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As the U.S. continues its battle against COVID-19, it is also battling a rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans. A recent report found that hate crimes against Asian Americans in major U.S. cities surged by nearly 150 percent in 2020 —even as the number of overall hate crimes fell. Stephanie Sy looks at how the violence has marred one community, and how they are coming together in its wake.

Asian Americans reported the single biggest increase in serious incidents of online hate and harassment as racist and xenophobic slurs blaming people of Asian descent for the coronavirus pandemic spread over the past year, according to a new survey shared exclusively with USA TODAY.

Hate Crimes Against Asian Americans Are on the Rise. Many Say More Policing Isn't the Answer

Who exactly is a Pacific Islander and is this term even accurate to describe a real "race" anyways? The Pacific is certainly a place of wonder and mystery, covering over 1/3 of our planet's surface, but contains some of the world's biggest mysteries, such as just where exactly the Australian Aboriginals, Papuans, Melanesians, Micronesians, Polynesians and other dark-skinned peoples of Oceania originated from.In today's video, we're going to be discussing the origins of this interesting group of people, who their ancestors were and how they got there and how they've been impacted in the modern era by contact with other people groups.

We share some of Yuri Kochiyama's best quotes from "Yuri Kochiyama: Passion for Justice."

To know a people, know their stories.
Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month this May and every day with a special PBS collection of stories that explores the history, traditions and culture of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States.