Media

Myanmar sentences Reuters journalists to seven years in prison

Reuters

September 03, 2018

The two reporters, who were investigating the killing by the security forces of Rohingya villagers at the time of their arrest, had pleaded not guilty.

Media

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ is a big win for Asian American representation in Hollywood — but what about Singaporean representation?

PRI's The World

August 15, 2018

It’s a rare big US studio film with an all Asian cast. But here’s why those with ties to Singapore’s local literary scene have mixed feelings about it.

Media

Audiences love the anger: Alex Jones, or someone like him, will be back

The Conversation

August 08, 2018

The conspiracy theorists in our media world represent fissures in our dominant ideology of success. When the American Dream isn’t working out well, scapegoats must be found.

Culture

Yes, they came as refugees, but on ‘Queen Sugar’ this family from Vietnam gets to be so much more

PRI's The World

July 25, 2018

“The fact that the director allowed me to breathe and thought me worthy to take up space, it’s such a simple, subtle thing, but it was startling to me,” says Elyse Dinh who plays Mrs. Phan.