US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy Dismissed by Trump Administration
US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, the nation’s youngest and first Indian American Surgeon General, was asked to resign on Friday…
Activists Organize Against Border Patrol Plans to Scrutinize Social Media of Chinese Travelers to US
Last month, US Customs and Border Protection announced a proposal to institute a “voluntary” social media check of Chinese travelers…
Support the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) in Protesting Against anti-LGBTQ Legislation
This past weekend, I made a whirlwind trip to Portland, Oregon to speak at my first-ever Association for Asian American…
Man Bloodied, Dragged From Overbooked United Flight by Police
An as-yet-unidentified 69-year-old Asian man was physically assaulted by three Chicago-area police officers after he allegedly refused to give up…
REVIEW: I Watched ‘Ghost in the Shell’ So You Don’t Have To
This weekend, Hollywood’s live-action remake of the classic Ghost in the Shell anime opened in theatres nationwide. The film has been the…
Police Killing of Chinese Man in Paris Demands Greater Scrutiny of Police Brutality
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Paris this week to protest the killing of 56-year-old Liu Shaoyo, a father…
26 Years After the Murder of Latasha Harlins, Asian Americans Still Have a Lot of Work to do Around Anti-Blackness
In Charlotte, North Carolina, the Black community is calling for a boycott of Missha Beauty after the owner Sung Ho…
It’s 2017 and AAPI Women Still Aren’t Getting Equal Pay for Equal Work | #AAPIEqualPay
Today is AAPI Equal Pay Day, a day to highlight the persistent wage gap experienced by AAPI women, transgender, and…
Unpacking Get Out’s “Asian” character
By Guest Contributor: Melissa Phruksachart (@mphruksachart) Though Jordan Peele’s Get Out has been primarily read (and marketed) as an excoriation of white…
BREAKING: Gold Star Father Says his Travel Privileges are being “Reviewed”?
Khizr Khan, the Pakistani American and Muslim father of US Army Captain Humayun Khan who was killed in 2004 while…
Where is America’s Outrage over Hate Crime Killing in Olathe?
Last week, a man was shot and killed because of the colour of his skin. It was a warm Wednesday…
1 Dead, 2 Injured in Possible Race-Related Mass Shooting After Attacker Yells “Get Out Of My Country”
This post was updated on 2/24/2017. In Olathe, Kansas, one man is dead and two more are critically injured after…