Ocean Vuong win American Book Awards

Fiction by Ocean Vuong (Brooklyn College alum) and Yoko Ogawa, a prison memoir by Alfred Woodfox and a graphic memoir based on actor George Takei’s childhood in a U.S. internment camp for Japanese Americans are the among the winners of the 41st annual American Book Awards.

NYPD makes Asian Hate Crime Task Force permanent

The NYPD has made the newly formed Asian Hate Crime Task Force permanent as racist attacks on Asian-Americans continue in the city amid the coronavirus pandemic, officials announced Wednesday.

Faces of Power: 80% Are White, Even as U.S. Becomes More Diverse

A review by The New York Times of more than 900 officials and executives in prominent positions found that about 20 percent identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, multiracial or otherwise a person of color. More than 40 percent of Americans identify with one of those groups.