Why didn’t we talk about race in high school?
"I went to a majority Asian high school in Southern California. Yet we rarely talked about the cultures we embodied at home. Recently, I called up some friends from my graduating class of 2004 to find out why." An illustrated op-ed by Malaka Gharib.
Boston now has an Asian American woman as mayor. Why are so few women of color in elected office?
Last week, Michelle Wu was sworn in as mayor of Boston -- the first woman and first person of color to be elected to that city's top job. Research examines why women of color reach the ballot less often than men of color, white women and white men.
For Most Of My Life, I Didn't Feel Like A 'Real Asian.' Everything Changed This Year.
"As a child, I assumed my Koreanness just fell away like a snake shedding its skin. I thought, 'That must be what happens when you're adopted.'"
20 Years Later, Generation Yell-Oh Girls is Still Revolutionary
The anthology that made a generation of Asian American girls feel heard might be making a comeback.
Her dream was to be a Muppeteer. Her Korean American 'Sesame Street' character just made history.
Kathleen Kim is the woman behind Ji-Young, the first Asian American muppet on Sesame Street. She talks about the character's Thanksgiving debut on See Us Coming Together: A Sesame Street Special.
Hayao Miyazaki Prepares to Cast One Last Spell
No artist has explored the contradictions of humanity as sympathetically and critically as Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki. Now, at 80, he's coming out of retirement with another movie.
