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Hyphen TV: Dangerous Traffic Lights

The season finale of Monday Mornings, Tu returns once again on Project Runway, and Brenda on Survivor.

Dianne Choie | April 15, 2013 - 9:33pm

The Narrowing World of the Internet

The net is becoming less wide and more a world dominated by Hollywood and Madison Avenue. Will that affect APIs who have flourished on the internet?

Ken Choy | April 15, 2013 - 1:21pm

Books: A Little Bark and No Bite

Kim Wong Keltner is determinedly disputing Chua’s claims with her first work of nonfiction.

Joyce Chen | April 11, 2013 - 5:47am

Hot Asian American Guys Are Taking Over My TV (Finally)

Asian American guys are having the best television season ever.

Theresa Celebran Jones | April 10, 2013 - 11:27am
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Hyphen TV: French A-hole

The importance of writing on Monday Mornings, Tu works harder than anyone else on Project Runway, Glenn visits Conan, and Colbert discusses North Korea.

Dianne Choie | April 9, 2013 - 10:00am

How Hula Dancing Came to Arizona Prisons

In a Hawaiian-only prison in Arizona, getting in touch with their roots is one way inmates get by.

Toshio Meronek | April 8, 2013 - 10:20am

Thoughts On the Decline and Fall of That Most Ignoble of Terms, 'Illegal Immigrant'

On Tuesday, the Associated Press announced it would no longer sanction the word “illegal immigrant” or the use of “illegal” to describe a person. Writer and commentator Roberto Lovato shares the significance, origins, and players in the movement to strike the word "illegal" from journalistic and popular usage.

Roberto Lovato | April 5, 2013 - 3:32pm
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Thao Nguyen’s Uncommon Life

With a new album and tour, Thao Nguyen is in the spotlight. Hyphen reviews We the Common and checks in with her on the road.

Andrew Rusli | April 4, 2013 - 4:25pm

Books: Lost in Japantown

It's 1920 in Los Angeles, and Japanese immigrants are spending another restive night trying not to die an ignoble death in a foreign country.

Jee Yoon Lee | April 4, 2013 - 5:40am

Through the Long Winter: A Look Back at Radiolab's Yellow Rain Controversy

Six months after Radiolab's 'Yellow Rain' segment and resulting public outcry, Kao Kalia Yang shares her ongoing struggle for meaningful acknowledgement from NPR leadership.

Kao Kalia Yang | April 3, 2013 - 1:12pm
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