

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


Docs at Boston Rally Call for Solidarity With Palestinian Healthcare Workers
Dr. Yipeng Ge was one of several healthcare professionals who spoke in solidarity with Palestinian medical workers at a rally on Sept. 14 called “The People’s Prescription: Healthcare Workers & Allies Rally for Gaza.”
Adam Smith
Sep 16


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


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


Iskwelahang Pilipino at Lowell Fest Offers Taste of Philippines
Photo Credit by Liam Crampton For one weekend a year, in downtown Lowell, the second-largest free cultural folk festival in America takes...
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
News Roundup: Film Showings, Development Meeting
‘Reconnecting Chinatown’ Join architects, landscape architects, engineers and city officials to discuss the potential development of...
Sampan Correspondents
Aug 22


Nguyen’s Intense ‘To Save and to Destroy’ Essays Find Voice Within the Empire
The legendary 19th-century poet Arthur Rimbaud wrote for only five years, quit by the time he was 21, but left us with one of the more...


Japanese Temple Offers Enlightenment in Darkness - With strong influences from old China, sprawling Zentsuji temple on Shikoku island connects visitors with the past and themselves
Photo Credit by Adam Smith Grown men are not supposed to be afraid of the dark. But I suddenly felt a sense of nagging fear as I was...
Adam Smith
Aug 22
‘Elijah’ Tells Story of Belonging and Identity
Directed by Razid Season, “Elijah” is a deeply moving film that captures the inner journey of a teenage girl discovering and embracing...
Vaibhavi Badve
Aug 22


Kowloon Sets Table for Big 75th Birthday Bash - Sampan talks with owner Bobby Wong about iconic restaurant
When Bobby Wong was a teenager, he wanted to help out with his family’s restaurant, the Kowloon, so he took on some part-time work there....
Liam Crampton
Aug 8


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...


For Phillip Eng, Public Service Suits Him to a ‘T’
MBTA boss sits down with Sampan to talk about the past, present and future of Hub’s beleaguered transit system Everyone has their own...
Adam Smith
Jul 26