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President Joe Biden speaks before a screening of the series "American Born Chinese" in the East Room of the White House in Washington, in celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, May 8, 2023. It has been almost 50 years since the U.S. government established that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders and their accomplishments should be recognized annually across the nation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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Nearly 50 years later, Asian American and Pacific Islander month features revelry and racial justice
By TERRY TANG - Associated Press
Wed,05/01/24-12:11AM , 58 Reads
It has been almost 50 years since the U.S. government established that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders and their accomplishments should be recognized annually across the nation.
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This image provided by Mattel in April 2024 shows the company's Kristi Yamaguchi Barbie doll. Yamaguchi became the first Asian American to win an individual gold medal for figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics. (Mattel via AP)

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Olympian Kristi Yamaguchi is 'tickled pink' to inspire a Barbie doll
By TERRY TANG - Associated Press
Tue,04/23/24-11:00PM , 85 Reads
Like many little girls, a young Kristi Yamaguchi loved playing with Barbie. With a schedule packed with ice skating practices, her Barbie dolls became her “best friends.”

So, it's surreal for the decorated Olympian figure skater to now be a Barbie girl herself.
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In an AP interview, history professor Alexis McCrossen, at Southern Methodist University, says some U.S. states refrain from changing their clocks twice a year.

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The US is springing forward to daylight saving. For Navajo and Hopi tribes, it's a time of confusion
By TERRY TANG - Associated Press
Fri,03/08/24-11:04PM , 99 Reads
TUBA CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Melissa Blackhair is not eager to spring forward Sunday.
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David Rasavong stands by a mural depicting his family's journey from Laos to San Francisco and then to Fresno, in his restaurant "Love & Thai" in Fresno, Calif. on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. Rasavong's body still tenses up when recounting how a so-called animal welfare crusader in May implied on social media that his 7-month-old restaurant, Tasty Thai, owned a pitbull tied up at a home next door. What's more, the dog would eventually be meal fodder. By the next day, vitriolic comments, voicemails and calls rained down. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

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California restaurant's comeback shows how outdated, false Asian stereotype of dog-eating persists
By TERRY TANG - Associated Press
Thu,01/04/24-12:03AM , 108 Reads
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — David Rasavong’s cultural pride is evident all throughout his restaurant.
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