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Illinois House passes bill mandating Asian-American history in schools
April 16, 2021The Illinois lower house passed a bill on Wednesday req...Read more
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UCLA’s Juzang could be first Asian American NBA lottery pick
April 4, 2021INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Johnny Juzang’s impact at UCLA ...Read more
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The model minority myth says all Asians are successful. Why that’s dangerous.
March 24, 2021Cayden Mak, executive director of the Asian American or...Read more
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UCLA’s Natalie Chou wants to make a difference for Asian Americans
March 24, 2021At 6’2″ UCLA’s Natalie Chou is one of...Read more
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Oscars: Diverse Field Sees Asian Actors Finally Break Through
March 15, 2021The 93rd Academy Awards finally gives Asian performers ...Read more
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Shamed for body hair growing up, Desi women now challenging racist standards
March 4, 2021For Desi women who grew up in mostly white schools, tha...Read more
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The Resurrection of Kelly Marie Tran: On Surviving ‘Star Wars’ Bullying, the Pressures of Representation, and ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’
March 3, 2021The Resurrection of Kelly Marie Tran: On Surviving R...Read more
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Minari and the Real Korean-American Immigrants Who Have Farmed U.S. Soil for More Than a Century
February 25, 2021Asian Americans have been farming around the United Sta...Read more
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Korean-American actor Daniel Dae Kim on Covid-19, anti-Asian racism and ‘invasive’ social media
February 2, 2021South China Morning Post catches up with Daniel Dae Kim...Read more
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Steven Yeun and Riz Ahmed on ‘Minari,’ ‘Sound of Metal’ and Wanting to Paint on ‘the Full Spectrum’
January 30, 2021Actors, Riz Ahmed with Steven Yeun get together for a v...Read more
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3 Chinese-American Films at This Year’s Sundance Film Festival
January 25, 2021This year’s Sundance Film Festival is taking on a new, ...Read more
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No, Biden Doesn’t Have a ‘Chinese Handler.’ He’s a US Secret Service Agent.
January 23, 2021The subject of the “theory” was a decorated U.S. Secret...Read more
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‘It’s Starting Again’: Why Filipino Nurses Dread the Second Wave
January 15, 2021As devastating as Covid-19 was in those early months, a...Read more
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Rep. Takano ‘profoundly disappointed’ with Asian and Pacific representation in Biden Cabinet
January 12, 2021As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office, H...Read more
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Marilyn Strickland first woman sworn into Congress wearing traditional Korean hanbok
January 4, 2021Rep. Marilyn Strickland (D-Wash.), who last year became...Read more
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South Asian, Chinese New Yorkers among the hardest hit by Covid, study shows
December 31, 2020According to a new report, South Asians were among the ...Read more
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Asian American voters could decide the Georgia Senate runoffs
December 30, 2020Asian American voters in the state made a difference in...Read more
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Andrew Yang Files Paperwork to Run for New York City Mayor
December 29, 2020Bloomberg reports that former Presidential contender, A...Read more
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Kumail Nanjiani, Kal Penn and More South Asian Stars Call Out David Perdue in New #MyNameIs Campaign Video
December 24, 2020When Georgia’s Republican Sen. David Perdue mocke...Read more
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The Unexpected Toll Of Being Asian-American On Social Media During COVID-19
December 22, 2020Mentally draining and anxiety inducing would be just so...Read more
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Dreaming of an Asian American Christmas: Asian American Holiday Movies
December 22, 2020If there is anything positive about 2020, its the numbe...Read more
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Japanese CEO Under Fire for Racist Comments Towards Koreans
December 17, 2020A major Japanese cosmetics firm faced online boycott ca...Read more
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The challenge of combating fake news in Asian American communities
December 9, 2020The election might be over, but the uphill battle again...Read more
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Meet TIME’s First-Ever Kid of the Year
December 7, 202015 year old Gitanjali Rao is TIME’s 1st ever Kid ...Read more
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How South Asian American Socialist Candidates Are Helping Lead the Left
December 1, 2020Compared to East Asian and Latin American immigrants, t...Read more
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Midori Francis and Troy Iwata Talk Importance of LGBTQ and Asian Representation in Dash & Lily
November 27, 2020Looking for a holiday story featuring Asian Americans? ...Read more
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Asian American unemployment is surging during the pandemic
November 25, 2020Unemployment rates among Asian Americans have long been...Read more
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Kamala Harris’s ascent is a win for Asian Americans. So why do I feel so ambivalent?
