9.04.2023

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UNC police got the wrong Asian while searching for suspect, intensifying fears of racial profiling'
For many students of Asian descent, the initial confusion in identifying and apprehending the wrong person in last week's fatal shooting at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill dredged up ever-present fears of racial profiling.

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The History of Asian American Labor Activism Is Essential for Today's Students'
Despite centuries of racially discriminatory laws, Asian immigrants and Asian Americans have consistently engaged in labor resistance.

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My grandma in Wuhan is philosophical about COVID, life and her favorite topic: death'
In 2020, graphic artist and memoirist Laura Gao wrote about a trip she had planned to her birthplace in Wuhan, China to see her beloved grandparents. COVID caused her to cancel the trip. How are her grandparents now faring today? She checked in her with her grandma via WeChat.

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A Chinese grocery store opening in West Los Angeles represents a cultural shift'
Chinese food and groceries are so rare on the west side of Los Angeles that it's become something of an urban legend. But a 99 Ranch Market is coming to Westwood.

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‘Made in Taiwan' is the cookbook that couldn't have existed 20 years ago'
When Clarissa Wei moved to Hong Kong from the U.S. and began covering more Chinese cuisine and, occasionally, politics, it dawned on her that Taiwanese and Chinese foods were distinct from each other.

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TV writer talks "Breaking Bad," writers strike and the toxicity of the "auteur genius showrunner"'
Patty Lin, author of the new memoir End Credits: How I Broke Up with Hollywood, praises writing on Freaks and Geeks and reveals why she loves that a show like Beef finally exists.

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Wong Kar Wai's In The Mood For Love'
Wong Kar Wai's 2000 masterwork In the Mood for Love has influenced filmmakers ranging from Barry Jenkins to Sofia Coppola -- and innumerable teens on TikTok.


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