Stories

  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...