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To prevent hate acts and crimes, Los Angeles County involved local Latino consulates to join the LA vs Hate campaign By: Nora Estrada  In response to rising hate against the…

By Sunita Sohrabji / EMS Kamala Harris, the daughter of immigrant parents from India and Jamaica, failed to defend immigration and migration in her onstage rebuttals to her opponent Republican…

By Jeannine Chiang / EMS How can younger generations expect to uphold our nation’s fragile democracy if we’re disconnected from the conversations that matter most? This morning in my United…

By: Sunita Sohrabji / EMS Jun 8, 2023 This is the oldest Chinatown on the East Coast. People worship here, celebrate and mourn here. It is the lifeblood of our…

By launching the KIND Almond Acres Initiative, KIND sets sights on future proofing its #1 ingredient, Almond NEW YORK, NY – (April 18, 2023): Today, KIND Snacks, a company whose…

ByEthnic Media Services An overwhelming majority of Asian Americans support tougher gun laws and are now in a position to influence the outcome of elections in states across the country.…

BySelen Ozturk/EMS Members of the Bay Area’s Turkish community are grieving at the monumental loss of life and property in their home country. Many are also wondering what comes next.…

By Rong Xiaoqing/EMS Chinese living in the US are watching the deterioration of US-China relations with a mix of fear and, for some, cautious optimism. On the morning of Feb…

By Julia Tong/EMS Around the world, Lunar New Year is celebrated in many unique ways: as 春节 (Spring Festival) in China, Tết Nguyên Đán in Vietnam, 설날 (Seollal) in Korea,…

By Sunita Sohrabji/EMS President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador Jan. 10 to discuss the U.S.-Mexico-Canada relationship. The meeting focused heavily…

A convening in Louisville is part of ongoing efforts by the FTC to track fraud impacting immigrant and minority communities.

BySunita Sohrabji/EMS Dr. Dali Fan, a cardiologist and health sciences clinical professor at UC Davis, offers some tips for keeping your family free from Covid exposure this holiday season. The…

By: Sunita Sohrabji/EMS Almost 96 million people in the US have had a COVID-19 infection, according to Sept. 26 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Public health experts believe there…

ByJulia Tong/EMS Like many young ballerinas, Cory Stieg danced in The Nutcracker each year. And though she loved the show, the Chinese Tea dance in particular stuck in her memory—for all the…

By Sunita Sohrabji/EMS WASHINGTON DC — Approximately 15,000 people gathered June 25 at the National Mall here for the first-ever Unity March, organized to draw attention to the dramatic spike…

The growing wave of refugees fleeing Russian’s invasion of Ukraine — now in its sixth week — is being felt as far away as Tijuana, Mexico, where more than two thousand…

By Sunita Sohrabji As the Western world rallies in its support for Ukraine, newspapers and broadcast media in Asia are offering a more nuanced perspective in line with their country’s…

By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor California lawmakers introduced two bills in the state Legislature Feb. 17 aimed at combating the surge of hate crimes targeting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.…

Disneyland Resort invites friends and family to come together for the return of the fan-favorite Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival, March 4 through April 26, 2022. Through food,…

By Nadine Burke Harris, MD, MPH/ ETHNIC MEDIA SERVICES Our state experienced the most devastating point of the pandemic last winter. More than 21,000 Californians were hospitalized with COVID-19 in the last…