Non-AAARI News

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-China fervor stoked consumer discrimination that cost Chinese restaurants $7.4 billion in lost revenue in 2020—losses 18.4 percent greater than at other types of restaurants—according to a new study by researchers from Boston College, the University of Michigan, and Microsoft Research, published today in the journal Nature Human … Read more

“Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, we have experienced a surge in anti-Asian violence that has left us in a constant state of fear, uncertainty, and frustration.”

Come January 22, millions of Americans with roots in China, Vietnam, South Korea and other Asian countries will ring in the Lunar New Year.

Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) households and those with lower incomes have experienced higher inflation over the past few months as a rise in the costs of food and shelter and a fall in gas prices have altered inflation inequality patterns, a New York Federal Reserve analysis showed on Wednesday.

Aruna Miller made history on Wednesday as the first immigrant and first Asian American elected statewide in Maryland when she was sworn in as the 10th lieutenant governor of the state.

Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is releasing its first-ever National Strategy to Advance Equity, Justice, and Opportunity for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) Communities. The new strategy, which comprises action plans prepared by 32 federal agencies—including all 15 executive departments in the President’s Cabinet—builds on the Administration’s broader equity agenda and … Read more