Stories from Paul’s Kitchen
An older Caucasian couple was enjoying steaming bowls of soup and chow mein at Paul’s Kitchen, 1012 San Pedro Street near Tenth Street in Los Angeles. The man shared, “I’ve been coming here since I was a boy. We lived in San Gabriel then, and my parents had five kids. Sometimes the lines here were…
Should AANHPIs give a Flying %&@# about America’s 250th Birthday?
By Eddie Wong. Posted June 15, 2026 “Meh” seems to be the response to the upcoming July 4, 2026 celebration of America’s 250th birthday. Trump’s UFC Cage Match on the White House lawn on June 14 to celebrate his 8oth birthday and the nation’s founding was an added turn-off. Nor have people forgotten Trump’s orders…
MOSF 21.2: How Far In The Back Of The Closet Are The Hoods Hanging? Hegseth, Miller, Trump, and the Resurgence of White Nationalism
Memoirs of a Superfan, Vol. 21.2: How Far In The Back Of The Closet Are The Hoods Hanging? Hegseth, Miller, Trump, and the Resurgence of White Nationalism By Ravi Chandra June 7, 2026 (Cross-posted from Letters from a Psychiatrist on Substack, where I’m doing most of my writing. Please consider subscribing there :)) The Ku…
An Asian American Visits the Delta
By Susie Ling. Posted May 29, 2026 Friends had told me that they took a Civil Rights History Tour, and it was so interesting. I thought to create my own, but what did this L.A. city girl know… I planned a counterclockwise itinerary from Arkansas to Mississippi to Tennessee; I had never visited this tri-state…
America’s Racist Past Collides with the Present as We Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in 2026
By Eddie Wong, Posted May 20, 2026. Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM) in May 2026 marks an inflection point, a time of change in the USA, and it’s a time that is disturbing and dangerous for the 25.2 million Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islanders (AANHPI). We’ve already witnessed the rollbacks on D.E.I (diversity,…
My Names, My Paths
by Susie Ling 林修涵. Posted on 19 May 2026. 虎死留皮，人死留名 “Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names.” I was given a unique name at birth. In my Lin 林 family from Fuzhou, we keep a genealogy book, a jiapu 家谱, listing some 47 generations. Yes, my older sister is the…
Farewell, Rev. Jesse Jackson – We Cherish Your Life and Lessons
Essays Honoring the Life and Work of the Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. by Eddie Wong, Carl Davidson, Ben Ferris, Susan Hayase, Larry Hendel, David Monkawa, Joyce Nakamura, Mark Prudowsky, Jamala Rogers, Ellen Griffith Spears, and Chet Whye. By Eddie Wong, Posted February 25, 2026 Part I: Feb. 17, 2026. I woke up at 5…
Love Letter to Rev. Jesse Jackson – The Greatest Bridge Builder of All Times
By Mabel Teng. Posted February 18, 2026 Reverend Jackson, We first met 32 years ago in Portsmouth Square, in the heart of Chinatown, it feels like another lifetime and yesterday all at once. It was 1984. You stood before a packed community rally during your Presidential campaign, and I had the profound honor of introducing…
Feds End Operation Metro Surge in Twin Cities, But SE Asian Communities Still Need Your Support
By Eddie Wong, Posted Feb. 12, 2026 Border Czar Tom Homan announced this morning that Operation Metro Surge will end and that federal agents will be withdrawin from Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN in the next week. This comes after the valiant resistance of the people the Twin Cities who defended neighbors by putting their…
MOSF 21.1: Rachel Maddow’s “Burn Order” – biased leadership led to the great harm of Japanese American imprisonment in World War II
Rachel Maddow’s six-episode podcast Burn Order, released in December, 2025, is an outstanding contribution to knowledge of American history and psyche, and absolutely vital listening in our imperiled era.