November 20, 2020One of the brightest notes in the outcome of 2020’s taw...Read more
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“I Am Not Your Scapegoat”: Artworks Denounce Increasing Anti-Asian Bigotry
November 16, 2020Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, the Public Artist in Residenc...Read more
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Appeals court rules in favor of Harvard in affirmative action case, paving way for Supreme Court challenge
November 12, 2020A federal appeals court agreed that Harvard doesn’t int...Read more
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Adrian Tam defeats local Proud Boys leader, becomes 1st gay Asian American in Hawaii House
November 12, 2020Adrian Tam, a 28-year-old gay Asian American son of imm...Read more
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How Kristi Yamaguchi is improving literacy for Pacific Islander and Latino kids amid the pandemic
November 10, 2020You may know Kristi Yamaguchi from her figure skating d...Read more
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Korean American woman elected to US Congress for first time
November 6, 2020Marilyn Strickland, the former mayor of Tacoma, Washing...Read more
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25-year-old Bay Area man wins Assembly race, becomes youngest state lawmaker to be elected in 80 years
November 6, 2020Alex Lee, a Democrat from San Jose, became the youngest...Read more
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Young Vietnamese American progressives lead a generational split with conservative elders
November 2, 2020On election day, then beyond, their work will not stop....Read more
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Celebrate Filipino American History Month with 10 innovative films
October 29, 2020While often overlooked, Filipino cinema is a groundbrea...Read more
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Korean-born adoptee in U.S. finds her biological family after 44 years
October 28, 2020A 47-year-old Korean-born woman adopted by an American ...Read more
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“Food Justice”: This Young Politician Is Zeroing In On The Hunger Plaguing America
October 26, 2020Elizabeth Warren’s protégé, Michelle Wu, is running for...Read more
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Why the Asian American Covid data picture is so incomplete
October 26, 2020Varying data shows an inaccurate picture of how Asian A...Read more
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Over the Moon’s Asian-American cast on what the movie means for them
October 26, 2020Netflix’s Over the Moon is based on the Chinese l...Read more
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This 14-year-old girl won a $25K prize for a discovery that could lead to a cure for Covid-19
October 21, 2020Anika Chebrolu, a 14-year-old from Frisco, Texas, has j...Read more
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Trump is ‘legitimizing’ hate incidents against Asian Americans: U.N. experts
October 19, 2020In the document made public last week, experts appointe...Read more
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Filipinos make up 4% of nurses in the US, but 31.5% of nurse deaths from COVID-19
October 14, 2020Nurses of Filipino descent comprise just 4% of the work...Read more
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This group is working behind the scenes to change the stories you see on TV
October 13, 2020Jose Antonio Vargas’ Define American is working t...Read more
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When Trump gets coronavirus, Chinese Americans pay a price
October 13, 2020After Trump’s diagnosis, researchers found a spike in h...Read more
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New film dismantles South Asian stereotypes tied to spelling bee, mental health
October 7, 2020The film juxtaposes the model minority myth associated ...Read more
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How Reimagining a Uniquely Filipino Care Package Helped This Seattle Restaurant Stay Afloat
October 4, 2020Few Filipino Americans have ever opened a balikbayan bo...Read more
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Teens launch nonprofit to destigmatize mental health for Asian Americans
October 2, 2020A group of Asian American high school students are tryi...Read more
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GOLD HOUSE LAUNCHES BOOK CLUB TO ANCHOR AND EXPLORE ASIAN AMERICAN IDENTITY WITH LEADING WRITERS AND SCHOLARS
October 1, 2020Los Angeles, CA – Gold House, the non-profit collective...Read more
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Anti-Asian bias rose after media, officials used ‘China virus,’ report shows
September 29, 2020A recent study shows that rampant use of the “China vir...Read more
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How The Founder of Orcé Cosmetics Is Changing How Asian Women Are Represented in Beauty and Beyond
September 29, 2020You won’t find the word Orcé in the dictionary, b...Read more
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House passes bill to name Houston post office after slain Sikh deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal
September 28, 2020Houston deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal made national headlines...Read more
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The story behind Sandra Oh’s BLM Emmy’s Jacket
