$4.5 Million Dollar Settlement Reached in Shooting Death of Akai Gurley
NBC News reports today that a settlement was reached in a civil suit filed by the Gurley family following the…
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We Cannot Disregard Data: How Opposition to Data Disaggregation Hurts AAPI
In California, a battle over data disaggregation has reached a fevered pitch. Earlier this year, Asian American and Pacific Islander…
Toxic Masculinity Claims Life of Another Asian American Woman
Last week, toxic masculinity claimed its latest victims. In Mukilteo, Washington, 19-year-old Allen Ivanov has been arrested after driving to…
Matt Damon is Not the Hero China Needs, But He’s The One Hollywood Will Give Us
I can’t even right now. The basic concept of the upcoming The Great Wall seems like a Hollywood studio wet dream: the…
NYPD Seeking Information on Suspects in Apparent Anti-Asian Hate Crime Assault
Gothamist reports today that the NYPD are seeking the public’s help in identifying two suspects in an alleged anti-Asian hate…
Dear John, | #FeministJohnCho
Dear John, You don’t know me, but I’ve been with you since the very beginning. I was organizing on-campus screenings…
BREAKING: Purvi Patel’s Feticide Conviction Overturned in Appeals Court
Purvi Patel’s feticide and child neglect convictions — which led to her 20-year jail sentence for the death of her fetus — were…
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…
Why a Vice President Mike Pence is Bad News for AAPIs
Hours ago, the Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump confirmed weeks of political gossip with his announcement that he…
The Mattering of Black Lives for Non-Black People of Color
By Guest Contributor: Cynthia Wu I first became aware of Minnesota’s outlier status when I lived there between 2002 and…
Meeting People Where They Are: The Seed Crystal of the Letters for Black Lives Project
Last week, America once again recoiled under the weight of this country’s ongoing criminalization of the Black body when two…
I’m Not Here for the Asian Americans Who Won’t Get Behind #BlackLivesMatter
Two days ago, police shot and killed another Black man — the latest victim in an epidemic of state-sanctioned gun…