Thousands celebrate Hmong New Year throughout the U.S.
Thousands of people celebrated Hmong New Year over the weekend. This year also marks 50 years since Hmong people first came to the United States.
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Anti-Asian hate crimes remain nearly triple pre-pandemic levels
Anti-Asian hate crimes in the U.S. reached 379 incidents in 2024, according to a new analysis of FBI data released on Thursday by Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) and Advancing Justice Southern California (AJSOCAL).
Haunted by History, Japanese Americans Fight Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Japanese Americans are seeing parallels between the government’s incarceration of their families during World War II and the current detention of Latinos.
New Report Urges “Safety First” Approach to Government and Nonprofit Data Collections
The report, authored by Adam Beddawi, Karthick Ramakrishnan, Michele Wong, Beth Jarosz, and Jacob Pasner, introduces a “safety first” approach to data collection designed to rebuild community trust and restore participation in public programs and services.
Reviving Asian American Studies at City College
This fall, the Asian American / Asian Research Institute helped revive Asian American Studies at The City College of New York, marking a new chapter in a proud legacy that began more than fifty years ago. The Department of Sociology, led by Professor Katherine Chen, launched “Asian American Experience: Immigration, Exclusion, and Belonging”—the first Asian … Read more
Two Graduate Center Musicians Earn Grammy Nods
Music doctoral candidate Han Chen and Distinguished Professor Emerita Tania León are in the running for the 2026 awards.