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New Recruits

An Asian face for the Army of One

Last January, an Asian face graced the most American of advertising campaigns: recruitment print ads for the United States Army....

Rhea Wong | Issue 1: Premiere - Summer 2003, Redux

Faltering Voices

As the community gapples with hate crimes, discrimination and insensitivity, who speaks for Asian America?

After the September 11 terrorist attacks, when some Muslim and Sikh Americans suffered from an anti-al-Qaida backlash because of their turbans or skin color, it was a little-known organization...

Titania Leung Inglis | Issue 1: Premiere - Summer 2003, Feature

Grave Concern

The hidden dangers of hepatitis B.

Anthony Chiu had just enjoyed a dish of chicken curry when he was seized with a terrible stomachache. Indigestion, he thought. The pain subsided so Chiu dismissed the episode, visited the same...

Jennifer Huang | Issue 1: Premiere - Summer 2003, Front of the Book

The Space Between

Exploring boundaries in art with Shahzia Sikander.

In the painted world of Shahzia Sikander, veils float, griffins stare, and bodies twist in ethereal, layered...

Melissa Hung | Issue 1: Premiere - Summer 2003, Front of the Book

Move Bitch, Jin's on the Way

Hyphen's music editor rocks out with the new face of hip-hop.

Chinese American rapper, newest member of Rough Ryders, finds his Asian people in Mountain View.

Todd Inoue | Issue 1: Premiere - Summer 2003, Front of the Book

How to be Fast and Furious

Titania Leung Inglis | Issue 1: Premiere - Summer 2003, Recipe

The Forgotten Revolution

Thirty-five years ago, young activists had to fight to become Asian American. Now, our radical heritage has been lost in the generation gap.

IN 2003, IT’S MAINSTREAM — some might even say blasé — to be Asian American. But just a few decades ago, things were entirely different. “Asian Americans” did not exist. We were not a category...

Gordon Lee | Issue 1: Premiere - Summer 2003, Feature

Down Under

Vinyl killer-cum-graphic novelist Kid Koala on robots, Wurlitzers, and B-I-N-G-O.

KID KOALA is the patron saint of bedroom DJ’s — not the ones cramping their fingers perfecting a four-finger click, but the ones who find inspiration from lesser-known sources: talking parakeet...

Todd Inoue | Issue 1: Premiere - Summer 2003, Feature

Strangers in a Strange Land

Hundreds of Cambodian Americans who fled the Khmer Rouge as youngsters face exile to a country they can hardly remember.

The man of few words is Choeun Mom, a 23-year-old Cambodian American who has sweated what he calls the "petty stuff" burglary and assault IV — all before his 16th birthday. Had he been just...

Genevieve Roja | Issue 1: Premiere - Summer 2003, Feature

GrEEtings

Meet Ee. Not the drug, the band.

Ee — the San Francisco band, not the frontman for the Eels, or the drug, or the exclamation — has more heads than it knows what to do with. The current lineup, having come together to...

Stefanie Kalem | Issue 1: Premiere - Summer 2003

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Mosey with us through the South, a region rich with history and culture -- and one that is vital to, but often overlooked in, Asian American history.

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