https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oimCLplQud8&t=38s The Out Museum held its grand opening with a rainbow-ribbon cutting in late May, timed to fall between Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage and Pride months, as the Associated Press reports. Located across from the Chinese Historical Society of America Museum, the bilingual Out Museum is currently open Saturdays and features work by artists […]
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By Ryan General via Annushka Ahuja Older and younger Chinese Americans are increasingly getting their political information from different places, according to a study released last week by the Chinese-American Planning Council and Strength in Numbers Consulting Group. The report found that older and younger generations often approach politics from different starting points, shaped by distinct media
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By Ally Wang In recent years, foreign interference has emerged as one of the most prominent and widely debated issues in Canadian public discourse. From media coverage and parliamentary hearings to the passage of Bill C-70, An Act Respecting Countering Foreign Interference, and the creation of the Foreign Influence Transparency Registry, matters once confined to
Abigail Hosler The MSU anthropology chair published a book chronicling her grandmother who was named U.S. Mother of the Year in 1952 Andrea Louie poses for a photo with her book “Chinese American Mothering” inside of the Multicultural Center in East Lansing, MI, on June 11, 2026. — Photo by Cooper Schwartz | The State
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By Randall Yip Academy Award winning actor Ke Huy Quan and NBA World Champion Jeremy Lin took the stage recently to accept honors from The Asian American Foundation at the Javit Convention Center in New York. Both shared similar stories of doubt and despair as each acknowledged reaching a point where they were close to
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By Stephy Chung https://voicesandbridges.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/img-0079.mp4 Early- to mid-20th century Chinese clothing exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles, California on June 10, 2026. (Grace Widyatmadja/CNN) Susan Mah knew exactly what she wanted for her version of a “little black dress.” It was the late 1940s in California, and after years of
By Kristina Wong, with Theodore Chao, Jenessa Joffe, and Anna Michelle Wang Kristina Wong, Theodore Chao, Jenessa Joffe, and Anna Michelle Wang are co-authors of Auntie Kristina’s Guide to Asian American Activism (Beaming Books), a new nonfiction book for young readers featuring illustrations by Shehzil Malik. Wong is the first Asian American woman to be named a
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The collection unveiled this May explores the communities architecture and the stories each building contains Photo by Al Tantalidou. This May, the Victoria Chinatown Museum opened its first exhibit curated entirely by staff and board members, entitled “If These Walls Could Talk: Exploring Chinatown’s Stories (舊牆留聲).” The collection centers on local buildings, exploring the myriad
Professor Ava Chin describes the making of her acclaimed memoir “Mott Street,” why personal stories are political acts, and why you should call your grandmother right now. Ava Chin (Photo credit: Carolyn Adams) There is a particular kind of urgency in the way that Ava Chin talks about family stories. As if time is running
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Calling on the Federal Government to Address the Long-Term Backlog in Immigration Security Screening By Shen Guanyuan [Mississauga, Toronto] On May 28, 2026, a protest targeting the long-term backlog issue in Canada’s immigration Security Screening was held in Mississauga, Ontario. Immigration applicants, family members, and supporters from different ethnic communities across Canadian provinces gathered outside