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Closing the Gates to Chinatown: How 2025’s Tariffs May Affect Historic Communities

June 4, 2025 Sophie Vansomphone
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唔該 / Thank You

June 4, 2025 Amy L. Wong
Arts & Culture Reviews

Book Review: “Other: an Asian & Pacific Islander Prisoners’ Anthology”

June 4, 2025 Seth Tang
In Arts & Culture May 19, 2022

AAPI Expressions of Power in Film: How Shang-Chi, Bridgerton and Other Recent Motion Pictures Have Altered the Narrative

By Noelle Chang

From romantic love stories to animated films, expressions of APIDA (Asian, Pacific Islander, Desi American) power in film have become far more centered around…

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In Arts & Culture May 17, 2022

Recognizing Kal Penn

By Manisha Wanniappa

Kalpen Suresh Modhi, commonly known by his stage name Kal Penn, is an actor, writer and producer of South Asian descent. You may recognize…

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In Arts & Culture May 16, 2022

Cultural Traditions

By Vanshita Gupta

Check out some cultural traditions important to some members of the Pacific Ties staff, and how we manage to keep in touch with our…

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In Arts & Culture May 13, 2022

The Impact of “Turning Red”

By Katherine Ly

Disney’s “Turning Red” is one of the first mainstream movies that follows characters of Asian descent and goes through the cultural beliefs of the…

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In Creative May 9, 2022

as the story goes

By Varsha Ravi

On her second day in the weeping maiden’s house, she finds the courage to look into the room of ghosts. The rest of the…

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In Arts & Culture May 9, 2022

Laundry in Different Spaces

By Louise Lin

When we first moved to California, Woodview Apartments didn’t have in-unit washers or dryers. At the toddling age of four or five, I helped…

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