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5 Vietnamese Americans are fighting to represent this California district
Read and share the stories of Issue #212 today, May 18, 2026.
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Tokyo X is bringing Japanese food, anime, cars and culture to Houston
This year’s lineup already includes names like Karen Fukuhara, Dante Basco, Brian Beacock, Yong Yea, Jon Bailey, Dai Yoshihara, Yaya Han and more.
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Yick Wo at 140, and the Chinese laundry’s quiet exit
The laundries that produced Yick Wo were never just storefronts, but legal and economic infrastructure of an immigrant community barred from most other…
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Asian American enrollment up at elite colleges after affirmative action ruling, but unevenly
The wide school-level variance suggests that individual institutions still hold significant discretion over how the ruling reshapes their incoming…
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DOJ says Yale med discriminated against Asian, white applicants
In response, Yale said its admitted students “demonstrate exceptional academic achievement and personal commitment.”
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5 Vietnamese American candidates compete for California’s 45th Congressional District seat
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee made District 45 one of its earliest 2026 targets, running multilingual print ads in Vietnamese, Chinese…
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How Japan’s breakfast culture became part of chrononutrition science
Scientists are reexamining traditional Japanese eating habits as research on meal timing and circadian health expands.
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A viral NYC meetup for Wasians turned into a larger argument about race and representation
Viral clips from the Sheep Meadow gathering sparked criticism over whether white-Asian identity dominates conversations around mixed Asians in the U.S.
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Maryland Republicans called their Chinese American colleague ‘chicom.’ They’re not backing down.
Issue #211 explores how racist attacks on an Asian American lawmaker, China tensions and institutional scandals are deepening questions around loyalty…
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Mamdani balances NYC’s budget by taxing the rich, but questions linger
“We pulled New York City back from an existential fiscal brink,” Mamdani said in an address.
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FBI Director Kash Patel grilled over drinking claims in fiery Senate showdown
Patel’s rise to lead the FBI marked a genuine first for South Asian Americans, but the accumulation of scandals has complicated that legacy.
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Chinese American professor sues Texas university for pro-Indian bias after tenure denial
According to the complaint, his output was more than double that of any other faculty member in the department’s history at the time of their tenure…
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