Akemi Tamanaha

Asher Hong, an Olympic gymnast for Team USA, impressed on the rings and the vault during the qualifying round of the men’s gymnastics competition Saturday. The U.S. men’s gymnastics team finished second overall in the standings. According to NBC Dallas Fort Worth, Hong finished third on rings, fifth on vault and sixth on floor exercise. […]

Torri Huske finished her Paris Olympics with a world record-breaking gold medal swim. Huske won the women’s 4x100m medley relay on Sunday and helped the team set a new world record. According to NPR, the team finished with a time of 3:49.63, beating the world record by nearly a second. The 21-year-old anchored the race, swimming […]

A former mayor from Connecticut was recently criticized for making an anti-Asian comment on social media. According to the Hartford Courant, Timothy Stewart, the former mayor of New Britain, made […]

70% of AAPI respondents said they are motivated to get involved in efforts to advance justice and equity for AAPI people

Nicole Scherzinger made her Broadway debut on Saturday, starring in Jamie Lloyd's Sunset Boulevard.

A rally held on Wednesday continued the call for a transparent investigation into the police shooting of Victoria Lee, CBS News reports. Fort Lee police officers shot and killed Lee […]

Delaware schools will soon be incorporating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders into their curriculum. According to WHYY, Delaware Governor John Carney recently signed legislation that requires Delaware public […]

Los Angeles Dodgers Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto played a key role in boosting the World Series television ratings in Japan.

Andy Kim has made history early into election night. He will be the first Korean American to be elected to the U.S. Senate. Kim, who currently represents New Jersey’s 3rd […]

by Akemi Tamanaha As votes are still being counted, AAPI researchers and voting rights advocates are starting to unpack the data released in national exit polls. NBC News and CNN […]