Of the 24 million Asians living in the United States, about 2.3 million live in poverty. Many are working to overcome the economic hardships they encounter and achieve their American dream. But they face challenges along the way, from Asian immigrants grappling with language barriers to U.S.-born Asians navigating pathways to success. In February 2023, Pew […]
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New College of Florida fired Kevin Wang, a professor who sought asylum and is authorized to work in the US. By Maya Yang The New College of Florida has fired a Chinese language professor under a state law restricting Florida’s public universities from hiring individuals they deem to be from “countries of concern”. On Friday, Suncoast
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Written by Michelle De Pacina In 1898, a young Chinese American cook from San Francisco named Wong Kim Ark stood at the center of a landmark legal battle defining what it means to be American. Born in the United States to Chinese immigrant parents, Wong’s citizenship status was challenged when he was denied reentry after a
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By Rebecca Trager The US research community has been appalled by legislation that would block all Chinese nationals from receiving student visas. The bill’s sponsor, West Virginia Republican Riley Moore, who introduced it to Congress on 14 March, said it will prevent the Chinese Communist Party from using US academic institutions as platforms for espionage. However,
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By Matt Crowley I have an uncomfortable confession to make: I have never liked the Looney Tunes. Despite the cultural pervasiveness of these characters and a lifelong love of animation on my part, they’ve always struck me as annoying, repetitive, and boring. For all the pandemonium that Bugs Bunny and his ilk ostensibly represent, their chaos
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By Anton Spice Watching Everything Everywhere All At Once is a bit like being hurled backwards through an amusement arcade in a spinning teacup. Or being sprayed in the face with a confetti gun full of marshmallows. Or being sucked into the eternal void of a vast, shimmering bagel. To be honest, it’s a bit like a
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By Kimberly Szeto The Takeaways Honouring the Victims: Remembering the eight who lost their lives in the 2021 Atlanta Spa Shootings. Continued Advocacy: Emphasizing the need to sustain efforts against anti-Asian violence beyond anniversaries. Unity and Solidarity: Highlighting the importance of coming together as a community to support each other. The Details: Under
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By Nicole Chavez and Natasha Chen, CNN Robert Peterson struggled for months to stop thinking about the day his mother and seven other people, mostly Asian women, were shot and killed last year at Atlanta-area spas. He’s found some comfort living at the Norcross, Georgia, home his mother Yong Ae Yue worked hard to own and in the
By Lois Beckett and agencies A hate crimes law passed in Georgia amid outrage over the killing of Ahmaud Arbery could get its first major test as part of the murder case against a white man charged with shooting and killing six women of Asian descent at Atlanta-area massage businesses this week. Prosecutors in Georgia who will
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by ZOE VOSS LEE Asian Americans are the fastest-growing ethnic group in the United States. As a community, we come from countless countries, have a diversity of immigration stories, some recent and some dating back hundreds of years, and now have many different versions of an American life. So where does one begin in telling the
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