Asian Americans launch AI Alliance to drive education, innovation, policy
NEW YORK, December 30th, 2025 – As Artificial Intelligence leads the next chapter of industrial progress in America, a newly formed coalition of entrepreneurs, corporate tech professionals and policy experts announces the launch of the Asian American AI...
Gothamist: Some NYC artists are avoiding work about race and gender amid federal arts funding cuts
By Giulia Heyward Some New York City artists say they’re steering away from work that centers race, immigration or gender identity, as fears grow over federal arts funding decisions being used to target or penalize politically sensitive themes. Those concerns are...
QNS: Sandra Ung gives 4th State of District Address ahead of final term in office
By Shane O’Brien Council Member Sandra Ung gave her fourth State of the District Address in the Flushing Library last week as she prepares to enter her third and final term in Council District 20. Ung looked back on the highlights of 2025 during her Dec. 16 address,...
AsAmNews: Chinatown seniors struggle to stay connected after fed cuts
By Aani Nagaiah Earlier in May of 2025, the Trump administration terminated the federal Digital Equity Capacity Grant, which had provided $23.7 million to Illinois for internet access and digital education. While the decision was framed at the federal level as a...
Stop AAPI Hate: Five Ways Trump’s Agenda Impacted Asian Communities in 2025
In 2025, the Trump administration reshaped and upended the lives of Asian and Pacific Islander people across the country. ICE agents are unlawfully abducting people and tearing families apart. Sudden immigration policy changes are leaving visa-holders in limbo and...
My Asian Voice: 8 major U.S. cities will be lead by an Asian American mayor in 2026
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani A long way from 1971, when America inaugurated its first Asian American mayor of a major city, our country will have 8 Asian American mayors leading major U.S. cities in 2026. New York City (NY), San Antonio (TX), Boston (MA),...
WUNC: Coming Of Age As A Chinese Restaurant Kid
By Gabriela Glueck, Anita Rao, Amanda Magnus A writer shares how coming of age in his family’s Chinese restaurant shaped his understanding of his place in the world. Curtis Chin grew up inside Chung’s Cantonese Cuisine. His great-grandfather first opened the Detroit...
QNS: Gov. Hochul signs bill aimed at improving how AANHPI history is taught in New York schools
Gov. Kathy Hochul with State Sen. John Liu and Assembly Member Grace Lee, the chief sponsors of a bill aimed at improving how AANHPI history is taught in New York schools. Also pictured is Queens Borough President Donovan Richards. Photo courtesy of State Sen. John...
19th News: Asian-American nurses were WWII heroes. History left them behind
Carolina Garcia Delfin, 94, a Filipina nurse who fought in the resistance against Japanese forces during World War II, kisses President Barack Obama after he mentioned her in his remarks to American and Philippine troops at Fort Bonifacio in Manila, Philippines, April...