Several Asian American leaders and civil rights groups are criticizing last week’s historic Supreme Court overturning of Roe v. Wade as “devastating” and “backwards.”
Chang-Diaz ends campaign for Massachusetts governor
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — State Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz said on June 23 that she is ending her campaign for governor of Massachusetts, leaving state Attorney General Maura Healey as the only viable Democrat still in the running. Chang-Diaz, in her announcement that came one year to the day after she declared […]
Detroit honors Vincent Chin, Asian American killed in 1982—40th Anniversary
Decades before Chinese immigrant Yao Pan Ma was attacked while collecting cans in New York and Thai American Vicha Ratanapakdee was fatally assaulted in San Francisco, Vincent Chin was beaten to death with a baseball bat in Detroit by two white men who never served jail time.
Capitol riot investigation—Asian American on House Select Committee
Rep. Stephanie Murphy of Florida, one of the nine members on the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, said that she was “proud” to serve on the panel—and called its work essential to “guard our democracy.” The first Vietnamese American woman elected to Congress, Murphy said that while […]
Naomi Osaka, LeBron James team up for entertainment venture
LeBron James and Naomi Osaka are becoming teammates in the entertainment world.
California home vandalized with anti-Asian graffiti
SAN LEANDRO, California — Police in San Leandro, California arrested a man on hate crime charges after multiple instances of anti-Asian graffiti were found on a home along Inverness Street. According to a news release, someone vandalized a for-sale sign in front of the home on June 18. The spray-painted graffiti on the sign included […]
San Francisco man to stand trial in death of Thai man, 84
A San Francisco man accused of killing an 84-year-old Thai grandfather in an attack that galvanized Asian Americans and helped spur a successful recall of the city’s liberal prosecutor was ordered to stand trial, a judge ruled on June 17.
Suspect in California church shooting accused of hate crime
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors have accused a Las Vegas man of committing a hate crime by killing one person and wounding five in a mass shooting at a Taiwanese American church luncheon in California. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office said on June 17 that authorities added hate crime allegations to the murder […]
Officers won’t be charged for man’s death at fire checkpoint
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Four officers won’t face criminal charges for shooting and killing a man armed with a gun who tried to drive through a wildfire evacuation checkpoint near a Northern California marijuana farm last summer, the Siskiyou County district attorney said on June 14. Soobleej Kaub Hawj, 35, of Kansas City, Kansas, was […]
Nguyen to face Raffensperger for Georgia secretary of state
Georgia Democrats chose state Rep. Bee Nguyen as their nominee for secretary of state, a position that assumed new importance after former President Donald Trump cast doubt on Georgia’s 2020 election results by making false claims of widespread voter fraud.
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