Asian Americans

Korean pop band BTS spoke from the White House Tuesday to celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and urge fans to embrace diversity and speak out against hate crimes against AAPI Americans.

During a month when we are celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander heritage, we are also recognizing mental health awareness. A project between the University of Connecticut and the group #IAmNotAVirus focuses on both. The two organizations teamed up to create a mental wellness activity book for Asian Americans. “This is really addressing an emergent crisis during the first wave of…

UConn Associate Professor Dr. Jason Chang spoke to NBC Connecticut’s Jane Caffrey about the importance of supporting the Asian American community and raising mental health awareness.

TODAY spoke with Asian Americans across New York City as well as workplace experts to discuss what companies can do to address employees’ concerns

In the period between March 19, 2020 and Dec. 31, 2021, a total of 10,905 hate incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. were reported to Stop AAPI Hate.

Efforts to create a national Asian Pacific American museum in Washington, D.C., pushed ahead Tuesday with House passage of legislation that would create a commission to study the issue.

In the period between March 19, 2020 and Dec. 31, 2021, a total of 10,905 hate incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. were reported to Stop AAPI Hate.

A Harvard student has gone viral on TikTok with a Korean folktale-inspired musical she hopes becomes the next big Disney princess film.

The number of reported hate crimes nationwide against Asian and Black people sharply increased in 2020, according to new FBI data released Monday.

The new segment features a Filipino American girl, who was teased because of the shape of her eyes, learning to love her features.

Morgan Hurd may not be competing in the Tokyo Olympics this year, but she’s no less committed to using her voice to speak out against the rising number of violent attacks in the AAPI community.

Prominent attacks on Asian Americans during the pandemic, along with the Atlanta massage business shooting that left six Asian women dead, have spurred expanded conversations about Asian American identity and history

Detained aboard steamers in the San Francisco Bay for months, Wong Kim Ark pursued his case to the U.S. Supreme Court, setting the precedent for birthright citizenship

A majority of Americans across racial and ethnic groups believe discrimination has worsened in the last year against Asian Americans, who became the target of attacks after being unfairly blamed for the coronavirus pandemic

The income gap within the Asian American community is growing at a faster rate than any other ethnic group. Here’s why, and what’s being done about it.

Hate crimes and incidents targeting Asian Americans have spiked with the spread of COVID. Community advocates say cases are only expected to rise.

Throughout the month of May, NBC Owned Television Stations is profiling members of the AAPI community as part of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Ellison Shoji Onizuka was not only the first Japanese-American astronaut, the first Asian-American and first Buddhist to travel in space — he was the first Hawaiian too, with Kona coffee to prove it. Onizuka grew…

David Tran’s sriracha faces competition, not the least of which is a version of the chili sauce that a Thai company says is the original, first made in Si Racha, Thailand, 80 years ago.

The rise in anti-Asian hate crimes has worsened the already devastating toll the pandemic has taken on the Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities.

The pandemic has brought a twofold blow to Asian-American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) small business owners.