Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is especially important given the long history of anti-Asian racism and xenophobia in the U.S., starting with the Page Act of 1875, ...

The term APIA, or Asian and Pacific Islander American, is used to affirm that Pacific Islanders are American, too, the report authors said. Inflation, the economy and cost of living are the top ...

Asian and Pacific Islander Americans are the fastest-growing racial group in Massachusetts. Yet a new report shows many experience discrimination, lack a sense of “belonging” and are being ...

In 2009, President Barack Obama changed the name to Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. President Joe Biden’s administration referred to it as Asian American, Native Hawaiian ...

By 1992, Congress passed Public Law 102-450, which annually establishes May as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Who does Asian American, ...

Whitmer proclaimed May 2025 as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in Michigan on May 1. "Whereas, members of the AAPI community have shared their resilient family values, strong ...

Asian American leaders condemned ongoing ICE raids and stood in solidarity with the Latinos, whom they said “have borne the brunt of the kidnappings.” ...

Asian Pacific American Center in the Smithsonian American Art Museum Open now; continues through Nov. 30 “Sightlines” considers Washington, D.C.’s Chinatown as both a geographical focal point and a ...

Asian American and Pacific Islander advocacy groups have long used the month as a platform to bring resources to underserved communities and educate the public. But, the one-two punch of COVID-19 and ...

It has been almost 50 years since the U.S. government established that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders and their accomplishments be recognized annually across the nation.