Asian American groups call for resignation of SF Board of Education president

Asian American groups are calling for the resignation of San Francisco Board of Education (BoE) President Kevine Boggess for purportedly sup...

Kelly Marie Tran to star in biopic about Nobel-nominated activist Amanda Nguyen

Kelly Marie Tran will produce and star in a biopic about civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen. The film will cover Nguyen’s story as a sexu...

AAPI voters are suing Texas for allegedly discriminatory gerrymandering

A coalition of AAPI voters is suing the state of Texas for allegedly discriminatory redistricting practices which suppress the voting power...

Ex-officers Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane found guilty of violating George Floyd’s civil rights

Former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane were all convicted of failing to provide George Floyd the m...

Report: Asia’s civic rights under attack, Taiwan the only territory ‘open’

Attacks against civic freedoms in Asia have been rife over the past year, with Taiwan being the only territory that can be considered open, ...

Hate crime laws across country are inconsistent, new report says

Hate crime laws have been found to vary extensively throughout the U.S., as stated in a new report.  About the report: “Policy Spotlight: Ha...

Japanese American Civil Rights Leader Passes Away at 81 After Getting COVID 2nd Time

Rose Takayo Matsui Ochi, a Japanese American leader and civil rights activist, has died in her home city of Los Angeles.  Ochi passed away a...

Asian Americans Mourn Passing of Civil Rights Icon and Congressman John Lewis

The recent passing of civil rights leader John Lewis has deeply saddened many in the Asian American community who admired him and his advoca...

10 Surprising Facts About Asian American Civil Rights You Never Learned in School

Asian American history has never been the focus of teaching curriculums in American schools. As a community, we’re often treated as perpetua...

‘Go Back to China Where You Belong’: Racist Incident Caught on Video in Canada

A racist tirade by a middle-aged White woman was caught on video at a parking lot in Richmond City, Canada.  The footage of the verbal attac...

Thailand to Legalize Same-Sex Civil Unions in Support of LGBTQ Rights

The Thai LGBTQ community has finally earned a long-sought victory as the country is working on a bill that would recognize same-sex civil un...

The Man Responsible For ‘Birthright Citizenship’ is Chinese American

Wong Kim Ark is not a household name; at some point, the man’s descendants barely knew him, too. Yet his story is one that needs retelling i...

The Guardian Under Fire For Racism After Using ‘Chinks’ in Football Match Coverage

Earlier today, Australia defeated China 3-0 in a friendly women’s football game in Melbourne. The Guardian covered the event live on t...

School Board Candidates Targeted By Racist Fliers Win in Landslide Victory

After suffering through racist campaign mailers targeted at them, two Asian American school board candidates in Edison, New Jersey have won ...

Man Who Brutally Murdered Elderly Japanese-American Woman Will Not Face Death Penalty

Neven Butler, the man accused for beating an elderly Japanese-American woman to death and sexually assaulting her friend, will not face the ...

NYC Restaurant Draws Backlash After Sending ‘Racist’ Instagram DM to Asian Woman

An Italian restaurant in NYC is under fire after sending an allegedly racist message to a customer on Instagram. The unidentified customer, ...

Asian American Woman Assaulted and Forcibly Removed From Uber Ride

A woman in Chicago has accused an Uber driver for assaulting her and kick her out of her car, according to NBC. Lily Kim, an adjunct profess...

Chinese Delivery Man Brutally Attacked by Teenagers, Immediately Goes Back to Work

After a terrifying attack from a group of teenagers, a 46-year-old Chinese food delivery man in New York found himself immediately resuming ...

How The ‘Smart Asian’ Stereotype Put My Friend in Jail

Stereotyping. Everyone knows that these tired tropes are full of shit — everyone but my friend Sohee. Unfortunately, she didn’t learn ...

Vietnamese-American Family Finds Car Vandalized With Swastika in Texas

A Vietnamese-American family in Fort Worth, Texas has been one of the latest victims of a hate crime targeting Asian Americans. On Thursday ...

NYC Cafe Owner Fires Employee for Racist ‘Ching Chong’ Receipt

The owner of the restaurant that issued an Asian-American customer a racist receipt has posted an apology on their Facebook page, identifyin...

NYC Cafe Names Asian Woman ‘Ching Chong’ on Receipt, Claims They Aren’t Racist

An Asian customer received a receipt with the name “Ching Chong” on it when they visited Cornerstone Cafe in New York City, New ...

Asian Americans Are Targeted For Hate Crimes More Than We Think

From robberies targeting Asian-owned businesses in Philadelphia and Sacramento to sexual assaults and rapes targeting Asian women in New Yor...

Why Asian Americans Should Not Remain Silent About Charlottesville

Dear fellow Asian Americans, Modern day Ku Klux Klan members marched through Charlottesville this past weekend, emboldened, in their own wor...

Asian Doctor Reveals Heartbreaking Stories About Treating Neo-Nazi Patients

Meet Esther Choo. She is a doctor based in Oregon, where a lot of White nationalists are based. ...

I Became An Asian Gun Owner After My Neighbor Threatened To Kill My Baby

“What’re you sightseeing, camel-jockey?” I was playing with my infant outside of our rental home. We’d been living there for about two weeks...

Secret Note Saves Five Thai Women From Being Forced into Prostitution in South Korea

A young Thai woman’s desperate plea for help via a secret note helped her and four other women get rescued from a prostitution den in Busan,...

40 Years Ago, Vincent Chin Was Murdered in Cold Blood For Being Asian

On June 27, 1982, friends and family were supposed to attend the wedding of Vincent Chin. They attended his funeral instead. Vincent Chin wa...

Asian-Americans Are Extremely Pissed at the LA Times and Rightfully So

Asian-Americans are furious over two published reader letters by the LA Times that argue in favor of Japanese American internment during WII...