How a Lunar New Year celebration became a fight for survival
L.A. Times interviewed survivors, combed through dispatch recordings, and reviewed videos taken the night of the shooting to piece together what happened inside Star Ballroom Dance Studio on Lunar New Year's Eve.
Asian Americans can no longer be silent on gun laws. We must confront threat on our community.
Stop AAPI Hate: We support ending gun violence, but we are not usually part of the policy conversations. AAPI organizations are uniting to advocate for action.
Daughter of slain Monterey Park dance hall leader hopes to reopen studio
Ming Wei Ma was the manager of Star Ballroom Dance Studio. His daughter, Mary, wants to remember her father, not by his tragic final moments, but by the community he sustained through his love of dance.
The US Values Asian Work More Than Asian Lives
Well-meaning comments about Asians being diligent and dutiful workers is precisely part of the problem.
A Love Letter to Restaurant Cooks
"Restaurant work is exhausting, thankless, and full of petty frustrations... But within that reality, unfolding daily, you also meet multifaceted, wondrous, vibrant people at all stages of life."
Corky Lee and the Work of Seeing
Ken Chen looks at the late llegendary photographer Corky Lee's archive. "But what also becomes clear when looking at Lee's photographs is how what it meant to be Asian American then is not what it means now: the historical specificity and limits of an identity designed to be capacious."
Activist Alice Wong reflects on 'The Year of the Tiger' and her hopes for 2023
NPR interviews activist/writer Alice Wong, author of the memoir Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life.
12 Books About Coming of Age as an Asian American
Delia Cai, author of Central Places, recommends stories that capture the complexities of young adulthood.