Asian-Americans
Following Recall, San Francisco School Board Reverses Course
San Francisco voters in February ousted three school board members in a landslide election that proponents hoped would reshape the city’s education policy and politics. Just four months later, the impacts of that vote are emerging in a big way. The recall effort was driven in part by disagreement over how to handle admissions at […]
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For Joel Kim Booster, Making ‘Fire Island’ Was a Real Trip
Ahn was indignant, but as he told the story, Booster just nodded. “As a comedian, with everything I’ve done up to this point, I’m just supposed to be funny, you know?” Booster said. “But with this, I’m supposed to be a romantic lead, and it’s a lot for me in my life to be confronted […]
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Man Hit Woman in the Head 125 Times Because She Was Asian, Officials Say
A 67-year-old woman, wearing a white face mask and dark hooded jacket and pushing a shopping cart, enters an apartment building vestibule in Yonkers, N.Y. As she moves to unlock the door, a man comes up behind her and hits her in the head with a roundhouse right hand. The force of the blow knocks […]
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San Francisco Voters Recall 3 Board of Education Members
In a recall election fueled by pandemic angst and anger, San Francisco voters ousted three members of the Board of Education on Tuesday, closing a bitter chapter in the city’s politics that was rife with infighting, accusations of racism and a flurry of lawsuits. More than 70 percent of voters supported the recall of each […]
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