Asian American
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S.F. APA Heritage Awards celebrates 20 years
May 9, 2024 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
With the start of Asian American and Pacific Islander month, San Francisco held its annual APA Heritage Awards May 1 at the War Memorial Herbst Theater to show how to […] READ MORE
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Nearly 50 years later, Asian American and Pacific Islander month features revelry and racial justice
May 9, 2024 by Associated Press
By TERRY TANG Associated Press It has been almost 50 years since the U.S. government established that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders and their accomplishments should be recognized […] READ MORE
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PAUL YAMAZAKI: An appreciation of someone who helped give voice to people who look like me
January 1, 2024 by Michael Takeuchi, Nichi Bei News
Whenever this reporter visited City Lights Booksellers & Publishers in San Francisco, it often seemed that in the house of Kerouac and Ginsberg, books tended to find me instead of […] READ MORE
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Exhibit at JANM celebrates emergence of APA consciousness
September 26, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
LOS ANGELES — “At First Light: The Dawning of Asian Pacific America,” a multi-media exhibit celebrating the emergence of a politically defined Asian Pacific American consciousness and identity, is now […] READ MORE
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DEAN OF THE COLUMBO J-SCHOOL: Passionate and profane, K.W. Lee fights on at 90
January 3, 2019 by Nichi Bei Web
By STEPHEN MAGAGNINI Special to the Nichi Bei Weekly RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. — The man with nine lives has made his last stand in his bunker in Rancho Cordova, a […] READ MORE
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ENTERTAINMENT RE-ORIENTED: A ‘Fresh’ take on the Asian American sitcom
February 19, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
“Fresh off the Boat,” the first sitcom with an all-Asian American cast since 1994’s “All American Girl,” is kind of like rocking a perm or making a martini, in that […] READ MORE
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Lack of Asian-language materials on exchanges leaves many AAPIs uninsured, say advocates
October 16, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
The lack of Asian-language materials on health care exchanges has left hundreds of thousands of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders uninsured, according to a report released last month […] READ MORE
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30 YEARS AFTER CHOL SOO LEE: A case that gave birth to Asian American activists
May 2, 2013 by Nichi Bei News
The National Japanese American Historical Society hosted a retrospective March 9 entitled “Chol Soo Lee: 30 Years of Freedom” to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Chol Soo Lee’s release from […] READ MORE
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Harris declares victory in California attorney general race
December 2, 2010 by Nichi Bei News
San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris on Nov. 30 declared victory in the race for state attorney general “humbly and with happiness.” She claimed her win at a news conference […] READ MORE
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Warriors Sign Jeremy Lin from Harvard
July 29, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
As the much anticipated NBA draft ended roughly a month ago with big names like John Wall and Evan Turner being picked at the top of their draft class, Jeremy […] READ MORE
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