SNL Doll Sketch: Straight Satire or Pushing Stereotypes? - NBC News.com

My article for NBC Asian America re SNL Asian American Doll sketch:

"I didn't find the sketch offensive, but I also didn't find it funny," said 8Asians.com Editor-in-Chief and CEO Jocelyn "Joz" Wang, "Once it got going, I could see all the jokes and stereotypes before they came. Why so predictable, SNL? I guess it's too much to ask for SNL to do anything more nuanced."

SNL Doll Sketch: Straight Satire or Pushing Stereotypes? - NBC News.com

Holiday Gift Guide Looks Back at the Year in Asian America - NBC News.com

My article for NBC News Asian America:

As the holidays approach, from Diwali to Christmas to Lunar New Year's to Songkran, gifts are on everyone's minds. Below, a look back at some of the stories and people we've covered in 2014, and the holiday gifts they've inspired. 

Shout outs to Nina McConigley Dominic Pangborn Grace Lee American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs Awesome Asian Bad Guys Samurai Bike Messengers Penn Masala Jet Tila Angry Asian Man Blacklava The Sikh Coalition Center for Asian American Media Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)

Holiday Gift Guide Looks Back at the Year in Asian America - NBC News.com

Chinese-Americans Find Love on Specialty Dating Site - NBC News.com

my article in NBC News Asian America

Founded in 2010, and modeled after JDate, a dating site for Jewish Singles, 2RedBeans is an online dating site for the Chinese diaspora or "Overseas Chinese." It boasts almost 500,000 members, of whom 70 percent use simplified/traditional Chinese as their default site language, 30 percent were born in North America, and only 2 percent are non-Asian. It also has an algorithm that weeds out "Asianphiles" and accounts for Chinese cultural values such as date of immigration and highest level of education.

Chinese-Americans Find Love on Specialty Dating Site - NBC News.com

Arrests Made After Series of Indian-American Home Invasions - NBC News.com

Follow up to my earlier article by my good friend Emil Guillermo. I recognized the MO and had a hunch they were related.

Arrests Made After Series of Indian-American Home Invasions - NBC News.com

Millennials Are Increasingly Non-White, Foreign-Born, and Bilingual - NBC News.com

My article in NBC News Asian America

"One day - and soon - large portions of the earth will look and behave like New York," said International Cultural Strategist Jie-Song Zhang in response to new Census data describing millennials in New York City as increasingly non-white, foreign born, and bilingual. "A multitude of ancestries sharing the same trains and parks and grocery stores."

Millennials Are Increasingly Non-White, Foreign-Born, and Bilingual - NBC News.com

16 Important Publishing Tips I Picked Up at a Writers Conference | BlogHer

good advice re publishing

16 Important Publishing Tips I Picked Up at a Writers Conference | BlogHer

Ann Arbor Community Messiah Sing - Ann Arbor Observer

Had a lot of fun writing this article in the December issue of the Ann Arbor Observer about this weekend's 50th anniversary Ann Arbor Community Messiah Sing - Ann Arbor Observer

Ann Arbor Russian Festival - Ann Arbor Observer

Just found this article in the October Ann Arbor Observer about the

Ann Arbor Russian Festival - Ann Arbor Observer

Write An Award Winning Essay at Chelsea District Library

Teaching an essay writing workshop tomorrow at Chelsea District Library, December 13, 2014, 10-12. So much fun!

Write An Award Winning Essay

Submission Tip #36: Avoid These In the many... - The New York Times - Modern Love

Great writing tips for your next (for every) love story. From the editors of the NYT Modern Love column:

Submission Tip #36: Avoid These In the many... - The New York Times - Modern Love

Indian Americans Targeted in Spate of Home Invasions - NBC News.com

I just found out there have been 4 similar home invasions also targeting Indian Americans in my county. What about where you live? My article for NBC News Asian America
Indian Americans Targeted in Spate of Home Invasions - NBC News.com

Update: Follow up by Emil Guillermo December 17, 2014: Arrests Made After Series of Indian-American Home Invasions - NBC News.com

Should Mark Wahlberg Be Pardoned for 1988 Assault? - NBC News.com

Asian Americans respond to Mark Wahlberg's application for pardon and 1988 court documents say race did have something to do with it. My article for NBC News Asian America.

But his assault conviction was accompanied by another, for contempt for court. That stemmed from a series of attacks he committed two years earlier, chasing and hurling rocks and racial epithets at African-American school children. A court prohibited him from assaulting, threatening, or intimidating anyone because of race or national origin; the 1988 investigation found him in violation of the order, meaning the court believed race did play a role in the attacks on Lam and Trinh.

Should Mark Wahlberg Be Pardoned for 1988 Assault? - NBC News.com

Chelsea District Library - Winter 2014-2015_Chelsea District Library Newsletter

Teaching "Write an Award Winning Essay" this Saturday at Chelsea District Library, 10-12. Pre-registration required.

Chelsea District Library - Winter 2014-2015_Chelsea District Library Newsletter

Asian-American Activists Attack Anti-Discrimination Suits - NBC News.com

from Emil Guillermo for NBC News Asian America, quoting Cynthia Liu of K12 News Network and Jenn Fang of Reappropriate

Asian-American Activists Attack Anti-Discrimination Suits - NBC News.com

Sing Along with Santa - Ann Arbor Observer

Sorry to miss Sing Along with Santa this year, everyone knows I can't resist a man who sings. here's an article I wrote in 2009 for Ann Arbor Observer Sing Along with Santa - Ann Arbor Observer

Why Walking Helps Us Think - The New Yorker

Why Walking Helps Us Think - The New Yorker

Eric Garner Case Resonates Among Asian Americans - NBC News

My article for NBC News Asian America

"While we do not experience racism in the exact same way as Blacks, Latinos, and Native Americans," said Minneapolis-based poet and activist Bao Phi, "I think we should look at cases of state-sanctioned violence and police brutality against Asian Americans, Fong Lee being one example, to engage our communities."

Eric Garner Case Resonates Among Asian Americans - NBC News

Hawaiian Palace Launches Worldwide Search for Lost Artifacts - NBC News.com

My article in NBC News Asian America:

"Palace objects have been recovered from 36 states and four foreign countries," including, "porcelain plates returned from Australia and a table found in the Governor's mansion in Iowa, to a chair in a local thrift store."

Hawaiian Palace Launches Worldwide Search for Lost Artifacts - NBC News.com

Civil Rights Groups Prep to Ensure 2020 Census Reaches All - NBC News.com

"We cannot afford to go backwards." my article for NBC News Asian America:

Civil Rights Groups Prep to Ensure 2020 Census Reaches All - NBC News.com

Sikh-American Student Challenges ROTC Rules - NBC News.com

My article for NBC News Asian America:

"Ever since the army changed its grooming regulations back in the 1980's," said Manmeet Singh, staff attorney for United Sikhs, "it led to a presumptive ban on devout Sikhs from serving in the armed forces."

Sikh-American Student Challenges ROTC Rules - NBC News.com