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Remembering Christine Choy: A Pioneer of Asian American Documentary Film

Documentary filmmaker Christine Choy recently passed away at the age of 73, as reported by The 19th . Her death marks the end of an extraordinary career spent bringing much needed attention to marginalized voices and systemic injustice. While her filmography included over 85 works, Choy is perhaps best remembered for the 1987 documentary, Who Killed Vincent Chin? , which tackled the murder of Chinese American autoworker Vincent Chin and became a landmark work exposing anti-As

CNN Reports Surge in Anti-Indian Hate Across the Far Right

Indian Americans, including public figures like Vivek Ramaswamy and FBI Director Kash Patel, are now being openly targeted by racists in political corners of the internet. According to CNN , what was once the rants of a bunch of fringe radicals has moved right into the mainstream, with xenophobic slurs, calls for deportation, and attacks against both race and religion now made openly. This wave of hostility doesn’t just come from typical anti-immigrant rhetoric. Commenters o

Zohran Mamdani Makes History as NYC’s First Muslim and South Asian Mayor

Zohran Mamdani has been elected as New York’s 111th mayor, as reported by CNN . Born in Uganda to Indian parents, including celebrated filmmaker Mira Nair, and raised in NYC, Mamdani has become the city’s first Muslim mayor, its first of South Asian heritage, and its youngest in more than a century. For New York’s immigrant and South Asian communities, Mamdani’s win felt personal. The 34-year-old democratic socialist from Queens leaned into his story as an American Muslim and

How Asian American Enrollment Is Reshaping Harvard After the End of Affirmative Action

Harvard’s student body is beginning to look different these days. And it isn’t by accident. Recent data reveals a clear trend. Asian American enrollment is on the up, while the number of Black and Hispanic students is falling. The Times of India called it Harvard’s “diversity in flux,” a change in the makeup of our universities. Now some are sending out an alarm. The Harvard College admissions data for the class of 2029 showed a mix of 11.5 percent Black students, 11 percent

NBC News Axes NBC Asian America Among Other Cuts in Restructuring

NBC News recently laid off 150 staffers in what the company is calling a necessary restructuring tied to the split between NBC News and MSNBC, as reported by The Wrap and The Advocate . The team behind NBC Asian America, a group of dedicated journalists who spent years telling stories about our community that mainstream media often overlooked, was included in the layoff. For many of us in the Asian American community (and other marginalized groups) this move is more than ju

Erik Spoelstra Becomes First Asian American to Coach USA Men’s Basketball

Erik Spoelstra has been named head coach of the U.S. men’s national basketball team , a breakthrough moment for Asian American representation. As the first coach of Filipino descent to lead Team USA, Spoelstra brings deep basketball credentials as head coach of the Miami Heat, taking the franchise to six NBA Finals and championships in 2012 and 2013. As of 2025, he is the NBA’s longest‑tenured head coach with one franchise. He will lead Team USA in both the 2027 FIBA Men’s Wo

A Spike in the Asian American Job Market Is Raising Concerns

We’re not ones to shout out fake news willy nilly, but all the recent headlines that are telling us how the U.S. job market is strong, citing low unemployment numbers and steady growth, may not actually be entirely true. If you dig just a little deeper, the real picture isn’t quite so rosy for everyone. As Investopedia pointed out in a recent report , there’s a growing ‘tale of two job markets’. Asian Americans just might be on the losing side of it. Since the spring of 2025,