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Thousands of Vietnam POWs Fight for Health Insurance

Scout, Ph.D. | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: American Embassy, Congress, Minnesota, Asian, Special Forces, War, Immigration, Prisoner of War, Health Insurance, Laos, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, change.org, Cia, Southeast Asian, Air Force, Vietnam Veterans, Hmong, Vietnam, U.S. Government, Impact News
Scout, Ph.D.

For the last two years, Mr. Khao has contacted every legislator he can, asking for official recognition and veteran's benefits for these thousands of U.S. citizens who were soldiers for the CIA's secret war in Laos. So far nothing has come to pass.

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A-Sides With Jon Chattman: Triple Play with Sister Sparrow and The Dirty Birds, BLUSH, and Mark Stewart

Jon Chattman | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Undivided, Trent Reznor, Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds, Tricky, A-Sides, Blush, A-Sides With Jon Chattman, Snoop Dogg, Performance Artist, Mark Stewart, Asian, Arleigh Kincheloe, Pound of Dirt, Massive Attack, Video, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

This particular edition of "A-Sides" finds three completely different artists sharing their craft in a typical laid-back setting.

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Facial Expression Study Has Scientists Rethinking Darwin's 'Six Emotions'

| John Bohannon | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Emotions, Faces, Anthropology, Western Europe, Caucasian, Evolution, Facial Expression, Asian, Cultural Differences, Asian Culture, Video, Science News

A smile and a frown mean the same thing everywhere—or so say many anthropologists and evolutionary psychologists, who for more than a cent...

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When Your Job Plan Isn't Part of Your Family's Plan

Karin Kamp | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Matchmaking, Singapore, The Story Exchange, Stereotypes, Women's Issues, Asian, Social Entrepreneurship, Violet Lim, Asian Americans, Entrepreneurship, Gender, Women News
Karin Kamp

"We can't live out our own dreams by following our parent's passions."

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Art Stage Singapore Doesn't Look To The West

Vernissage TV | Heinrich Schmidt | Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Video, Art Stage Singapore 2012 Art Fair, Singapore, Art Fair, Asian Art Fair, Singapore Travel, Singapore Exhibition, Art Fairs, Asian Art, Asian, Arts News

Art Stage Singapore is an international art fair held annually in -- you guessed it -- Singapore. The second edition of Art Stage Singapore takes plac...

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Some Like it Hot, Others Do Not: Food As an Ancient Path to Balance

Mika Ono | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Personal Health, Healthy Living Body, Asian, Cooking, Pumpkin, Cucumber, Curry, Temperature, Healthy Living News
Mika Ono

Here are two simple dishes that illustrate how warming and cooling foods can be integrated into your diet to help achieve balance and wellbeing.

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A New Voice for Asian Americans

2morrowknight | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Christina Lee, Radio Korea, Asian-Americans, Race, Sung Lee, Asian, Media, Ethnicity, Asian-America Culture, Korean, Media News, American Dream, Los Angeles, AMN Radio, Culture News
2morrowknight

Eighty years ago, in his best-seller The Epic of America, historian James Truslow Adams coined the phrase "American Dream." He defined it as not merel...

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Cultish Cinema Stalks Manhattan for the Next Month

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Asian, Anthology Film Archives, Claude Lanzmann, Samurai, Paul Schrader, Japanese, Takeshi Miike, Isild Le Besco, Alex Cox, Rutger Hauer, Museum of Modern Art, Lincoln Center Film Society, New York News
Brad Balfour

This spring is bringing out the weird in a lot of film programmers. Topping the list of strangely eccentric festivals to come is Lincoln Center Film Society's annual Film Comment Selects.

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Bringing in the Chinese New Year With Festive Holiday Rice and Beans

Mika Ono | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Adzuki, Korean, Rice, Asian, New Year, Beans, Azuki, Chinese New Year, Recipes, Food News
Mika Ono

In East Asia, the color red is associated with luck and happiness, so it's no surprise that dishes featuring red ingredients are consumed as part of the 15 days of festivities beginning the year.

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Mahjong Dumplings: Tiled Of Normal Dumplings?

