CNBLUE at Budokan, November 2022 – A Rockin’ Return
By Valerie Soe. Posted November 30, 2022. Last month I made a relatively snap decision to attend two CNBLUE concerts at Nippon Budokan Arena in Tokyo. I was at one of CNBLUE’s final concerts before their military enlistment, back in 2017 in Taipei, which was also right before I started my treatment for breast cancer. And…
A (1918) Pandemic Story
by Linda Wing. Posted November 29, 2022 Preface During the 1970s, I was a frequent visitor to my grandparents’ home. I loved listening to my grandfather tell stories about how he immigrated from China to California despite the Chinese Exclusion Act and achieved his dream of buying a cafe in Wyoming. My grandfather invariably said…
NCAAT in Action Staying Strong for the Long Term: Interview with Chavi Koneru
By Eddie Wong. Posted November 22, 2022. Introduction: During the intense 2022 midterm elections, the eyes of the nation were focused on the open U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina and several hot Congressional races. In the end, the Democratic hopeful Cheri Beasley, the former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, lost to…
MOSF 17.13: EAAPAAO Part 1: Dutybound Model Minorities, Dependent Sense of Self, and Dying Inside
erin Khuê Ninh does a stellar cartography of pain points in the Asian American psyche in her two monographs to date, Passing for Perfect: College Impostors and Other Model Minorities (2021), and Ingratitude: The Debt Bound Daughter in Asian American Literature (2011).
API PA helps bring Dems to victory in Pennsylvania
By Eddie Wong. Posted Nov. 19, 2022 Intro: When CNN announced that Democrat John Fetterman had won the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania on election night, progressives throughout the country screamed with joy. Perhaps the night would not be as terrible as predicted for the Dems. Although Trump made several appearances on behalf of Republican…
Multi-Ethnic Coalition Victorious in Michigan – Interview with Rising Voices Interim Executive Director Jungsoo Ahn
By Eddie Wong. Posted November 17, 2022. Democratic candidates in the 2022 midterm elections exceeded expectations in many states as voters pushed back on the extreme right. In Michigan, Rising Voices along with other progressive organizations mounted an aggressive ground game and reached thousands of voters to deliver victories for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Secretary of…
Hong Kong 1975 – When You Can’t Remember, Be Grateful You Have Photographs
By Eddie Wong. Posted November 15, 2022. I’m at that point in life when it’s time to sort out piles of photos and figure out what is worth passing along to friends and family. I’ve been blessed to have taken photographs since the 1970s and even made a few documentary films. Photographers and filmmakers sometimes…
Reflections on Ryan Lee Wong’s Which Side Are You On? (2022)
By Susie Ling. Posted November 13, 2022. I just finished the audiobook version of Ryan Lee Wong’s “novel,” read by Scott Takeda. It’s funny and so thought-provoking. The story is about “Reed”, a 21-year-old who has a lot of questions about how to be an effective Asian American activist. From his father’s side, Reed is…
Love, Elsie – Short Story by Charlie Chin
by Charlie Chin. Posted November 12, 2022. Tuesday, June 8, 1909 My Dearest Leong Lim, Never doubt that I love you, deeply and without reservation. What more can I do to prove it? Please don’t turn away from me, I beg you. With kisses, your loving, Elsie. Patrolman Gilliespie shook his head, “I…
Asian Americans Fight Voting Restrictions Before Midterm Elections: Interview with John C. Yang, President and Executive Director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian American Justice Center
Interview by Eddie Wong. Posted Oct. 28, 2022. Eddie Wong: Please tell us about the Arizona case where Advancing Justice – AAJC and AZ Asian Americans Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders for Equity Coalition were able to win an injunction against voter purges. John C. Yang: What was most damaging about HB 2243 was that…