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“People are finally feeling like they can see something that matches their own experience or perspective,” U.S. ice dancer Maia Shibutani says on the My New Favorite Olympian podcast. She and brother Alex Shibutani will vie to qualify for the Beijing 2022 Olympics – but they’ve been busy off the ice too. The”Shib Sibs” recently published a young-adult detective novel...

U.S. Olympic ice dancing duo Alex and Maia Shibutani, aka the Shib Sibs, worked on a book they hope will help Asian American kids feel seen.

In the first episode of Season 2 of the My New Favorite Olympian podcast, hosts Apolo Ohno and Ngozi Ekeledo speak to U.S. ice dancing duo and Olympic hopefuls Alex and Maia Shibutani (also known as the Shib Sibs). The siblings’ Japanese American upbringing is displayed joyfully in the “Kudo Kids” books, including one where the main characters sleuth around...

Anti-Asian hate crimes increased more than 73% in 2020, according to corrected FBI data.

Nothing could have prepared Henry Sam for the pandemic hitting only a few months after becoming the owner of Kayuh Bicycles & Cafe.

Morgan Hurd may not be competing in the Tokyo Olympics this year, but she’s no less committed to using her voice to speak out against the rising number of violent attacks in the AAPI community.

Demonstrators this spring have come together in Boston and across the country to bring awareness to a rising wave of violence against Asian-Americans. On Saturday, a number of artists took their turn in Copley Square to make their voices heard in a special way. “With art, you can convey that with passion and love and even if there’s aggression in...

Ashlyn So is using her platform as a young fashion designer to call attention to the issue of rising hate against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. She told us about getting into sewing and gaining the courage to speak up.

During this Asian American and Pacific Islander Awareness Month, we discuss the 2020 election and AAPI women’s participation in it. Many AAPI women reported voting for the first time in 2020, says Jennifer Wang from the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum.

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.

If you’re a fan of Issa Rae’s HBO hit “Insecure” you’ll likely recognize actress Sujata Day. But Day decided being in front of the camera wasn’t enough.

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.”

In the aftermath of a mass shooting that killed six Asian women in the Atlanta area, the Black and Asian communities are putting aside historical tensions to come together in common cause to fight white supremacy and violence. NBCLX storyteller Ngozi Ekeledo attended a New York City rally to talk to protesters from both communities about why solidarity is so...

To many, it seems like a simple question: “Where are you from?” But when that query is posed to someone who is Asian American, it shows an unconscious bias. Writer Kurt Bardella joined LX News to explain why it’s time to stop this form of “passive racism.”

In the wake of the Atlanta-area shootings that killed six Asian women last week, many Asian Americans across the country are coming to terms with the covert, and sometimes overt, racism they’ve experienced over a lifetime. NBCLX contributor Michelle Park spoke to fellow Asian Americans about the pain they’ve experienced over the past year — and why staying silent is...

Filipino American comedian Jo Koy remembers a time when Asian people didn’t talk about how racism affected them. Koy tells LX News’ Jobeth Devera about his memoir “Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo,” which details his upbringing, dealing with family issues and racism on the journey to selling out stadiums.

The Atlanta-area spa shootings that took the lives of six Asian American women and two others, have touched off a debate about what constitutes a hate crime. Chris Lu, an attorney who served as White House cabinet secretary under former President Obama, joined LX News to explain why fighting hate crimes starts with recognizing and reporting them.

The surge in hate incidents against Asian Americans during the pandemic has taken a very personal toll on individuals and families across the country. NBC News legal contributor Katie S. Phang and LX News host Jobeth Devera share their personal stories related to the increase in racism and make a case for why it is everyone’s responsibility to fight hate....

Camille Dizon is a Filipino American who lives in Atlanta. She shared with NBCLX the moment she first realized that the coronavirus had made her and her family a target of racism, and the discrimination she has continued to experience.

In the wake of Atlanta-area shootings that killed 8 people, including 6 Asian women, police suggested that the crime was motivated by a sex addiction rather than racism. This has sparked outrage among Asian Americans who have experienced a surge in hate incidents over the past year. Karthick Ramakrishnan, chair of the California Commission on APIA Affairs, joined LX News...