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

June 4, 2025 Seth Tang
In Arts & Culture March 30, 2022

Sticky Floor

By Shune Kawaoto

“Sticky floor” is a term used as a discriminatory pattern of employment that restricts certain groups of people from rising through the different job…

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In Arts & Culture March 28, 2022

APIDA Icon of the Week: Project HOPE

By Varsha Ravi

Project HOPE refers to the Higher Opportunity Program for Education (HOPE), a student organization at UCLA that works to alleviate educational inequities. They serve…

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In Community March 28, 2022

APIDA Icon of the Week: Dear Asian Youth

By Varsha Ravi

Dear Asian Youth is a nonprofit literary magazine that works to uplift APIDA youth across the nation. This week, Pacific Ties interviewed second-year labor…

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In Arts & Culture March 28, 2022

Is Social Media Toxic?

By Manisha Wanniappa

My screen time has been through the roof lately. I know exactly what is to blame: TikTok. An app I once swore to never…

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In Arts & Culture March 28, 2022

Trending

By Sophie Vansomphone

Blue light radiates from my phone to my face, and I bask in the glow as it breaks the darkness surrounding me. Over time,…

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In Arts & Culture March 26, 2022

Cantonese: Why Is It Not Offered as a Foreign Language?

By Kelly Ou

UCLA students are required to take a year of a foreign language in order to graduate. Luckily, students are given many options to choose…

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