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BLOG: June 29th, 2010 Geneva: Seeking a new way to think -Broader frame is needed

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On the morning of June 29th, UN-ESA (Economics & Social affairs) has released its annual report: “World Economic and Social Survey2010 (WESS).”

Commentary: We need to boycott “The Last Airbender”

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These days, many people think that cries of racism are false alarms — after all, we live in a society where race doesn’t matter, right?

Commentary: Encouraging Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to talk about HIV/AIDS

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“Saving face can’t make you safe. Talk about HIV.” This was the slogan for the sixth annual observance of National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on May 19.

Commentary: San Francisco’s ‘Black on Chinese’ violence goes back decades

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African American and Asian American elected and appointed officials have failed to address the grow­ing racial tensions in southeast San Francisco.

Readers’ Corner: The influence of foods from childhood

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We all prefer or avoid certain foods. Such behavior can probably be traced to our childhood when we were first introduced to foods that made lasting impressions. These foods often trigger a flood of memories. For example, French author Marcel Proust rhapsodizes about the madeleines (cookies) that he ate when he was a little boy.