Jimmy Zhang: Aspiring Comedian

While it has historically been difficult for Asian-Americans to make it on both the big and small screen, with the recent rise of internet sites like YouTube, Facebook and Instagram, some Asian-Americans have seized the opportunities to make an online presence for…

The Asian Pursuit of the American Dream

As second-generation Asian-Americans, we have all heard stories of the struggles our…

My Love for Korean Dramas in a Whitewashed Hollywood

Staring at the screen, my eyes droop as if weights were attached to them. It’s 3 AM, and I’m watching a Korean drama. Rubbing my eyes, I wonder where the time went and stretch my cramped limbs.

Asian Fusion and the Asian-American Identity

Western media hinders progress of acceptance of different foods by labeling them…

Health Care Disparities: Asian-American Edition

To Wear or Not to Wear My Kurti

“Come on, just wear it,” my mother nags as my 12-year-old self grumpily pulls on the Indian kurti she…

The United Flight: What You Need to Know

by Melina Joseph

Journalists dig up criminal record of United passenger — is a victim’s background newsworthy?