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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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
Offered by Chair Vega Pederson Commissioner Moyer Commissioner Brim-Edwards Commissioner Singleton Commissioner Jones-Dixon Communications Office June 26, 2025 Decades after Multnomah County bulldozed...
Review: ‘Strangers in the Land’ by Michael Luo By Ryan Zhang When I was still a child living in China, we called the Chinese immigrants in America “Gold Mountain Uncles.” When they returned to visit...
By Dalia Al-Dujaili All images © Vivian Wan Today, Tomorrow is playful, collaborative approach to the “precious” photo album which the Chinese-American photographer rebuilt to heal her ruptured roots...
This is part one of a two-part series on the City of Isleton, and its exemplary community engagement and resourcefulness in pursuing downtown revitalization. The second part focuses on Isleton’s...
By Annette Poizner In North America, May is a time of cultural celebration, honoring both Jewish Heritage and Asian Heritage. It is a good time to reflect on the camaraderie and shared resilience of...
By Michael Barnes Scanning the American-Statesman archives for evidence of the earliest Chinese American families in Austin — inspired by May being Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month —...
By Crystal Valencia Few have studied the experiences of children of immigrants who move to their ancestral homelands—countries with which they share cultural ties but haven’t necessarily had direct...
Across the state, 12 new plaques will highlight often overlooked stories. By Mackenzie Krumme As a Chinese American growing up in Milwaukee, Adam Carr never associated his family history with the...
Citizens of China, Iran, North Korea and Russia couldn’t own property under the proposal. Critics call it racist. Supporters say it protects critical resources. By Philip Jankowski and Hojun Choi...
Award to be presented at Committee of 100’s 2025 Conference & Gala in Los Angeles, April 25-26 New York, NY — Committee of 100, a nonprofit organization of prominent Chinese Americans, today...
Let’s remember the forgotten Chinese and Japanese Americans of Disney Animation Studios’s early days. Words by Caroline Cao With Disney Animation Studios turning 101 today, it’s time to...