Topic “Community”

10 Ways to Rep Hyphen this Holiday Season

Because you love us, and right now is the season to show it.

By: Nicole Wong | Posted: Fri, Dec 23rd- 11:37am | Under: Community, Gift Guide

Fortune Cookie USA Photo Contest

Upload your most creative fortune cookie photos with the hashtag #FortuneCookieUSA to Twitter or Flickr over the holiday season, and your works of art may be published in Hyphen magazine's 10th Anniversary Issue.

By: Nina Kahori Fal... | Posted: Thu, Dec 22nd- 6:52pm | Under: Chinese American food, fortune cookies, Holidays, Art & Design, Community, Dollar Store Finds, Food, Photography, Sex

Burmese Refugees in Oakland Living in Extreme Poverty

A report from San Francisco State University and the Burma Refugee Family Network finds that 60 percent of refugees from Myanmar in Oakland are living in extreme poverty.

By: New America Media | Posted: Fri, Dec 2nd- 9:30am | Under: Burma Refugee Family Network, myanmar, Oakland, refugees, Community, Immigration, Social Issues

Filling the Void

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the sparse coverage of the Asian American community in the Gulf Coast drudged up a familiar feeling in me — one of sadness, frustration and neglect. It’s a feeling that I have been working to overcome for...

By: Corky Lee | Posted: Sat, Nov 19th- 10:57am | Under: Community, Exposed, Issue 24: Survival, History, Media, Photography

Sea Change

Writer Nina Kahori Fallenbaum
Photographer Lisa Cates

Some say that Asian America began in Louisiana. In the late 1700s, Filipino sailors escaped Spanish galleons and started shrimping the hot, humid Gulf Coast, where the weather...

By: Nina Kahori Fal... | Posted: Wed, Nov 9th- 11:54pm | Under: BP Oil Spill, Louisiana, New Orleans East, vietnamese americans, Food, Community, Food, Issue 24: Survival, Health & Environment, News & Politics, Recipe

Bok Choy Apparel: T-Shirts with a Mission

Hyphen caught up with Antony Ho and Brian Yee from Bok Choy Apparel -- who helped outfit our Mr. Hyphen 2011 contestants -- to hear about their community focus and a very delicious description of their design aesthetic.
...

By: Esther Kim | Posted: Wed, Nov 9th- 11:25pm | Under: bok choy apparel, Mr. Hyphen 2011, Community, Fashion, Hyphen Events, Mr. Hyphen

Uncharted Territory

By: Nicole Wong | Posted: Wed, Nov 9th- 12:27am | Under: 2010 Census, AAPI statistics, population data, Charts, Feature, Community, Issue 24: Survival, News & Politics, Politics, Race

Facing History

Corky Lee
The People’s...

By: Judy Lei | Posted: Mon, Oct 31st- 9:00pm | Under: Activism, Feature, Community, Issue 23: Bittersweet, History, Photography, Profiles, Social Justice

Disaggregating Identity

What’s in a name? Taking a closer look at how US census boxes have dealt with change -- and inspired controversy.

By: Nicole Wong | Posted: Wed, Nov 9th- 12:12am | Under: 2010 Census, NHOPI, population data, Community, Culture, News & Politics, Politics, Race

Chinese Community Joins Occupy Wall Street Movement

Chinese American union workers join the San Francisco leg of the Occupy Wall Street protests.

By: New America Media | Posted: Fri, Dec 16th- 12:40pm | Under: chinese americans, occupy wall street, san francisco, Activism, Community, News & Politics, Politics

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The Survival Issue

Keep on keepin' on with our latest edition, featuring World War II internment camp survivors on the cover.

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