Hyphen magazine - Asian American arts, culture, and politics

In 1993, the California legislature had zero Asian Americans among its 120 members. That same year marked the launch of the Center for Asian Americans United for Self Empowerment (CAUSE), a nonprofit founded to address this lack of representation. Since then, more than 15 Asian Americans have made their way to Sacramento.

Two teenage immigrants get a crash course in American democracy by serving as poll monitors in Oakland, which is providing Vietnamese voter support at the polls for the first time.

A California advocacy group tackles everything from a "millionaire's tax" initiative to helping Tagalog-speaking Americans exercise their right to vote.