May 13, 2021
The commander of the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) Asian Hate Crimes Task Force said anti-Asian hate crimes in the state are “absolutely not new,” despite the recent spike in the number of offenses. Inspector Tommy Ng said Asian...
May 13, 2021
Reginald and René Webb of Webb Family Enterprises, franchise owner-operators of McDonald’s restaurants, have been named recipients of Honorary Doctors of Humane Letters degrees from Cal State San Bernardino.
“Through their company...
May 12, 2021
Brooke Anderson of San Bernardino will be the featured artist at the Redlands Art Association Gallery May 15 through June 4, exhibiting oil and watercolor paintings and ceramics.
Anderson, a 2016 graduate of Cal State San Bernardino...
May 13, 2021
In a news round-up column: “We’ve seen video after video of unprovoked attacks on Asian Americans and reports that show an alarming uptick in anti-Asian violence. One set of data, from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at...
May 13, 2021
More than 75 Asian and LGBTQ organizations issued a statement Wednesday rejecting the anti-Asian hate crime bill that recently soared through the Senate.
Why it matters: The groups say the bill will bolster law enforcement and further...
May 12, 2021
More than 75 Asian and LGBTQ groups are opposing an anti-Asian crime bill that recently passed through the Senate.
In a statement posted to the blog “Reappropriate,” the groups said they opposed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act because it...
May 12, 2021
New data on anti-Asian hate incidents reveals an even more alarming increase than before. According to a national report by Stop AAPI Hate, the total number of anti-Asian incidents reported during the pandemic year last year has doubled...
May 12, 2021
Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-31st District) recently announced more than $159 million in American Rescue Plan emergency funding for colleges, universities, and students in his district.
Cal State San Bernardino will receive $74 million and...
May 11, 2021
How will President Biden's American Rescue Plan and his proposed American Jobs and American Family Plans affect the Inland Empire? For answers, the newspaper turned to three local economists, including Yasemin Dildar, assistant...
May 11, 2021
San Bernardino social justice advocate, Tony Campos, a CSUSB alumnus, passed away at the age of 85, on April 27, 2021.
Campos (who was born in Arizona) was most notably known as the second Latino, behind Mexican-American Councilman...
May 11, 2021
Prosecutors unveiled murder charges against the white man accused of shooting and killing eight people, six of whom were Asian women, at Atlanta-area spas, AP reports.
Driving the news: A prosecutor filed notice that she plans to seek...
May 12, 2021
California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta will create a racial justice bureau to combat white supremacy and biased policing as well as to explore the possibility of reparations for slavery.
Bonta unveiled plans for the bureau on Tuesday in his...