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2.11.2018

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One Giant Leap
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Michelle Kwan reflects on 1998 Olympics 20 years later
Michelle Kwan captured the silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Twenty years later, she reflects on her memories from Nagano.

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Kid Fearless
For snowboard star Chloe Kim, dropping into the halfpipe is far less daunting than grasping how to be American and Korean at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

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72 Percent Of Asian-American Elders, Their Families Targeted By Fraud: Report
Limited English proficiency could be one reason why aging aging Asian American and Pacific Islanders are susceptible to fradulent offers and scams.

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His 2020 Campaign Message: The Robots Are Coming
Andrew Yang, a well-connected New York businessman, is mounting a longer-than-long-shot bid for the White House in 2020. He is likely the only candidate who will be focusing on the coming robot apocalypse.

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#DesiWallofShame Targets the Trump Faithful
South Asian Americans are well-represented in the Trump administration, and that infuriates some members of the community, which overwhelmingly supported Hillary Clinton. And so the Desi Wall of Shame was born.

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Why The "Glass Skin" Trend Feels Problematic To Me As A Tan Asian Woman
"For centuries, skin tone preferences have been linked to and used to identify social class across Asia."

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When Your Mom Is the Longtime Manager of Wu-Tang Members and Your Dad Is a Shaolin Monk
Jian Hong Shi must have had some interesting "bring your kids to work" days with her parents.

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What to Expect from Altered Carbon's "Asian Man in a White Body" Storyline
For those concerned about the new Netflix sci-fi series Altered Carbon and how they handle the conceit of an Asian man in a white man's body, here's a thorough explanation to help you figure out how you feel about it.

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What Fresh Off the Boat does with its Mandarin speaker that The Cloverfield Paradox couldn’t
First-generation grandma vs. an international space professional.

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Rachael Yamagata Talks About Showcasing Songs and Stories on Intimate Solo Tour
Singer Rachael Yamagata is out on an intimate, stripped down tour that puts audiences in her living room.

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This New Super-Man & The JLC exclusive kicks off a bold new direction
Gene Luen Yang's New Super-Man is being re-branded as New Super-Man And The Justice League Of China.

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Michelle Yeoh discusses her accent and the role of women in Star Trek: Discovery
Michelle Yeoh speaks about her role as Philippa Georgiou in Star Terk: Discovery and the importance of representation on our television screens.

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SungWon Cho used to make goofy voices for fun. Now he's got millions of fans
"There have been plenty of unique celebrity origin stories, but it's unlikely that anyone else got their start by singing songs in the voice of the Disney character Goofy and posting them to Tumblr and YouTube."

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5 Questions With Randall Park of ABC's 'Fresh Off the Boat'
Randall Park is silly.