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Filipino nurse’s altruism extends beyond retirement

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It was the beginning of World War II. Bombs dropped from the sky onto the streets of Manila, Philippines.

Community clinic providing interpretation for API community named Pioneer in Healthcare

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For new immigrants, coming to America without knowing the language may sometimes make the experience unpleasant. What can make the situation really worrisome is not being able

Father–son bond explored and mourned in “The Harimaya Bridge”

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Director Aaron Woolfolk’s dramatic feature, “The Harimaya Bridge,” filmed mostly in Japan, opens with a young Black man working on a painting.

Semi-Pro: Korean American keeps football dream alive

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Rich Lee-Kim first played football in the fourth grade. However, he was told that he needed to play with the sixth and seventh graders because he was bigger than all of his classmates.

Put ‘A Woman, a Gun, and a Noodle Shop’ together, and it’s confusing

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“A Woman, a Gun, and a Noodle Shop,” the new film from Chinese director Yimou Zhang, is his first film adapted from a Western source.

Asian, Jewish communities unite to stop use of ethnic slur

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To many U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry, the use of the term “Jap” is considered a racial slur with a hate-filled history going all the way back to World War II.

Tough road ahead in adapting hip hop to Black and Asian communities

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“Most of the rappers that I grew up listening to were Black,” said George Quibuyen, a Filipino American rapper who performs in the group Blue Scholars.

Florence Chang uses technology to increase quality of healthcare

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If there’s one concept Florence Chang understands well, it’s the need to help others.

Phyllis Wise, first Asian American president of the UW, maintains a passion for science

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“I was always interested in biology. I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t.”