Headlines

AAPI Headlines

• A Sikh man’s murder at a gas station revealed another tragedy of 9/11 (CNN)

• Ohio University launches new Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander employee affinity organization (Ohio News)

• Pain never ebbs for family of Betty Ong, flight attendant who made first 9/11 alert (NBC News)

Politics

• Most Asian Americans are against the recall, but some haven’t forgiven Newsom for his nail salon remark (LA Times)

• Gavin Newsom and Larry Elder want votes from Asian Americans. Are they a recall swing vote? (Sac Bee)

• A New Kind of Republican: Larry Elder Courts Latino and Asian Voters (Times of SD)

Business

• Air Force women, minorities face harassment and bias, IG finds (NBC News)

• How Some Women Are Remaking the Workplace to Better Suit Their Lives (NY Times)

• DEI At Work: Pan-Asians In The Workplace Are Not A Problem To Be Fixed (Forbes)

• [Sponsored Link] Learn About Deducting Mortgage Interest From Your Taxes (Simplibanc)

Entertainment

• The Perfect Awkwafina Movie To Watch After Shang-Chi (ScreenRant)

• Marvel Solves A 9 Year-Old Problem With Awkwafina’s Shang-Chi Role (ScreenRant)

• Shang-Chi’s Fala Chen on Marvel, motherhood and Asian representation in Hollywood – an exclusive interview with the former HBO’s The Undoing and Hong Kong TVB star (InStyle)

• ‘Real Housewives of Salt Lake City': New Housewife Jennie Nguyen Talks Food, Faith and Her Kids’ Unique Names (Yahoo)

• Director Justin Chon on how he tried to capture an authentic adoptee experience (NBC News)

• Eternals Image Shows Charged Moment Between Gemma Chan & Richard Madden (ScreenRant)

Music

• Unveils New Life Is Strange: True Colors EP Featuring Covers Of Radiohead and Violent Femmes (Mxdwn)

• 9 new musicians to soundtrack fall 2021 (i-D)

• 'Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings' Soundtrack Highlights the Next Generation of Asian Musicians (HypeBeast) (HypeBae)

Sports

• Britain's Emma Raducanu beats Leylah Fernandez in all-teen U.S. Open final (NBC News)

• Emma Raducanu's US Open Win Showed the Future of Tennis. That's Very Good News (Time)

• Suni Lee’s ‘Dancing with the Stars’ competitors revealed (NBC Sports)

Health / Science

• Asian Americans aren't getting the health care they need. And it's killing people like my grandfather (SF Chronicle)

Culture

Culture / Lifestyle

• WANG: What’s in a name? (Vanderbuilt Hustler)

• As students return to classrooms, so does bullying. These activists want to stop it. (NBC News)

• COMMUNITY CULTURE & RESILIENCE IN CHINESE IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS IN AND AROUND BOSTON CHINATOWN (Boston)

• The pandemic released a wave of anti-Asian hate. Now they're fighting bias in their own pews. (NBC News)

• The forgotten neighborhood: how New York’s Chinatown survived 9/11 to face a new crisis (The Guardian)

Family

• TIGER MOM TROPES CONCEAL, REVEAL (YR Media)

• America’s shrinking white population needs to value youthful diversity (Brookings)

Food

• Progressive Grocer Reveals Inaugural Impact Award Winners (Progressive Grocer)

• How to Stock a Filipino Pantry, from Bagoong to Ube (Greatist)

• Sanzo’s Asian-inspired sparkling water is the antidote to LaCroix fatigue (Fast Company)

• Louisville’s Crane House Announces Asian Street Food Festival (Leo Weekly)

Fashion

• Concept Korea Digital Fashion Show (Office Magazine)

• Teen takes New York Fashion Week by storm, combines creativity with activism to stop Asian hate (ABC 7)

• 12 designers to watch at New York Fashion Week (i-D)

Beauty

• How Having Acne Has Affected My Mental Health (Self)

Art / Literature

• Karen Tei Yamashita to receive honorary National Book Award in the US (The Star)

• Asian-American pop history, sequels to K-pop Confidential and Jessica Jung’s Shine: five K-pop books to look out for (SCMP)

Love

• A Japanese Man Was Hollywood’s First Sex Symbol So Stop Emasculating Our Asian Leading Men (Refinery 29)

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