Headlines

Notable AAPI Headlines

• In Landslide, San Francisco Forces Out 3 Board of Education Members (NY Times)

• 'Nowhere is safe': Asian women reflect on brutal New York City killings (NBC News)

• Report: Hate crimes rose 44% last year in study of major cities (NY1)

Entertainment

• Randall Park to Play That Dying Breed, the Video Store Clerk, in Netflix’s Blockbuster (Vulture)

• Ali Wong’s New Comedy Special Is Coming, and It’s All About Love (Character Media)

• The disappearance of Stan Low and the All American Crew (AsAm News)

• Racial Fantasies, Romantic Comedies (Paste)

• The Greatest Asian Super Heroes And Creators Return For An All-New Marvel's Voices: Identity (Marvel)

Culture / Lifestyle

• ‘How much more do we have to do this?’: Anger, despair fill back-to-back rallies for Christina Yuna Lee (NextShark)(

• Here’s why your shoes will be staying the hell out of my house (Guardian)

• Jeremy Lin reflects on 'Linsanity' 10 years later, gets candid about 'big regret'  (NBC News)

• 20 Ways to Donate in Support of Asian Communities (Daily Beast)

• Joe Rogan. Whoopi. Awkwafina. Chappelle. None was canceled. Is this a new cultural detente? (USA Today)

• Wake Up, America: AAPI Community is Diversely American | Opinion (Newsweek)

• How Asian culture found its place in America (ScotScoop)

• Eileen Gu: Navigating two cultures, judged by both of them (AP)

• The government dropped its case against Gang Chen. Scientists still see damage done (WBUR)

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Politics

• After Chinatown murder, Adams’ commitment to Asian community is questioned (Gothamist)

• NYC Mayor Eric Adams addresses violence, hate crimes in exclusive one-on-one (ABC7)

• Biden press secretary attributes anti-Asian hate crime spike to ‘hateful rhetoric’ about COVID-19 origins (NextShark)

• Pressure mounts for Lightfoot to appoint Asian American to council (Quad-City Times)

• As a girl in Wisconsin, ThaoMee Xiong’s immigrant father worked the halls of her school – as its janitor. Decades later, she works the halls of power in Minnesota for the Coalition of Asian American Leaders. (Sahan Journal)

• NYC Asian American activist mistook for Michelle Go at a vigil for Christina Yuna Lee by ABC News (NextShark)

Business

• PPG, PPG Foundation invested $13.3 million in communities worldwide in 2021 (Yahoo)

• Five Indian-origin/South Asian researchers win 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship (News India Times)

Music

• Olivia Rodrigo Named Billboard’s 2022 ‘Woman of the Year’ | Billboard News (Billboard)

• How BTS helped me bridge my Korean and American identities (The Undefeated)

• BTS to hit the stage in South Korea for first time since COVID began (Reuters)

Sports

• The Olympians Caught Up in the U.S.-China Rivalry (NY Times)

• Rams rookie safety Taylor Rapp wants to 'show that Asians can play' (ESPN)

• US skating legend Kristi Yamaguchi revealed that a racist mistake once left competition organizers assuming she was representing Japan (MSN)

• Fly High, Frog Princess! Well Done, Chen No. 3! (NY Times)

• The First Asian-American to Run Marathons on All Seven Continents Shares What Motivates Him to Cross the Finish Line  (LA Progressives)

Health / Science

• Asian American advocacy group demands $30 million in mental health services after attacks in NYC (NYN Media)

• The Mutually Reinforcing Cycle Of Poor Data Quality And Racialized Stereotypes That Shapes Asian American Health (Health Affairs)

• Skin Cancer Risk Factors, Health Behaviors Differ Among Asian American Groups (Oncology Nurse Advisor)

Family / Education

• Yes, Asian Americans Are at the Center of the Affirmative Action Debate. But Not in the Way That You Think (The Pacifican)

• In expanding school choice, let’s not lose sight of Asian American students (CT Mirror)

• Conservatives Open New Front in Elite School Admission Wars (NY Times)

• Family who froze to death crossing into U.S. on foot shows realities behind South Asian immigration (NBC News)

Food

• From the Fung Bros to Padma Lakshmi: How Asian Americans Are Excelling at Food Shows (Collider)

• Michael Mina is the Bay Area’s most prolific celeb chef. But are his restaurants actually good? (SF Chronicle)

Fashion

• Awards Season: Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu Wins the PROSE Hawkins Honor (Publishing Perspectives)

• The best collections of New York Fashion Week AW22 (i-D)

Beauty

• INDEPENDENT BEAUTY BRAND EMILIE HEATHE RELEASES AN OFFICIAL “THE BATMAN” LINE (Cool Hunting)

Art / Literature

• 5 Monologues, Each a Showcase for Asian American Actors Over 60 (NY Times)

• Savannah Book Festival: Emiko Jean explores Japan and cultural identity in 'Tokyo Ever After' (SavannahNow)

Love

• The dynamics of dating as an Asian American woman (USC Annenberg Media)

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