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Jubilee Project’s viral videos have raised over $28,000 for nonprofits.

Whether to fundraise, bring awareness to the rescue of North Korean refugees or help build the first secondary school in Lenana, Kenya, Eddie Lee knows how to make viral videos that captivate the...

Angela Pang | Issue 24: Survival - Winter 2011, Q+A
Hustle and Grow

Hustle and Grow

Entrepreneurs churn trash into fungal treasure.

In the spring of 2009, three guys stood over a five-gallon paint bucket holding seven fresh oyster mushrooms. University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business students Alex Velez and...

Jeff Kang | Food and Agriculture, Issue 24: Survival - Winter 2011
Oh, This Old Thing?

Oh, This Old Thing?

Archiving the oft-ignored fashion histories of American women of color.

Growing up in 1980s Southern California, Minh-Ha Pham remembers accompanying her mother as she shopped. But instead of returning with arms full of shopping bags, her mother brought back a head...

Lisa Wong Macabasco | Issue 24: Survival - Winter 2011, Style
Clap Your Hands to the Geek

Clap Your Hands to the Geek

Pop cultural emcee Adam WarRock talks rap.

Adam Warrock — the Korean American attorney turned pop culture-obsessed rapper who won 2011’s Kollaboration Atlanta, the city’s annual Asian American talent show — is nothing if not hard to define...

Sylvie Kim | Music, Issue 24: Survival - Winter 2011

DVD Reviews

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Ian Wang | DVD, Issue 24: Survival - Winter 2011
An Identity Under Wraps

An Identity Under Wraps

Living with a turban in a post-9/11 world.

Growing up in Northern California, I remember chatting with my father as he tied his pagri. We started in the bathroom where he brushed and tied up his beard under his chin. We then moved to the...

Meeta Kaur | First Person, Issue 24: Survival - Winter 2011
The Understudy

The Understudy

You tell people that you are a serious actor. That even though you have the range to tackle comic roles, that you excel at the dramatic. You feel justified in telling people this because as you...

Timothy Tau | Fiction, Issue 24: Survival - Winter 2011
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It's Complicated

It's Complicated

Artist Angie Wang imagines women in a "casually malevolent" world.

ANGIE WANG describes herself as an "illustratress and cartoonista," a nod to the influence of fashion and comics in her work. The Portland, OR-based artist is compelled by feelings of terror and...

Sita Kuratomi B... | Artwell, Issue 24: Survival - Winter 2011
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Filling the Void

Filling the Void

Covering the Gulf Coast Asian American community in the wake of disaster.

Above: Dinh V. Nguyen, the 61-year-old owner of the Ocean View shrimp boat in Biloxi, MS, said there has been no work since the BP oil spill. It costs roughly $5,000 to $7,000 to outfit a vessel...

Corky Lee | Exposure, Issue 24: Survival - Winter 2011
The Last Page: Game Show Survival!

The Last Page: Game Show Survival!

Louie Chin | Comic, Issue 24: Survival - Winter 2011

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