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A Community in Healing: Monterey Park, 6 Months After the Shooting

Now, more than six months later, San Gabriel Valley residents are still recovering from the shooting that night: the 72-year-old assailant had killed 11 people at Star Ballroom Dance Studio in the neighboring city of Monterey Park.

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For Asian Americans, ADHD diagnosis brings closure after years of being ignored

Validation only comes after years of coping with ADHD symptoms and frayed relationships with parents

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A Community in Healing: Monterey Park, 6 Months After the Shooting

Now, more than six months later, San Gabriel Valley residents are still recovering from the shooting that night: the 72-year-old assailant had killed 11 people at Star Ballroom Dance Studio in the neighboring city of Monterey Park.

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How one of Filipino America’s last newspapers folded

For 30 years, Manila Mail, a newspaper based in Washington, provided about 65,000 Filipino immigrants and their descendants in the greater D.C. metropolitan area a platform for discourse and connection. But printing stopped in late 2021.

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How Asian Americans are mobilizing around the 2024 elections

Ahead of the 2024 election, Asian American voters are mobilizing around issues of immigration, gun violence, climate change and more.

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What three cities’ fights say about Chinatown’s identity

Chinatowns in Philadelphia, Manhattan, and Los Angeles are trying to shape their own futures in the face of adversities.

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Guns in America: Asian Americans call for addressing mental health in 2024 elections

Many Asian Americans believe gun laws need to be stricter but are losing faith that lawmakers will take sufficient action to stem the violence. Some are turning their focus instead to mental health care as a way of preventing gun violence and mitigating its long-term impacts.

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These Asian immigrants can’t vote in 2024. But they’re finding ways to be heard

Without the power to vote, some non-citizens are striving to get voters and non-voters alike to recognize and care about their political priorities.

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Asian American environmental activists strive to make climate crisis an electoral priority

Despite the pressing urgency of climate change, environmental issues receive limited attention during elections among AAPI voters. Activists strive to engage AAPI communities in the fight for environmental justice.
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As affirmative action is struck down, student activists consider what comes next

Student activists, many of whom are Asian American, fought to preserve affirmative action at their schools. Reeling from the Supreme Court decision, they insist their work isn’t over.

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