Hyphen magazine - Asian American arts, culture, and politics

Helping us celebrate the launch of Hyphen's Issue 24 -- The Survival Issue -- is hip hop group DLRN.

Independent filmmaker James Z. Feng's MMA documentary Fight Life premieres on Friday, January 20.

Victoria Yue explores rapper Childish Gambino's lyrics, which specifically objectify Asian women.

Call me old-fashioned or idealistic, but there is something really touching about the Four Freedoms paintings Norman Rockwell produced during World War II. Though we live in a different political landscape today, those freedom are no less alive than they were in the 1940s.

Alabama's House Bill 56 -- which prohibits businesses from making contracts with undocumented workers -- shows early signs of hurting industries across the state.

When an event begins with something like, “Yes, it’s meant to be racist and discriminatory,” you can probably guess that some people are going to be upset. That’s exactly what UC Berkeley’s Campus Republicans did with their pay-by-the-race bake sale.

Portraiture Now: Portraits of Asian American Encounter -- an exhibit featuring the works of seven contemporary Asian American artists -- runs through October 14, for free, at the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.

Want to see more Asian American faces in the mainstream media? Here are three great Asian American film projects that could use your support.

Like many people from Northern Virginia, I’ve often resisted the label of being called a Southerner. Yes, Virginia did secede with the Confederacy during the Civil War. And yes, many of our roadways are named after Confederate generals and military folk. But, being from Northern Virginia, the idea of Southern hospitality and gentle mien is as foreign to us as discretion is for the unfortunately named Anthony Weiner.

Fourteen-year-old Sukanya Roy was crowned National Spelling Bee Champion after correctly spelling ‘cymotrichous.’