Asian Americans

Hate crimes and incidents targeting Asian Americans have spiked with the spread of COVID. Community advocates say cases are only expected to rise.

Morgan Hurd may not be competing in the Tokyo Olympics this year, but she’s no less committed to using her voice to speak out against the rising number of violent attacks in the AAPI community.

The new segment features a Filipino American girl, who was teased because of the shape of her eyes, learning to love her features.

Prominent attacks on Asian Americans during the pandemic, along with the Atlanta massage business shooting that left six Asian women dead, have spurred expanded conversations about Asian American identity and history

Police arrested a suspect in the assault of an Asian business owner May 4 in Northeast D.C.

Detained aboard steamers in the San Francisco Bay for months, Wong Kim Ark pursued his case to the U.S. Supreme Court, setting the precedent for birthright citizenship

A half-hour special on News4 on Saturday, May 22 at 9:30 a.m. will showcase stories of how Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are making a difference in communities in the D.C. area.

A majority of Americans across racial and ethnic groups believe discrimination has worsened in the last year against Asian Americans, who became the target of attacks after being unfairly blamed for the coronavirus pandemic

The income gap within the Asian American community is growing at a faster rate than any other ethnic group. Here’s why, and what’s being done about it.

Robert Hur, an attorney in D.C., helped create the Alliance for Asian American Justice. He said it was created to give victims a voice.

The Alliance for Asian American Justice is a a group of lawyers that is offering free legal help to victims of anti-Asian hate crimes. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

Throughout the month of May, NBC Owned Television Stations is profiling members of the AAPI community as part of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Ellison Shoji Onizuka was not only the first Japanese-American astronaut, the first Asian-American and first Buddhist to travel in space — he was the first Hawaiian too, with Kona coffee to prove it. Onizuka grew…

David Tran’s sriracha faces competition, not the least of which is a version of the chili sauce that a Thai company says is the original, first made in Si Racha, Thailand, 80 years ago.

The rise in anti-Asian hate crimes has worsened the already devastating toll the pandemic has taken on the Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities.

At a time when few women became pilots, the Federal Aviation Administration credits Hazel Ying Lee as the first Chinese-American woman to fly for the military, blazing her own trail

The pandemic has brought a twofold blow to Asian-American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) small business owners.

Throughout May, Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, NEWS4 newscasts will feature stories on local Asian Americans and their contributions to our community. On Saturday, May 22 at 9:30am, NBC4 will air the NEWS4-produced special “Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month.” Find NEWS4 AAPI Month stories here.

A Chinese tea shop owner who was pepper-sprayed by a stranger in November is moving forward despite challenges.

Yunhan Zhang, the owner of Valley Brook Tea in Dupont Circle, is trying to keep his business alive in the wake of the pandemic and an attack at his store. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

In the past two weeks, the nonprofit Asians in America has raised more than $13,000 online to supply 3,500 personal safety alarms to seniors in New York City