/tags/asian-american Asian American en-US Copyright Fri, 05 May 2023 19:41:31 GMT /government-politics/2023-05-08/maliks-akron-mayoral-primary-win-encouraging-for-racial-minorities Pakistani American Shammas Malik is set to become Akron's first racial minority to serve as mayor. Fri, 05 May 2023 19:41:31 GMT /government-politics/2023-05-08/maliks-akron-mayoral-primary-win-encouraging-for-racial-minorities Gabriel Kramer /race-gender-identity/2023-04-14/asian-americans-undercounted-in-more-than-half-of-ohio-2020-census Despite an overcount of Asian Americans across the country as a whole, advocates say several communities are still overlooked and lack engagement. Fri, 14 Apr 2023 16:01:53 GMT /race-gender-identity/2023-04-14/asian-americans-undercounted-in-more-than-half-of-ohio-2020-census Gabriel Kramer /reporters-notebook/2023-04-06/in-nurse-unseen-filipino-nurses-are-seen-and-a-filmmaker-is-celebrated "Nurse Unseen" by filmmaker Michele Josue won a Cleveland International Film Festival Award this year. Josue also won in 2014. Thu, 06 Apr 2023 14:00:00 GMT /reporters-notebook/2023-04-06/in-nurse-unseen-filipino-nurses-are-seen-and-a-filmmaker-is-celebrated Gabriel Kramer /arts-culture/2023-03-30/5-things-to-do-in-neo-new-art-at-massillon-museum-becoming-dr-ruth-and-more Experience the diversity of Asian American art at MassMu or see Cleveland Play House’s staged story about America’s most beloved sex therapist. These are just a few suggestions to experience the arts this week. Thu, 30 Mar 2023 12:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2023-03-30/5-things-to-do-in-neo-new-art-at-massillon-museum-becoming-dr-ruth-and-more Lydia Mandell /community/2023-01-26/feeling-the-pain-of-mass-shootings There were two mass shootings in communities of color this week. Thu, 26 Jan 2023 16:04:23 GMT /community/2023-01-26/feeling-the-pain-of-mass-shootings Gabriel Kramer /npr-news/2023-01-15/a-project-collects-the-names-of-those-held-at-japanese-internment-camps-during-wwii Ford and Frances Kuramoto were both incarcerated at camps during World War II. Their names are among the more than 125,000 displayed in a book at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles. Sun, 15 Jan 2023 22:17:26 GMT /npr-news/2023-01-15/a-project-collects-the-names-of-those-held-at-japanese-internment-camps-during-wwii Gabriel J. Sánchez /npr-news/2023-01-14/indianas-asian-american-community-is-grieving-after-a-bus-stabbing-attack An 18-year-old college student was waiting to get off a city bus when another passenger struck her in the head multiple times. Sat, 14 Jan 2023 23:36:11 GMT /npr-news/2023-01-14/indianas-asian-american-community-is-grieving-after-a-bus-stabbing-attack Juliana Kim /npr-news/2023-01-11/why-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-feels-more-like-reality-than-movie-magic The Oscars best picture winner is about parallelism; it centers on an alternate multiverse that reflects the real life of the movie's central family, and this family drama reflected my own life. Wed, 11 Jan 2023 13:42:36 GMT /npr-news/2023-01-11/why-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-feels-more-like-reality-than-movie-magic Gary Duong /npr-news/2022-05-02/the-story-behind-asian-pacific-american-heritage-and-why-its-celebrated-in-may May marks the beginning of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. This year's theme is Advancing Leaders Through Opportunity. Mon, 02 May 2022 09:00:51 GMT /npr-news/2022-05-02/the-story-behind-asian-pacific-american-heritage-and-why-its-celebrated-in-may Rina Torchinsky