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Medical Malpractice?

Medical Malpractice?

Writer Catherine A. Traywick

Jane Sandoval can’t speak a lick of Tagalog — her parents made sure of that. “There’s no excuse for you to not speak well. You were born here,” her father used to tell his children, often punctuating this...

Catherine A Traywick | Thu, Nov 10th- 9:23am | Activism, Feature, Issue 24: Survival, Health & Environment, Race, Social Justice
In the Face of Bullying

In the Face of Bullying

Writer: Helen I. Hwang

On a cold December day in 2009, just weeks before Christmas, 15-year-old Trang Dang was walking home from school with her sister and eight friends, all recent Vietnamese immigrants. Also part of their group: the...

Helen I. Hwang | Thu, Nov 10th- 9:23am | Activism, Feature, Issue 24: Survival, Immigration, News & Politics, Race, Social Issues

Finding Asian America in Arizona's Immigration Battle

For the API community in Arizona, SB 1070 was a wake-up call. The “illegal immigration” raised enduring, fundamental questions about who was “in” or would be cast “out” of our society.

Annie Lai | Mon, Jan 23rd- 8:38am | ACLU, arizona, sb 1070, sheriff joe arpaio, Activism, Immigration, Politics, Race, Social Justice

Does Childish Gambino Have an Asian Problem?

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

Victoria Yue | Mon, Jan 2nd- 12:48am | Blogger Column, Camp, Childish Gambino, Donald Glover, Freaks and Geeks, Music, Race

Study Finds API Youth Most Bullied

A new study shows that Asian American teens experience more bullying than any others. Writer Helen I. Hwang discusses the study. Read her story, "In the Face of Bullying,"...

Momo Chang | Mon, Nov 14th- 10:37am | bullying, Helen I. Hwang, Loan Tran, Trang Dang, WHIAAPI, Activism, News & Politics, Race, Social Issues, Social Justice
Talking Back

Talking Back

Alison Roh Park was 14 the first time she saw a man masturbating across from her on the subway. Another time, a group of drunk white men obstructed her path outside a bar and asked for a massage. “Men will explicitly refer to me as ‘China Doll...

Nicole Wong | Sun, Nov 20th- 8:08pm | Chai Shenoy, hollaback, public street harassment, Lazy Susan, Activism, Gender, Issue 24: Survival, Race, Sex, Social Issues
Uncharted Territory

Uncharted Territory

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

Hyphen Online: Highlights From Hyphen's Website

Catherine Traywick
Most of the designers author Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu interviewed (including notables like Phillip Lim, Derek Lam and Doo-Ri...

Sylvie Kim | Mon, Oct 31st- 2:44pm | Front of the Book, Ask a Model Minority Suicide, Issue 23: Bittersweet, Media, Politics, Race, TV

Disaggregating Identity

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

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

Brown Power at Occupy Wall Street!

A South Asian participant at Occupy Wall Street describes racial privilege at the protests.

Hena Ashraf | Fri, Dec 16th- 12:28pm | hena ashraf, occupy wall street, Activism, News & Politics, Race, Social Issues, Social Justice
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