South Asian activists call Calif. governor’s vetoing of caste bill ‘heartbreaking’
A bill that would have made California the first state to explicitly ban caste-based discrimination was vetoed Saturday by Gov....
Largest Hindu temple outside of Asia opens in New Jersey, built by 12,500 volunteers
Along the temple walls are carvings of historical figures like Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Lincoln, said Trivedi.“When you...
Adnan Syed returns to court as Maryland Supreme Court weighs victims’ rights
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Maryland Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in the decadeslong legal saga of Adnan Syed over whether...
Police arrest 16-year-old after Asian American woman is attacked on Boston train
Transit police in Boston arrested a 16-year-old male on Monday after a group of teens was recorded harassing an Asian...
2023 MacArthur ‘genius grant’ fellows include a hula master and the U.S. poet laureate
A scientist who studies the airborne transmission of diseases, a master hula dancer and cultural preservationist, and the sitting U.S. poet...
Discrimination may disrupt how the brain and the gut talk to each other, raising risk of obesity, study finds
Experiencing discrimination may change how the brain and the gut communicate with each other, a new study has found. The...
Civil rights groups denounce new Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh and Jain Congressional Caucus
Several South Asian American civil rights groups are criticizing the formation of a new Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh and Jain American...
First person of color to be president of WGA East talks crucial timing of position
Television writer Lisa Takeuchi Cullen is making history, and she’s not thrilled about it. Cullen, 52, who was elected president last...
How L.A. became the hub for omakase, bite by bite
Directly translated as “I’ll leave it up to you,” omakase offers an intimate, rarefied dining experience in which the chef...
Chinese immigrant workers sue over forced labor at illegal marijuana operation on Navajo land
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Chinese immigrant workers allege they were lured to northern New Mexico under false pretenses and forced to...
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