On Tuesday night, 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long was arrested in connection with three shootings -- all at Atlanta-area Asian massage parlors -- that left eight people dead. Six of the victims were Asian women, indicating that Long's spree was a racially motivated hate crime. Long, who is white, confessed to carrying out the shootings and was charged with multiple counts of murder.Long's rampage is the latest in a spate of violent attacks against Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) folks thro...

Last month, Armie Hammer was dropped by his talent agency WME after a series of controversial explicit messages were revealed along with allegations of abuse. Now, a 24-year-old woman named Effie has recently come forward claiming that the actor raped her in 2017.Currently being investigated by the LAPD, Hammer has reportedly denied the allegations, as per BBC. His lawyer, Andrew Brettler, stated that he "welcomes the opportunity to set the record straight" as the claims were "outrageous.""On ...

In his first interview since coming out as transgender, Elliot Page spoke to TIME Magazine about his identity and the continued fight for trans equality. The actor, who found breakout fame for his starring role in 2007's Juno, opened up about the struggles he faced while playing female characters. "Even though [I was] an actor, just putting on a T-shirt cut for a woman would make me so unwell," Page recalled, disclosing that he suffered from anxiety, depression and panic attacks.After coming o...

In March 2020, non-profit Stop AAPI Hate formed in response to xenophobic attacks that Asian Americans began facing at the beginning of the pandemic. Allowing anyone to anonymously submit a hate incident, the organization launched an online reporting center for instances of discrimination and violence. A newly released study reveals that from March 19, 2020 to February 28, 2021, Stop AAPI Hate received a staggering 3,795 reports from residents in all 50 states, revealing the extent to which Asia...