Stories

The United States is home to many Chinatowns, and New York City’s Manhattan neighborhood is especially notable for its vibrant cultural contributions. By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca, MA American Studies There are nine officially established Chinatowns in greater New York—Manhattan, Flushing, Sunset Park, Little Neck, the East Village, Forest Hills, Homecrest, Bensonhurst, and Elmhurst—but the oldest and most […]

By Jeanne Lawrence Legendary actress Lisa Lu, seen here accepting her Hollywood Walk of Fame Star, was among three honorees at the Museum of Chinese in America 2025 Legacy Awards Gala. Photo courtesy of Richard Ren. The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) 2025 Legacy Awards Gala was one of those rare evenings where the weight of

By Anna Nguyen If there was one film that truly defined 2025, it was KPop Demon Hunters. From TikTok edits to think pieces and fan cams to fashion recreations, the Netflix animated mega-hit became more than just a movie — it turned into a movement. With a soundtrack that ruled the charts, visuals that redefined animation

We also chatted about cannibalism, memory, and what comes next. By Chase Hutchinson  (L-R) Teo Yoo and Greta Lee in Past Lives. Courtesy A24 When writer-director Celine Song’s acclaimed debut feature Past Lives recently opened the 49th Seattle International Film Festival, it represented a fittingly poetic full-circle moment of sorts. It turns out this was not the

By James Griffiths It’s a card game that tackles microaggressions Asian Americans encounter and pressures within their own communities with a snappy twist: Draw a card from the “deck of oppression” that says something like, “If you’re more feminine, you’ll get a man” or “Me love you long time, LOL” — awkward, ignorant lines a

Garnet Lee started working at Wing Noodles when he was eight years old, packaging wonton covers and occasionally taking breaks to play hide-and-seek among the noodle machines. By Morgan Lowrie  Wrapped fortune cookies are packaged at Wing Noodles Ltd. in Montreal’s Chinatown on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. The company has announced it will be closing

By Jason Wang A dish is prepared in a wok at a restaurant in Toronto. For nearly a century, a ritual has become so entrenched in the Jewish experience in North America that it has become shorthand: Every Christmas, while much of the country gathers around a roast or a turkey, Jewish families gather around

Creator May Lee-Yang, a founding member of the Funny Asian Women Kollective, launched Mayhem Games to center Asian American stories. By Anna Nguyen A group plays Clap Back: The Asian American Edition at Arbeiter Brewing in Minneapolis on Dec. 10, 2025. Credit: Chris Juhn for Sahan Journal It’s a card game that tackles microaggressions Asian

By Nik Moy Retired park ranger Yenyen Chan at Yosemite’s Sing Peak. She earned NPCA’s 2025 Stephen T. Mather Award for unearthing and uplifting the untold contributions of Chinese Americans to the founding and development of Yosemite and the National Park Service. © NPCA/Nik Moy At the farthest southern corner of Yosemite National Park, we

By Abigail Constantino The sound of clinking glasses pierced over the din at Lucky Danger in D.C.’s Chinatown. Past the tables filled with diners and happy hour patrons on a Wednesday night, toward the back and beyond another bar in the restaurant’s inner sanctum, the washing is taking place. The “dishwasher,” however, is an automatic