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Al, Tipper and the happy couple. Al Gore’s daughter, Sarah, married businessman Bill Lee over the weekend in Los Angeles. She’s the former VP’s kid, and by celebrity news standards, this event was pretty unremarkable. Read More …
Former AsianWeek columnist Kenneth Eng was arrested and jailed last week on harrassment and assault charges.
It was pointed out to me the other night that I’m a living, breathing embodiment of the stereotypical quiet Asian.
Melissa Hung, Hyphen magazine’s esteemed editor in chief, recounted an experience that is all too familiar to many Asian Americans during a panel discussion last night on stereotypes co-presented by Hyphen and hosted by the Read More …
It could be the white-sand beaches. It could be the blue sea that calls you to jump in. It could be the warm tropical weather and the palm trees waving in the breeze. It could Read More …
Hyphen magazine advisory board member and blogger Sonny Le alerted us to this video of Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden, a presidential candidate, talking to Indan American supporters and making reference to 7-Eleven and Dunkin Donuts. Read More …
Not exactly stop-the-presses news, but Asian Americans are the biggest racial group in the incoming class at the University of California.
Better a day late than never. Yesterday was the 100th anniversary the San Francisco earthquake, and if you’re here in the Bay Area, you’ve been inundated with centennial stories in the news.
Most of the buildings that make up San Francisco’s Japantown Center are being sold, raising concerns that it will be turned into a lifeless strip mall or condo complex.
Here’s a Los Angeles Times story about how the Huntington Library in San Marino, an institution built on the backs of Chinese laborers during the 1800s, is financing its new Chinese Garden with donations from Read More …