September 21, 2020Although there was no red carpet at Emmy’s this y...Read more
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House condemns racism against Asian Americans amid pandemic
September 18, 2020The House voted Thursday to condemn racism against Asia...Read more
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Olivia Munn discusses Asian heritage and representation with USC Price
September 10, 2020In a virtual conversation with USC Price School of Poli...Read more
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Raymond Townsend, first Fil-Am in the NBA, on learning from John Wooden and inspiring Steve Kerr and Kevin Johnson
September 7, 2020Former Golden State Warriors guard Raymond Townsend was...Read more
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At Ally Maki’s Asian American Girl Club, All Are Welcome
September 3, 2020In 2018, Maki founded Asian American Girl Club, her ans...Read more
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Chef Alvin Cailan On Comfort Food, His Heritage And His New Book, ‘Amboy’
September 1, 2020Chef Alvin Cailan is the founder of the massively popul...Read more
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PARADISE RISING: How 88rising’s New Label Is Pushing Filipino Music And Culture To The Forefront
August 31, 2020In the 5 years since its inception, founders Sean Miyas...Read more
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Korean-American Drinks Pros Are Bringing ‘Sool’ to New York
August 31, 2020“Sool” is a Korean word representing all the country’s ...Read more
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Nikki Haley, Bobby Jindal and on-and-off relationships with Indian American identity
August 31, 2020Following Haley’s (born Nimrata Randhawa) RNC spe...Read more
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How Jujubee from ‘Drag Race’ infused her Laotian culture into her persona and onto the screen
August 27, 2020Jujubee of Rupaul’s Drag Race represents her Laot...Read more
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Chef David Chang Opens Up About Bipolar I Disorder in New Memoir: ‘It Has Shaped Me In So Many Ways’
August 26, 2020In his upcoming memoir Eat a Peach, David Chang reveals...Read more
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Helen Zia has seen hostility against Asian Americans before. ‘We didn’t learn enough or some people have forgotten.’
August 26, 2020Journalist, author and activist Helen Zia has been figh...Read more
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Vietnamese American Violinist is A Proud Mariachi Musician
August 22, 2020Kurt To grew up in “not your traditional Vietname...Read more
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NYPD creates Asian Hate Crime Task Force after spike in anti-Asian attacks during Covid-19 pandemic
August 19, 2020The New York Police Department announced the creation o...Read more
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Dinesh D’Souza’s Attacks On Kamala Harris Are Part Of A Bigger Problem In The Indian Community
August 18, 2020As an Indian man, D’Souza has the privilege of appealin...Read more
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The Japanese-American Sculptor Who, Despite Persecution, Made Her Mark
August 17, 2020Seven years after her death, Ruth Asawa is finally bein...Read more
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DOJ: Yale Discriminates Against Asian American and White Applicants In Admissions
August 14, 2020Following a two year study, the US Department of Justic...Read more
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How Hip-Hop Brought A Young Hmong American And His Grandma Together
August 13, 2020You might think of hip-hop as a traditionally American ...Read more
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COVID-19 and advancing Asian American recovery
August 10, 2020A study by McKinsey & Company examines the affect o...Read more
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I Am Not Your “Other”: A Cambodian American’s Experience with Race Classification Within the Prison System
August 6, 2020Even within California’s prison system, Asian Ame...Read more
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Meet the Bay Area rapper working on a COVID vaccine
August 4, 2020Ruby Ibarra is almost a modern day Hannah Montana. By d...Read more
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For Asian Americans, food deserts encompass both income and culture
July 30, 2020For some Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who live...Read more
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Asian American picture books: Full of wisdom
July 29, 2020One of the many areas that lacks Asian American represe...Read more
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Meet the Brave but Overlooked Women of Color Who Fought for the Vote
July 27, 2020There are less than 100 days until the 2020 Election. T...Read more
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From Crazy Rich Asians to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend – unforgettable LGBT characters played by Asian-American actors
July 24, 2020From Leah Lewis’s lesbian student in Netflix’s The Half...Read more
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Little noticed, Filipino Americans are dying of COVID-19 at an alarming rate
July 22, 2020For a variety of reasons, Filipino Americans have been ...Read more
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Anti-Asian Harassment Is Surging. Can Ads and Hashtags Help?
July 21, 2020With more than 2,000 incidents and little action from t...Read more
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The Asian-American Tea Brands Creating a More Transparent Industry
July 20, 2020For many non-Asian Americans, tea is associated not wit...Read more
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Mike Magpayo becomes first Filipino American NCAA Division 1 Head Coach
July 17, 2020Filipino American Mike Magpayo replaces David Patrick a...Read more
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Nicole Ponseca: We Need To Push The Value And Worth Of Ethnic Cuisine
July 16, 2020The Filipino American chef shares her experience and fr...Read more
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Asian American Girls Saw Pivotal Icon in ‘Baby Sitters Club’
July 14, 2020Author Ann M. Martin had no master plan when she decide...Read more
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Thai American Tammy Duckworth Bursts into VP Contention
July 13, 2020The Illinois senator and Purple Heart recipient has lan...Read more
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‘Blue’s Clues and You!’ host Josh Dela Cruz on figuring out clues and sharing Filipino culture with a new generation
July 9, 2020Filipino American Josh Dela Cruz grew up watching Blue ...Read more
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Alien Land Law: California Law Prohibits Asian Immigrants from Owning Land
July 9, 2020On May 3, 1913, California enacted the Alien Land Law, ...Read more
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Asian American Actors Reveal Why Video Games Can Create Change Faster Than Movies or TV
July 8, 2020As the entertainment industry seeks to be more inclusiv...Read more
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‘We Are on the Basement Level.’ Crazy Rich Asians Author Kevin Kwan on Asian Representation in Entertainment and His New Book
July 7, 2020His latest novel, Sex and Vanity, out June 30, sweeps t...Read more
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Asian American groups call for crackdown on racism in coronavirus era
July 6, 2020A coalition of Asian American groups has called on the ...Read more
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Sandra Oh layers in her ethnicity on ‘Killing Eve’ because white Hollywood does not
July 2, 2020Two years ago, Sandra Oh made history. Born in Canada t...Read more
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Asian Americans Are Still Caught in the Trap of the ‘Model Minority’ Stereotype. And It Creates Inequality for All
July 1, 2020Viet Thanh Nguyen reflects on how Hmong American police...Read more
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Obama said Trump’s use of term ‘kung flu’ ‘shocks and pisses me off’: report
June 30, 2020Former President Obama reportedly issued his strongest ...Read more
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10 Asian Americans Reflect on Racism During the Pandemic and the Need for Equality
June 30, 2020Today, as the U.S. struggles to combat a global pandemi...Read more
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From Riots to Recognition: Celebrate Stonewall Day With Geena Rocero
June 30, 2020Filipino American supermodel, TED speake, transgender a...Read more
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US Air Force chooses Korean American JoAnne Bass as first woman to serve as top enlisted leader
June 26, 2020Chief Master Sgt. JoAnne Bass, the current command...Read more
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Ballet Needs to End Its Use of Yellowface; It’s Phil Chan’s Mission to Make That Happen
June 22, 2020Phil Chan and his partner, Georgina Pazcoguin, a solois...Read more
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K-Pop Stans Successfully Sabotaged Trump’s Tulsa Rally
June 21, 2020Kpop stans do it again! After taking over taking over t...Read more
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Filipino American confronted for BLM message sheds light on form of genteel racism, experts say
June 19, 2020“Polite racism” is a particularly insidious form becaus...Read more
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Bowen Yang on Pride, Making ‘SNL’ History and the Transformative Power of Michelle Branch
June 13, 20202019 was a big year for Bowen Yang, he was shooting Awk...Read more
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Westminster courthouse re-named after first Asian American Orange County Superior Court judge
June 12, 2020The name of trailblazing Stephen K. Tamura – Orange Cou...Read more