Hyphen magazine - Asian American arts, culture, and politics

New California districts that have been mapped out spell political gains for the Asian community, but losses for the Latino community.

Hyphen is teaming up with the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, to present a series of blog stories on the 2010 Census.

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...

Some 21.5 percent of the 1.3 million Japanese American (JA) population is 65 or older, making it this country’s oldest ethnic group. The overall number of 65-plus residents in the United States, now 12 percent, will reach 20 percent about 2050....