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Floods in Pakistan
The floods have caused the country’s life to halt—more than 1 million homes, 2 million acres of crops, 17,566 schools, 3,000 miles of...

Jiaying Zhang
Sep 21, 20222 min read


A Gilded Innocence
At six years old, you would’ve seen me playing with Barbies, wearing rainbow shirts and horizontally striped skirts, and enjoying my...

Jennifer Vu
Sep 16, 20222 min read


Gilded Age
To convey the instability that moving between countries has had on me, and the ways the label Asian American/diaspora reflects that...

Eunice Kim
Sep 9, 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...

Amber Ting
Aug 30, 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...

Isabelle “Billy” Agustin
Aug 24, 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 13, 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...

Leila Wickliffe
Aug 4, 20222 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...

Lora Kwon
Aug 2, 20223 min read




The Dowry System & Sexual Violence Towards Women in India
TW: marital rape, sexual assault and violence, dowry deaths, suicide, gender-based violence
Shruti Dubey
Jul 27, 20229 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...

Amber Ting
Jul 21, 20224 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.

Chris Fong Chew
Jul 19, 20226 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...

Meghan Dhawan
Jul 14, 20224 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
Jul 3, 202210 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...

Isabelle “Billy” Agustin
Apr 15, 20224 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...

Leila Wickliffe
Mar 16, 20228 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.
Shruti Dubey
Mar 11, 20226 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...
Current Events Editorial Staff
Mar 3, 20227 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...
Shruti Dubey
Feb 17, 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...

Leila Wickliffe
Feb 11, 20226 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.
Sehar Mehmood
Feb 2, 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...
Current Events Editorial Staff
Jan 20, 20225 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
Jan 10, 20224 min read
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