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3.25.2018

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My Life Since the 2012 Sikh Temple Shooting: Pardeep Singh Kaleka's Story
"Sandy Hook happened about four months after our shooting. And ... nothing really changed. Not enough to make up for the human suffering. But I do feel hopeful."

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Talking With the Author of In a Day's Work About Low-Income Workers' Battle to Be Included in #MeToo
Journalist Bernice Yeung's new book, In a Day's Work, chronicles the lives of women who do the essential jobs of caring for our children and elders, cleaning our offices, and growing our food, and often they are undocumented, working for low pay, and in isolated environments.

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'Isle of Dogs' undercuts its own message by treating Japanese culture as an aesthetic flourish
"In a movie where the leads are largely inhuman, it's the humans who end up feeling like the inscrutable foreigners."

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Lauren Yee, playwright on the verge
Playwright Lauren Yee, whose original play Cambodian Rock Band just closed at the South Coast Repertory Theatre, has become a leading force for showcasing Asian American stories and talent on the stage.

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Dan Lee on Tweeting as Characters That Speak Just a Little Too Loud
How actor, writer, and comedian Dan Lee, co-host of hit variety show Asian AF at the UCB Theatre in New York, comes up with his jokes, and the characters he takes on whenever he uses Twitter.

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How 88rising Is Making a Place for Asians in Hip-Hop
With artists like Rich Brian and Higher Brothers, Sean Miyashiro's company 88rising has rapidly become an authority on how to create Asian and American pop-culture crossovers.

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America Is in Love With Asian Music, but Asian American Artists Still Can't Catch a Break
While genres like K-pop break through in the U.S., Asian American artists are still largely ignored.

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Amid Lack of Film Opportunities, One Actor Took a Roundabout Way to 'Pacific Rim Uprising' Role
Before landing his first role in a major Hollywood blockbuster, Wesley Wong had to establish a career in China -- a journey underscoring the struggles of many Asian actors, and the lack of roles stateside.