Thrillist | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dumplings, Asian, Cuisine, New York News
Thrillist

Dumplings take different forms the world over -- Poland stuffs potato into their pierogies, Italy meat and cheese into ravioli, and Japan shrimp int...

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The 2010 Newsroom: Lean and Techy

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guardian, Australia, Smart Phones, Media, Britain, Telegraaf Media Group, Trends in Newsrooms 2010, Pulitzer Prize, North Africa, London, Paris, Social Media, North American, Convergence, Middle East, Editors Weblog, Hyperlocal News, Rupert Murdoch, E-Readers, Latin American, Washington Post, Investigative Journalism, WAN-IFRA, Pro Publica, Ipad, Google, Shaping the Future of the Newspaper, News Corp, Asian, Bbc, Robocop Editor, Newsroom, 9th International Newsroom Summit, Brazil, Dutch, World Editors Forum, Entrepreneurial Journalism, New York Times, European, Mobile Apps, Tablets, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

Newsrooms should be converged, integrated, flexible, lean and techy, to survive in today's fast-changing media landscape, but news organizations shoul...

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3 Reasons You Should Care About Multicultural Social Media & 3 Tips for Multicultural Social Media Success

Kety Esquivel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hispanics, Social Media, Multicultural Social Media, Latinos, James Andrew, Natalie Keng, Asian, Jerry Rocha, Multicultural, Social Media Atlanta, Blacks, African Americans, Multiculturalism, Technology News
Kety Esquivel

Multicultural is the anti-thesis of the become like us phenomena. It turns assimilation on its head, upside down. Multicultural: According to Webste...

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What Does Joe the Plumber Want?

Hussain Abdul-Hussain | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Gop, Joe the Plumber, First Amendment, Tea Party, Asian, Guantanamo, Democracy, Mccain, Obama, Libertarian, Natives, Second Amendment, Stem Cell Research, Liberty, Arizona Immigration, National Debt, November Elections, Palin, Freedom, Human Embryo, Middle Eastern, Healthcare, Hispanic, Pledge to America, Politics News
Hussain Abdul-Hussain

Amidst the Tea Party and GOP's purposeful vagueness, they have found it best to stick with the populist theme of Joe the Plumber, first invented by the McCain-Palin campaign in 2008.

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Mitsubishi's 2010 Outlander Off-Roader a Serious Vehicle

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Dodge Raider, Mitsubishi Montero, Paris Dakar Rally, Honda, Petersen's Four Wheel Off-Road, Jeep CJ, Mclaren, Light Emitting Diodes, Magnesium, Jeep Wrangler, Mazda, Formula 1, Mitsubishi Pajero, Joshua Tree, Range Rover, Mitsubishi Endeavor, Creosote, Horsepower, All-Wheel Drive, Torque, Aluminum, Cvt, Land Rover, Japan, Ferrari, Four-Wheel Drive, Toyota Land Cruiser, Hvac, In-N-Out Burger, Audi, Asian, Pope, Mitsubishi Outlander, Business News
Steve Parker

Mitsubishi has done it again with their Outlander crossover, appearing first in Japan in 2001 and now in its second-generation of manufacture.

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Poverty in Black & White (and Latino and Asian)

Angela Glover Blackwell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latino, Poverty, Economy, Hispanic, Jobs, Black, Race, Asian, Black Unemployment, Latino Prosperity, Politics News
Angela Glover Blackwell

How upside down have our politics gotten? Yesterday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said that those making more than $250,000 were "the people...

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6 Chefs' End of Summer Recipes

Find. Eat. Drink. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recipe Collections, Home, Cooking, Asian, United States, Media Recipes, World Cuisines, European, Slidepollajax, Recipes, Food News
Find. Eat. Drink.

With just a few weeks left in the summer, we turned to six chefs to share recipes that make the most of this season's ripe produce.

