Asian Americans

May marks the beginning of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. This year's theme is Advancing Leaders Through Collaboration.

The holiday symbolizes the beginning of spring. Typical celebrations include lion dances, decorations and fireworks. It ends with a lantern festival.

One in 4 Asian Americans fear they may be attacked because of their race or ethnicity, according to a new NPR poll. Native Americans and Blacks also fear the rise in racially motivated violence.

When the City Council maps were first drawn in 2013, roughly 13% of District 6's population identified as Asian. If the latest maps are approved, that portion would more than double to 28%.

From educators to textbook advisors, experts say state standards, teaching approaches, textbooks and politics all contribute to the erasure of Asian American experiences when history is taught in Texas schools.

Many Asian Americans live daily with the corrosive effects of racism and racialized violence, yet there's very little research funded on Asian American health.

The legislation, which had near-unanimous support from the Senate, now goes to President Biden's desk for his signature.

From Salt Lake City to New York to Atlanta, thousands gathered to remember the victims of Tuesday's shootings and to cry out against anti-Asian racism.

“We’ve done this time and time again, and it’s had deadly consequences.”

As more people become eligible for the coronavirus vaccine, some of the most vulnerable Asian American communities struggle to access it at all.