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PEOPLE ARE USUALLY SURPRISED to learn that I'm a workout enthusiast. Whether because of my scrawny frame or my hipster posturing, I don't scream "athletic" upon first (or even subsequent) glance....

Lisa Wong Macabasco | Issue 18: Action - Summer 2009

Interrogasian

Hyphen's sensei of sensibility answers your questions about Asian culture.

Dear InterrogAsian,

Interrogasian | Issue 18: Action - Summer 2009

Sweet Sensations

Top chocolatier Kee Ling Tong and musical entrepreneur Nadia Ali combine corporate smarts with creative passion.

Kee's Chocolate Complex, Gracious and Sweet

At 9:30 am, Soho is serene - save for occasional stumbling fashionistas mainlining coffee and nursing hangovers - but one...

Anonymous | Issue 18: Action - Summer 2009

Bringing Home the Farm

Kitchen gardening is all the rage, but Asian Americans have been doing it for generations.

THERE IS A SCENE I'll never forget in Spencer Nakasako's 1998 documentary Kelly Loves Tony. A Mien mother cooks an inky-black brew of homegrown herb soup for her daughter to bathe in after giving...

Nina Kahori Fal... | Issue 18: Action - Summer 2009

Environmental Engineer

Steve Ma's Live Green network gives discounts to consumers at eco-friendly DC-area businesses.

AS RECENTLY AS 1995, promoting business and saving the earth seemed like incompatible aims. In that year, then-Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich tried to appease corporate interests by...

Anonymous | Issue 18: Action - Summer 2009

Street Dreams

IT'S FRIDAY NIGHT at the Alibi Room, a bar in Culver City, CA. Lisa Banuelos and David Kong, first to order, opt for a Korean shortrib taco special.

Since February, customers who once...

Ching-In Chen | Issue 18: Action - Summer 2009

Ponzi Scam? More Like Ponzu Scam

How to avoid getting grifted by Asian American con artists.

DESPERATE TIMES create desperate people. Some people get a job at The Java Hut on the weekends. Others start brown bagging lunches. But some - the crafty - start gritting. With the capture of "...

Annette Lee | Issue 18: Action - Summer 2009

Hollywood Not Bending

Whitewashing of Last Airbender movie shows studios are still averse to Asian American actors.

I AM A PROUD fan of Avatar. The Last Airbender. I own the entire collection on DVD. I used to debate the pros and cons of each bender type with my 10-year-old niece. I am, and forever will be,...

Maveric Vu | Issue 18: Action - Summer 2009

Margaret Cho Stands Up

The comedian, actress and activist urges Asian Americans to take action.

FROM HER BEGINNINGS as a 16-year-old comedian and the star of the short-lived sitcom All-American Girl, Margaret Cho's career has soared with such gut-busting comedy shows as "I'm the One That I...

Dino-Ray Ramos | Issue 18: Action - Summer 2009

Viva La Comunidad

World War II changed everything for the Japanese in America and in Cuba. Now some are connecting - across an ocean and an embargo - to exchange experiences, fears and hopes.

STEPPING OFF THE COBBLESTONE STREETS OF Havana Vieja, Yeneit Delgado Kios melts into the pitch-black shadows of her apartment building's entryway. There, the cool, damp air seems miles away from...

Emily Leach | Issue 18: Action - Summer 2009

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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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