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Nearly half of Americans don’t know what the nation’s 250th anniversary commemorates: survey
With the U.S. marking its 250th anniversary this Independence Day, nearly half of Americans do not know what the milestone commemorates, according to a new national survey. The Cato Institute poll…
Why Chinese American generations see America differently
Older and younger Chinese Americans are increasingly getting their political information from different places, according to a study released last week by the Chinese-American Planning Council and…
Asian Americans more optimistic than pessimistic about AI, survey finds
Asian Americans are embracing artificial intelligence at higher rates than any other major racial group in the United States and remain the only group whose positive views of AI outweigh negative…
Most AAPI adults say America has lost its standing as a place for immigrants: poll
Most Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) adults say the U.S. no longer lives up to its reputation as a place where immigrants can build a better life. A new AAPI Data/AP-NORC poll found that…
California’s Asian American education success story leaves some communities far behind
Asian Americans as a whole have some of the highest college attainment rates in California, but a new statewide report found that many Southeast Asian and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI)…
AI hiring tool disproportionately screened out Asian applicants, study finds
A hiring algorithm promoted as a way to make hiring more objective disproportionately screened out Asian job applicants, according to a Stanford-led study. Candidates of Asian descent faced the…
Republican support for same-sex marriage plunges as US acceptance stalls: survey
Support for same-sex marriage in the U.S. has fallen from record highs as Republican voters increasingly break from broader public support for marriage equality. Gallup’s latest survey found that 65%…
High-achieving Asian American teens are slipping through mental health screening
Many Chinese American teenagers struggling with anxiety and depression are being overlooked by schools and even their own families because they continue earning high grades and meeting expectations…
Why anti-Asian workplace bias often goes unrecognized, according to new research
Americans may be less likely to identify racism against Asian employees because Asian Americans do not fit common mental “prototypes” of discrimination victims, according to new research that…
Fear alone did not drive anti-Asian attacks during COVID, researchers say
Anti-Asian racism during the COVID-19 pandemic was fueled more by anger than fear of infection, according to new research from Murdoch University in Australia. The study found that people who viewed…
Fewer migrants see America as their future amid tougher US immigration policies
Global interest in moving permanently to the U.S. has fallen to its lowest level in nearly two decades as the Trump administration expands immigration enforcement and tightens border restrictions,…
A quarter of AAPI adults faced hate in the past year, and most expect more to come: poll
One in four Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults experienced a hate crime or hate incident in the past year, with concerns about future discrimination persisting even as…
Most Asian and Pacific Islanders detained by ICE had no criminal history, report finds
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests, detentions and deportations of Asian and Pacific Islander people have risen five to seven times compared to the previous administration, with nearly…
Asian Americans more worried than hopeful as federal pressures mount, new survey reveals
Asian Americans are the country’s only racial or ethnic group whose worry outpaces hope, amid mounting pressures from federal immigration enforcement, trade policy and deepening questions about…
Majority of Americans say the American Dream is slipping out of reach, new poll finds
A majority of Americans now say the promise of upward mobility is harder to achieve than it was for their parents, according to a new Times/YouGov poll. Fifty-nine percent of respondents said success…
Americans’ views on China soften after years of record negativity: survey
Americans’ views of China have become modestly more positive after several years of sharply negative sentiment, according to a March survey by the Pew Research Center. The share of U.S. adults with…
Asian surnames now fastest-growing in US as immigration reshapes population
Asian last names dominated the list of fastest-growing surnames in the U.S. between 2010 and 2020, a trend linked to a broader demographic transformation, according to Census Bureau data released…
Anti-Sikh hate crimes hit record high in 2025 as overall incidents decline
Anti-Sikh hate crimes in the U.S. reached a record 228 incidents in 2025, a sharp increase that came even as overall hate crimes declined 11% from the previous year, according to a preliminary…
Over 11,000 US kids had a parent detained by ICE under Trump, analysis finds
Immigration agents under President Donald Trump separated at least 11,000 U.S. citizen children from a parent in the first seven months of his second term, a ProPublica analysis found. By the numbers…
Study ties lifestyle to higher breast cancer survival in Asian American women
Asian American women with breast cancer had higher survival rates than white women, though outcomes differed across ethnic groups within the population, according to new research. The analysis from…
AAPIs hold deeply unfavorable views of ICE, say Trump hurts economy: poll
Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders are far more skeptical of federal immigration enforcement than the broader U.S. public and largely view the Trump administration as having made…
ICE arrests of Asian and Pacific Islanders have nearly quadrupled under Trump, new report finds
President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant policies are exacting a quantifiable toll on Asian and Pacific Islander (A/PI) communities regardless of citizenship status, a new report reveals. By the…
Confidence in US Supreme Court falls to historic low in new poll
Confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court has reached a historic low, according to an NBC News poll released this week. Just 22% of registered voters say they have strong confidence in the court, the…
Majority of Americans say fellow citizens lack morals, highest among 25 nations
More Americans say their fellow citizens have poor morals and ethics than people in any other country surveyed by the Pew Research Center. In the U.S., 53% of adults say Americans have bad morals,…
Survey finds ‘perpetual foreigner’ stereotype persists for Asian Americans
Asian Americans born in the U.S. are more likely than any other racial group to have their loyalty and national belonging questioned, according to the 2025 State of Chinese Americans survey. The…
Americans rely on AI but overwhelmingly want government regulation, survey finds
Most Americans believe artificial intelligence needs government oversight even as the technology becomes part of their daily routines. A new national survey found that 79% of respondents support…
Most Americans say race does not shape daily decisions even as 80% see nation divided
Most Americans say race does not play a meaningful role in selecting friends or business partners, according to a national survey conducted by Gallup and the Brookings Institution’s Center for…
Asian American Olympians’ nationality choices cast as ‘loyalty tests’ by media: study
U.S. media coverage of Winter Olympians Chloe Kim and Eileen Gu treated their nationality decisions as measures of allegiance rather than parallel career choices, according to a University of…
Minority births become the majority in the US for the 1st time, study finds
For the first time in U.S. history, more babies were born to racial and ethnic minority mothers than to non-Hispanic white mothers, according to a new national study released this month. The…
Americans are losing confidence in Trump, new survey shows
President Donald Trump’s approval rating stands at 37% as he marks one year back in office, according to new polling. By the numbers: The Pew Research Center, which polled 8,512 adults from Jan. 20…
The geometry problem behind ‘Friends’ famous couch scene may finally be solved
The “moving sofa problem,” a puzzle that has remained unresolved since it was introduced in 1966 and memorably illustrated in the sitcom Friends, may finally have an answer. Baek Jin-eon, a…
AAPI adults are uneasy about what comes next
Rising costs, health care and immigration top the list of issues Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults want the government to address in 2026, according to a recent survey by…
Multiracial youths make up nearly 1 in 5 US children, analysis finds
Nearly one in five children in the U.S. now identifies as multiracial, according to a new analysis by data research organization My Asian Voice of the 2023 American Community Survey. The data show…
Asian Americans now represent nearly one in 10 Houston residents, study finds
Asian Americans now make up nearly 10% of the Houston metropolitan area, a demographic shift researchers say has quietly reshaped one of the nation’s largest and most diverse cities, according to a…
Stereotypes mask premature death trends among Asian Americans, study finds
A new University of Toronto study suggests that stereotypes portraying Asian Americans as uniformly healthy have contributed to blind spots in U.S. mortality research. By analyzing years-of-life-lost…
Hidden health disparities emerge when Asian American data is disaggregated
Two large studies released this month found that commonly used racial categories in U.S. health data obscure significant disparities among Asian American patients. When researchers analyzed heart…
