside his news station by a man...

Why ‘A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas’ deserves to be on your holiday watch list 

“A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas” hit theaters in 2011 as the third installment in the beloved stoner comedy franchise. W...

NBA Rookie of the Year frontrunner Jared McCain reveals Filipino heritage

Philadelphia 76ers rookie Jared McCain recently gave a “shout out to my Asian community” and shared that he is “probably like 10% Fili...

Kelly Marie Tran comes out as queer

Kelly Marie Tran, known for her roles in “Star Wars” and “Raya and the Last Dragon,” has publicly come out as queer....

Chinese man claims he defaced Tokyo shrine over Fukushima discharge

Jiang Zhuojun, a 29-year-old Chinese national living in Japan, pleaded guilty to charges of property damage and disrespecting a place of wor...