Carl Samson

China’s STEM push draws Asian, African students as US tightens access

China enrolled 380,000 international students during the 2024-25 academic year, with Asian and African students leading enrollment gains dri...

Lawmakers join Sikh community in marking 5 years since deadly Indianapolis FedEx shooting

Members of Congress have introduced a resolution commemorating the five-year anniversary of the mass shooting at an Indianapolis FedEx facil...

Asian enrollment surge at Johns Hopkins sparks debate over admissions equity

The share of Asian American students in Johns Hopkins University’s incoming class has surged by nearly 20 percentage points in two years, ac...

Asian surnames now fastest-growing in US as immigration reshapes population

Asian last names dominated the list of fastest-growing surnames in the U.S. between 2010 and 2020, a trend linked to a broader demographic t...

Second Southeast Asian detainee dies at Indiana ICE facility in 2 months

A Vietnamese immigrant died at the Miami Correctional Facility in Indiana on April 1, the same facility where a Cambodian detainee died in F...

Anti-Sikh hate crimes hit record high in 2025 as overall incidents decline

Anti-Sikh hate crimes in the U.S. reached a record 228 incidents in 2025, a sharp increase that came even as overall hate crimes declined 11...

Over 11,000 US kids had a parent detained by ICE under Trump, analysis finds

Immigration agents under President Donald Trump separated at least 11,000 U.S. citizen children from a parent in the first seven months of h...

Seattle man found not guilty of killing pregnant woman and her unborn child

A man who fatally shot a pregnant woman in Seattle nearly three years ago was found not guilty due to insanity on Friday. Catch up: Eina Kwo...

AAPIs hold deeply unfavorable views of ICE, say Trump hurts economy: poll

Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders are far more skeptical of federal immigration enforcement than the broader U.S. public...

BTS returns to dominate global charts with ‘Arirang’

After more than three years of hiatus to fulfill their mandatory military service, BTS reunited in Seoul on Saturday, releasing their fifth ...

Senior art student detained by ICE in NYC, held in Louisiana

A University at Buffalo (UB) fine arts student has been detained by immigration agents after appearing at a scheduled court hearing in New Y...

NYC’s AAPI small businesses get a $5.5 million lifeline

A new $5.5 million loan program is putting affordable capital within reach of New York City small business owners who have long struggled to...

ICE arrests of Asian and Pacific Islanders have nearly quadrupled under Trump, new report finds

President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant policies are exacting a quantifiable toll on Asian and Pacific Islander (A/PI) communities regardles...

Victims of Atlanta spa shootings remembered 5 years later

Eight people killed at Atlanta-area spas five years ago, six of them Asian women, are being remembered this week as communities across the c...

Interview: ‘Boyfriend on Demand’ stars Jisoo, Seo In-guk talk their ideal virtual partners

As Netflix series “Boyfriend on Demand” explores AI-powered dating, stars Jisoo and Seo In-guk have shared surprisingly different answers ab...

DOGE’s ChatGPT-driven grant cuts put Asian American history at risk

Court depositions have exposed how ChatGPT became the tool for gutting more than $100 million in National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)...

New York threatened with suit over college program that excludes white, Asian students

New York could face federal legal action over a state-funded college enrichment program that two civil rights groups say discriminates again...

Jimmy Lai will not appeal his 20-year Hong Kong conviction

Jimmy Lai, the jailed founder of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily, has decided not to appeal his 20-year sentence under the city’s national security ...

Asian American Arts Centre makes emergency plea to save historic collection

Frozen sprinkler pipes burst in a building that houses the Asian American Arts Centre (AAAC) collection in Flushing, Queens, last month, flo...

Holi celebrations paint the US in color

Holi, the Hindu Festival of Colors, is celebrated across the U.S. this month in a burst of powder, music and community. Colors all over: Cit...

Trump fires Noem as Homeland Security secretary

After months of criticism against her leadership, President Donald Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem last week, making her...

Senate holds hearing on birthright citizenship ahead of Supreme Court arguments

The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution is convening a hearing on ending automatic birthright citizenship this week, ahead of ...

Asia worries, hedges as US-Iran War reshapes the world order

As U.S. and Israeli forces wage war against Iran, Asian governments are racing to protect their citizens, secure energy supplies and navigat...

Asian American homeowners targeted in Fairfax County burglary spree

Eight Asian American households in Fairfax County, Virginia, have been burglarized since early January, with thieves stealing approximately ...

Florida man attacks local Chinese restaurant to ‘save’ people from COVID

A Florida man allegedly attacked the owner of a Chinese restaurant with a shovel last week, claiming he needed to stop Chinese restaurants f...

Columbia student freed after Mamdani raises case with Trump

A Columbia University student detained by federal immigration agents was freed on Feb. 27 after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani raised he...

Calls grow for investigation into death of blind Burmese refugee after Border Patrol release

Calls for accountability are mounting weeks after a nearly blind Burmese refugee was found dead on a street in Buffalo, New York, five days ...

Trump admin begins collecting 10% global tariff amid promise of higher rate

Following the Supreme Court’s ruling last week, the Trump administration has begun collecting a 10% global import tariff Tuesday, with plans...

Indonesia bans elephant riding in landmark moment for animal welfare

Indonesia has formally prohibited elephant riding across the country, issuing one of the most sweeping bans of its kind in Southeast Asia. A...

Former South Korean president sentenced to life in prison for insurrection

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol received a life sentence Thursday following his conviction on insurrection charges stemming from...

Lawmakers reintroduce bill to protect Southeast Asian refugees from deportation

Asian American lawmakers are leading a push to shield Southeast Asian refugees from deportation as the Trump administration continues its dr...

Trump eyes new tariffs after Supreme Court blow

After the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Friday that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority in imposing sweeping tariffs under a 1977 eme...

ARMY worldwide counts down to BTS’ highly anticipated comeback

Anticipation is building worldwide as BTS prepares to reunite as a complete group for the first time in nearly four years. What you need to ...

New York AAPI coalition, lawmakers rally for $54.35 million in state funding

More than 100 advocates from the AAPI Equity Budget Coalition (EBC) gathered at the New York State Capitol on Feb. 10, pressing Gov. Kathy H...

Democratic cities are building a wall against ICE, and it matters for Asian Americans

Democratic local officials are mounting a coordinated resistance to the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement as operations in Minn...

Japanese Americans mark 84 years since WWII incarceration order

Eighty-four years after President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the order that locked up 120,000 Japanese Americans in concentration camps, t...