AAPI

In 2020, hate crimes against Asian Americans increased 15 percent.

For AAPI Heritage Month, NECN features a Cambodian community who escaped Pol Pot’s geocide in the 1970s and 80s and made their way to Lowell, Massachusetts.

Rep. Tram Nguyen currently serves the 18th Essex District and is the first Vietnamese-American woman to be elected to office in Massachusetts. She joined Kwani A. Lunis during APPI Heritage Month to share her story.

The House of Representatives has not yet signed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, a timely bill to discuss during May, which is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. NBC News and MSNBC legal contributor Katie Phang explains what’s in the bill and how it addresses a rise in attacks against AAPI people during the pandemic.

Lucy Liu reflects on her “iconic” role as Alex Munday in “Charlie’s Angels” in an op-ed about the importance of having the AAPI community reflected in TV and movies.

The U.S. Senate passed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, which would establish a process for federal and state law enforcement officials to investigate and document anti-Asian hate crimes.

TV personality Cheryl Burke said she worries for her mom in the San Francisco Bay Area as hate crimes spiked during the pandemic, with many Asian Americans and women becoming victims. The attacks “hit too close to home.”

The shootings that left eight people dead in Georgia have ignited a national conversation about race and violence. The TEN takes an in-depth look at a rise in attacks on Asian Americans after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and listens to the voices calling for change.