Global Nation First Person

April 04, 2019

He's got an emblazoned belt and cowboy boots in lieu of a cape, but El Peso Hero is a guardian of our times. Creator and comic artist Héctor González Rodríguez created this superhero, who protects the powerless on the US-Mexico border.

Caste in America

Love conquers caste for this couple, but Indian marriage traditions continue in US

WGBH News

March 06, 2019

The writer's parents defied Hindu conventions by marrying in India outside their caste, but decades later, members of her father's upper caste promote sticking with tradition in America.

Global Nation First Person

30 years later, this Korean adoptee finds ‘home’ again

PRI's The World

February 19, 2019

Shawyn Lee was adopted from South Korea into a white, midwestern American family. Three decades later, she touched down in Seoul again for the first time, exploring her heritage as a queer, Korean adoptee.

Global Nation First Person

For many, international adoption isn't just a new family. It's the loss of another life.

PRI's The World

February 19, 2019

Here is what I know: I am culturally American. I am racially Asian. I came to the US when I was just over six months old, and a couple years later I was naturalized as an American citizen. But when I traveled back to South Korea for the first time, I realized how much of my heritage had been left behind.

Commentary

What it's like being a lawyer for Cambodian deportees

Asian American Writers' Workshop

December 17, 2018

Immigration attorney Kevin Chun Hoi Lo, who grew up in San Francisco's Chinatown, helped stop 30 Cambodians from being deported from the US last year. Months later, many were deported anyway.

Immigration

For a child migrant, days feel like a lifetime when you’re imprisoned and alone

PRI's The World

June 20, 2018

Beth Lew-Williams’ grandfather was 9 when he was separated from family and placed in immigration detention. And he held the pain of the experience for 72 years.

Culture

Why a medical interpreter was surprised to see Vietnamese immigrant patients at California hospitals around Lunar New Year

PRI's The World

February 20, 2018

In Vietnam, seeing a doctor around the new year is unthinkable. But cultures can change. Here's why Sonny Lê had a busy holiday week.

Media

A news organization that insisted on inclusive journalism is closing its doors

PRI's The World

November 29, 2017

But its mission will live on, writes Andrew Lam.

Global Politics

With papers, my brother-in-law could be worth more than a dollar a day to the world

PRI's The World

November 13, 2017

David Lindes and Antonio Ramirez crossed the US border to Mexico, not knowing whether they would both be allowed to come back home.

Conflict

On being Korean in America in the time of the ‘Axis of Evil’ and ‘Rocket Man’

PRI's The World

November 07, 2017

This is how Ju-Hyun Park learned to distance himself from being Korean in America.

Global Nation First Person

El Peso Hero protects both sides of the border — from a comic book panel

Love conquers caste for this couple, but Indian marriage traditions continue in US

30 years later, this Korean adoptee finds ‘home’ again

For many, international adoption isn't just a new family. It's the loss of another life.

What it's like being a lawyer for Cambodian deportees

For a child migrant, days feel like a lifetime when you’re imprisoned and alone

Why a medical interpreter was surprised to see Vietnamese immigrant patients at California hospitals around Lunar New Year

A news organization that insisted on inclusive journalism is closing its doors

With papers, my brother-in-law could be worth more than a dollar a day to the world

On being Korean in America in the time of the ‘Axis of Evil’ and ‘Rocket Man’

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