Category: News
What About Pride Month? A Conversation with Meredith Talusan
Pride Month, celebrated annually throughout June, commemorates the Stonewall Riots of 1969 and...
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Juneteenth: One Among Untold American Histories
It’s mid-June, and while many patriotic Americans are gearing up for backyard barbecuing...
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Breaking the Language Barrier to Fight Anti-Blackness with our Asian Parents
“You can never date or marry a Black person.” These words, or some version of them, may be...
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June 2020 Resource Roundup: Learn to be an Ally
As co-editors of the Black Allyship @ Mochi column, we want to acknowledge our limited capacity...
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Black Allyship @ Mochi: Mission Statement
The Black Allyship @ Mochi column is an ongoing project that urges an awareness of racial...
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Leonardo Nam Reflects on His Journey from Teenage Roles to “Westworld”
Before vampires and tragic romances, there were wholesome movies starring teens doing regular teen...
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Mom and Dad, This is What I Want to Tell You About the Riots
As news segments flash images of protesters at odds with police lines, I hold my breath....
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“Far East Deep South”: One Family’s Story of Chinese Americans in the South
Other than a photo of his father’s grave in Cleveland, Charles Chiu has little to no memory of his...
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“Asian Americans” on PBS: History Lesson and Ongoing Discussion
With many of us sheltering-in-place or at risk in essential job functions, Asian Pacific American...
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“Little America”: The Series We Need for Our Anti-Immigrant Times
In this fraught, xenophobic and racist time, in great part egged on by our current President, the...
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How Friendships, Poetry and Writing Are Helping Jenny Zhang Amid COVID-19
Jenny Zhang and I began our phone call the same way thousands of other individuals around the...
Read MoreSophie Cheung’s “The Dragon Dream” Awakens Conversations About Mental Health
Content Warning: suicide, depression, anxiety] What Sophie Cheung remembered most from primary...
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