Opinion writer Jay Caspian Kang shares his view that affirmative action policies merely make for “cosmetically diverse” campuses, rather than contributing to broader social justice initiatives. Natasha Warikoo, a professor of sociology at Tufts University, believes affirmative action is worth saving, and we should find ways to reframe it.

Big Bird got vaccinated, an Asian American Muppet moved in, and conservatives got really mad at Sesame Street.

Amid cries for greater diversity, inclusion and representation for Asian Americans across all sectors, many, including high-profile creatives and celebrities, are rethinking their names.

As Asian Americans strive for equity in the workplace, the COVID-19 crisis has created additional challenges. Six insights show how the pandemic has affected this group.

This piece is dedicated in honor of the lives lost in Atlanta, Georgia on March 16th, 2021 due to more senseless anti-Asian violence. All U.S. federal and state entities should disaggregate data on the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. Currently, reports divided by racial categories often conceal the major differences in the AAPI population. […]

Using 1992–2014 data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), the present study examines the nature and characteristics of hate crimes against Asian Americans by comparing them with those of hate crimes against African Americans ...

Many Asian Americans live daily with the corrosive effects of racism and racialized violence, yet there's very little research funded on Asian American health.

“Hopefully an increased awareness about these issues will, in fact, turn the tide," the director for the Institute for Asian American Studies said.

About four-in-ten unemployed workers had been out of work for more than six months in February 2021, about double the share in February 2020.

A record 23 million Asian Americans trace their roots to more than 20 countries in East and Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.

The story of how systemic racism took root in policy and addiction treatment dates back to 1800s. Here's what history and research reveal.

There were about 107,000 white men living in Denver in 1920. Documents suggest close to 30,000 of them were registered members of the Ku Klux Klan.

Nearly a third of the nurses who've died of coronavirus in the US are Filipino, even though Filipino nurses make up just 4% of the nursing population nationwide.

During a plague outbreak in 1899, officials in Honolulu quarantined and burned the city’s Chinatown. Some Covid-19 talk today echoes their rhetoric.

Widespread disease outbreaks have the potential to shock societies into new ways of living.