From bestselling authors to up and coming artists, here are the creative leaders in the Asian American community.
On campuses like University of California, Berkeley, it is not uncommon to walk by a herd of students moving their limbs in unison to hip-hop music. You might see them dancing in front of lecture hall buildings, in parking garages, and in brightly lit hallways in...
Kapwa. English translation: not found. A Tagalog word, “kapwa” is both a physical space and a metaphysical space. The word encapsulates both a sense of closeness, belonging and recognition. In every episode, co-hosts Jen Amos and Nani Dominguez invoke kapwa along with...
There are 61 million people in America living with disabilities. That’s one in every four people. While the wheelchair symbol is the most common representation of disability, many disabled people do not utilize a mobility device. (Some even have disabilities that are...
With many of us sheltering-in-place or at risk in essential job functions, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month hits differently this year. The continued COVID-19 scapegoating (re)produces racial tensions across the United States, resulting in acts of violence, hate,...
Jenny Zhang and I began our phone call the same way thousands of other individuals around the world began theirs: by discussing how we are coping amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “I’m feeling especially sad for my parents and others their age who’ve lived more than half...
Content Warning: suicide, depression, anxiety] What Sophie Cheung remembered most from primary school in Hong Kong was aspiring to get into the best university possible. From a very young age, the TED Talks producer, filmmaker and photographer of celebrities, like...
Content warning: Sexual harassment and rape. The following review includes spoilers. Kelly Yang drew from her own experience of being raped while attending Harvard Law School to write her latest fictional novel that was 17 years in the making. As a survivor of...
It’s a strange feeling walking around Harvard Square, the iconic Cambridge, Mass. hub for the same-named college, and seeing absolutely no one around. It’s a ghost town because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and now I feel even more aware of my presence as a Chinese...
COVID-19 isn’t going anywhere any time soon. As the global community battles this public health crisis, millions are cooped up at home — alone or with their roommates, partners, or kids. If you’re starting to feel stir-crazy and need some ideas on how to stay occupied...