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Joined in Outrage
After more than 110,000 Japanese Americans were interned in desolate camps for three years during World War II, many said “Never again.”
Never would the United States turn its back on its own citizens — some of whom were born here and had roots in this country stretching back generations — imprisoning them out of widespread […] -
Pork Lovin’ Asians
Pork barrel” politics, patronage, political favoritism, earmarks — whatever you choose to call these line-item funding projects, they are as much an American tradition as our democratic electoral process.
Congressional politicians add on billions of dollars in special interest projects every year without a hearing, without legislative authorization and -
Japantown’s Future
The Cherry Blossom Festival, which concludes this Sunday with its Grand Parade, offers an allegory for San Francisco’s Japantown. The festival was started in 1967, amid the intertwined societal upheavals of the Vietnam War, the civil rights struggles and Japanese Americans’ burgeoning ethnic
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Asian American Studies Now
Like volcanoes awaking from their dormant state, Asian Americans are again shaking the foundations of educational institutions across America. But this time around, the eruptions are closer to the rising sun.
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An Asian American Viewpoint On China, Tibet and the Olympics
It’s yet unclear whether the tumult over China, Tibet and the Olympics will ever reach a crescendo. San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, however, could not help but join the fray by calling for a boycott of the 2008 Olympics opening ceremonies and by protesting the passage of the ceremonial Olympic torch through San Francisco on […]
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Unified From Top to Bottom
The belief that Asian Americans are a successful group in the United States is no myth. We have an annual household income and education level greater than the national average. We even built an era: the “Information Age.”
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Giving, the Asian Way
In Asian cultures, money is not something spoken about or dealt with in the open. It’s discussed at the family dinner table or whispered about over drinks.
Perhaps, then, it’s no surprise that Asian American philanthropy is somewhat hidden in the community. Unlike -
Save APA Economic Development Programs
At a time when personal debt and the national debt are skyrocketing out of control, and economists are telling Americans to save more of their money, why are funds being cut from the Northeast Community Federal Credit Union, which encourages savings accounts?
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Asian American Eats
Did you know that in the United States, there are more Chinese restaurants than all the McDonald’s, Burger Kings and KFCs combined?
This may be less surprising to you if you live in the Bay Area, where one can find delicious Asian hole-in-the-walls
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