This is pretty cool. “Dressed” is a documentary about Nary Manivong, a fashion designer who used to be homeless. Manivong’s parents abandoned him and his siblings when he was fourteen. He struggled to survive on the streets of Columbus, Ohio. When he saw a copy of Vogue magazine, he realized that he wanted to be…
DetailsFrom February 12 to May 8, the Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington will be displaying photos from the Seattle Camera Club. The club, which ran from 1924 to 1929, was founded mostly by Issei men: first-generation Japanese immigrants. However, it had an eclectic mix of members, including non-Japanese men and even several…
DetailsExecutive Order 13515 requires federal agencies to form plans in order to improve the participation in and access to federal programs for underserved AAPIs. Spearheading the order is the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Interagency Working Group (IWG). Plans in twenty-three participating agencies, such as the Department of Education, Department of…
DetailsAn investigation to a Diamond Bar home invasion comes to an end after the arrest of the remaining two of the six suspects. During the November burglary, the masked assailant tied up a couple and zapped the man with a taser numerous times. Not until the female victim escaped by jumping off the second-floor balcony…
DetailsAn interactive map created by the Chronicle of Higher Education seeks to help answer questions regarding national educational disparities in light of President Obama’s State of the Union speech with its particular emphasis on education. The graphic, made from mostly Census data, contains a color-coded scale that correlates to the percentage of adults in each…
DetailsBut until then, there’s Kenneth Choi as Jim Morita in Captain America. Jim Morita is one of the Howling Commandos, an elite American military unit fighting during World War II. I don’t know anything about Captain America or the Marvel comics, to be honest–I’m more of a Batman/DC Comics fan–but here’s a short character bio…
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