Asian American Press - The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) stands in solidarity with communities across the country protesting against police violence and the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers.
For too many decades, communities of color have been the targ
Reuters - A spike in harassment of Asian-Americans since the coronavirus pandemic began has led community activists in the United States to fight back - forming street patrols, rallying on social media, and supporting each other online.
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Legacy.com - Lillian Kimura was a civil rights leader who became the first woman to serve as national president of the Japanese American Citizens League, leading the organization from 1992 to 1994. A native of California, Kimura was among the Japanese Americans who were incarcerated in U.S. internme
AdWeek - There’s never been a better time to stuff your face with fried rice, chow mein and spring rolls. In addition to jumping on a the popular quarantine trend of carb loading, you just might be throwing a lifeline to a Chinese restaurant in your area.
That’s the message from a celebrity-driven,
Courthouse News Service – Out of all major racial and ethnic groups in the U.S., Asian Americans have become the fastest-growing demographic of eligible voters.
According to the Pew Research Center study, Asian Americans make up 4.7% of the U.S. electorate this year –a record high for that group. .
Gotham Gazette - At a hearing Monday, the New York City Council’s Committee on Governmental Operations approved the latest drafts of two bills that enhance the responsibility of city agencies to conduct voter registration and a resolution calling for the State Legislature to pass similar legislation
Rafu Shimpo: President Trump’s criticism of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) over her recent visit to San Francisco Chinatown has angered Asian American leaders already dealing with anti-Asian hate crimes connected to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pelosi’s visit to Chinatown came three weeks b
Huffington Post - As his stint on ABC’s “How to Get Away with Murder” comes to a close, Conrad Ricamora is getting back to his musical theater roots.
Last fall, the actor returned to the stage in “Soft Power” at New York’s Public Theater. Written by playwright David Henry Hwang and composer Jeanine
Salon - President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign released a misleading ad Thursday that attempts to portray former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, as cozy with China. The ad was promptly criticized by an advocacy group as dangerous for suggesting that a former gove
TheaterMania - Ghostlight Records will release the original cast recording of David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori’s Soft Power on digital and streaming platforms on Friday, April 17. The Public Theater, which produced the musical off-Broadway last fall, will present a virtual listening party that d
LAist - At a Trader Joe’s in Culver City last month, Jeff Yang stood in the checkout line six feet apart from the other customers, lost in his phone. That’s when an F-bomb came flying in his direction.
He glanced up to see another customer pass by, pull down her mask and cough towards him — the onl
Broadway World - Ghostlight Records has announced that Soft Power - Original Cast Recording will be available on digital and streaming formats on Friday, April 17. The album is based on the new musical’s recent New York premiere production at The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Exec
Indypendent - Chinese Americans as well as those who look Chinese, are having to bear a double dose of the national anxiety amid the COVID-19 pandemic. They are anxious like the rest of us about venturing outside and getting infected, but they are also increasingly anxious about venturing outside an
Pioneer Press - If you’re almost out of reading material because you are sheltering in place, please read Marie Mutsuki Mockett’s wonderful new book “American Harvest: God, Country, and Farming in the Heartland,” Minneapolis-based Graywolf Press’ lead spring title ($28). . .
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Vox - The fallout from the spread of coronavirus has highlighted how many Americans are one disaster away from physical, emotional, or economic ruin. Now, while many await federal and state assistance, those in more secure financial positions have an opportunity to step up and help.
But with so man
Salon - Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, added to fuel to the fire when he tried to defend President Donald Trump and other Republicans who use the racist term “Chinese virus” to refer to COVID-19.
The senator mounted a defense based on another racist claim: that China deserves blame for the coronavirus,
Newsweek - President Donald Trump is facing widespread condemnation after referring to coronavirus as the “Chinese Virus” immediately after calling on Americans to “band together” in the face of the pandemic.
Echoing the words of right-wing commentators who have been adamant on labeling COVID-19 ba
Salon - President Donald Trump referred to COVID-19 as “the Chinese virus” on Tuesday, prompting critics to accuse him not only of “a mean spirited distraction” but also intensifying racism and xenophobia. . .
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Margaret Fung, executive director of the Asian American Legal Defense and Educatio
Gothamist - As anxiety over the spread of COVID-19 continues to mount in NYC, officials say there has been an alarming uptick in racist and xenophobic attacks on Asian-Americans. . .
Choi, 26, was commuting home to Suffolk County when he stopped in a bathroom at Penn Station around 7 p.m. on Wednes
