How San Francisco's Chinatown Got Ahead of the Coronavirus
Despite being densely populated neighborhood full of vulnerable people, San Francisco's Chinatown has thus far turned out to be well-prepared to fight of the novel coronavirus, unlike other places around the United States.
Our Pandemic Summer
"The pandemic is not a hurricane or a wildfire. It is not comparable to Pearl Harbor or 9/11. Such disasters are confined in time and space. The SARS-CoV-2 virus will linger through the year and across the world. 'Everyone wants to know when this will end,' said Devi Sridhar, a public-health expert at the University of Edinburgh. 'That's not the right question. The right question is: How do we continue?'"
Smashed windows and racist graffiti: Vandals target Asian Americans amid coronavirus
Across the country, Asian-owned businesses are being targeted in a wave of coronavirus-related vandalism. And some businesses can't afford repairs amid huge customer declines.
The Darkness Has Not Overcome It
"As a human race, it feels like we’re at a crossroads right now. I know that social media and our ever-updating newsfeed is probably not the best representation of humanity, but it’s the only mirror we have, right? It’s the only thing we’re all looking at every day, every hour. And that little screen is reflecting back the best and the worst of us in the middle of a crisis we’ve never seen before."
The Pre-pandemic Universe Was the Fiction
What the coronavirus outbreak reveals is not the unreality of our present moment, but the illusions it shatters.
A Note to My Fellow Asian Americans: Political power is the only path to true security
"Power is the only guarantee of our place in this country -- real political power to hold the worst impulses in American politics to account. The good news is that there is a path for our community to gain such power. But it will require us to step out of the shadows, to stand up for ourselves and our allies, and to engage in this democracy like never before because the future of this democracy depends on it."
Community Organizer Helps Rebuild New York's Forgotten Filipino Community Hit Hard by Coronavirus
Riya Ortiz, lead organizer and case manager for the non-profit Damayan Migrant Workers Association, is working with her team to raise funds and to provide crucial services to an already vulnerable community that is now at the epicenter of the pandemic.
What It's Like To Be A Chinese-American High School Senior During Coronavirus
"It has become more crystal-clear than ever to me as I='m living through all this how quickly the 'model-minority' myth internalized by many Chinese-Americans, which is blatantly anti-Black, can unravel."
In this preview of "Superman and Me," a prose essay-afterword to the forthcoming graphic novel Superman Smashes the Klan, writer Gene Luen Yang uses his childhood love of Superman -- and his personal experience of racism as a Chinese American -- to deliver a fascinating history of the Ku Klux Klan, the rise of white supremacy in the U.S., and the role the 1940s Superman radio show played in fighting American bigotry.
Alan Yang Thinks Tigertail "Might Hit Different" Now
Alan Yang, writer/director of Tigertail, talks about embracing his heritage and releasing his first movie during a global lockdown.
Devs Star Sonoya Mizuno Doesn’t Recognize Her Life Right Now
Actress Sonoya Mizuno talks about her first lead role in the techno thriller miniseries Devs, the frustrating realities of acting, and why technology leaves her unsettled.
Exclusive Secret Society of Second-Born Royals first look debuts a new kind of Disney princess
A first look at Disney+'s new sci-fi fantasy film Secret Society of Second-Born Royals, starring Peyton Elizabeth Lee as Sam, a second-born royal who discovers she has super-powers and is drafted into a top secret group charged with keeping the world safe.