Recent violence against Asian Americans highlights need for better tracking, reporting
Hate crime data don’t capture the full scope of racist incidents against Asian Americans, experts say, so nonprofit groups have been filling the gaps.
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Anti-racism resources to support Asian American, Pacific Islander community
Experts share resources, guidance, tools and more.
Harvard professor ignites uproar for saying WWII ‘comfort women’ were willing sex slaves
Prof. J. Mark Ramseyer argued that Korean women who were forced to work at Japanese military brothels during World War II willingly became sex workers.
International Women’s Day: the Legends and Leaders to Know
In honor of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, NBC Asian America is taking a look back at a few of the inspirational Asian American and Pacific Islander women we have been honored to feature. From social activist legends to legislating trailblazers, in real life and in comic/character form, here are some of the … Read more
Anti-Asian hate crimes increased by nearly 150% in 2020, mostly in N.Y. and L.A., new report says
From 2019 to 2020, the overall hate crime rate declined, while hate crimes targeting Asians increased, from three to 28 in New York and seven to 15 in Los Angeles.
Asian American and Pacific Islander women stand to lose $400,000 over a 40-year career due to the pay gap
March 9 marks Asian American and Pacific Islander Women’s Equal Pay Day, meaning that the average AAPI woman has to work an additional three months into the new year to make the same pay white men earned in 2020.