May 12, 2021
New data on anti-Asian hate incidents reveals an even more alarming increase than before. According to a national report by Stop AAPI Hate, the total number of anti-Asian incidents reported during the pandemic year last year has doubled...
May 12, 2021
Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-31st District) recently announced more than $159 million in American Rescue Plan emergency funding for colleges, universities, and students in his district.
Cal State San Bernardino will receive $74 million and...
May 11, 2021
How will President Biden's American Rescue Plan and his proposed American Jobs and American Family Plans affect the Inland Empire? For answers, the newspaper turned to three local economists, including Yasemin Dildar, assistant...
May 11, 2021
San Bernardino social justice advocate, Tony Campos, a CSUSB alumnus, passed away at the age of 85, on April 27, 2021.
Campos (who was born in Arizona) was most notably known as the second Latino, behind Mexican-American Councilman...
May 11, 2021
Prosecutors unveiled murder charges against the white man accused of shooting and killing eight people, six of whom were Asian women, at Atlanta-area spas, AP reports.
Driving the news: A prosecutor filed notice that she plans to seek...
May 12, 2021
California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta will create a racial justice bureau to combat white supremacy and biased policing as well as to explore the possibility of reparations for slavery.
Bonta unveiled plans for the bureau on Tuesday in his...
May 11, 2021
In 2020, anti-Asian hate crimes increased by nearly 150 percent in the United States, according to the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino. This recent rise in hostility is part of a...
According to data released by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, hate incidents against Asian Americans have risen since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
John Yang, President and Executive Director of As...
May 7, 2021
Last year, more anti-Asian hate crimes were reported to police in Vancouver, British Columbia, a city of 700,000 people, than in the top 10 most populous U.S. cities combined. With almost 1 out of every 2 residents of Asian descent in...
May 11, 2021
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer today announced that his office has created a new unit that will focus on hate crimes.
The unit will include three prosecutors, two investigators and will be supervised by the Special...
May 11, 2021
The Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced the creation of a new dedicated hate crimes unit on Tuesday, as Orange County grapples with a steep rise in hate incidents.
In announcing the unit, DA officials pointed to a recent...
May 11, 2021
Jade Tagulao, Ashlyn Rodgers, and Melanie Mendez investigate violent hate crimes against the Asian community, present and past, and reflections from Reno’s community.
Their report comes as hate crimes towards the Asian community were...