Asian American

Yu & Me Books was a fairly new business when a fire — which broke out above the store on July 4 — caused substantial damage to the shop. Now, owner Lucy Yu is working to rebuild not just the physical bookstore, but the community around it as well.

Fire devastated this NYC Chinatown bookshop — community has rushed to its aid

11:22am August 05, 2023

by Kat Chow

Yu & Me Books was a fairly new business when a fire caused substantial damage to the shop. Now, owner Lucy Yu is working to repair not just the physical bookstore but the community around it as well.

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President Biden is nominating Deputy Labor Secretary Julie Su to the lead the Labor Department, the White House announced on Feb. 28.

Biden taps Deputy Julie Su to lead the Labor Department

6:57pm February 28, 2023

by Mary Yang

The former California labor head would be the first Asian American to serve as a secretary in Biden's cabinet.

Photo of Alice Wong, an Asian American disabled woman in a power chair, against a background of bamboo trees. She is wearing a blue cardigan and sitting in a power chair. She is wearing a bold red lip color and a trach at her neck.

Activist Alice Wong reflects on 'The Year of the Tiger' and her hopes for 2023

7:00am February 04, 2023

by Thomas Lu

In the Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life, Alice Wong shares pieces of her story and experience as a disabled Asian American through a collection of essays, interviews, photos and illustrations.

Patrick Shiroishi — pictured here in Los Angeles — released 19 albums in 2022; at least three were standouts in their respective fields, in part because of the questions of identity they examine.

Music & Culture

Patrick Shiroishi's music moves a Japanese American saga forward

1:23pm February 01, 2023

by Grayson Haver Currin

The saxophonist and composer resisted his Japanese American heritage for decades. He now funnels that painful and triumphant personal history into a string of vital records.

A screen grab from the surveillance video that recorded an attack on a woman of Asian descent in Yonkers, N.Y., on March 11. The 42-year-old male suspect has been charged with one count of attempted murder and one count of assault as a hate crime.

National

Man arrested for the violent hate-crime beating of an Asian woman in N.Y., police say

9:45pm March 15, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

In a surveillance video released by police, the suspect is shown punching the victim in the face and head more than 125 times. He is being charged with attempted murder.

Mayor Sokhary Chau addresses the assembly during the Lowell City Council swearing-in ceremony on Monday in Lowell, Mass.

National

First Cambodian American mayor in U.S. takes office

2:24am January 04, 2022

by The Associated Press

Sokhary Chau said his mother managed to keep her seven children alive for four years, surviving Cambodia's civil war to deliver them safely to the U.S.

People demonstrate against anti-Asian violence and racism on March 27, 2021 in Los Angeles. A week earlier eight people were killed at three Atlanta-area spas, six of whom were Asian women, in an attack that sent fear through the Asian community amid a ri

Amid Anti-Asian Hate, AAPI Candidates Aim To Smash Stereotypes And Lead Their Cities

10:46am August 02, 2021

by Daniel Lam

Three big cities might have their first Asian American Pacific Islander mayor next year. These candidates aren't just breaking barriers, they're fighting stereotypes at the root of anti-Asian hate.

Greensboro-based Montagnard Group Receives $100,000 Grant

11:20am May 10, 2021

by Neal Charnoff

A Greensboro-based nonprofit is set to receive a grant to help Asian American refugee communities impacted by COVID-19.

The cover of Paula Yoo's forthcoming book From A Whisper To A Rallying Cry

Books

How Vincent Chin's Death Gave Others A Voice

7:00am March 27, 2021

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Paula Yoo discusses her new book From A Whisper to A Rallying Cry and how the 1982 death of Chin, a Chinese American man in Detroit, led a new generation of Asian Americans into political action.

Jenny Choi (left) and Kristi You place flowers Wednesday at the entrance of Gold Spa, one of three locations where deadly shootings happened in the Atlanta area this week.

National

Opinion: The 8 We Lost

8:35am March 20, 2021

by Scott Simon

We learned more about the suspect in the Georgia shootings than the victims, possibly because the women who died may have been too busy working to leave long histories on social media.

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