World War II conjures many words and places to mind: Pearl Harbor, Manzanar, the beach of Normandy, Hiroshima, perhaps even the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the all-Japanese American team that emerged from the war as the most decorated regiment in the U.S. Armed Forces. Lesser known, however, are the Filipino and Filipino American veterans who…
Burma has finally decided to release numerous political inmates of which some have been held for decades. This is one of many recent gestures to the west, which involve legalizing labor unions, opening a dialogue with the main opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and signing a ceasefire with Karen insurgents in order to get…
— Written by staff writer Grace Yim The University of California Regents meeting on November 28th was accompanied by the small but loud and pasionate student protesters. UCLA graduate student Jason Ball says protesters are expressing outrage over UCLA budget cuts and fee hikes, bank bailouts and economic injustice. Irene Tran, a fourth year UCI…
All photos taken by staff photographer Jessica Juwono.
4th year International Developmental Studies/Asian American Studies major Trung Nguyen participates in the die-in at the rally. 4th year International Developmental Studies/Asian American Studies major Trung Nguyen participates in the die-in at the rally. All photographs taken by Tony Le.
Alabama’s controversial new immigration law, HB56, has immigrants running scared. The law states that the citizenship status of all public school students must be checked by school administration. This move caused two thousand children to be absent from school the day after it was passed. Immigrants are avoiding any activity requiring documentation, such as hospitalization,…