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Violence against elderly Asian Americans in the Bay Area is skyrocketing Sign In FacebookTwitterEmail Asian Americans across the Bay Area are concerned over a rising number of violent anti-Asian attacks.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images In March, when much of the nation shut down in response to the coronavirus landing on American shores, the Anti-Defamation League estimated that there were at least 57 instances of anti-Asian harassment and violence nationwide. And in recent weeks, the string of violence and anti-Asian sentiment has reached another breaking point — one that has disproportionately...

Violence against elderly Asian Americans in the Bay Area is skyrocketing Sign In FacebookTwitterEmail Asian Americans across the Bay Area are concerned over a rising number of violent anti-Asian attacks.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images In March, when much of the nation shut down in response to the coronavirus landing on American shores, the Anti-Defamation League estimated that there were at least 57 instances of anti-Asian harassment and violence nationwide. And in recent weeks, the string of violence and anti-Asian sentiment has reached another breaking point — one that has disproportionately...

Bay Area political events: Alice Walker, Condoleezza Rice Chronicle staff report FacebookTwitterEmail Upcoming political events in the Bay Area. Events take place online unless otherwise noted: MONDAY Alice Walker: Writer and activist reflects on freedom, Black feminism/womanism and writing in community. Hosted by UC Berkeley Department of African American Studies. Noon. More information is here. TUESDAY ‘Kamala’s Way’: Journalist Dan Morain on his new biography of Vice President Kamala Harris. Hosted by the Commonwealth Club. 10 a.m. More information is here. WEDNESDAY Condoleezza Rice...

Bay Area political events: Fighting disinformation, headwaters forest health Chronicle staff report FacebookTwitterEmail Upcoming political events in the Bay Area. Events take place online unless otherwise noted: WEDNESDAY Faces of resistance: A discussion of members of the Black community in San Francisco who have resisted discrimination from Sutro Baths to the Presidio. Hosted by the San Francisco Public Library and Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Noon. More information is here. ‘The Purpose of Power’ book club: Akonadi Foundation president and civil rights advocate Lateefah Simon...

Takano and Hirono Renew Efforts to Award Korematsu Congressional Gold Medal Posted On WASHINGTON – Rep. Mark Takano (D-Riverside) and Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) on Feb. 2 introduced bicameral legislation to award Fred Korematsu the Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of his legacy of fighting against the illegal incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II and for being a staunch defender of civil rights. Fred Korematsu was a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. “Fred Korematsu was a fierce advocate for justice, a civil rights icon, and a defender of the r...