Documenting the Actions after the Atlanta Spa Shootings

PBS recently aired Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March, a documentary opening with the shootings by a young Caucasian man who deliberately targeted three spas in the Atlanta area.

Anna May Wong, Asian American Movie Star, will be Featured on U.S. Currency

Anna May Wong (1905 – 1961) is the first Asian American woman to be featured on U.S. currency. She is part of the U.S. Mint’s American Women Quarters Program, where they feature women of note in American history, releasing five trailblazers between 2022 and 2025.

Uyghur kids recall physical and mental torment at Chinese boarding schools in Xinjiang

This traumatically moving article is published on NPR. A portion will be posted here, so please visit NPR for the remainder of the story as well as viewing the photos that accompany the story. You can also listen to the story as it was heard on All Things Considered. Please know that by sharing their stories publicly, the family in the article is risking their lives.

For Asian American Women, Misogyny And Racism Are Inseparable, Sociologist Says

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March 19, 2021

AILSA CHANG

‘Enough Is Enough’: Atlanta-Area Spa Shootings Spur Debate Over Hate Crime Label

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Updated March 18, 2021

BILL CHAPPELL & DUSTIN JONES

Asian Americans and their allies are calling for solidarity and a push against discrimination and racist violence after a gunman killed eight people at three Atlanta-area spas Tuesday. Most of the victims were women of Asian descent.