When I write my name in my assignments, I write: Sophia Bautista. In most American legal documents, it’s written that way, too. On my passport, though, when I visit the Philippines, my name comes like this: BAUTISTA (last name), SOPHIA (first name). Which is more fitting because as…

Andrew Yang speaking at a rally. Picture by Sarah Rice for The New York Times “The opposite of Donald Trump is an Asian man who likes math.” “I’m Asian, so I know a lot of doctors.” “Many of you think this is impossible, that the Asian man is…

A secret is sometimes a prima-donna. It revels in its understated performance: it doesn’t find power in volume. Rather, it finds its power in the silence. ex.) In middle school, where you would lean into your friend’s ear and tell them who you had a crush on with…