Asian Americans

People walk past a board full of pictures celebrating AAPI heritage month

Students push for adding Asian American history to school curriculums across the US

June 15, 2021History

Asian Americans face growing discrimination over COVID-19, but racism against the community in the US is nothing new. Now, students are pushing for better representation in the classroom.

Mother of the groom Eleanor Sung-Young (Michelle Yeoh)

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ is a big win for Asian American representation in Hollywood — but what about Singaporean representation?

July 29, 2018Media

Man in sunglasses in dance pose in front of white, brick wall

He’s the first Asian American dancer in ‘Magic Mike Live’ and his fans are proud of him

February 8, 2018Arts

Hand holding up passport with US visa stampend "CANCELLED"

For immigrant Republicans, Trump’s turn to limit legal immigration creates divisions

February 2, 2018Global Politics

Young man at podium in press conference with signs behind him

This college freshman is worried about affirmative action — but not that it will keep him out of Harvard

August 16, 2017Education

Woman seated in club with people walking around her

What to say when you’re Asian American and someone calls you ‘exotic’

July 20, 2017Culture

Paula Williams Madison wasn’t on a panel, but she brought a different take on race to the audience at Asian American ComicCon.

‘Implicit bias’ may account for a glaring disparity in health care screening

February 9, 2017Health

Asian Americans are screened for Type 2 diabetes at lower rates than other groups. Researchers want to know why.

How art can help us better understand the fastest growing group of undocumented immigrants

November 3, 2016Justice

For this organization in San Francisco, it’s about reform, breaking stereotypes and building community. And painting.

The cover image of the New Super-Man comic by DC Comics and writer Gene Luen Yang.

DC Comics’ Chinese Superman rights a wrong dating back to 1937

October 28, 2016Books

Kenan Kong is the New Superman. He’s a kid from Shanghai. And he represents a huge change in the DC universe.

How Donald Trump ended up at a Bollywood-themed Hindu rally in New Jersey

October 19, 2016Global Politics

It’s not that Indian Americans favor Trump. It’s that Trump reminds many of his Hindu supporters of a political movement in India.