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Why anti-Asian workplace bias often goes unrecognized, according to new research

Americans may be less likely to identify racism against Asian employees because Asian Americans do not fit common mental “prototypes” of dis...

The internet had a lot to say about this Long Island school’s 21 valedictorians

Jericho High School in Nassau County has long been known on Long Island for its academic intensity, but this year’s graduating class brought...

Why a post about a Meta layoff triggered a wave of anti-Indian racism

An X post about an Indian Meta engineer allegedly receiving a layoff email while in Bengaluru triggered a wave of reactions about H-1B worke...

YouTuber faces backlash after anti-Asian tweet resurfaces during K-pop debut

Internet personality Trisha Paytas drew backlash this week after critics resurfaced a 2017 tweet containing anti-Asian slurs days after she ...

Starbucks Korea ‘Tank Day’ promotion draws outrage

A marketing campaign by Starbucks Korea has ignited public anger in South Korea after promotional slogans referencing “Tank Day” appeared on...

Fear alone did not drive anti-Asian attacks during COVID, researchers say

Anti-Asian racism during the COVID-19 pandemic was fueled more by anger than fear of infection, according to new research from Murdoch Unive...

‘No Filipinos allowed’ sign in South Korea sparks debate

A TikTok video describing venues in South Korea that allegedly barred Filipinos and other Southeast Asians from entering has ignited renewed...

After Beijing’s summit spectacle, Trump sells Xi’s image back home

U.S. President Donald Trump gushed over Chinese President Xi Jinping during a Fox News interview aired during his Beijing trip last week, wh...

Asian American NBA stars are lighting up the conference finals

Three of the four teams currently battling it out in the NBA conference finals feature players of Asian American heritage, placing Filipino ...

How Japan’s breakfast culture became part of chrononutrition science

In Japan, breakfast has long been treated as a proper meal: rice, soup, fish and fermented foods eaten before work or school. Researchers no...

A viral NYC meetup for Wasians turned into a larger argument about race and representation

A social meetup for Wasians, promoted through community page Half Asian Spring, drew more than 3,000 people to Central Park’s Sheep Meadow o...

Despite tech billionaire entourage, Trump leaves Beijing empty-handed

U.S. President Donald Trump ended his state visit to China on Thursday after two days of meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping. More th...

New Anna May Wong biopic casts Chinese actress Xin Zhilei as lead

Chinese actress Xin Zhilei has been cast to portray pioneering Chinese American actress Anna May Wong in “Sunset Boulevard – The Anna May Wo...

Arden Cho says she spent decades struggling to feel proud of being Asian

“KPop Demon Hunters” star Arden Cho said growing up Asian American left her questioning her appearance, identity and place within the cultur...

More Americans are tuning in to Asian-led content, analysis finds

The latest AANHPI audience report from data analytics company Nielsen found that Asian-led stories, athletes and franchises are drawing view...

‘Jeopardy!’ champ Jamie Ding ends 31-game streak, criticizes immigration enforcement

Jamie Ding’s 31-game winning streak on “Jeopardy!” ended April 27 in a runaway loss, closing one of the longest runs in the show’s history. ...

USF mourns slain Bangladeshi doctoral students after remains identified in Tampa murder case

University of South Florida (USF) students and faculty gathered Friday for a candlelight vigil after authorities identified remains found ne...

Fewer migrants see America as their future amid tougher US immigration policies

Global interest in moving permanently to the U.S. has fallen to its lowest level in nearly two decades as the Trump administration expands i...

Sydney Sweeney’s ‘Gundam’ casting raises whitewashing concerns

The casting of Sydney Sweeney and Noah Centineo as rival mech pilots in a war between Earth and its space colonies places two white American...

Hallmark’s Mahjong rom-com draws backlash over mostly white cast

Hallmark Channel is facing criticism over its upcoming film “All’s Fair in Love and Mahjong,” which features a predominantly white cast desp...

Trump’s Iran war is forcing Thai and Vietnamese farmers to rethink planting rice

Shipping delays and surging logistics costs tied to the Iran war are disrupting rice exports from Thailand and Vietnam, two of the world’s l...

84-year-old Korean man beaten, set on fire in downtown LA attack

Bang Cho, an 84-year-old Korean man living with dementia, died after authorities say he was beaten and set on fire in downtown Los Angeles. ...

Asian Comedy Fest brings 70-plus AAPI performers to NYC with proceeds supporting immigrant services

Asian Comedy Fest will return to New York City from May 5 to May 7 for its seventh year, bringing more than 70 Asian and Pacific Islander pe...

Majority of Americans say the American Dream is slipping out of reach, new poll finds

A majority of Americans now say the promise of upward mobility is harder to achieve than it was for their parents, according to a new Times/...

Palantir manifesto declares some cultures ‘harmful’ as lawmakers demand answers on surveillance tools

Palantir Technologies, a data analytics company deeply embedded in U.S. military, intelligence and law enforcement operations, published a 2...

‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ boycott calls grow over ‘ching chong’-linked character

Boycott calls against “The Devil Wears Prada 2” are spreading across China, Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong after viewers said a Chinese ch...

Americans’ views on China soften after years of record negativity: survey

Americans’ views of China have become modestly more positive after several years of sharply negative sentiment, according to a March survey ...

ICE detention of Hmong American man probed as possible kidnapping

Federal immigration agents forced entry into a St. Paul home on Jan. 18 and detained ChongLy “Scott” Thao, a 56-year-old Hmong American late...

YouTuber sentenced to 6 months in South Korea prison over repeated livestream harassment

A South Korean court sentenced American YouTuber Johnny Somali, whose real name is Ramsey Khalid Ismael, to six months in prison after docum...

WongFu’s Philip Wang says Asian American filmmakers lose by leaving Asian stories behind

Philip Wang, co-founder of Wong Fu Productions, said Asian American filmmakers are not turning high-profile breakthroughs into sustained ind...

Wisconsin memorial seeks donations as it adds new names honoring Lao, Hmong and US Secret War veterans

The Lao, Hmong and American Veterans Memorial is seeking public donations as it prepares to dedicate 10 new picture panels and engrave eight...

Study ties lifestyle to higher breast cancer survival in Asian American women

Asian American women with breast cancer had higher survival rates than white women, though outcomes differed across ethnic groups within the...

Larry Itliong’s son says Cesar Chavez took credit for union organizing led by Filipino farmworkers

Jonny Itliong said Cesar Chavez took credit for organizing work led by his father, United Farm Workers co-founder Larry Itliong, during the ...

Kelly Marie Tran reflects on ‘Star Wars’ backlash nearly a decade later: ‘it wasn’t my fault’

Kelly Marie Tran said she no longer blames herself for the harassment that followed her role as Rose Tico in 2017’s “Star Wars: The Last Jed...

Trump tells white Fox News host that immigrants who should be barred from US don’t have ‘your genetics’

President Donald Trump told “Fox & Friends” host Brian Kilmeade, who is white, that immigrants do not have “your genetics” during a Frid...

Oscar producer addresses backlash over ‘Golden’ team victory speech cutoff

Oscars executive Rob Mills said producers will review speech handling after backlash over the “Golden” songwriting team being cut off at the...