Oct 8th, 2008 · China's tainted milk scandal is now affecting California's large Asian American population. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued warnings late last week that stores stop selling a popular candy imported from China and an instant coffee from Taiwan, but some of the items are still on store shelves.
Jul 16th, 2008 · In 2001, Norm Mineta made history as the first Asian-American to serve in a presidential cabinet, and bears the distinction of being the longest-serving U.S. Secretary of Transportation. The trailblazing public servant talks about his road to White House leadership, leading the nation through acts of terror on Sept. 11, and his plans for the future.
Jun 11th, 2008 · After breakthrough shows at anime conventions, The Slants' members have found a devoted audience of media-savvy teenagers. With a mostly Asian lineup, the band challenges and pokes fun at the stereotypes of Asian-American identity.
Apr 25th, 2008 · Asian-American stoners Harold and Kumar escape from Guantanamo Bay while a new Errol Morris film, Standard Operating Procudure, documents the Abu Ghraib prisoner-abuse scandal in Iraq. Bob Mondello says the latter is an eye-opener.
Apr 1st, 2008 · The importance of sons in Asian societies appears to be holding true in the United States. An analysis of the 2000 census numbers suggests that some Asian-American parents of girls may be taking steps to ensure they get a boy the next time around.
Dec 10th, 2007 · Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang tackles American notions of race and art in his partly autobiographical new play. Yellow Face, which opens tonight in New York's Public Theater, is a comedy with serious themes about race and the politics of identity. Hwang is the only Asian-American ever to win the Tony Award for best play, for M. Butterfly in 1988.
Jan 31st, 2007 · California's Santa Clara County is the home of Silicon Valley, a region that's famous for tech innovation. The area is also becoming a window on the future of politics: the county has five Asian-American mayors, four of them first-generation immigrants.
Sep 12th, 2006 · Where you live in the United States -- as well as your race and income -- play a big role in the nation's health disparities. A new report tracks mortality disparities and found that Asian-American women living in Bergen County, N.J., lead the nation in longevity, typically reaching their 91st birthday.