Dreams Past, Present and Future
August 29, 2003
Forty years ago this week, over 250,000 people (including my father and myself) came to Washington to join Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and others who were calling for jobs and equality for African Americans. Read more
Still Shrimping: Vietnamese American shrimpers 25 years after the second wave
August 29, 2003
Sau Van Nguyen, 21, located a policeman and surrendered to him, saying, “I am a murderer. I killed a man.” Read more
Lead, Not Divide
August 29, 2003
Parents making racial stereotypes about crime, drugs, and welfare in San Francisco schools are intolerable. However, Superintendent Arlene Ackerman took the wrong approach as she insisted that some Chinese parents were racist in a recent magazine story about her school district’s controversial student assignment policy. Read more
Letters to the Editor
August 29, 2003
Larry Is Better Than Old Blue Eyes Read more
Of APA Journalists and Proctologists
August 29, 2003
I’m still dwelling on my experience at the annual convention of the Asian American Journalists Association held recently in San Diego. You know, that organization where I used to be a chapter president (Washington, D.C.) and national board member, as well as local peon. But now I just like to stand back and use one column space each year to “make suggestions.” Read more
UpFront News Briefs
August 29, 2003
Overheard“They searched our car. I was scared out of my mind. They finally let us in, but I learned you ought to have a passport.” Read more
Letters to the Editor
August 29, 2003
‘Banzai’ and Fox APA Executives
DEAR EDITOR: I am writing in response to “‘Banzai’ Premieres to Protests” (July 17) and “‘Banzai’ Boycotted” (July 24) by Irwin Tang. Read more
Wanted — Chinese and Arab Americans: New group of recruits joining CIA’s ranks
August 29, 2003
The CIA, looking to double its ranks of clandestine operatives, recently graduated the largest class of new officers in the agency’s history, officials said. Read more
Crime and Punishment: Korean American vet to be kicked out of the United States
August 29, 2003
To his family, Peter Pak is an American hero who fought bravely as an Army Ranger in the first Gulf War. Read more
Economy and Direction Overshadow AAJA Convention
August 29, 2003
Newspapers and other media outlets are cutting costs. Radio and television industries are consolidating and sharing reporters and writers. In this state of the economy, tough times have come also to the Asian American Journalist Association’s (AAJA) annual convention. Read more
Jury Selection Continues in Sikh American Shooting
August 29, 2003
Jury selection continued this week in the capital murder trial of a man accused of killing a South Asian American immigrant after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Testimony in the trial is expected to begin in the first week of September. Read more
Under Ah-nold’s Radar: S.F. District Attorney’s Race
August 29, 2003
Flipping the channels of local news stations or the pages of San Francisco news publications, some Asian Pacific American residents say you would hardly know that several important elections are slated for the November ballot. And with the Oct. 7 recall election casting a shadow over San Francisco’s races, little attention has been given to one of the most important — the district attorney’s seat. Read more
