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Amber Ting
Aug 30, 20222 min read
Michelle Yeoh Receives an AFI Honorary Degree
On Aug. 13, Michelle Yeoh received an honorary degree from the American Film Institute (AFI) at the conservatory's commencement ceremony...
Isabelle “Billy” Agustin
Aug 24, 20222 min read
Protestors Storm Iraq’s Parliament
Other writers: Katie Truong
On July 22, Iraqi demonstrators stormed the Council Representatives of Iraq building in the Baghdad Green...
Leila Wickliffe
Aug 13, 20222 min read
Omicron Subvariant
Summer 2022. The most contagious variant of COVID-19 has triggered a new wave of infections across the United States. As the pandemic...
Leila Wickliffe
Aug 4, 20222 min read
Yuzuru Hanyu Announces Retirement
Yuzuru Hanyu, (羽生 結弦) two-time Olympic men’s figure skating champion, announced his retirement on July 19, 2022. Hanyu broke the news of...
Lora Kwon
Aug 2, 20223 min read
Taxes for Undocumented Immigrants
Dear Asian Youth, Immigrants have always been labeled as “other.” In a court of law, they are still called “aliens,” a dehumanizing term...
Shruti Dubey
Jul 27, 20229 min read
The Dowry System & Sexual Violence Towards Women in India
TW: marital rape, sexual assault and violence, dowry deaths, suicide, gender-based violence
Amber Ting
Jul 21, 20224 min read
COVID-19 in North Korea
On May 12, the state-run Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) reported the presence of the Omicron variant in Pyeongchang, marking the first...
Chris Fong Chew
Jul 19, 20226 min read
The Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade
In the morning of June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, retracting federal protection over the right to abortion.
Meghan Dhawan
Jul 14, 20224 min read
Jugjugg Jeeyo: A Modern Romance and its Influence on Divorce Normalization in Indian Culture
This film is important today because it provides interesting insight into family dynamics when faced with relationship strain. Despite...
Isabelle “Billy” Agustin
Jul 3, 202210 min read
What Makes an Activist : The Averse Effects of the PWI
I remember having a conversation with one of my Asian-American friends about a mutual white acquaintance of ours where we discussed...
Isabelle “Billy” Agustin
Apr 15, 20224 min read
Spiritual Commodification
Many have explored new things in the state of isolation, especially when this state of solitude is coupled with a bustling social media...
Leila Wickliffe
Mar 16, 20228 min read
Evolution of Asian Representation in Western Media
Representation can come in many forms. Whether it is "good" or "bad" is up to the audience. The history of accurate and nuanced stories...
Shruti Dubey
Mar 11, 20226 min read
International Responses to Myanmar’s Rohingya and Dictatorship Crises
The nation’s governments have repeatedly denied recognition of the Rohingya as one of Myanmar’s 135 official ethnic groups.
Current Events Editorial Staff
Mar 3, 20227 min read
The Pandemic of Violence Against East and Southeast Asian Women in the US
On the morning of Sunday, February 13th, 35-year-old Christina Yuna Lee was stabbed to death inside her Lower Manhattan apartment in...
Shruti Dubey
Feb 17, 20226 min read
Thailand’s Sex Industry: An ‘Open Secret’ Thriving on Exploitations of its Vulnerable Workers
Before the Slave Abolition Act, followed by the Conscription Act in the same year, Thai society operated under the hierarchical system of...
Leila Wickliffe
Feb 11, 20226 min read
Examining the Violation of Human Rights in Xinjiang
Since 2017, the Chinese government has run a campaign under the pretense of anti-terrorism efforts to carry out mass-systematic abuse...
Sehar Mehmood
Feb 2, 20225 min read
Is My Citizenship A Right Or A Privilege?
In reading about this bill for the first time, I remember a conversation my grandfather had with my mother, nearly ten years ago.
Current Events Editorial Staff
Jan 20, 20225 min read
Protest Break out in Kazakhstan
As of last Sunday, Jan 9, 164 people were killed in a violent week of protesting in Kazakhstan sparked over raised gas prices. On January...
Isabelle “Billy” Agustin
Jan 10, 20224 min read
January 6th Retrospective: Extremism
On January 6th, 2021, two weeks before the inauguration of Joe Biden, Trump supporters attacked the Capitol Building in Washington D.C...
Isabelle “Billy” Agustin
Dec 1, 20214 min read
Kyle Rittenhouse Acquitted on all Charges of Murder and Reckless Endangerment
Other writers: Chris Fong Chew, Jiaying Zhang
On August 25, 2020, then 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse made his way up from Antioch...
Isabelle “Billy” Agustin
Nov 22, 20214 min read
Texas' Anti-Abortion Law: Reflecting on Civil Litigation
This bill greatly disadvantages individuals seeking an abortion, as many do not know they are pregnant before six weeks...
Eva Zhong
Nov 15, 20214 min read
China and Counterfeit: How and Why are we Here?
Dear Asian Youth, As much as I hate to admit it, the immediate association to counterfeit goods when the phrase “made in China” is...
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