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Do Asian Americans Yelp Like Crazy?

Hyphen writers Victoria Yue and Mic Nguyen take a look at the disproportionate number of Asian Americans on Yelp as compared to the general population. Based in Chicago, Victoria is addicted to random personal anecdotes and Red Mango’s discontinued Tangonium yogurt. Michael lives and writes in Brooklyn, and is championing a new food pyramid in which every step is pizza.

It was curiously fun, and now they’re both hungry.

Victoria Yue | March 31, 2011 - 10:08am
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Stop the Deportation of DREAMer Manolo and His Family

Venezuelan-born, US college grad Manolo Lem faces deportation along with his parents -- restaurant owners in Shelbyville, TN -- who are originally from China. Manolo has been in the United States since the age of 2 and his brother Vincent is an American citizen.

Sylvie Kim | March 30, 2011 - 12:33pm

The Hyphenite's Social Calendar: Talks, Plays, and Submissions

J-Gators, a collaboration of students at the University of Florida, is raising funds for earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan with 100 percent of profits from t-shirt sales going to the Hope for Japan Relief Fund. Their goal is to raise at least $5000 within a flexible deadline (the next 2-3 weeks).

Mic Nguyen | March 30, 2011 - 10:50am

Hyphen at the National Conference on Media Reform, April 8-10 in Boston


A few months ago fellow hyphenator Nina Fallenbaum told me about the upcoming National Conference on Media Reform in Boston. Once upon a time, before her Hyphen days, she attended. Now I am, and so is Hyphen.

Saif Ansari | March 29, 2011 - 8:30pm
| Comments: 1

Hyphen TV: Not Offensive!

Look, I'm as sick of measuring how "offensive" things are as anyone else. So it was nice to get a moment of levity from 30 Rock's Jenna Maroney, arguably a close second in the Out of Touch with Reality contest to Tracy Morgan's Tracy Jordan.

Dianne Choie | March 29, 2011 - 10:43am

Chew on This: Chinese American Detective Comes to Showtime

In light of the Akira casting controversy last week, perhaps some may enjoy sampling the tastier news of Showtime picking up the script for Chew, a quirky comic book series featuring Chinese American police detective Tony Chu, as a half-hour TV series.

Dot Lin | March 28, 2011 - 11:31am

Jane Iwamura, on Asian Religions without Asians

How did the American fascination with meditation, yoga, the Dalai Lama, or even Mr. Miyagi and Yoda come about? How does an Asian religion gain entry into the American cultural imagination?

Jane Iwamura | March 25, 2011 - 11:42am
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How to Choose Your Therapist

It’s perfectly normal to meet several therapists before deciding on one with whom you feel a good rapport. As with dating, “that didn’t suck” is not a high enough bar.

Ask a Model Minority Suicide | March 24, 2011 - 12:12pm
| Comments: 1

One Year Later: The Effects of the BP Oil Spill

New America Media looks at the health effects people are facing one year after the BP Oil Spill, particularly those impacting the many Vietnamese fishing communities in the Gulf Coast region.

New America Media | March 24, 2011 - 9:56am

'ARRIVALS/DEPARTURES' Migrant Art Exhibit

ARRIVALS/DEPARTURES is a multimedia art exhibit portraying a side of the immigrant experience often neglected in favor of political and economic discussion and ideology: the human one.

Nina Reyes | March 23, 2011 - 9:12am

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Mosey with us through the South, a region rich with history and culture -- and one that is vital to, but often overlooked in, Asian American history.

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