Asian Americans as a whole have some of the highest college attainment rates in California, but a new statewide report found that many Southeast Asian and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) communities remain excluded from those gains. Fewer than 30% of Cambodian, Hmong and Laotian adults hold bachelor’s degrees, while NHPI adults have a college attainment rate of just 22%, according to findings released by Campaign for College Opportunity and the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs.

The acquittal of Rick Chow in the shooting death of 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton has prompted calls on social media to boycott Asian-owned businesses, though a broader chorus of Asian and Black voices alike rejects the idea of holding an entire community responsible for one man’s actions.

A man tore an Indian national flag outside Frisco City Hall last week as crowds shouted anti-India slogans, the latest flashpoint in months of escalating hostility toward the Texas city’s South Asian community.

A federal court ruling and an unreported corporate lobbying effort have thrown the Trump administration’s green card crackdown into fresh uncertainty, weeks after a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) policy memo triggered panic and confusion among immigrant families and legal advocates.

The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) is backing New York Times correspondent Vivian Wang after China expelled the reporter in February over a newspaper event featuring Taiwan President Lai Ching-te, despite Wang having no involvement in the interview. The Times disclosed the expulsion on May 29.

Aung San Suu Kyi’s son has criticized India for welcoming Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing during his first foreign trip since becoming president, saying he was “very disappointed” by New Delhi’s decision to host the military ruler. Rights groups argued that the visit risked conferring legitimacy on a government accused of widespread abuses since the military overthrew Suu Kyi’s elected administration in 2021.

A hiring algorithm promoted as a way to make hiring more objective disproportionately screened out Asian job applicants, according to a Stanford-led study. Candidates of Asian descent faced the largest cumulative shortfall in recommendations among the racial groups analyzed.

Support for same-sex marriage in the U.S. has fallen from record highs as Republican voters increasingly break from broader public support for marriage equality.

Ronny Chieng used Harvard College’s Class Day ceremony this week to openly mock the pro-AI message that has shaped many commencement speeches across the U.S. The comedian and “Daily Show” correspondent drew loud applause Tuesday after repeatedly saying “fuck AI” and telling students their generation’s mission was to “destroy AI” instead of “master AI for the future.”

New York Knicks starting center Karl-Anthony Towns says his fandom with his team began with Jeremy Lin. Speaking during NBA Finals media availability last week, Towns recalled how Lin’s legendary “Linsanity” run with New York in 2012 pushed him to follow the franchise closely as a teenager in New Jersey.