Protect Your People: How to Respond to a Fentanyl Overdose in California

Fentanyl has become a deadly threat to communities across California, including Asian and Pacific Islander (API) populations. In 2023, 233 A...

How Janet Yang is preserving the future of Asian cinema

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recently announced the creation of the Janet Yang Endowment to Celebrate and Preserve Asian ...

Hate group numbers dipped because their beliefs became mainstream, new report warns

While the number of hate and extremist groups in the U.S. decreased slightly in 2024, a new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPL...

Trump defends blocking Harvard’s foreign students amid legal challenge

President Donald Trump on Sunday defended his administration’s decision to block Harvard University from enrolling international students am...

COVID-19 surges in East and Southeast Asia

COVID-19 cases are climbing across East and Southeast Asia, with notable increases in Thailand, China, Hong Kong and Singapore. Health autho...

DOJ probes top Virginia high school over alleged anti-Asian discrimination in admissions

The Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) in Virginia over allegations tha...

UCLA med school accused of discriminating against white, Asian applicants

A federal lawsuit filed against UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine claims that the institution continues to consider race in its admissi...

Democrats target Orange County’s Asian voters in first paid 2026 election ads

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has reportedly launched its first paid advertising campaign of the 2026 election cycl...

Seven children charged for violent assault on Chinese couple in Sydney

Seven minors have been charged in connection with a violent assault on a Chinese couple at an apartment complex in Eastgardens, a suburb in ...

Tesla’s reputation plunges in US brand survey

Tesla has dropped to 95th place in the 2025 Axios Harris Poll 100, a steep fall from 8th in 2021, reflecting growing disapproval from Americ...

Filipino immigrant wins Canada’s largest-ever lottery jackpot

Justin Simporios, a Filipino immigrant in British Columbia has won the largest individual lottery prize in Canadian history, claiming the en...

Wisconsin celebrates 50th anniversary of Hmong resettlement

Wisconsin commemorated the 50th anniversary of Hmong resettlement on May 14, celebrating a statewide community that has grown to over 55,000...

US rice found to have high levels of arsenic, cadmium

New testing reveals that virtually all rice sold in the U.S. contains arsenic and cadmium, with one-fourth of samples exceeding federal safe...

Families need 3 children each to avoid extinction, study warns

A new study published April 30 in PLOS ONE finds that families need to have an average of 2.7 children to avoid extinction — far higher than...

China steps up to fill US leadership void with $500 million WHO pledge

China has pledged $500 million to the World Health Organization over five years as the country is set to replace the U.S. as the agency’s to...

Michele Wong McSween’s ‘Gordon & Li Li’ children’s book series helps families learn Mandarin

When Michele Wong McSween couldn’t find Mandarin learning books for her children, she created her own — launching a beloved bilingual series...

Fear grips Hawaii’s Filipino teaching community after ICE home raid

A federal immigration raid at a Maui residence housing Filipino teachers has heightened anxiety among educators and drawn sharp criticism fr...

Judge rules Trump admin’s deportation of immigrants to South Sudan violated court order

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration breached his court order when it sent immigrants — including from Asian countr...

Survey: Most Americans say Asians face discrimination in US

A majority of Americans say Asian people face at least some discrimination in the U.S., according to a new Pew Research Center survey releas...

Deaf Mongolian man faces deportation without due process

A deaf Mongolian man has spent over 80 days detained at California’s Otay Mesa Detention Center without seeing an immigration judge or acces...

Survey finds most Asian Americans see Trump as a ‘dangerous dictator’

A majority of Asian Americans agree with most Americans in viewing President Donald Trump as a “dangerous dictator” whose power should be li...

Less young Americans support free speech, global survey finds

Support for free speech among young Americans has dropped sharply in recent years, with just 43% now saying people should be allowed to insu...

Coaches reinstated after probe into racist taunts at Bay Area high school baseball game

Pinole Valley High School’s head baseball coach, T’won Blake, and assistant coach, Will Tipton, will return to their positions following an ...

Former Shen Yun dancers sue over alleged forced child labor, abuse

Two former dancers have filed a federal lawsuit against Shen Yun Performing Arts — the U.S.-based classical Chinese dance company known for ...

Vietnam approves $1.5 billion Trump Org development amid trade negotiations

The Vietnamese government has approved a $1.5 billion proposal by the Trump Organization and its local partner to build golf courses, hotels...

Stop AAPI Hate calls $2 million grant termination by DOJ an ‘authoritarian overreach’

The Department of Justice has terminated a $2 million grant to Stop AAPI Hate alongside funding for 33 other community organizations as part...

Meet the Asian American woman breaking barriers in Las Vegas politics

Francis Allen-Palenske, who made history as the first Asian American woman elected to both the Nevada state legislature and Las Vegas City C...

Road rage suspect who attacked Asian mom, daughter is assaulted by inmates in Hawaii

Serial road rage suspect Nathaniel Radimak, 38, who allegedly attacked an Asian American mother and daughter in Honolulu earlier this month,...

World Press Photo suspends credit for ‘Napalm Girl’ image

World Press Photo has suspended the credit of Associated Press photographer Nick Ut for the iconic Vietnam War photograph commonly known as ...

Supreme Court weighs Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship

Supreme Court justices on Thursday expressed concerns about President Donald Trump’s attempt to enforce his executive order limiting birthri...

Japanese American professor who lectures on racism is targeted in racist attack

A 71-year-old Japanese American professor who teaches about racism was deliberately struck by a vehicle while cycling in Montebello, Califor...

Father of Google teen engineer rejected by multiple universities slams DEI

Palo Alto father Nan Zhong, who has sued multiple universities for allegedly racially discriminating against his son Stanley, has criticized...

Ocean Vuong’s new novel is chosen by Oprah as book club pick

Oprah Winfrey announced “The Emperor of Gladness” by Ocean Vuong as her latest book club selection during Tuesday’s “CBS Mornings” broadcast...

Filipino American rapper wins Tiny Desk Contest with trilingual song

Ruby Ibarra, a Filipina American rapper and spoken word artist from the Bay Area, has won NPR’s 2025 Tiny Desk Contest with her trilingual p...

One of the world’s most prestigious opera houses has its first Asian conductor

South Korean conductor Myung-Whun Chung has been named the next music director of Milan’s famed Teatro alla Scala, becoming the first ...

Terminal Island’s last Japanese American buildings are under threat

The last two surviving buildings from a once-thriving Japanese American fishing village in Terminal Island, Los Angeles, have been included ...