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All About Geoducks: Don't Judge an Ugly Clam by Its Cover (VIDEO)

Liza de Guia | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green, Food Curated, Liza deGuia, Northwest, Geoduck Farming, Shellfish, Geoduck, Video, Environmental, Brian Phipps, Farm, Pacific, Chowder, Skeeternyc, Farming, Taylor Shellfish, Puget Sound, Sashimi, Sustainable, Ceviche, Fritters, Clam, Water, Harvest, Food, Monterey Bay Seafood Watch, Sustainable Seafood, Geoduck Harvesting, Asian, Ocean, Seafood, Food News
Liza de Guia

2010-07-08-geoduck.jpgWith the image of the beast in mind, yes, my first bite was met with hesitation. But the mild flavors and exciting textures made the geoduck's ugliness a lot less intimidating.

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Sushi Etiquette

Lisa Mirza Grotts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ginger, Bite Sized, Sushi Etiquette, Health Concerns, Sashimi, Japanese, Asian, Bowl, Rice, Seaweed, Handmade Presentation, Raw Fish, Vegetarian, Salmon, Mercury, Chopstick Etiquette, Edamame, Shrimp, Vinegar, Chopsticks, Steamed White Rice, Fish Eggs, Sushi, Mercury Poisoning, Colorful, Maki, Nigiri, Tempura, Rolls, Blowfish, Food News
Lisa Mirza Grotts

If you are new to sushi, you may find yourself quickly overwhelmed. A seemingly endless array of fish, rice, seaweed, and various accompaniments, ofte...

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Why Americans Will Keep Losing to Asian Genius

Khanh Ho | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Education Policy, Asian Americans, Globalization, Education Reform, Higher Education, Public Education, Asian, Technology, Media News
Khanh Ho

As a much smarter Asian citizen whose knowledge eclipses the slug-like operations of your feeble little minds, let me enumerate how idiotic the puerile delight in CNN's latest Asian boy wonder story is.

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Supreme Court Rules That Black Firefighters Can Sue Chicago Over Tests

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Firefighters, Scotus, New Haven, Hispanic, White, Black, Discrimination, Tests, Race, Asian, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday a group of African Americans did not wait too long to sue Chicago over a hiring test they challenged...

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Does "Asian America" Leave Some Asian Americans Behind?

Keith Kamisugi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Talking About Race, South Asian, California, Filipino, Politics, Pacific Islander, Community, Legislature, Asian, Politics News
Keith Kamisugi

If some of our communities are left behind as others move forward, we cannot claim victory for all Asian Americans.

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MARTA "Yellow" Train Now "Gold": Atlanta Asian Community Pushed For Change

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Doraville, Marta, Yellow Train, Asian Americans, Gold, Public Transit, Gold Train, Atlanta, Georgia, Race, Asian, Beverly Scott, Yellow, Race Relations, Home News

ATLANTA — The "yellow" train line in Atlanta is now going to be called the "gold" line after members of the local Asian community complained tha...

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China To Obama: Dalai Lama Was A Slave Master In Tibet

AP | ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Serfs, White House, Han Chinese, Serfdom, Dalai Lama, Tibet, Beijing, Obama, China, Free Tibet, Slavery, Abraham Lincoln, Black, Asian, Buddhism, Home News

BEIJING — The conviction was clear but the message befuddling: China's Foreign Ministry spokesman was equating serfdom in Tibet to slavery in th...

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NAM Stimulus Investigation Reaches Over One Million Readers

Aaron Glantz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small Business, Small Business Administration, Unemployment, Ethnic Media, Arra, Civil Rights, Hispanic, Economic Disparities, Obama, Chinese, Black, Asian, Minority Contractors, Recovery Act, Stimulus Package, Recession, La Opinion, Business News
Aaron Glantz

My investigative report showing the by-passing of ethnic businesses in stimulus-funded small business loans has appeared -- or is scheduled to run -- in 29 publications across the country.

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Beyond Banh Mi: The Latest in Asian Sandwich Shops

Ed Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sandwiches, Xie Xie, Food, New York-New York, Restaurants, Chefs, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Asian-Cuisine, New-York-Restaurants, Asian, New York News
Ed Levine

If this is the beginning of a trend, so be it. Asian-inspired sandwich shops presided over by talented chefs are okay in my book. Just don't call them brands.

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