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…
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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…
Why This Election Matters
By Guest Contributor: Timmy Lu (@timmyhlu) I’ve been voting and tracking national electoral politics since I was nine, when I…
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Would Donald Trump still be a Freddie Mercury fan if he knew Freddie’s life story?
By Guest Contributor: Lakshmi Gandhi (@LakshmiGandhi) Before journalist Jarrett Hill broke the story of Melania Trump’s alleged plagiarism of Michelle…
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…
Abigail Fisher Isn’t an Asian American
By Guest Contributor: David Shih (@professorshih) Originally posted on David Shih Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito begins his dissenting opinion…
“Uprooted From the Scenes” Film Screening Highlights Budding AAPI Filmmakers
Visual Communications, a community non-profit which has focused on supporting AAPI filmmakers since its founding in 1970, will be holding…