Topic “News & Politics”

Fixin’ to Go Mainstream

A look at today's Southern crop of Asian American leaders.

By: Lin Yang | Posted: Tue, Feb 26th- 6:02pm | Under: Politics, Issue 26: The South - Spring 2013, News & Politics, Politics, Profiles

Today would've been David's 15th birthday. To commemorate his birthday, Hyphen Magazine has created an online memorial, which includes a letter from the Phan family, a gallery of letters from classmates and teachers, and a request...

By: Terry K Park | Posted: Mon, May 20th- 5:22pm | Under: bullying, David Phan, queer, Vietnamerica, Activism, Community, Culture, Diaspora, Immigration, News & Politics, Photography, Race, Social Issues, Social Justice

Face Blindness: The Misidentification of Sunil Tripathi as the Boston Marathon Bomber

Hyphen co-founder Chris Fan discusses the consequences of social media journalism after internet users misidentified missing Brown University student Sunil Tripathi as the Boston Marathon bombing suspect.

By: Chris Fan | Posted: Mon, Apr 22nd- 10:47pm | Under: Events, Media, News & Politics, Race

Politics: As Immigration Debate Looms, Advocacy Groups Gear Up for Battle

With Congress set to debate immigration legislation in early April, the stakes are huge for the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants who currently live in the U.S. An entire network of non-profits have teamed up to push...

By: Lin Yang | Posted: Fri, Apr 5th- 3:32pm | Under: Congress, reform, Activism, Community, Diaspora, Immigration, News & Politics, Politics, Social Justice

CAAMFest 2013 Interviews: Deann Borshay Liem and Ramsay Liem of 'Memory of Forgotten War'

Memory of Forgotten War features testimonies of four first-generation Korean Americans survivors of what is known in the US as the "forgotten war." Co-directors Deann Borshay Liem and Ramsay Liem discuss the making of a documentary...

By: Terry K Park | Posted: Tue, Mar 19th- 1:40pm | Under: Blogger Column, CAAMFest 2013, documentary, Korean War, Q+A, Culture, Diaspora, Film, Film Festivals, History, News & Politics, Profiles, Reviews

Vice Goes To North Korea Again

Was Dennis Rodman the most appropriate ambassador Vice could think of?

By: Theresa Celebra... | Posted: Tue, Mar 12th- 9:02am | Under: Blogger Column, dennis rodman, north korea, vice magazine, News & Politics

David Phan's Suicide Sparks Grief, Anger and Call for Justice

"I had a great life but I must leave." These were the last words written by David Q. Phan, a 14-year-old Vietnamese American junior high school student from Taylorsville, Utah, before he committed suicide. A grieving family -- and multiple...

By: Terry K Park | Posted: Fri, Jan 25th- 1:15pm | Under: Blogger Column, bullying, queer, suicide, Utah, vietnamese americans, Activism, Business, Community, News & Politics, Politics, Race, Social Issues, Social Justice

Politics: 2012 Election Exposes Barriers In Muslim Political Organizing

The 2012 election revealed that although Muslims are voting, they are not organized to the degree in which they can advocate for policies that protect and benefit their communities.

By: Nadia Hussain | Posted: Fri, Dec 28th- 10:06am | Under: Election, Muslims, Activism, Community, Diaspora, Immigration, News & Politics, Politics, Race, Social Issues, Social Justice

'Red Dawn': Farcical Premise Breeds False Sense of Threat

Hollywood creates a very unlikely plot line that turns fears over economic competition into fears about national security.

By: Lin Yang | Posted: Mon, Dec 10th- 10:32am | Under: China, fear, globalization, Hollywood, korea, Culture, Film, Media, News & Politics, Politics, Race, Social Issues

Hyphen Goes to 2012 Facing Race

From November 15-17th, Baltimore hosted the Applied Research Center's 2012 Facing Race conference. Fourteen hundred...

By: Nina Reyes | Posted: Fri, Dec 7th- 8:15am | Under: Community, Culture, Diaspora, Events, Media, Networking, News & Politics, Politics, Race, Reviews, Social Issues, Social Justice

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