The Triumph Beyond Sandra Oh’s Trophy
By Guest Contributor: Jacqueline Wong Sandra Oh recently made history three times at the 76th Golden Globes Awards as the first Asian…
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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…
L. Song Richardson Named UCI Law School Dean, Becomes Only Woman of Color Dean of a Top-30 Law School
Earlier today, the UC Irvine School of Law — ranked within the top 30 of the nation’s law schools by…
“Highlighting” the Fight Against Ebola
By Guest Contributor: Andrew Cha In 2014, the West African countries of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone suffered the worst…
Sign this petition to honour Yuri Kochiyama with a US Postal Stamp!
Last week, America lost a civil rights legend in Yuri Kochiyama. Kochiyama’s work inspired a generation of young activists —…
One Asian American victim, another an Asian American hero, in SPU shooting
Yesterday marked another grim incident in this nation’s ongoing litany of gun violence. A man, identified as 26-year-old former LA Fitness janitor…
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…
Rest in Power, Yuri Kochiyama: A Civil Rights Hero Who Inspired a Generation
I’m hearing reports through my networks that Yuri Kochiyama, the incredible civil rights hero whose life of dedicated work to…
Judge Mary Yu becomes 1st #AAPI, 1st openly gay judge on WA Supreme Court
Hon. Mary I. Yu has been appointed by Governor Jay Inslee to the Washington Supreme Court, making her the state’s first…
Vijay Seshadri is 1st Asian American to win Pulitzer Prize in Poetry!
(H/T: The Aerogram) Vijay Seshadri, a Brooklyn-based poet and writer, has become the first Asian American to win a Pulitzer…
3 videos of BD Wong singing that are just kind of awesome
Here are 3 videos of Tony Award-winning actor BD Wong (@BD_Wong) that you need to see. 1. As Father Ray…
Biking While Asian (or, the Most Asinine Story of anti-Asian Racism You’ll Read This Week)
As if we needed any evidence that all people, whether Far Right extremists or self-described liberal progressives, can be guilty…