Alongside members of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) and other City officials, Mayor Bruce Harrell announced a permanent expansion of Seattle’s Community Assisted Response & Engagement (CARE) team.
Dodgers set to “ruin” baseball
In a historic postseason run powered by Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) stars, the Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the National League pennant on Oct. 17 behind a record-breaking performance from Shohei Ohtani and key contributions from Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Roki Sasaki, and Tommy Edman.
Japan’s parliament elects Sanae Takaichi as nation’s first female prime minister
Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right.
Ed Sheeran teams up with South Asian artists on new remix EP
Ed Sheeran’s new EP, Play (The Remixes), released today, features an all–South Asian lineup, including Canadian artists Karan Aujla and Jonita Gandhi.
NBC News dissolves Asian America, BLK, Latino and OUT teams in sweeping cuts
NBC News has eliminated its dedicated editorial teams for NBC Asian America, NBC BLK, NBC Latino and NBC OUT as part of a broad reorganization that includes the layoff of about 150 staffers, multiple sources said Wednesday.
Leaked racist chats from young Republicans spark outrage
Rep. Grace Meng, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), expressed outrage on Wednesday over the exposure of racist, xenophobic, and violent messages shared by young conservative leaders.
Local Filipino leaves corporate for her art—and a French Bulldog named “Winston”
Sometimes you’ve just got to go for it. Make space in your life for the creative side of yourself. Maybe even make it your career. This is the advice of Filipino American entrepreneur and artist Shaina Estadilla (“Shine” to her friends and family).
Long term-health outcomes, equity at stake for AAPI participants in threatened WIC program
Across the country, people who rely on the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program for food, breastfeeding support, nutrition education, and healthcare referrals are poised to lose those benefits by the end of the month, thanks to a federal shutdown that began on Oct. 1.
AAPI culture dominates Halloween costume trends, led by ‘KPop Demon Hunters’
The members of HUNTR/X, the fictional K-pop girl group from the animated Netflix film KPop Demon Hunters, have already conquered the streaming world. Now, they’re taking over Halloween.
Democrats continue to “hold the line” against Medicaid, ACA cuts, as federal shutdown drags on
There appears to be no end in sight as we approach week two of a federal government shutdown that means, every day it drags on, the likelihood of people losing crucial food and healthcare benefits grows ever higher.