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  1. Uncle Bob Jindal: Man of No Color

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  2. Why is Obama Snubbing Asian Americans?

    Emil Guillermo, Jan 13, 2008

  3. An Asian American Viewpoint On China, Tibet and the Olympics

    AsianWeek Staff, Apr 06, 2008

  4. Jabbawockeez, Unmasked

    Tina Tsai, Mar 13, 2008

  5. We Have A Dream

    Phil Tajitsu Nash, Mar 24, 2008

  6. Obama’s Wright Wing Conspiracy

    Arthur Hu, Apr 07, 2008

  7. Is the backlash here yet?: Chinese Americans — and all Asian Americans — Should Be Ready

    Roger S. Dong, Apr 30, 2008

  1. Presidential Campaign Update

    By: AsianWeek Staff May 15, 2008
    Tags: National | 0 Comments

    Asian Pacific Americans actively participated in the Barack Obama nationwide campaign effort Vote For Change on May 10. Obama volunteers registered voters as part of the launch of the campaign’s first general election event. Vote For Change is consistent with Sen. Obama’s community organizing background in including more people in the political process.

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  2. Harvard Student Wins 1st Annual Outstanding Woman of the Year Award

    By: AsianWeek Staff Report May 13, 2008
    Tags: National | 4 Comments

    BOSTON — Asian Sisters Participating In Reaching Excellence (ASPIRE) announced Mihiri Tillakaratne as the grand prize-winner of the 1st Annual ASPIRE Outstanding Woman of the Year Award for female high school or college students of Asian American descent.

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  3. Loving Loving

    By: Phil Tajitsu Nash May 12, 2008
    Tags: National, Washington Journal | 0 Comments

    I remember driving down to rural Caroline County, Virginia, in 1992, to visit Mildred Loving. I was writing a piece for The Washington Post about the 25th anniversary of Loving v. Virginia, the 1967 landmark Supreme Court case that struck down barriers to interracial marriage, and I wanted to visit the woman whose name was […]

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  4. Controversy Over Restaurant Naming Continues

    By: Rex Feng May 09, 2008
    Tags: National | 3 Comments

    Is a restaurant by any other name still just a restaurant? Perhaps not for Chink’s Steaks, a cheese-steak eatery in northeast Philadelphia that is fairly well-known among the area’s Asian American community for its controversial, if not outright offensive, namesake. Having already drawn ire for refusing to change the restaurant’s name in 2004, owner Joseph […]

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  5. Presidential Campaign Update

    By: AsianWeek Staff May 08, 2008
    Tags: National | 0 Comments

    Community leaders converged on the McCain headquarters in Washington last week to meet with McCain campaign manager Rick Davis and Asian American and Pacific outreach coordinator Kishan Putta, to discuss upcoming activities and initiatives. Outreach efforts to be implemented at the local level were addressed.

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  6. Post-primary reactions: Clinton and Obama APA Supporters

    By: AsianWeek Staff May 07, 2008
    Tags: National | 3 Comments

    Clinton Supporters
    I’m still happy and satisfied with the result from yesterday’s primaries because our winning in Indiana is very encouraging. Indiana was once considered as “Obama’s territory” because the northwestern part of Indiana gets strong influences from the TV from Chicago (Obama’s home town), so I didn’t really have confidence for this state.

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  7. East of California

    By: Phil Tajitsu Nash May 06, 2008
    Tags: National, Washington Journal | 0 Comments

    Asian American studies, like other ethnic studies programs, was developed to help change the focus of college curricula from the achievements of great white men to the history, demographics, experiences and needs of everyone in this diverse nation. The Third World Strikes at San Francisco State and U.C. Berkeley in 1968 and 1969 established California […]

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  8. Rice Prices Cause Crisis Across Globe

    By: Lisa Wong Macabasco May 05, 2008
    Tags: National | 1 Comment

    From Bangkok to Burbank, soaring rice prices are causing panic among Asians and Asian Americans for whom the grain is a staple of their diet.
    World rice prices have skyrocketed 70 percent this year because of a number of factors, including higher energy and fertilizer costs, the loss of rice

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  9. Time for Obama To Bail Out?

    By: Arthur Hu May 02, 2008
    Tags: Hu's on First, National | 9 Comments

    Hillary doesn’t have to catch up to Obama — she just has to remain standing when Obama melts down. He’s taken hits and is going down. Obamanator’s true nature is showing through the battle damage. Howard Dean says one of the two has to bail out, and even Slate joked Obama should bow out first.

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