Claire Wang

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Claire Wang

The Eaton fire that devastated Altadena in early January burned down Juan Carlos Perez’s family home and the school where his younger daughter attended sixth grade. Losing both anchors at once, Perez said, has been traumatizing for the 12-year-old. As the family moved from hotel to Airbnb, his daughter has become increasingly withdrawn and too anxious to return to school, asking to finish the semester online.

2 months ago | nbcnews.com | Claire Wang

Throughout most of the 2010s, Forever 21 shoppers were often unknowingly wearing K-pop fashion along with their satin camis and cutout dresses. Shoppers may have tossed into their iconic yellow plastic bags striped shirts and jackets inspired by the South Korean boy band ENHYPEN, clear handbags and backpacks — a mainstay at K-pop concerts — or beauty products from brands likeCOSRX.

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Claire Wang

In 2014, a few years after the birth of her second child, Jenny left China to flee an abusive relationship and government persecution for violating the one-child policy. She brought her younger daughter to San Francisco and, though undocumented, found work at a childcare facility and eventually married a US citizen. Because of extended delays in visa processing, her green card application remains in limbo after three years, but she’s never been particularly afraid of her immigration status.

Feb 11, 2025 | theguardian.com | Claire Wang

Wendy Lopez, a single mother of three from Guatemala, received an eviction order the day before wildfires destroyed Pacific Palisades, where she worked as a caregiver for people with disabilities. The crisis only escalated the eviction process, Lopez said. The landlord for her rent-stabilized Mid City apartment has sent her threatening letters nearly every day. On 1 February , he raised her monthly rent from $1320 to $1430, exceeding the 4% legal rent increase limit.

Jan 27, 2025 | theguardian.com | Claire Wang

In 1898, at the height of anti-Chinese hysteria, a young cook won a landmark supreme court case that guaranteed citizenship to anyone born on US soil, regardless of race or ancestry. Millions of children from immigrant households have since become United States citizens as a result of his legal battle. The constitutional right that Wong Kim Ark helped cement has come under growing assault from conservatives.