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Lower East Side Links –Attempted murder charges have been filed against a suspect who allegedly stabbed a 36-year-old Asian man in the back in Chinatown. Prosecutors have decided not to charge the suspect with a hate crime. [ABC News] –There was a big rally in Foley square yesterday to make a strong statement against anti-Asian violence and racism. [Channel 7] –“American Dream Tarnished;” Jason Wang of Xi’an Famous Foods conveys what it’s like dealing with anti-Asian racism. [The New York Times] –YouTuber XiaoMaNYC is handing out $1,000 tips at his favorite Chinatown restauran...

Robert Sietsema/Eater Jing Fong workers mobilize to protest the restaurant’s dining room closing Dim sum legend Jing Fong rocked the industry when it announced that its longstanding Chinatown location would be shutting down its cavernous dining room next week. As customers were lining up to squeeze in one last meal indoors at the institution after the news broke, unionized Jing Fong workers were mobilizing to protest. Bowery Boogie reports that the 318 Restaurant Workers Union has issued a statement condemning Jing Fong’s decision to shut down its dining room, and is urging supporters to ...

'Try Harder!' Review: Endearing, Alarming Doc on Senior-Year College-Application Hope and Heartbreak The agonies and ecstasies of a high-achieving majority Asian-American senior class during a cutthroat college application season. Jessica Kiang, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Running time: Running time: 84 MIN Courtesy of Sundance Institute “You get used to feeling mediocre,” says one of the merely very bright students in a school full of what he considers “geniuses.” “Try Harder,” Debbie Lum’s simultaneously charming and chastening documentary on the senior class in Lowell H...

Debbie Lum spoke to Salon about the Lowell High School students trying to achieve the impossible in a broken system

First stopping traffic, then burying it. hardest hit, elizabethtown in central kentucky and outside of paducah. the government called out the national guard. >> what we've been doing is taking stranded motorists to warm care facilities where they can get any treatment. we've had a couple cases of folks that needed insulin. >> reporter: jonathan chu is part of a christian music tour. this is pictures from outside his bus. by morning, the only suggestion of a highway was the long line of stuck trucks and cars. >> gives you an idea what things are like. i'm almost up to my knees in snow. >> repor...