When Juleigh Chin was on the campaign trail asking voters to elect her to the Nassau County Legislature, there had never been anyone on the chamber's dais in Mineola who resembled her. She ran in a ...

An unspoken set of rules have always governed the college admissions process for many Asian families. They understand, for example, that an Indian male applying to study computer science or a Chinese ...

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The Joro spider, Asian long-horned beetle and spotted lanternfly have company this summer. A "sneaky" invasive species that has a potentially deadly sting continues to spread across the U.S. and can ...

While Asian American make up 7% of the country, representing one of the fastest growing demographics in the United States, a study said a growing percentage of people still perceive Asian Americans as ...

Pearland has long been a destination for popular restaurants. Soon enough, the southeast Houston suburb will also have its very own Asian Town between Oak Road and Broadway Street. Peter Wood, the ...

Legal experts have turned their attention to Duke, Princeton, and Yale for fishy admissions data. Boston Globe via Getty Images Asian students are being discriminated against by elite colleges even ...

“I’m half Asian,” 13-year-old Chris Wang (Izaac Wang) declares to his new skater friends in this summer’s buzzy coming-of-age film "Didi." He’s not; he’s telling an absurd lie that he believes will ...

These data snapshots are drawn from Pew Research Center’s in-depth research portfolio on Asian Americans. To learn more, visit our Asian Americans topic page. For our latest demographic data on Asian ...

Phoebe Jou and her family said Staten Island, for them, is the suburbs. “At least you could smell the fresh air here,” Jou said. A spokesperson for the Staten Island Economic Development Corporation ...

Samira Mehta receives funding from the Henry Luce Foundation for a research initiative called Jews of Color: Histories and Futures. May is both Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander ...