Hate Crimes
A new bill to curb the disturbing uptick in violences against Asian people easily passed through the senate… but there was just one hold out, Missouri Republican Josh Hawley.
Progressives were watching closely to see whether the bill would become the first to fall to the filibuster under the new Democratic-controlled Senate.
"Did I strike a nerve?" the Florida Democrat, who's a former police officer, shouted at her Republican colleague.
Yet its path forward remains murky, given Senate Republicans' calls for changes.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
A viral video sparked outrage after it showed a woman being brutally beaten outside a building in Manhattan as workers stood by and watched.
Brandon Elliot faces charges of assault as a hate crime, attempted assault as a hate crime, assault and attempted assault, police said.
“Things for Asians in this country have been bleak for the past two weeks — and all the weeks before that since forever,” Yang said on "Weekend Update."
The driver of the vehicle appeared to run a red light while shouting racial epithets.
The actor made an appearance at a Stop Asian Hate rally following the shootings in Atlanta, which claimed the lives of eight people, including six women of Asian descent.
In Atlanta, San Francisco, Pittsburgh and beyond, crowds gathered to demand justice for the victims of the Georgia spa shootings.