California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a new bill last week to curb the bullying of young Sikh and Muslim students. The legislation – also known as AB-2845, or the […]
Author: Ron Rocky
Asian World Film Festival coming to Los Angeles next month
The second annual Asian World Film Festival, which aims to brings the best of Asian cinema to Los Angeles and recognize overlooked filmmakers, kicks off Oct. 24. The eight-day, […]
The DEA is about to ban kratom
Kratom, an opiate-like Southeast Asian herbal remedy, is expected to be reclassified Friday as a schedule 1 controlled substance by the Drug Enforcement Agency. The plant, popularly used to wean users […]
#AllCACounts: CA governor signs AAPI disaggregation bill
A new bill signed into law by California Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday will require the state’s Department of Public Health to separate data it collects by ethnicity or […]
Trump announces Asian Pacific American advisory committee
Donald Trump announced his Asian Pacific American Advisory Committee Sunday, a day before he is scheduled to debate Hillary Clinton. Guam Gov. Eddie Calvo and Northern Mariana Islands Gov. Ralph Torres will […]
New data model finds Asian American registered voters have doubled in number
Of 18.5 million Asian Americans in the United States, 7.2 million – double the 3.2 million previously identified – are registered voters, researchers with the AAPI Victory Fund and […]
49ers co-owner Gideon Yu to receive trailblazer award
The Council of Korean Americans (CKA) will honor entrepreneur, technology advisor and San Francisco 49ers co-owner Gideon Yu with this year’s Trailblazer Award during their Gala and Awards Dinner […]
‘Dr. Ken’ returns for a second season this week
“Dr. Ken,” the ABC sitcom produced by Sony starring Korean American comedian Ken Jeong, comes back Friday for its second season. The show, which chronicles the life of Ken […]
American university to open small campus in Cambodia for the first time
The University of Arizona and the American University of Phnom Penh recently signed a deal that will see the former open up a small campus overseas in Cambodia, the […]
New lithium metal tech may shrink battery size and double life
A Chinese American postdoctoral researcher who graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has created new lithium metal technology that promises to double the lifespan of batteries while making […]
Jeremy Lin joins Amadeus Cho in ‘Totally Awesome Hulk’
Star NBA point guard Jeremy Lin will make a special appearance in December’s issue of Marvel’s “Totally Awesome Hulk,” which features Amadeus Cho as the new fist-smashing hero. Lin, […]
Indian American physician and author to receive National Humanities Medal
An Indian American Stanford physician will be awarded a National Humanities Medal for his efforts to emphasize empathy in medicine, the White House announced Thursday. Dr. Abraham Verghese – […]
Harvard ordered to release admissions data in anti-affirmative action suit
The anti-affirmative action movement continues – Harvard University must release records showing six cycles worth of admission data as evidence in a lawsuit that accuses them of discriminating against […]
Chinese American Miss Michigan responds to netizens calling her ‘ugly’
A woman who became the first Asian American and naturalized citizen to be crowned Miss Michigan is being criticized by mainland Chinese netizens for being “ugly.” Arianna Quan, a […]
Can we read text inside a closed book? Scientists say yes
Can we read the text inside a closed book? Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say yes, we can – recent technology has proven able to identify letters on the […]
