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The First Chinese-American Woman to Vote in the US Fought For Immigrants

Rae Alexandra Aug 26, 2020 Updated Dec 5, 2024 Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee, registering to vote at the Alameda County Courthouse in 1911. On Nov. 8, 1911, Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee put on her finest hat...

Genetic testing helped a mother find answers for her daughter

Pictured is Grace Li and her daughter, Lily Sherback // Photo by Michael Sherback By Amen Galinato August 17, 2025 by Amen Galinato, AsAmNews Intern When Grace Li described her daughter Lily’s...

Exploring the secrets of modern art

By Wu Mingshi Jianing Ma, who aspires to become a young artist, has cherished painting since childhood. From Year 8 onwards, she studied painting at several local studios. Her oil paintings exhibit a...

Proof of belonging: Asian American citizens carry passports amid ICE fears

August 13, 2025 By Admin By James Tabafunda NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Federal immigration enforcement actions have reached historic highs, sparking an immediate response among affected Asian American...

National security or xenophobia? Texas restricts Chinese owning and renting property

28 August 2025 Mengchen Zhang BBC Global China Unit, reporting from Texas Office of the Texas Governor, A signing ceremony of Governor Greg Abbott took place on 26 August Jason Yuan, a second-hand car...

Asian American actor Mason Yang challenges conventions in ‘Treasure Island’

Mason Yang, right, stars as Jim Hawkins in the Children’s Theater Company production of “Treasure Island,” Sept. 9. Courtesy of Glen Stubbe By Antonia Giordano Published Sep 26, 2025 11:48...

RCMP closes investigation into alleged Chinese ‘police stations’ in Montreal area

Federal police force not recommending charges; defamation lawsuit ongoing CBC News · Posted: Sep 26, 2025 3:17 PM PDT | Last Updated: September 26 The RCMP has concluded its probe into alleged Chinese...

Neurosphere Entertainment Takes Film & TV Rights To Mae Ngai Book ‘The Lucky Ones’ Chronicling Landmark Chinese American Civil Rights Saga

By Matt Grobar Senior Film Reporter August 18, 2025 8:42am L-R: ‘The Lucky Ones’ and author Mae NgaiNate Saliccioli/Faceout Studio/Brian McConkey EXCLUSIVE: William Mundell’s Neurosphere...

Remembering with “Requiem”

Hannah Romero, Editor | Sep 04, 2025 One hundred and forty years to the day since Chinese miners in Rock Springs were attacked and murdered, their descendants gathered near the site of the massacre...

CJ ENM Launches First Light StoryHouse to Develop Asian Stories With Miky Lee, Janet Yang and Dominic Ng

By Naman Ramachandran Richard Harbaugh / ©A.M.P.A.S. Korean entertainment giant CJ ENM is doubling down on its commitment to Asian storytelling with the launch of First Light StoryHouse, a new label...

Why Laufey Calls New Album ‘A Matter of Time’ Her “Most Daring Project”

With her introspective new release, the Icelandic jazzpop phenom is flipping the record. But will her superfans follow her to the dark side? By Nicole Fell August 22, 2025 9:00am Laufey was...

How a Chinese Laundryman Shaped US Civil Rights From San Francisco

Cecilia Lei Sep 2, 2025 Updated Sep 5, 2025 Photograph of Yick Wo Laundry, In re Wo Lee, case file 3947 (NAID 348094304); Civil and Appellate Case Files, 1863–1911 (NAID 295935); U.S. Circuit Court...

These American mercenaries are revered in China. Their relatives are among the few US invitees to Xi’s WWII military parade

By Brad Lendon Updated Aug. 31st, 2025 Flying Tiger pilot Robert T. Smith snapped this photo of his squadron in flight over China on May 28, 1942. (Photograph by Robert T. Smith/Courtesy Brad Smith)...

New AAPI textbook uncovers untaught stories

Ethnic studies are under attack. Along with any curriculum demonized and dubbed “DEI” (formerly, and more accurately, known as “diversity, equity and inclusion”), the Trump administration is targeting...

Detroit’s Chinatown Revival

Honoring the Past, Building a Pan-Asian Future   By Kim Kisner After decades of dormancy, Detroit’s historic Chinatown is stirring with renewed purpose. The neighborhood near Cass and...

Street sign honoring Vincent Chin installed in Detroit’s historic Chinatown

  Forty-three years ago this month, Vincent Chin, a Detroit area Chinese American, was beaten to death with a baseball bat. Hiskilling and subsequent court proceedings marked the beginning of the...