Topic “Social Justice”

Occupy Cal: API Edition

When Occupy Cal students marched through the city of Berkeley, many API students could be seen holding signs that read, “Asian American and Proud,” and calling for funds for Ethnic Studies and the language departments.

By: Steven Cong | Posted: Fri, Dec 16th- 1:34pm | Under: occupy wall street, Activism, News & Politics, Social Justice

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,"...

By: Momo Chang | Posted: Mon, Nov 14th- 11:37am | Under: bullying, Helen I. Hwang, Loan Tran, Trang Dang, WHIAAPI, Activism, News & Politics, Race, Social Issues, Social Justice

Race-ing Occupy Wall Street

Occupy Wall Street isn't as white or privileged or [insert flimsy excuse] as you think it is. All kinds of people are playing a role -- both in the spectacle and behind the scenes.

By: Tammy Kim | Posted: Wed, Jan 25th- 3:25pm | Under: occupy wall street, Race, Activism, Social Justice

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...

By: Catherine A Traywick | Posted: Tue, Apr 23rd- 12:24pm | Under: Activism, Feature, Issue 24: Survival - Winter 2011, Health & Environment, Race, Social Justice

Facing History

Corky Lee
The People’s...

By: Judy Lei | Posted: Mon, Oct 31st- 10:00pm | Under: Activism, Feature, Community, Issue 23: Bittersweet - Spring 2011, History, Photography, Profiles, Social Justice

Brown Power at Occupy Wall Street!

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

By: Hena Ashraf | Posted: Fri, Dec 16th- 1:28pm | Under: hena ashraf, occupy wall street, Activism, News & Politics, Race, Social Issues, Social Justice

National Portrait Gallery Exhibits Asian American Artists

Portraiture Now: Portraits of Asian American Encounter -- an exhibit featuring the works of seven contemporary Asian American artists -- runs through October 14, for free, at the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery in Washington,...

By: Victoria Yue | Posted: Wed, Sep 28th- 10:02am | Under: National Portrait Gallery, Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter, Culture, Diaspora, Hyphen Events, Idealize This!, Immigration, Performing Arts, Photography, Social Issues, Social Justice

Workers Sue Local Salon Chain for Labor Violations

Workers with the nail salon chain Natalie Salon filed a class action lawsuit in San Mateo Superior Court Tuesday, accusing their employers of not providing overtime pay and other labor violations.

By: New America Media | Posted: Mon, Sep 19th- 8:38am | Under: nail salon, natalie salon, san francisco, vietnamese american, wage theft, Community, News & Politics, Social Issues, Social Justice

Unparalleled Difficulty: Writing about Aid for North Korea

The politics of organizing for North Korea was too complex for this writer to tackle.

By: Sylvie Kim | Posted: Fri, Sep 16th- 10:03am | Under: aid, Blogger Column, crossing borders, liberty in north korea, north korea, notdutdol, organizing, Culture, News & Politics, Politics, Social Issues, Social Justice

Immigrant Youth Remake South Philly after Anti-Asian Violence

Hyphen sits down with the Ly brothers, activist grads of the troubled South Philadelphia High School.

By: Tammy Kim | Posted: Sun, Jul 24th- 1:55am | Under: Asian Student Association of Philadelphia, Blogger Column, boat people sos, duong nghe ly, freedom from fear, south philadelphia high school, vietnamese philadelphia, Activism, Race, Social Justice

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