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

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

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

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

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

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President Joe Biden posthumously awarded Mitsuye Endo the Presidential Citizens Medal on Jan. 2 — a long-overdue recognition of a quiet hero whose name should e...

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Adena Ishii has been elected as the first Asian American and first woman of color to serve as mayor of Berkeley, California, narrowly defeating City Council vet...

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On this day in 1927, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Gong Lum v. Rice, upholding Mississippi’s authority to enforce racially segregated pu...

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T The U.S. Coast Guard has commissioned its latest Sentinel-class fast response cutter (FRC) named after Florence Ebersole Smith Finch, a Filipino American woma...

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A new documentary offers a glimpse of the music scene enjoyed by Vietnamese American youths who sought refuge in the U.S. with their families in the 1980s. Dire...

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The city of Detroit is honoring five notable individuals, including Asian American figure Vincent Chin, with street signs bearing their names. The sign commemor...

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