BREAKING: Nan-Hui Jo Released From Federal Custody | #StandWithNanHui
Activists tell me that Nan-Hui Jo — the Korean survivor of domestic abuse who fled her abuser with her young…
Category: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
Federal Civil Rights Charges Filed in SWAT Raid That Maimed Baby | #JusticeForBouBou
I wrote earlier this year about the story of Baby “Bou Bou” Phonesavanh, a toddler who was disfigured and permanently…
Wesley Clark Calls for Modern Day Incarceration Camps Styled After Those Used During WWII
Retired US Army General Wesley Clark — who ran unsuccessfully to represent the Democratic party in the 2004 presidential primaries…
“Advantageous”: Smart, Subtle and Sorrowful Science Fiction By Women of Colour Filmmakers
“We’re looking for someone that’s a little more… universal.” This line — uttered by James Urbaniak’s character Fisher in Jennifer…
Dept. of Education Dismisses Complaint Filed Against Harvard By anti-Affirmative Action Asian American Groups
In a completely unsurprising turn of events, the Department of Education yesterday dismissed an administrative complaint filed in May against…
No, Asian Americans Were Not Silent on Jerry Hough’s Comments Regarding AAPI Assimilation
This story is perhaps the perfect one to pull me out of my self-mandated, unannounced, unofficial mini-hiatus from blogging, which…
Bobby Jindal just announced his presidential run with a hidden camera stuck in a tree
No, I don’t have anything really more enlightening here. Bobby Jindal, everyone’s favourite hot mess of a presumptive presidential candidate,…
NYPD Officer Peter Liang and his Partner Stepped Over Dying Akai Gurley, Never Called for Ambulance
In a week that has already left me disheartened over the state of race in America today, the last thing…
33 Years after Vincent Chin’s Death, Our Common Cause Must be Racial Justice For All
33 years ago today, Vincent Chin died at the age of 27. Chin had been in a coma for four days…
Suspect in Serial NYC Attacks Targeting Asian American Women Found Dead of Apparent Suicide
Tyrelle Shaw, the 25-year-old named by police late last week as the suspect in a series of physical assaults targeting…
Suspect Identified in NYC’s Serial Assaults Targeting Asian American Women
The suspect in a series of physical assaults targeting Asian American women in New York City was identified late yesterday…
NYC Assailant Appears to Be Targeting Asian American Women in Attacks
Police are conducting a city-wide hunt in New York City for a man who has reportedly assaulted four Asian American women in…