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As Republican leaders champion legislation they say would defend against interference by “foreign adversaries” such as China at Florida universities and other institutions, some critics say new state laws aren’t necessary and could discourage talented researchers from coming to the state.

Stop AAPI Hate: Industry Heavyweights, Activists On Hollywoods Responsibility Matt Donnelly, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Flabbergasted on a Zoom call, “Nomadland” director Chloe Zhao accepted the Golden Globe for best director on Sunday night. Between gratitude and marveling over the historic moment, as the first person of Asian descent and second woman ever to win the prize, came a somber question. Zhao was asked for her thoughts on increased violence against Asian American Pacific I...

Attacks against Asian Americans are on the rise. Heres what you can do CNN 3/17/2021 By Ashley Vaughan, CNN © Ringo Chiu/AFP/Getty Images "It has been a really painful experience to see our most revered members of our community being targeted," says Doris Chang, clinical psychologist and professor at New York University. "Were just tired," Will Lex Ham of New York City tells CNN. "Were tired of being scapegoated." Hams sentiments echo the fatigue, frustration and collectiv...

Image from a Department of Justice website. On Jan. 14, with less than a week to go in the Trump administration, federal agents arrested a prominent mechanical engineering professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Gang Chen. Chen, prosecutors alleged, failed to disclose on a federal grant application various financial ties and affiliations with Chinese entities, including his participation in Chinese government talent programs and his service as an expert scientific consultant to...

They gather almost every night at San Franciscos Dragon Gate, the ornately decorated entrance to the nations oldest Chinatown. Armed with only whistles and pamphlets, the volunteer neighbourhood patrol roams the streets, checking out ATMs and mum-and-pop shops in areas where Asian residents have experienced attacks that have left this neighbourhood on edge. Some volunteers drive more than an hour to walk these blocks - largely deserted by a combination of fear and pandemic lockdown - to hand o...

The rise in harassment and violence against Asian Americans during 2020 accompanied the often bigoted and stigmatizing rhetoric of former President Donald Trump and his right-wing political allies in response to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.   

Violent attacks against Asian American elders have left the community reeling, especially across Chinatowns from New York to San Francisco. Now theyre looking for ways to protect themselves.

Stop killing us: Attacks on Asian Americans highlight rise in hate incidents amid COVID-19 Ndea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY Stop killing us: Asian Americans decry spike in violent attacks amid pandemic Replay Video UP NEXT A series of violent crimes against Asians and Asian Americans has prompted activists and experts to warn that racist rhetoric about the coronavirus pandemic may be fueling a rise in hate incidents. Police in Oakland, California, announced this week that they ...

Print A spate of high-profile assaults on Asian Americans has renewed long-standing criticism from Democrats and civil rights groups that the U.S. government is vastly undercounting hate crimes, a problem that they say has grown more acute amid rising white nationalism and deepening racial strife. The attacks - including several in Northern California over the past month that attracted national attention - followed months of warnings from advocates that anti-China rhetoric from former preside...

The Justice Department’s efforts to report and track such incidents have been beset by incomplete and inconsistent data from the nation’s 18,000 local law enforcement agencies.