The trial of the second officer charged in connection with U.S. Army Private Danny Chen’s hazing death starts today. Many in the Asian American community, including Private Chen’s family, were shocked and dismayed last...
Twenty years ago this week, Lee Junghui, mourning the loss of her only
son during the LA riots, uttered, “It’s not an individual who killed
my son. Something bigger has drastically gone wrong.” After the
acquittal...
Last Saturday, several hundred Indian Americans and human rights activists gathered in New York City to remember the Gujarat Massacre and mark its 10th anniversary. On February 28, 2002, in the state of Gujarat in...
This week marks the 29th anniversary of the murder of Vincent Chin, a young Chinese American beaten to death in Detroit by two unemployed auto workers. The legal case and lenient sentences for his killers galvanized...
On March 7, Surinder Singh and Gurmej Atwal were shot while on their afternoon walk in Elk Grove, California, a suburb of Sacramento. The two retirees each suffered multiple gunshot wounds. Singh, 65, died on the spot...
This Thursday evening in New York City, INCITE Women of Color Against Violence and the New York-based Sisterfire will host a book launch party for The Color of Violence. Published by South End Press, the INCITE...
An interview with community advocates on the tensions that have erupted in EDISON—a North Jersey town that is now 30% Asian American—following the alleged July 4 police beating of resident Rajnikant Parikh. On August 2,...
