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For more on COVID-19’s toll on the physical and mental health of AAPI communities, The Takeaway spoke with Karthick Ramakrishnan, founder and director of AAPI Data and professor at the University of California – Riverside, and Leezel Tanglao, multimedia journalist and project director of the Tayo Help Desk, a project of the Filipino Young Leaders Program.

Social media posts have conflated violence against people who are Asian American with hate crimes against the community at large, tying the crimes to pandemic racism.

As Asian Americans experience high rates of poverty and unemployment, community groups are providing free groceries and meals to thousands every day.

A rise in assaults against Asian Americans last year seems primarily tied to the coronavirus pandemic. Some Asian Americans also worry that heightened tensions between the U.S. and China and growing fears of China’s espionage activities stateside could make them more vulnerable to racist attacks.

The Asian American community is mourning legendary photographer Corky Lee, an activist and artists who used his work to combat injustice and discrimination. Lee’s death from Covid-19, in January 2021, occurred against the backdrop of worsening anti-Asian violence spurred on by the pandemic.

The City University of New York is now offering access to a service that enables students who are experiencing personal difficulties to quickly connect with counselors via text. The support, provided by a 24/7 crisis intervention organization called Crisis Text Line, is the first of several initiatives being rolled out by CUNY to expand mental health services at … Read more