FEATURES
A Dream Made of Grit and Tofu
How Banyan Foods made meat-obsessed Texans love bean curd. HOUSTONIA
The Last Stand of SF Chinatown’s Storied Banquet Halls
These restaurants have been Chinatown’s heart and soul. What happens to S.F. if they disappear? SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
To Survive the Pandemic SF Chinatown Has to Adapt — Again
The coronavirus has brought a shrinking economy and renewed xenophobia to San Francisco’s Chinatown. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
A Dinner Party on the Streets of Oakland for 500 People
How the People’s Kitchen Collective is preserving cultural memory through free meals. PACIFIC STANDARD
How Chef Chu’s Became Silicon Valley’s Favorite Chinese Restaurant
Though it may play host to tech elites and celebrities today, the restaurant had humble beginnings — and helped expand America’s palate. EATER
The Seed Stewards
Farmer Kristyn Leach is empowering people of color to preserve their own agricultural history. POPULA
As Airbnb Moves In, Boston’s Chinatown Sees Its Culture — and Demographics — Change
Short-term rentals are spreading through Chinatown, displacing residents and changing the culture of the neighborhood in the process. PACIFIC STANDARD
‘They Don’t Know Us’: At Sama Uyghur Cuisine, Three Immigrants Recreate Their Native Foods
How could he make food that tasted like his memories of home? SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
A Chinatown Tradition, San Francisco’s Chinese New Year Parade Is ‘American Like Chop Suey’
For an immigrant community that has faced discrimination and displacement, the parade served as a public relations campaign to attract business and tourism. NBC NEWS
Chinatowns Across the Country Face Off With Gentrification
Collectively, Chinatowns represent more than 150 years of immigrant survival since the first wave of Chinese immigration began in the 1850s. NPR
Meet the 70-year-old Runner Who Ran 7 Marathons on 7 Continents in 7 Days
When Chau Smith was younger, she didn’t think much of running. “I thought it was the most boring sport.” NBC NEWS
Requiem for a Dream Wall
At Oakland’s world-famous 23rd Avenue tracks, it’s the bittersweet finale to a graffiti era. EAST BAY EXPRESS
ARTS COVERAGE
Hua Hsu’s Tender Elegy to a Friend Resonates
The memoir “Stay True” is a powerful tribute to a friendship cut short by tragedy and to writing as a tool for survival. MINDSITE NEWS
Please Don’t Call Tayari Jones an Overnight Success
The author of “An American Marriage” has learned the value of “all the different ways that people stand up for each other.” SHONDALAND
How Nancy Kwan Went From Ballet to the Big Screen
The actress explains how she just happened to be in “the right place at the right time” to help make Hollywood history in “Flower Drum Song.” SHONDALAND
‘The Leavers’ Novelist Lisa Ko Found Success Through Massive Failure
If Lisa Ko hadn’t set out to lose, she wouldn’t have won a prestigious literary prize, leading to the publication of her debut novel. NBC NEWS
This is the Time: Director Jon M. Chu on the Making of ‘Crazy Rich Asians.’
“This is the movie I’ve been waiting for.” CENTER FOR ASIAN AMERICAN MEDIA
Fresh Off the Boat: An Asian Mom’s Review
A Hyphen editor’s immigrant mom reviews “Fresh Off the Boat.” HYPHEN
LONGFORM
The Last Revolutionary
Yuri Kochiyama possesses one of the boldest voices raised against the war on terrorism. As a former internment-camp prisoner and peer of Malcolm X, she brings history and vitality to what little remains of “The Movement.” EAST BAY EXPRESS
Geek Chic
Comic artist Adrian Tomine made himself a winner by appealing to the loser in all of us. EAST BAY EXPRESS
Waiting to Inhale
It’s a killer we seldom hear about, discriminating by race and locale and afflicting more people every year. So why don’t we even know what causes asthma? EAST BAY EXPRESS