Arts & Culture

What “Wicked” might mean for my daughter’s Black skin

As the temperatures dipped below freezing in Chicago, my family and I braved the cold…

The Dangers of Erasing Black Voices

At the start of this school year, a white male student at Gettysburg College used a…

Bow and Submit: An Orthodox Lesson in Strength, Humility and Love

The “beautiful moment of sisterhood” at the 2024 Olympics last month expressed in the globally renowned…

We are losing the ability to be mindful. Here’s how classical music can help.

Whether we are teachers, performers, or CEOs, we all function less well when our audience…

Improving Health Outcomes for Indigenous Communities

The buzz around the ten-time Oscar-nominated movie, Killers of the Flower Moon, based on a…

Awards shine spotlight on Asian representation in Hollywood

Asian-made film and TV productions – and their creators and actors – have been collecting…

“All We Do is Eat”: Filipino, Food, and Family

Studies say there are five love language types in the world: words of affirmation, acts…

Barbie and Oppenheimer At The Oscars: Why They Are Gender Binary Blockbusters

With the Oscar Awards ceremony coming up, the pairing of the films, “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” is back…

The Squid Game Reality Show Erases Asians

When I was young, I used to spend entire days with other kids in small…

The language of humanity

It was the spring of 1978, I had just finished kindergarten and our family went…

Keep The Clothes: Why Honoring Cultures from Indian Subcontinent Crucial To Sense of Self

In all the places my parents have lived in North America – Chicago, Toronto and…

Lunar New Year Offers a Chance to Reflect on Asian American History

The first day of January marks the start of a new year for many, but…

Dear God: Why Does Gendered Hollywood Bend To White Women Saviors in Film?

A local movie theater recently featured a poster for Dallas Jenkins’s, “The Chosen,” a series about…

Coffee is my Confidant

World’s Fuel from a Bean   Espresso short shot makes Ristretto, Doppio – a double-shot,…

an Inquiry on Rice

one of oldest Crops feeding the World – Beliefs that Eight Millennia ago China was…