Sheng Thao, once homeless and fleeing abuse, becomes the mayor of Oakland, California
Thao, a 37-year-old domestic violence survivor and the daughter of refugees, is the first Hmong American mayor to lead a major city in the United States.
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Why Michelle Yeoh’s ‘shut up’ at the Golden Globes was profound for Asian women
“We have to live with these stereotypes and expectations of being demure and diminutive on the daily. So to witness that on such a big stage of something like the Golden Globes was profound,” said author Catherine Ceniza Choy.
New York man pleads guilty to hate crime charges in head-stomping death of Chinese immigrant
Yao Pan Ma, 61, suffered a traumatic brain injury from the 2021 attack and never regained consciousness. He died eight months later from his injuries.
Indiana’s Asian American community is grieving after a bus stabbing attack
The suspect told police she stabbed the victim because the victim was “Chinese,” adding that it “would be one less person to blow up our country,” according to an affidavit shared with NPR.
I Am Michelle Go’s Father. I Am Marking Her Death Where She Lived.
It has been exactly one year since the death of our daughter, Michelle Alyssa Go. On Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, at around 9:30 a.m., Martial Simon viciously shoved Michelle in front of an oncoming subway train at the Times Square station. She was 40 years old.
No Lunar New Year school holiday draws ire
Community members and advocates for the Chinese community spoke out this week against the city Department of Education’s decision to not designate Lunar New Year as a holiday on the current school calendar.