Like a lot of people, Ellen Lo Hoffman was shocked and disturbed by the shooting death of Michael Brown, a Black teenager, at the hands of a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer a decade ago this month.
Former House of Hong reopens as Diamond Bay
Diamond Bay Restaurant, formerly known as House of Hong, marked its grand reopening on Aug. 25 after a four-year hiatus for pandemic-related closure and remodeling.
The challenges and setbacks prosecuting hate crimes
In the video, a man dashes towards Monthanus Ratanapakdee’s father, 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee, and violently shoves the elder Thai-American down onto the pavement of a San Francisco street.
Youngest Asian to conquer Mt Kilimanjaro
Five-year-old Teghbir Singh from Ropar in Punjab has become the youngest ever from Asia to scale the 19,340 feet Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa located in Tanzania.
Preserving Seattle’s legacy — A focus on historic buildings and community engagement
As anticipation builds for the 2024 National APIA Historic Preservation Forum in Seattle (Sept. 12-15), our ongoing series continues to explore the profound significance of historic preservation within our communities.
Kamala Harris’ racial and cultural firsts were onstage throughout the Democratic convention
Vice President Kamala Harris, on the night she became the first woman of Black and South Asian heritage to be a major party’s presidential nominee, didn’t explicitly mention the racial and gender firsts she would set if elected to the White House.
Cambodia’s prime minister welcomes artifacts returned by New York’s Met and other collections
Cambodia’s prime minister on Thursday led a celebration for the return of dozens of precious artifacts from museums and private collectors abroad, and said his government will continue working to bring more home.
A Japanese woman who loves bananas is now the world’s oldest person
Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman, became the world’s oldest living person at age 116, following the death of 117-year-old Maria Branyas, according to the Guinness World Records.
FBI investigates nonprofit corruption: raids hit CA supervisor’s home
Federal agents executed a series of raids on Thursday, targeting the California home of Rhiannon Do, daughter of Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do, as part of a sweeping investigation into alleged financial misconduct involving the Viet America Society (VAS), a local nonprofit.
MIT sees surge in Asian American enrollment post-Supreme Court ruling
The Asian American Coalition for Education (AACE) has praised the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for what it calls positive changes in its admissions practices, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ban on race-based admissions.
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