CA Secretary of State Building to be Renamed for March Fong Eu
California’s first female Secretary of State and the first Asian American woman publicly elected to a state constitutional office, March…
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BREAKING: US Representative Mark Takai Dies of Pancreatic Cancer at 49
US Representative Mark Takai, a first-term Democratic Congressman from Hawaii, has died of pancreatic cancer. He was 49. Takai had…
A True American Revolutionary: Rest in Power, Grace Lee Boggs (1915-2015)
Grace Lee Boggs — revered civil rights activist and scholar and Asian American feminist hero — passed away this morning.…
Rest in Peace, Leonard Nimoy
Leonard Nimoy, actor best known for his role as Spock in the original Star Trek series, has passed away of…
Yale mourns death of Luchang Wang ’17 by apparent suicide
The Yale student community was rocked last night with news that sophomore Luchang Wang, ’17 — mathematics major and member of…
Las Vegas Burmese American Community Reeling After Homicide of 25yo William Yar Parke
(H/T A. Chen) Las Vegas’ Burmese American community is reeling after last month’s murder of 25-year-old William Yar Parke. Parke…
Chol Soo Lee, whose wrongful conviction helped spark the Asian American Movement, dies at 62
It was a real-life “Serial“. On June 7, 1973, Korean American Chol Soo Lee was arrested in California and charged with…
In Memory of Yuri: Kochiyama Family & UCLA Asian American Studies Center issues statement
Over the weekend, I posted about the death of beloved civil rights activist and beloved icon Yuri Kochiyama. Here is the…
Remembering Shirley Temple requires us to remember her legacy of Blackface cinema
The Greatest Generation said good-bye to one of their beloved actors today with the passing of Shirley Temple Black, beloved…
Nelson Mandela’s legacy is a call-to-action for social justice activists
Nelson Mandela, former president and life-long fighter for racial equality in South Africa, has died at the age of 95. Most…