If bill is signed, New Jersey would be the second state to require these lessons

Preliminary data from the New Jersey State Police shows bias incidents have increased since 2019 and the number of reported cases could keep rising.

The U.S. Senate passed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act as a response to anti-Asian hate crimes. The bill now goes to the House of Representatives.

Lawmakers in Congress want to pass the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act in response to anti-Asian incidents.

Hundreds of residents gathered in Fort Lee and Princeton over the weekend to protest against racism against the Asian American community.

The group Stop AAPI Hate logged 3,800 incidents of discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders nationwide, including 59 in New Jersey.

According to the group Stop AAPI Hate, 44 incidents of anti-Asian discrimination was reported in New Jersey between March 19 and August 5 in 2020. ...