Yo-Yo Ma Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom
Yesterday, President Obama named the fifteen civilians who will be awarded the highest civilian honour in the country: the Presidential Medal of…
Category: Awesome Asians
RIP William Hohri, Champion of Internees’ Lawsuit Against Government
I just found out that William Hohri, the lead plaintiff who spear-headed the National Council for Japanese American Redress (NCJAR)…
5 Questions for the Makers of MILLIONS: From Business School to Zombies
Yesterday, Andrew and Melanie, sibling filmmakers behind the newly-funded MILLIONS web series, launched their kick-ass new website, complete with a production…
Overheard on the Subject of Angry Asian Man…
As part of their profile on the unassailable Angry Asian Man, KoreAm Journal has a few choice quotes from Asian American…
Angry Asian Man Profiled in KoreAm
Angry Asian Man Phil Yu is profiled in KoreAm journal, in an interview written by Jeff Yang! An excerpt: The…
Lt. Dan Choi Speaks to CNN About Re-Enlistment After Pentagon Suspends DADT
Earlier last week, Lt. Dan Choi — who was discharged from the Navy under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell for coming out…
Liu Xiao Bo is First Ethnic Chinese to Win Nobel Peace Prize
This morning, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Liu Xiaobo, who is serving 11 years in a Chinese prison…
442nd Regiment Honoured with Congressional Gold Medal
Yesterday, President Barack Obama honoured the 442nd Regimental Combat Team — a regiment that fought in World War II and…
It’s Official – Pete Rouse is the first Asian American Chief of Staff!
The White House announced this morning that, as anticipated, senior advisor to the president Pete Rouse will replace Rahm Emanuel…
Obama Appoints First Asian American Chief of Staff?
(H/T: Jeff Yang) In what has possibly been the worst-kept secret in Washington, current Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel officially…
It’s Official – January 30th is Fred Korematsu Day in California
(H/T Angry Asian Man, Korematsu Institute) It’s official! Thanks in no small part to community efforts spearheaded by the Korematsu…
MILLIONS: A (hopeful) Web Series
I got an email from Andrew Chung of Jaded Media, a writer, filmmaker, illustrator and fellow Torontonian (woot! woot!), telling…