The editorial board operates independently from the U-T newsroom but holds itself to similar ethical standards. We base our editorials and endorsements on reporting, interviews and rigorous debate, and strive for accuracy, fairness and civility in our section. Disagree? Then-President Donald Trump’s despicable decision last year to call the coronavirus the “China virus” continues to lead to hate crimes and harassment against the Asian Pacific Islander community. In recent days, a Thai man was attacked and killed in San Francisco, three elderly residents of the Chinatown neighborhood o...