Sakshi Venkatraman
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Ann Coulter tells Nikki Haley to ‘go back to your own country’ in racist rant against new GOP presidential candidate
“What’s with the worshipping of the cows? They’re all starving over there," Coulter also said. → Read More
Chinese Citizens in Texas Are Incensed Over a Proposal to Ban Them From Buying Property in the State
Activist Ling Luo says her Chinese community in Texas has gone from fearful to infuriated — and they’re demanding that their voices be heard. → Read More
Kumail Nanjiani’s parents prefer a masala-covered Thanksgiving turkey, he says
Kumail Nanjiani doesn’t understand why Americans eat turkey. His parents, recent immigrants and Thanksgiving enthusiasts, secretly feel the same way, he said. → Read More
Asian and Native American female lawyers get the least amount of big law business, study finds
Asian women in law are chosen least often by corporations looking to hire counsel, a new study by the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession found. → Read More
Banh mi and omakase join the dictionary. What it says about Asian cultural influence.
How banh mi made its way from 1970s refugee enclaves to the mainstream. → Read More
Across generations, South and Southeast Asians reflect on colonialism’s impact on identity
“There’s a respect there that I just feel our generation has lost. And I don’t think it’s a bad thing that we’re losing that," an Indian American college student said. → Read More
Nearly one-third of low-income Asian women now live in states with limited abortion access
“Deep down I was sure that we were incapable financially of bringing a new baby into this world," said an Asian woman in Texas who got an abortion secretly on a rushed timeline. → Read More
ACLU calls on Border Patrol to stop stripping Sikh men of their turbans
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection official says that the agency is taking the allegations seriously and that an internal investigation has been opened. → Read More
TikToker Sania Khan's killing hits home for divorced South Asian women: ‘He would have killed me’
Sania Khan was killed by her ex-husband after documenting her divorce and the stigma surrounding it on TikTok. Other divorced South Asian women know the feeling. → Read More
BTS speaks on anti-Asian hate, inclusivity at White House
The seven members of the K-pop boy band each delivered remarks after meeting privately with President Biden. → Read More
BTS headed to the White House to discuss anti-Asian hate
The K-pop band, which has become a world-wide phenomenon, will meet with President Biden to talk about inclusion and celebrate AAPI Heritage Month. → Read More
Black, Asian and Latino communities all faced mass shootings in 2 weeks. How they're showing support.
“I hope that we can use this moment to lean on one another,” one coalition leader said. → Read More
Asian Americans were overcounted on the last census. Experts say that fact is misleading.
Some Asian Americans were counted twice on the 2020 census, but with murky aggregated data, experts say it’s hard to know who was left out. → Read More
'Nowhere is safe': Asian women reflect on brutal New York City killings
Asian women who live in New York City say they’re standing back from the subway edge and walking home with pepper spray in their hands after the killings of Michelle Go and Christina Yuna Lee. → Read More
Family who froze to death crossing into U.S. on foot shows realities behind South Asian immigration
“When you walk in the streets of the village you see no advertisements of food or grocery products,” an Indian reporter said. “All you see are ads of U.S. and Canada visas.” → Read More
All Cal State universities add caste to anti-discrimination policy
California State University has become the first university system in the country to add caste to its anti-discrimination policy. → Read More
Carrie Bradshaw’s ‘Diwali’ outfit fails to rewrite racist ‘Sex and the City’ past, fans say
The most recent episode of “And Just Like That,” called “Diwali,” fell short for many South Asian viewers. → Read More
Asian Americans have the biggest wealth gap. Here's how they're helping one another this year.
In the wintertime, the road outside of Rawnak Jahan’s home in Queens, New York, is often covered in ice and snow. → Read More
Simu Liu wins People's Choice Award for action movie star of the year
Simu Liu took home the award for best action movie star of the year at the People’s Choice Awards on Tuesday night for his role as the title character in “Shang → Read More
Mindy Kaling’s new series and the significance of sex-positive South Asian women
In "The Sex Lives of College Girls," Mindy Kaling brings to the table something novel — an Indian American character who openly seeks out sex. → Read More