Measles, Once Gone in the U.S., Now Called ‘Canary in Coal Mine’
Massachusetts has had only eight cases total from 2015 till now, with several zero-case years. But with concerns around vaccine skepticism and a surge in measles cases nationwide, some are worried about the potential for this preventable disease and others to make a comeback.
Anna Hu
6 hours ago
In Dense Chinatown, Housing Can Come at Cost of Trees
I n a neighborhood starved of both new affordable housing and greenery, a development project has forced residents and activists to...
Liam Crampton
5 days ago
News Roundup: Nominate a Biz, Filipino Fest, Journey of Light
City Seeks Legacy Business Nominees The City of Boston is seeking applications for the Legacy Business Program, in which the city...
Sampan Editor
5 days ago
Tracy Slater’s ‘Together in Manzanar’ Shows That History Does Repeat Itself, Time and Again
P olitical life in these United States since January 20th has proved conclusively that nothing really happens by random chaos. There is...
Christopher John Stephens
5 days ago
Education in Activism
Most people know Suzanne Lee for two things: her career in the Boston Public Schools system, and her work building organizations in Chinatown. Today, she is the president emeritus of the Chinese Progressive Association (CPA), board president of the Chinatown Community Land Trust, and a well-recognized and -loved leader in the community.
Here is her story.
Doris Yu
Sep 17
Hugo Nakashima-Brown Joins History and Innovation
Boston-based furniture artist draws from classical Chinese designs, tradition and craftsmanship F or wood sculptor Hugo Nakashima-Brown ,...
Adam Smith
Sep 14
Kristina Wong’s Hunger for Change: ‘#FoodBankInfluencer’ comedian on pranks, activism & economic injustice
Courtesy photo: #FoodBankInfluencer J ust minutes into an interview with comedian and activist Kristina Wong about her upcoming Boston...
Adam Smith
Sep 5
Branches of Hope, Roots of Trauma: 80 years on, survivors, academics and artists ask: What have we learned from the atomic bombing of Japan?
Cannon Hersey speaks at 'Branches of Hope'. Photo by Adam Smith. A small Japanese woman with thin wire-framed glasses appeared on...
Anna Hu
Sep 5
Community Health Workers Are Here to Help. Now Let’s Step Up to Help Them Out
A cross Massachusetts, Community Health Workers (CHWs) are often the first people families turn to in times of crisis. Whether someone is...
Colleen M Nguyen
Sep 5
Kitchen by Day, Easel By Night: Kuang Ching Mei was born into the Chinese revolution and toiled away at Quincy’s Chinese restaurants. But he never gave up his passion for painting.
A fter moving to the United States with his family in the 1980s, Kuang Ching Mei led a life like so many of his peers of his time. Born ...
Adam Smith
Sep 5
Don’t Let the ‘Immigration’ Police State Become Normal
T he news can seem overwhelming. A former seasonal police officer in Maine is left to “self deport” after getting detained by immigration...
Editorial
Sep 5
A Century of Serving Others - At 101, Amy Guen reflects on her role in founding a key Chinatown social agency, and her own grandfather’s legacy
Photo Credit by Adam Smith Amy Guen has been interviewed enough times to know how the process works. Sitting at Jiangnan, a Chinese...
Esther Wang
Aug 22
Chinatown School Faces Changing Times - For decades, Josiah Quincy was seen as a cultural resource for Boston. Now, new city policies and demographic shifts are limiting who can access the institution
Photo credit by Adam Smith The Josiah Quincy Elementary School has been a core part of the Chinatown community since its modern iteration...
Liam Crampton
Aug 22
Editorial: Stop the Cycle of Othering
You could think of the past couple years as one of time’s many tests for humanity — similar to that of the atomic bombings of eight...
Adam Smith
Aug 22
Tehching Hsieh on Art, Life and Pain - How the artist broke with tradition and broke a couple bones, too.
From a young age, Tehching Hsieh knew he wanted to follow his dream of becoming an artist. The native of Taiwan had read the works of...
Harmony Witte
Aug 8
The Asian American Foundation Campaign Celebrates Pride and Combats Racism
When Jingyu Lin was growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, being an Asian American artist felt like a taboo dream. When she decided to...
Anna Hu
Aug 8
International Students Avoiding Even Christmas Travel Plans Over ICE Fears
Reports of international students getting detained has continued, despite failing to make major headlines in the aftermath of the...
Darren Liu
Aug 8
From Art to Activism, Ivy Wong uses etymology and images to craft signs of protest
Walk through Chinatown today, and you might see some colorful bilingual posters in the windows of upstairs apartments and ground-level...
Lydia Lowe
Aug 8
Mount Auburn Cemetery’s ‘Branches of Hope’ to Mark 80 Years Since Bombing of Hiroshima
Mount Auburn Cemetery will mark the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima with an event called “Branches of Hope: Reflecting on...
Adam Smith
Aug 8
Fear And Loathing of the Past and a Possible Future: A Review of Lisa Ko’s ‘Memory Piece’
There are fortuitous moments when a text can be both testimony of the here and now and a carefully constructed potential harbinger of...